Nurses Week was celebrated at GAU Millennium Senate Congress Hall with events organized by GAU Higher School of Nursing.

Speeches for the event were realized by health experts and nurses. Beside the nursing students there were also head nurses and authorities of TRNC health institutions who participated as guests.

Dr. Neşe Gül Orçun has realized the opening speech for the event and further explained about the Nurses week such that it is been celebrated all over the world and a new topic is been emphasized each year. This year’s topic is “To meet the deficit and development plans”. Orçun has also stressed that Florence Nightingale is the core of nursing and that nursing was an initial field for healer woman and later developed into a professional occupation. In this respect Orçun has emphasize that Florence Nightingale has conducted great effort to develop this field into a profession and stated that movement of professional nursing commencing in Turkey was a significant role played in regards to history and development of nursing.

Further in her speech Orçun stressed that; Nightingale had underlined that “A more livable world will not be offered to us whereas we will contribute to build this world”. We must also lead the way to develop in this sense. Not only Florence Nightingale but many other nurses had held the lead for this profession. More is following this path. More of you young people who will contribute for the development of nursing will increase in numbers gradually.

Dr. Gülten Sucu Dağ whom also has participated at the event as a speaker has further stressed upon this year’s topic and explains in depth for the participants. Dr. Gülten Sucu Dağ has stated that this year’s topic is “To meet the deficit and annual development plan”. She further explained that the annual development plan had begun in the year 200 and accredited by the United Nation’s program. This had been set into application with 8 targets and 18 aims. We ought to reach all our target and aims. One of the most significant aims is to reduce the child mortality. There are approximate resultants calculated as averaging the ratios amongst developed and developing countries. HIV virus has also caused 2% of child mortality. There also results from the reports of Turkey. The majority in South East is pulling attention. This region holds the lead for child mortality in Turkey. The most necessitate regions seeking maintenance and service requires such reports, results and statistics. To provide services accordingly to these reports will reduce our percentage and prevent the mortality.

Specialist Mehmet Yaşar Kocabaş has defined nursing as profession further and explained more to students about relevant attitudes and rules that are musts of nursing profession. Kocabaş also defining nursing as a profession has also stressed that “ Nursing; is further defined as a mental activity which forms relation amongst information, an art which requires sill and fine touches and a profession which can be referred to as science. We can also define science of nursing in line with theory, implication and research. Implication in this sense acts as a catalyst. Theory helps to understand the problem. Research on the other hand; show the path for solution by traveling beyond the line. Nursing yet becomes eternal with these three. These relate to form Nursing”.