Abstract
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a federation of national nurses associations (NNA), created in 1899, by a small group of visionary women, in a milieu of enormous social changes such as industrial revolution and the slavery abolition and with woman's social rights, including the right for voting, social progressivism and healthcare reform. Against all odds, ICN has survived for over 100 years, due to dedication of three women: Ethel Bedford Fenwick, Lavinia Dock y Agnes Karll who created the very first international health professionals organization. The ICN incidence was very instrumental as nursing was just giving its first steps after being institutionalized as a profession by Florence Nightingale. The ICN diffusion and socialization will also benefit the History of Nursing as a field of study. Being the nurses’ voice ICN can make their profession to develop and reach out wider geographical boundaries and to learn better their own profession and the nursing professional identity.
Highlights
Is a federation of national nurses associations (NNA), created in 1899, by a small group of visionary women, in a milieu of enormous social changes such as industrial revolution and the slavery abolition and with womans social rights, including the right for voting, social progressivism and healthcare reform
De hecho debería ser motivo de orgullo para todos los enfermeros tener el Consejo Internacional de Enfermeras (CIE) y poder afirmar que su organización internacional de enfermería es más antigua que la propia Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) y otras organizaciones de carácter mundial, hasta aún la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT), creada en 1917, antes de la ONU
Todas estas entidades estarán representadas en el evento de Alicante, que tiene por lo tanto una importancia histórica mayor, pues debe aprobar los Estatutos de la Federación Ibero-americana de Historia de la Enfermería, y así fortalecer esta área del saber de la profesión enfermera
Summary
Is a federation of national nurses associations (NNA), created in 1899, by a small group of visionary women, in a milieu of enormous social changes such as industrial revolution and the slavery abolition and with womans social rights, including the right for voting, social progressivism and healthcare reform. El mayor órgano de deliberación del CIE es el Consejo de Representantes Nacionales (CRN) que se reúne una vez cada dos años para decidir sobre las políticas de la organización, aprobación de cuentas, establecimiento de cotizaciones, admisión de nuevos miembros y elección de los miembros de la Junta Directiva.
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