2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife

This is the first time World Health Organisation (WHO) has moved away from a disease or issue focus for the year. It honours the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, and includes the “Nightingale Challenge” that asks every health employer around the world to provide leadership and development training for a group of young nurses and midwives during 2020.

Waikato DHB is one of the first in New Zealand to register for the challenge, as it aligns so well with the relaunch of the Pebbles programme offered by our Professional Development Unit.

Nurses and midwives are at the heart of our patient care, and we will regularly showcase their work and report on the Nightingale Challenge, Pebbles programme and other initiatives through the 2020 year.