Reflecting on what really was the Year of the Nurse
December 23, 2020
Even before the term COVID-19 was a household name, the World Health Organization had designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. It was to be a year of celebration, milestones and recruitment opportunities to encourage more people to think about nursing as a career.
Marie Tarrant, director of UBC Okanagan’s School of Nursing, reflects on 2020 and how the events of the pandemic brought home the significance of nurses in our society today.
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