International Nursing and Allied Organizations

International Council of Nurses (ICN)

- Is the organization through which nurses all over the world collaborate in
strengthening nursing service, nursing education and professional ethics.
- The member-association in the Philippines is the Philippine Nurses Association
which becomes a member in 1920 at the ICN Congress in Montreal, Canada.

In line with this objective, the functions of the ICN are stated as follows:

1. To promote the organization of national nurses associations and to advise them in

their continued development;
2. To assist national nurses associations to play their part in developing and
improving health service for the public, the practice of nursing, the social and
economic welfare of nurses;
3. To provide means of communication between nurses throughout the world for
mutual understanding and cooperation;
4. To establish and maintain liaison and cooperation with other organizations
5. To receive and manage funds and trust which contribute to the advancement of
nursing or for the benefit of nurses;
6. To do all such other things as may be incidental or conductive to the attainment of
the objectives of the ICN.

International Committee of Catholic Nurses

- To encourage, in all countries, the organization and development of Catholic

professional organizations that are capable of giving moral and spiritual support to
Catholic nurses as well as helping them perfect their techniques;
- To coordinate efforts of Catholic professional associations while respecting their
autonomy, in order to study.

World Health Organization (WHO)

- Is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations.

- It has inherited the functions of antecedent organizations, such as the Office
International d`Hygience Publicque, the Health Organization of its League of
Nations, and the Health Division of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration (UNRRA).
 - Its principal to aim is to bring all people to the highest possible level of health.

Nursing Activities in WHO

1. Publication of reports of expert committees and of their advisory groups

2. Special studies
3. Organization of meetings, travelling seminars, workshops and training courses
4. Fellowships for study abroad
5. Provision of nurse advisers and short-term consultants
6. Arranging for provision of teaching equipment and nursing literature

The International Red Cross

a. The International Committee of the Red Cross – is a group of more than 25 Swiss
citizens charged to maintain Red Cross principles, recognize newly established
Red Cross societies and act as neutral intermediary between belligerent
governments.
b. The League of Red Cross Societies - a federation of national societies, which was
formed in 1929 to promote activities of nurses and to facilitate cooperation among
them.
c. The International Red Cross Conference – which is composed of delegates from
the national Red Cross Societies, the International Committee, the League and the
governments that have signed the Red Cross treaties.

The Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and the Red Crescent
Movement

1. Humanity
2. Impartiality
3. Neutrality
4. Independence
5. Voluntary Service
6. Unity
7. Universality
 International Nursing
and
Allied Organizations

Submitted by:

Villanueva, Relyssa Ashley L.

BSN-IV

2019-2020

Submitted to:

Hope-Love G. Gutierrez, MHA, MAN, RN, RM

Clinical Instructor