May 12, 2020 is International Nurses Day and the motto is "Nursing the World to Health". The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is thus focusing on the great importance of professional nursing for all people in the world - not only in times of the coronavirus pandemic. ICN President Annette Kennedy put this day in a historical and current context: "On May 12, we celebrate the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale - and she would be immensely proud of what professional nurses are doing right now in the fight against COVID-19. But she would also be at least as concerned about their health and safety."
"International Nurses' Day is also a special event at Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, as the nursing and midwifery courses we offer are an important element of our social orientation," emphasizes University President Prof. Dr. Peter Mudra. As much as it is very pleasing that professional nurses are gaining greater recognition as a professional group due to the current corona crisis, the blatant problems in the nursing and midwifery sector should not be overlooked, Mudra continued. The constantly increasing demands associated with medical developments, among other things, show in their practical reflection that there is not only a quantitative problem in the sense of the nursing shortage, which is repeatedly used as a buzzword, but also that the qualitative, professional development represents a permanent challenge. "With our diverse range of Bachelor's and Master's programs, we are making a contribution to the professional field and society here in Ludwigshafen," says Mudra with conviction.
In connection with the implementation of partial academization in the nursing professions, the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, together with the University of Trier, was named a Rhineland-Palatinate health focus by Science Minister Prof. Dr. Konrad Wolf last year. The university in Ludwigshafen currently has a total of seven degree programs in the healthcare sector in its portfolio.
