TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Nightingale 2030
Resilience Fund (NG 2030), a new organization with a mission to
celebrate and support nurses around the globe, has officially
launched with its Thank a Nurse Campaign. The campaign
begins November 1 and runs through
the end of the month with a goal to honor nurses with one
million messages of gratitude. Founded during the World Health
Organization's "Year of the Nurse and Midwife," NG 2030 empowers
nurses from career entry through retirement with a range of
programs and services. 2020 also marks the 200th anniversary of
Florence Nightingale's birth, the
organization's namesake and founder of modern nursing.
Empowering nurses from career entry through retirement. Nurses
protect us without expectations. They deserve our thanks.
NG 2030 was founded in 2020 by Patricia
Donohoe, a retired nurse and former co-founder and
Chief Nursing Executive for Accountable Healthcare
Staffing, and Dr. Cynthia A.
Phillips, an agricultural economist, business consultant and
founder of The Disruptive Factory. The U.S. has been facing a
critical nursing shortage. The coronavirus pandemic has not only
intensified this issue but raised awareness of the critical
services these frontline workers provide, often putting their own
lives at risk.
"The Nightingale 2030 Resilience Fund aims to shine a spotlight
on amazing nurses at all levels and sectors while motivating
prospective nurses to enter this extremely diverse career that
marries science with care," stated Donohoe, executive director.
"The Thank a Nurse campaign is a simple yet powerful way to
reach nurses and those who appreciate them worldwide. Nurses
protect and look over us without expectations — we owe them a
simple thanks."
NG 2030 campaign initiatives to date include:
- Legacies of Light Wall – Honoring Retiring Nurses
- What is a Nurse? Series of Nurse Stories
- Documentary Play: What Would Flo Do? – Premiering on
Zoom in December
- Nightingale 2030 Mobile App available for iPhone and
Android
- Nurse2nurse toll-free hotline, 1-877-700-5829
All are encouraged to join #ThankANurse campaign a number of
ways:
- Make a short video sharing your experience with a nurse who has
had an impact on your life or the lives of a loved one. Or a
simple, thank you video.
- Post video to your social media accounts. Use hashtag
#ThankANurse and tag @nightingale.2030 and @drinkteaofakind
- Write a short story sharing your experience with a nurse who
has had an impact on your life or the lives of a loved one. Or
a simple thank you. Submit story, along with the nurse's name,
location, and social media information
to thanks@nightingale2030.org
- Donate!
In a show of support, VesslTM will donate 5% of
all Tea of a KindTM sales in November to NG 2030.
Additionally, Vessl plans to donate Tea of a KindTM
products to frontline nurses across the country throughout the
month of November.
Nurses and midwives play a vital role in providing health
services. They devote their lives to caring for mothers and
children; giving lifesaving immunizations, health advice,
eldercare; and generally meeting essential health needs. The world
needs nine million more nurses and midwives if it is to achieve
universal health coverage by 2030.
About the Nightingale 2030 Resilience Fund
Founded in
2020, The Nightingale 2030 Resilience Fund celebrates and supports
nurses around the globe, from the start of their careers and
through retirement. The organization launched Thank a Nurse
Campaign which honors nurses across the globe with personal
messages and messaging from organizations throughout the month of
November. 2020 also marks the World Health Organization's Year of
the Nurse and Midwife as well as the 200th anniversary of
Florence Nightingale's birth.
Through the generosity of partners' contributions to the
Nightingale 2030 Resilience Fund, the organization and individuals
can thank nurses around the world for their selfless caring, shared
skills and long work hours through everyday duties, the pandemic,
recent hurricanes and wildfires in the U.S. In other parts of the
world, nurses care for refugees, pandemic patients, people starving
from food and water shortages as well as extreme weather causing
diseases.
Learn more at www.nightingale2030.org, on Facebook, Instagram,
Twitter and LinkedIn.
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