Sejarah Tentang Peringatan Hari Perawat Internasional
Medianers ~ Hari Perawat Internasional diperingati setiap tanggal 12 Mei tiap tahunnya. Peringatan hari Perawat Internasional ini digagas oleh ICN (International Council Of Nurse). ICN merupakan Dewan Perawat Internasional berdiri sejak tahun 1965.
Mengapa diperingati setiap tanggal 12 Mei ?Karena tanggal 12 Mei merupakan hari kelahiran Florence Nightingle sebagai pelopor ilmu Keperawatan modern.
Persatuan Perawat Nasional Indonesia (PPNI) bagian dari anggota ICN, terdaftar sejak bulan Juni tahun 2003. PPNI adalah anggota ICN yang ke 125. Hingga saat ini, ICN memiliki 130 anggota dari berbagai negara. ICN merupakan organisasi terbesar dan terluas di dunia kesehatan.
Sejak tahun 1988 ICN selalu menggunakan tema dalam memperingati hari perawat internasional. Tema yang di usung dalam mengkampanyekan tentang kesehatan dan Keperawatan sebagai berikut:
- 1988 – Safe Motherhood
- 1989 – School Health
- 1990 – Nurses and Environment
- 1991 – Mental Health – Nurses in Action
- 1992 – Healthy Aging
- 1993 – Quality, costs and Nursing
- 1994 – Healthy Families for Healthy Nation
- 1995 – Women's Health: Nurses Pave the Way
- 1996 – Better Health through Nursing Research
- 1997 – Healthy Young People = A Brighter Future
- 1998 – Partnership for Community Health
- 1999 – Celebrating Nursing's Past, claiming the future
- 2000 – Nurses – Always there for you
- 2001 – Nurses, Always There for You: United Against Violence
- 2002 – Nurses Always There for You: Caring for Families
- 2003 – Nurses: Fighting AIDS stigma, working for all
- 2004 – Nurses: Working with the Poor; Against Poverty
- 2005 – Nurses for Patients' Safety: Targeting counterfeit medicines and substandard medication
- 2006 – Safe staffing saves lives
- 2007 – Positive practice environments: Quality workplaces = quality patient care
- 2008 – Delivering Quality, Serving Communities: Nurses Leading Primary Health Care and social care
- 2009 – Delivering Quality, Serving Communities: Nurses Leading Care Innovations
- 2010 – Delivering Quality, Serving Communities: Nurses Leading Chronic Care
- 2011 – Closing The Gap: Increasing Access and Equity
- 2012 – Closing The Gap: From Evidence to Action
- 2013 – Closing The Gap: Millennium Development Goals
- 2014 – Nurses: A Force for Change – A vital resource for health
- 2015 - Nurses: A Force for Change: Care Effective, Cost Effective
- 2016 - Nurses: A Force for Change: Improving Health Systems' Resilience (sumber data : wikipedia)
Tiga hari lagi, (12/5/2016) Perawat seluruh dunia akan menggaungkan hari Perawat Internasional dengan tema Nurses: A Force for Change: Improving Health Systems' Resilience.(AW)