The whole world is celebrating the contributions and accomplishments of nurses this week. International Nurses Day is coming up on Sunday, May 12, sponsored by the International Council of Nurses, which represents nearly 28 million nurses around the world. And National Nursing Week 2024, put on by the Canadian Nurses Association, kicks off today.
This year’s theme is “Changing lives, Shaping tomorrow,” an acknowledgement of the tremendous impact that nurses have on people, communities and the future of health care.
In Canada, University of Alberta nurses are leading the way in patient care, patient advocacy, treatment innovation and training the next generation of health-care professionals. The Faculty of Nursing is one of the top 10 programs in the world and ranked number two in Canada according to the most recent 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
Here’s to the student nurses carrying out community-focused research, the faculty members helping Canadians build healthier habits, and the graduates integrating Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation principles into better care for all. Folio salutes you as forces for global health!
“Cooking Up Calm” shares wisdom gathered from older Canadian adults in a study on how they coped with anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(Originally published in Folio on November 27, 2023)
Higinio Fernández-Sánchez’s research illuminates the health needs of economic migrants from Mexico and their families back home.
(Originally published in Folio on November 17, 2023)
Research projects focus on how to improve health care for vulnerable people.
(Originally published in Folio on November 3, 2023)
Learn more about the research of Alaa Fouli, Jaxon Lutzer and Priya Vyas
Witnessing loved ones subjected to racism in hospital motivated her to bring Indigenous experiences to health care.
(Originally published on the Faculty of Nursing website on October 25, 2023)
Through COVID and beyond, Bartel taps into her “nurse brain” to lead health services for the Métis Nation of Alberta
(Originally published on the Faculty of Nursing website on September 22, 2023)