The Nightingale Challenge.
Int Nurs Rev. 2020 Mar;67(1):7-10. doi: 10.1111/inr.12579.
Global healthcare expenditure is increasing, along with the numbers of older patients with multiple comorbidities, while the numbers of health workers are hugely decreasing, and many nursing and midwifery vacancies remain unfilled. With the World Health Organization declaring 2020 the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, and commencing the Nursing Now campaign with partners including the International Council of Nurses and the International Confederation of Midwives, has allowed these professions to unite, encourage advocacy and the call for global investment in nursing and midwifery. These actions will permit these professions to address universal health coverage, global inconsistencies of professional practice, and recruitment and retention. The Nightingale Challenge seeks to place early career nurses and midwives at the forefront of transformation, calling on employers worldwide to invest and provide nursing leadership development, and to become a key part of the solution to address the issues of providing universal health coverage, promoting gender equality and supporting economic growth. This will help place them at the heart of tackling 21st century health challenges.
全球医疗支出不断增加，老年患者合并多种疾病的人数也在增加，而卫生工作者的数量却大幅减少，许多护理和助产岗位仍空缺。世界卫生组织宣布 2020 年为护士和助产士年，并与国际护士理事会和国际助产士联合会等合作伙伴启动了“现在就护理”运动，使这些专业能够团结起来，鼓励倡导和呼吁全球投资于护理和助产。这些行动将使这些专业能够解决全民健康覆盖、全球专业实践的不一致性以及招聘和留用问题。南丁格尔挑战旨在让初级护士和助产士成为转型的先锋，呼吁全球雇主投资并提供护理领导力发展，成为解决提供全民健康覆盖、促进性别平等和支持经济增长问题的关键部分。这将有助于使他们成为应对 21 世纪健康挑战的核心力量。
