2020 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF NURSES AND MIDWIVES IN ST. BENEDICT'S SCHOOL OF NURSING

Greetings to you all, this year will be an exciting year for all nurses and nursing students in the St. Benedict's school of Nursing in Wewak, located on the west part of the Island of Papua New Guinea in the Pacific Ocean. This is my first year of teaching and I am grateful for the opportunity given to teach the digital age nursing students to make use of the available technologies right at their finger-tips. The aim of this blogging with students is to create a community of inquiry in higher education level for effective adult teaching-learning process. By the end of this semester (one) in the year 2020, students should achieve a GPA of 2.6 or above, as a result of this blogging for participatory and includes self-directed learning which also capture application of theory to practice in nursing education. Especially, transitioning from Student to Graduate nurse.

Nurses in the past have not been recognized or acknowledged for the very important work (roles) they do to patients and the population health as a whole. However, the World is recognizing the nurses because they are the ones very close to the patients meaning they spent most of their times nursing the sick and the needy.  Nurses roles range from being a care-giver, advocator, educator, etc. But not equal to that of other professionals because they are multi-skilled and multi-tasked.

2020 Year of the Nurse & Midwife: Celebrating our Impact in Caring
"Let’s make 2020, not only the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, but the year that every person on the planet can truly say, I am lucky to have had my life touched by a nurse."
Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN
Chief Nurse; Health Learning, Research & Practice, Wolters Kluwer

Anticipating a Banner Year for Nursing
"...now more than ever, nursing is in a position of influence."
Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, FAAN
Editor-in-Chief​, AJN, American Journal of Nursing 

The increasing population health needs are some challenges that cannot be handled alone by any one health work. Team work and inter-professional approach is necessary to tackle the population health needs of a health system in each country. Therefore, nurses are seen as vehicles to drive the change for a better health outcome and this year is committed to acknowledge every nurses or nursing students to appreciate and be grateful for their profession and that the professionalism should be up to the standard required.


DISCUSSION FORUM: Please give your opinion relating to this year theme "2020 year of the nurse and midwife" and how we can improve the nursing profession in Papua New Guinea. Remember, you are required to discuss your opinions and also comment on other students discussion as well.

Cheers,

Ms. Semer