JNA News Release2021.September Vol.35

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JNA participated in the Nightingale Challenge※“Nursing Leadership and Challenges to Policy”
Since December 2020, the Japanese Nursing Association (JNA) has participated in the Nightingale Challenge,
a part of the global Nursing Now campaign, which became the “Nursing Now Challenge” in June 2021. In thischallenge, JNA focused on encouraging young nurses to get involved in policymaking, strengthen theirleadership, and perform to their full potential in various settings. We created interview video clips with experts
including global health experts, professors, and members of the Diet who play active roles internationally. They
provide practical advice based on their own experiences, such as "what made you interested in policy,""interesting and challenging parts of policy engagement," and "significance of nurse’s engagement inpolicymaking.”
The video interviews with the speakers are available on the JNA website and have been updated with English
subtitled as they become available.
(URL: https://www.nurse.or.jp/jna/english/activities/projects/index.html#International_Activities)【Nursing experts】
Toshiko Fukui
President, Japanese Nursing Association"The interesting part of being engaged in policymaking is that you can share thepolicymaking process with many stakeholders. Regardless of interests involved,respecting the values of the other party and coordinating is also common of nursing.”

Megumi Teshima
Professor, Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University
Prior to her current position, she experienced various posts, including a visiting
scholar at the University of Minnesota in the United States. Her research areas are
Ethics, Organizational Development, and Nursing Administration. She is a memberof the ICN Code of Ethics for Nurses Revision Committee.
"As we have learned from the spread of COVID-19, coordination and cooperation
have become increasingly important with people around the world. An unprecedented era provides us with anopportunity to tackle difficulties in a creative manner. Let’s focus on the nature of nursing and take onchallenges.”

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JNA News Release2021.September Vol.35※In Japan, the Chiba University is also participating in the Nightingale Challenge. Prof. Megumi Teshima is a
producer of the project called 3 Next. (URL: https://3next.net/)

Masahiro Ishida
Member of the House of Councilors
After working as a nurse in clinical settings, he worked for the JNA and JapaneseNursing Federation and was appointed to the current position in 2013.
"The important thing is to deliver a message, “I have a dream”, and what kind ofsociety and future we want to create. I would like younger generation to think outside
the box, and look at the nature of things and have a dream."

Sawako Kawamura
Professor, School of Nursing, Seirei Christopher University
She is a pioneer of Intractable Disease Nursing and Visiting Nursing in Japan. She
has led the development of a number of social systems and laws.
"When something that one nurse cannot do is captured well in the policy, thenwonderful results will be produced. That is why, it is important to overlook a wholesociety and transmit information in ways that others can understand."Kyoko Shimabukuro
President, Kitasato University
She became the first president of a university of life sciences with a nursing
background in Japan.
"I would like you to be interested not only in healthcare issues but also in social matters.
It would be good if you could understand that economic conditions and politics arerelated to the fundamental problems of your patients, and think about what kind ofpolicies are needed."【Experts outside nursing】
Takeshi Kasai, MD
Regional Director, Western Pacific Regional Office, World Health Organization
For more than 15 years, he has been committed to emerging infectious diseases andpublic health emergency responses in the Asia-Pacific region of WHO.
"Every person has the ability to lead. In order to bring out that leadership, it is importantto think about the feeling you had when you first decided to become a nurse. And it’salso essential to be able to see the true nature of things and judge what is important."

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Yasuhide Nakamura, MD
President, Representative Director, Friends of WHO Japan,
Professor Emeritus, Osaka University
He is a pediatrician who has worked for JICA, UNHCR and other organizations topromote the Maternal and Child Health Handbook throughout the world.
"The power of young nurses to make a breakthrough is outstanding in the field ofglobal health. Policies will change when frontline nurses raise their voice as advocatesof patients, pregnant women and communities."

Reiko Hayashi
Deputy Director-General, National Institute of Population and Social Security
Research
She holds Ph.D. in Policy Studies, Master of Health Sciences and Bachelor ofEngineering (Architecture).
As a technical advisor to Ministry of Health in the Republic of Senegal, she got
involved in health policy, health information systems and hospital management.
"Nurses are the ones who work most closely with patients. I would like to see the seeds of innovation sprouting
from on-site activities."

Tamayo Marukawa
Member of the House of Councilors, Minister for the Tokyo Olympic andParalympic Games, Minister of State for Gender Equality and Minister in chargeof Women’s Empowerment (Chairperson, Public Relations Headquarters of theLiberal Democratic Party at the time of video shooting)"As Japan's rapidly aging, politics has not keeping pace. The voices of frontline nurses
help to accelerate speed up the process. I would like you to express your opinions onpolitics.”

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