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lped the
ol
Councilof Nurses
(lCN)greotlyexpond ils inlluence
in inlelnoiionol
nursingduringthe
decodesof the
'I970sond I 980s.
Whileimproving
the socio-economic
ond professionol
welfoleof nurses
remoinedo lop
priorityforfhe
ICN
orgonisotion,
olso increosedits
involvemenlin
other globol
heolfh motlers.
ICNwos chollenged by issues
rongingfromlhe
oporfheidpolicies
of SouthAfricolo
nucleorleslingto
the emergence
of the HIV/AIDS
epidemic.
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NlargrerheKruse,rvhobecameICN pres;_
derln obo.b.l,e!ed,hrri:kc.n.nd.dpcop'e
$ i,h ,im larobie.riu. needed
,o iorm po"+fr,l
rnd e du' s.o,li,,on, irrordcrror.h,ere
unirv ofpurpose.Sheencouraged
all ICN
mernberassociarions
to s,ork rogetherfor
.or1on goJ, $ hr; a . o e.rrbli.h rcir on-s
shipsrvirh otherinrernarionalorganisations.
Shebel;evedrhardoing so wouid give nursi,,sa
, oi.. in ider...,t.,
.
"
"nd n,Lr. hrr nrtring
wasincludedir policy maLinSdecisions.
In 1965,asonewav ro cxpandnursing\ global
ICN proclaimedFtorenc.Nighrn'ntlL,ence,
gaie! NIav i2th bi rthdayas,,tnrernario
nal
NunesDa! . BeginniDg
in I971, specific
rhemeswerearrach€dro InternationaiNurses
Ddv r' r 'rerr . of,rnih ngrt-corgani+r,oarould a commonpurpose.Nurseswereencou,_
agedro organiseand participarein locat,na,
!ionalandinrernarionalhealthplanningand
policy rnakingaroundrhe panicularhealthissue
reflcctedby tbe thcme.As an example,rhe
J $r. I lr. \ur,es Rorein
Safegurrdinsrhe Enyironmeni'.'fhe therre
emphasized
nurses'responsibiliwfor public
hvgiene
andsaniration
borhnationallvand
intenr.rtionalh,.
t hroughourthe 1970sand
1"50..Irrrr rro..,l \ur.c. n.,\ .1e"ne.,
roredn,anvofdre,vortd\heal!hissucs
andconcerns.
Presiden
' provided
ri 'warchrvords
ano rer frarneworkfor ICN ro aniculare
and achieveirsgoals. For example,
ICN PresidentDorothv Comelius,r.ho
senedfrorr 1973ro 1977,setecred
''accounrabilitvasrhewarchwordfor
IncomingPresidenr
OliveAnsrey( 1977l98l). Cornelius
urgedICN menbers
'to spreadnuring knorvledge
and car;ng
to the mosr r€nroleareasofthe world'
Undcrthis ideologicalurnbrella,Arstey
established
uo kev prioritiesfor ICN\
ninrh decade:irlproving nursesglobal
socio-ecoromiovelfare
and i ncreasing
nuningsrolein prinarv hcrhhcare.
Thesesep:rrare
but relaredagendas
w€re
activelvpunuedrhroughour
rhe 1980s. rci.pres
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F
INS ID E
V IE W
Thefuturewe wantto create
Onehundredyearsago ElhelGordonFenwick,s
visionfor
nursingworld-wide
ledtothefoundation
lCN.
of
Twoyearsago,
as ICN lookedaheadto its centennial,
we embarkedupona
projectto createa visionfor professional
nursingin the 21sl
Century.
Wesetthechallengeof
developing
avisionstatement
that articulatesour own highestaspirationsfor health,the
nursingprofession
andlCN.
In 1997theBoardof Directors
formedthe president's
Task
Forceon the Futureto pursuethreemajorgoals:
. to usea highlyparticipative
processtoidentifykeytrends
affectingthe lutureof health,nursingand lCN,andto create
scenaiosshowingthewaysthesetrendscoulduniold
. to usethesameparticipatory
processto exploreaspirationsforthe
futureofhealth,
nursing
andlCN,andtosummarise
theseaspirations
in a visionstatement
. to makethetrend
analysis,
scenarios
andvision
available
as inputsfor ICNstrategicplanningand as a guidebookthat
NNAscanusein developing
theirownplansandactivities.
Thelaskforcebeganits workwiththe directionof one ICN
president,l\rargretta
Styles,andcompletedits workwiththe
guidance
ofanother,
KirstenStallknecht.
A talented
anddiverse
groupservedonthetaskforce:
SarahKibuka,
Uganda;Takako
Mitoh,Japan;GraceMorgande Morillo,Colombia;
Fatima
WahedAhmed,Bahrain;John
Yorston,
UK;andmyself.Bob
Olson,ofthelnstituteforAlternative
Futures,USA,actedasa
consultant.
TheBoardofDireclorsand
theCouncilof
National
Representaiivesprovidedsupportandactiveinvolvement.
However,
therealvoice
behindICN'svisionforthefulureis
yours-the 800 nurseswho sharedyourviews,insighlsand
aspirations
withus by completing
the MemberSurvey.
ThelCNvisionisacompellingimageof
lhefuturethatwewant
to createfor ourselves,our organisationandthe millionsof
peopleforwhomwe providecare.Whenwe arecommittedlo
a
vision,westretch
ourselvesto makeithappen.Visionspushlhe
limitsofwhatwehaveassumedtobepossibleandcreate
a,,big
piclure"framefor ourday-1o-day
activity.
Wearepublicly
releasingthe
lCNvision
attheendofourfirst
pointthe
possible
centuryto
waytowardwhatis
inlhe century
ahead.The visioncan be a powerfulforcefor guidingand
.motivaling
oureffortsifwetakeitintoourh€arts,bringit intoour
livesanduseil aclivelywhenplanningandmakingdecisions.
o,a-,
fo-r'r"
U
JudithA.Oulton
ChiefExecutive
Officer
!nternalional
Councilof Nurses
In!. Nun. Rev.46, ,1,1999