Healthcare management and the 2020 Nightingale bicentenary celebrations

Abstract

Nursing and midwifery will be in the spotlight throughout 2020, which has been declared the international year of the nurse and midwife by the World Health Organization. In conjunction with this, the Nightingale bicentenary celebrations are also taking place globally this year. Healthcare managers worldwide are encouraged to look back on the contribution that Florence Nightingale made to contemporary healthcare management and healthcare practice, as well as reflecting on the crucial role of nurses and midwives today.