This prayer was written one sleepless night right before dawn. I am an NP and Integrative Nurse Coach, and nurse for over 47 years, who has been working safely at home during this crisis doing virtual programs with my clients and staff. My daughters are both nurses. One recently fractured her pelvis skiing, but the other, a CCU nurse for over 20 years is now experiencing her CCU as one of the many COVID vented units on Long Island, NY.  I struggled with ways to support her, especially the feelings which surface the night before she returns to her 12-hour shift. This tearful reflection helped me as much as it may help others. It made me realize there is much I can do—even from a distance— with a powerful heartful connection and virtual hugs.

Highlighted here—to celebrate and participate in the 2020 Nightingale Bicentenary and 2020 Year of the Nurse & the Midwife—we are featuring “The Return of the Nightingale™”—created and designed by our good friends and nursing colleagues Jill L. Schumacher BSN, MS, BD, DNM, and Meredith A. McCord BSN, MS, BD, DNM. ​

As we prepare to celebrate the 2020 Nightingale Bicentenary—with worldwide advocacy to achieve UN Global Goals—now the UN SDGs—we also remember the related 2010 Event where nurses advocated to achieve UN Global Goals—then the UN MDGs—for the first time.  To revisit many features from this 2010 Event, click here.