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Report on International Council of Nurses the 17th Quadrennial Congress

Nancy Evans

“Six days, 6,000 nurses, and the next 100 years” . . .

From June 29 through July 3, nurses from around the world met in Los Angeles to discuss ideas, issues, and concerns related to the theme of “Health Care for All.” The first ICN Congress to be held in the United States since the

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1947 gathering in Atlantic City, this assembly discussed such topics as socio- economic welfare affecting nurses, new categories of health care workers, nurs- ing research, female excision, nursing and mental health.

Excitement and splendor surrounded the opening ceremony as observers, in- vited guests and nursing leaders, the Council of National Representatives (governing body of ICN), and the

Presidential processions entered the great hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center. Many in the procession and the audience wore their national costumes. Greetings were offered from Olive Anstey, retiring President of ICN, Bar- bara Nichols, President, ANA, Dorothy Cornelius, Chairman ANA Congress Planning Committee, and Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles. Nine new members were formally admitted to ICN

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during the opening ceremony: Luxem- b o u r g , G u a t e m a l a , H u n g a r y , Seychelles, Tonga, Cuba, Lesotho, Malawi, and Cyprus.

Resolutions adopted by CNR The Council of National Represen-

tatives (CNR) met July 29 and 30 to con- sider various resolutions, statements, and reports, and to elect a new Board of Directors. The Council adopted the following resolutions:

(1) to oppose violence against pa- tients and health personnel in the perfor- mance of their duties, and to prepare guidelines for nurses who must decide on a course of action in the care of detainees and prisoners;

(2) to join WHO and UNICEF in op- posing female excision (female circumci- sion, female mutilation), to work actively to abolish this custom, and to include this subject in all MCH programs of ICN as appropriate ;

(3) to support the International Year for Disabled Persons by identifying major causes of disability, collaborating with national agencies to provide preven- tion/care services, educating the public so the disabled can be fully integrated in- to society, educating nurses in the prevention of disability, and in the care and rehabilitation of the disabled, and assessing MCN health services, occupa- tional health services, and community health programs to promote prevention of accidents and illness;

(4) to develop guidelines on desirable curriculum content in mental health for basic nursing education programs, and basic considerations for nursing services in mental health programs.

CNR adopted a statement on health manpower recommending that creation of new categories of health workers should be done within an overall health manpower development plan. The state- ment urges national nurses associations to take steps to see that health care systems are properly staffed and that nurses are playing their full role within the health care system.

A proposal on ICN’s role and respon- sibility in nursing research, developed by the Professional Services Committee and revised and approved by the Board of Directors, was adopted by CNR. The statement identifies 1CN’s role in nursing research as facilitation (promoting

research, preparing guidelines, par- ticipating in seminars, and organizing programs) and collaboration (with other organizations in regard to the conduct of nursing and other relevant research, sharing information, and using research results).

Socio-economic welfare a top priority

CNR accepted the report on ICN’s socio-economic welfare program and agreed to make the program its top priority until 1983. The Council agreed to appoint a new ad hoc committee to continue the work done since 1977, and named as Chairman, Sheila Quinn, United Kingdom.

3M Company expands fellowship program

“In support of nursing excellence,” the 3M Company will add a third award to its fellowship program for nurses and in- crease the amount of all three of the fellowships from $6000 to $7500 each, Lewis Lehr announced at the opening session of the CNR. Administered by ICN, this fellowship program offers op- portunities for nurses around the world to continue their professional education. The keynote address at the first plenary session of the Congress was delivered by a 1 9 7 3 fellowship winner , Alice Baumgart, Dean, Queen’s University School of Nursing in Canada.

New Board of Directors elected On June 30, from a slate representing

28 nations, CNR elected a new Board of Directors, headed by new ICN President Eunice Muringo Kierini of Kenya. Ms. Kierini is Chief Nursing Officer , Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya. She is a cer- tified nurse midwife, and holdsa diploma in advanced nursing from the College of Nursing, Wellington, New Zealand.

First, Second, and Third Vice- Presidents elected were, respectively: Sheila Quinn, United Kingdom; Rebecca Bergman, Israel; and Eileen Jacobi, USA.

Four members-at-large of the Board were elected: Syringa Marshall-Burnett , Jamaica; Joyce Motley, New Zealand; Barbara Nichols, USA; Kirsten Stall- knecht, Denmark.

Members of the Board elected from

the seven zones of ICN were: Serara Kupe, Africa; Cheherezade Ghazi, Eastern Mediterranean; Marie-Louise B a d o u a i l l e , E u r o p e ; H e l e n K . Mussallem, North America; Nelly Gar- zon, South and Central America; Harriet Chabook, South East Asia; and Mo-lm Kim, Western Pacific.

Summary and challenge from Dr. Margretta Styles

Speaking at the final plenary session July 3, Margretta M. Styles, Ed.D., Pro- fessor and Dean, School of Nursing, University of California at San Francisco, brought the week‘s events into perspec- tive. Reviewing the watchwords offered by ICN’s leaders since its 1899 begin- ning, * she challenged nurses to think of this Congress as “six days, 6,000 nurses, and the next 100 years . . . nurses diverse, yet united, marching in cadence in a common calling.” She directed their attention to the “hopeful development of a new consciousness in nursing,” and suggested that ‘(science and socialization need to be added to the international nursing agenda.” Dr. Styles maintained: “Health care for all depends on health for nursing,” one of many statements im- mediately and enthusiastically applaud- ed. Her declaration of beliefs ‘‘ . . . in nursing as an occupational force for social good, as a professional discipline with an educational and research base, as a clinical practice, as a humanistic field . . . in myself and my nursing col- leagues and our right to be fulfilled and to be rewarded,” spoke directly to nurses from many countries and cultures. Numerous participants expressed grati- fying comments publicly and privately following her speech.

At the closing ceremony, retiring President Olive Anstey gave the watch- word for the next quadrennium: “freedom” and passed the chain of office to Eunice Muringo Kierini. Ms. Kierini addressed the assembly, and Barbara Nichols, President, ANA, officially clos- ed the final session of this stimulating and remarkable Congress.

The 18th Quadrennial Congress will meet June 16-21, 1985, in Tel Aviv, Israel.

‘Work, Courage, Life, Aspiration, Peace, Service, Concordia, Loyalty, Faith, Respon- sibility, Wisdom, Enquiry, Tenacity, Unity, Flexibility, Accountability.

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