Video message from Elizabeth Iro, WHO chief Nursing Officer for International Nurses Day 2021
May 12, 2021
世界卫生组织首席护理官伊丽莎白·伊洛2021年国际护士节视频致辞
2021年5月12日
It is my greatest pleasure and honor to send this message to all my fellow nurses on International Nurses Day.
值此国际护士节来临之际，我十分荣幸向所有我的护士伙伴们致以节日祝贺。
It is traditionally a day to celebrate all that nurses contribute to the world and over the last year the work that you do could not have been more important or more valued.
For this reason, it is not only a time to celebrate but it is a time to say thank you. Thank you to every one of you who has worked during the pandemic to provide nursing care to patients during the darkest of times.
It has been a year like no other when our profession has united in its response to COVID-19 and it has shown the world that against all odds we will always be there to care for our communities when they need us most.
I know that this has come at a high price. The pandemic identified the heavy burden that nurses have carried. And in many countries, the crisis was worsened by historic under-investment in nursing education, recruitment, retention and leadership.
This was articulated in the state of the World's Nursing Report published last year. But now, as we reflect on the impact of the pandemic on our profession, it is clear that we must act and we must act now.
去年发表的《世界护理报告》对此进行了阐述。但是现在，当我们反思疫情对我们职业的影响时，很明显，我们必须采取行动，并且现在就必须采取行动。
The task to build the global nursing profession to be a stronger resilient, highly-trained and incredible profession is immense.
使全球护理专业成为更强大的适应力，训练有素和令人难以置信的专业的任务非常艰巨。
We know that nurses are struggling with mental health issues, burnout and many are looking to leave the profession altogether. We must look after the nurses that we have as well as focus on recruitment to the profession.
To do this, strong leaders are required at every level and we must invest in nurse leadership that not only creates leadership opportunities for young nurses but supports and develops those already in practice.
It is crucial to have high level leadership in place for the nursing professions, to ensure that working conditions, recruitment and retention strategies are prioritized. Establishing nursing leadership at national level is key to ensure a strong and sustainable nursing workforce now and in the future.
From the State of the World's Nursing Report we know that the presence of government chief nursing officer and national nursing leadership programs are associated with a stronger regulatory environment. Looking ahead with the European associations government bodies or academia or are a nurse working in our hospitals and in our communities, we all have a role to play to inform directly or indirectly ministers of health and social care to support national policy dialogues around investment in nursing and Midwifery workforce in order to achieve the triple dividend for health, economic growth and gender equity. continue to provide the highest quality care that you can in all that you do.
It is through the delivery of high quality care every day that we can demonstrate a difference that nurses make to health at every level.
通过每天提供高质量的护理，我们可以证明护士在各个层次上对健康的重要作用。
Your work over the last year has been extraordinary and I thank every one of you for your contribution and for your compassion. We will get through this crisis of that I am sure. But we will only succeed if we work together.
We must share our ideas. we must learn from each other, and we must support our colleagues both nearby and across the world.
我们必须分享我们的想法。我们必须互相学习，我们必须支持我们附近和世界各地的同事。
Nursing is a family and families thrive when they are united. On this very special day, I would like to remind our large nursing family over 27 million of us in total that we are stronger together. We have more in common than divides us and together we will emerge from this crisis and rebuild our world for a healthier future.
Have a wonderful International Nurses Day in this International Year of Health and Care Workers. Focus on the good things that you have achieved and look after yourselves and each other.