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Nightingale Initiative for Global Health (NIGH)

ASKING AGAIN! 'WHAT WOULD FLO DO?"

5/12/2021

Premiered in December 2020.... Announcing the re-release...

A Zoom Play for All to Enjoy....

WATCH FOR FREE HERE >>>

With the pandemic still raging across the world, our Zoom play 'What Would Flo Do?" takes audiences into the COVID world of today's nurses and into the world of Florence Nightingale in her later years—as a thought-leader, statistician, change agent and the founder of Nursing.
Leveraging the latest digital technology, we take you into the memories of Nightingale and the young nurse she advises within a 'Through the Looking Glass' portal.
Learn more >>> about our Tony Award Winning
Director, the Cast and our entire Team. Plus, for your enjoyment, 20 Amazing Nightingale Facts >>>

Wikimedia Photo Credit: Dylan Murakami. In Public Domain

In partnership with our friends at the 2030 Nightingale Resilience Fund >>>

'WHAT WOULD FLO DO?' World Premiere

12/20/2020

A Documentary Zoom Play FREE for All to Enjoy!

by Cynthia A. Phillips with Pat Donohoe, Barbara Dossey & Deva- Marie Beck

Premieres live on Zoom on Tues, Dec 22, 2020 7:30 pm Eastern / 12:30 am GMT (Dec 23rd)

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This Zoom Play takes audiences into world of nurses today and into the world of Florence Nightingale in her later years as a thought-leader, change- agent, and the founder of modern nursing. Leveraging the latest digital technology, we'll create animation and special effects to transport you --‘Through the Looking Glass’ — into Nightingale's own memories relevant to today's COVID nursing challenges.

Our 'Nightingale Declaration' Now IN Six Official UNITED NATIONS Languages

10/4/2020

To strengthen NIGH’s health advocacy mandates and appreciate our worldwide collaborations, the Nightingale Declaration for A Healthy World is now posted in all six official United Nations languages. With this announcement, we would like to bring appreciative KUDOS to our five distinguished Translators—all nursing and public health leaders from across the world:

• (Ret) Major General Daad Shokeh, from Jordan
• Dr. Alina Kushkyan, from Armenia
• Dr. Silvina Malvarez, from Argentina
• Dr. Yinong Chong, from the United States & China
• Ms. Pia Coppex-Gasche, from Switzerland

More language versions will be posted soon! Above INFOGRAPHIC accessed from Quora.com and KUDOS from Clayton-McCulloh.com— both used with appreciative attribution.

DR. BILLY ROSA LEADS COVID ADVOCACY WITH HIGH ALTMETRIC RESPONSE SCORE

6/16/2020

Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, NP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, a frequent co-collaborator with NIGH, has recently lead a worldwide team of esteemed nursing leader co-authors to pen “Rapid Investment in Nursing to Strengthen the Global COVID 19 Response” a Guest Editorial in the International Journal of Nursing Studies. Notably, the editorial has achieved a high attention score globally (Altmetric Score) and is being shared in traditional and social media news outlets. Consider sharing on your social media to continue to increase the editorial's visibility and ensure the messages about investment in nursing are seen and heard worldwide.
KUDOS to Billy and all his Co-Authors!

'Ions' Webinar Features NIGH's Dr. Barbara Dossey

6/6/2020

On June 5th, World Environment Day, NIGH’s Dr. Barbara Dossey was a featured presenter for a Webinar hosted by the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) — sharing her own story of decades at the forefront of holistic medicine and developing NIGH to increase awareness of global well-being— recently contributing to our May 12, 2020 Virtual Worldwide Meditation to benefit the world's nurses. This Webinar’s theme focused on humanity’s interconnectedness as “our most important work of the 21st century.” A highlight of the presentation was a recording of Nightingale’s own voice.

NIGH's contribution in ‘Convening Global Nursing & Midwifery Workforces’

5/28/2020

In March 2020, NIGH had the honour of participating—with our short film and closing keynote—at the CNMF Conference in London, UK. NIGH's contribution has been noted by Dr. Billy Rosa in the British Medical Journal's Nursing Blog published on May 3, 2020. To read the full Blog post, click HERE. See this short film HERE and watch the keynote—featuring beautiful graphics HERE. Well done NIGH!

Dr. Deva-marie beck on florence nightingale's 200th birthday

5/25/2020

The PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Knowledge, Information Management & Sharing at John Hopkins University hosts the Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery (GANM), which allows for equitable access to knowledge and discussions regardless of internet bandwidth to nurses and midwives a global voice.

NIGH's International Co-Director, Dr. Deva-Marie Beck, has written a GANM Blog discussing NIGH's involvement on Florence Nightingale's 200th Birthday — available in English & Spanish. To access the Blog, click HERE.

New 'Heroine of Humanity' Award!

5/15/2020

We are privileged to announce — during this awesome International Nurses' Week of the 2020 WHO 'Year of the Nurse & the Midwife' and Florence Nightingale's 200th Birthday on May 12 — a new prestigious posthumous award for Florence herself!

The Visioneers International Network has designated Florence Nightingale as a HEROINE OF HUMANITY, their top award. They note: “Her impact today remains significant in the way nurses all over the world care for us [especially] in 2020, the year of COVID and a global pandemic.” Learn more >>>

NIGH's been awarded the 2020 Visoneers award for project excellence!

5/10/2020

NIGH has been awarded the 2020 Visioneers Award for Project Excellence! Receiving this award comes at a time where world is united with the nurses, midwives and other healthcare professionals - we couldn't be more proud! Additionally, four members of NIGH's team Dr. Deva-Marie Beck, Dr. Barbara Dossey, Mr. Wayne Kines and Mr. Cyril Ritchie have been awarded the Visioneers Lifetime Achievement Awards! The entire article can be found HERE.

Revisit Florence Nightingale in NIGH's new webinar!

5/7/2020

NIGH's Co-Directors Dr. Deva-Marie Beck and Dr. Barbara Dossey have hosted an informative webinar discussing Florence Nightingale and NIGH's commitment to her legacy. As we get ready for the 2020 celebrations, NIGH has been developing new ways to contribute to this event. Listen to the webinar for more information regarding NIGH and celebrate the year of the Nurse and Midwife!