This year 2020 has been declared by WHO, the World Health Organization as the year of Nurse and Midwife.  This year coincides with the two hundred years of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the nurse par excellence who is considered as the precursor of modern nursing.

This year opens in front of us with many possibilities, not only to recognize us, as a fundamental pillar in the health service, but also, so that our voice becomes audible in the places where important decisions are made in health policy. The entire nursing profession is celebrating. Finally, our efforts are recognized as a knowledgeable vocation and above all that we are part of an important profession in which we still have much to say and do.

This holistic profession that takes care of the human being from birth to death not only does its physical part but includes the spiritual, as well. As Christian Nurses and Midwives we have much to contribute to the new paradigms that arises as the 21st Century runs full of advances in both new discoveries and new technologies in the field of health.

God tells us that “ye are chosen generation, a royal priesthood, and holy nation, a peculiar people that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light” (1 Peter 2: 9). Today more than ever we have to bear witness to the Lord in our workplace.

You who chose this profession as your vocation, begin the year giving you the first place. Leave aside the negativity, do not hide, train yourself, and do not walk alone. Become known as a Christian nurse. Take care physically and spiritually. Search the Lord in prayer, look in his Word for what He has for you this year. Where can you collaborate to enhance and give relevance to your profession?

Healthy leaders are needed, free with powerful conviction in the values ​​of Christ. “then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received” (Ephesians 4: 1)