Investing in nursing makes “economic sense”, the president of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) has urged.
Dr Pamela Cipriano made the comment ahead of the International Nurses Day 2024, which will take place on 12 May and carries the theme of “the economic power of care”.
Each year the ICN releases a report to mark nurses’ day and this year it will include evidence from nursing experts, academics and economists on the benefits of investing in nursing.
Specifically, the report will set out how boosting nursing “can catalyse transformative improvements in healthcare delivery, economic development, peace and societal wellbeing”, said the ICN.
Ahead of the event, the ICN has released a series of International Nurses Day posters that showcase the diversity of the profession globally.
Dr Cipriano said: “This International…
