Since 1977, CGFNS has been at the forefront of providing opportunity to nurses who wish to migrate to energize the countries they are migrating to and quite often, the countries they return to, transforming themselves and their families in the process.
We at CGFNS salute nurses who create change in healthcare policy, in migration, in society, in their own lives—and most of all, in the health and well-being of those they care for.
Numbering more than 20 million, nurses make up the largest segment of healthcare workers around the world. And yet, even as a massive labor force, nurses tend to lack presence at the policy-making table.
Two hundred years following the birth of Florence Nightingale, who revolutionized the nursing profession from one made up of prostitutes and prisoners to educated and trained caregivers, the World Health Organization named 2020 The Year of the Nurse and Midwife.
The WHO has furthered their commitment naming 2021 The Year of Health and Care Workers to reflect the vital role these professionals served throughout the pandemic. Since our founding, CGFNS has worked to improve standards of care through credentialing and helping individuals pursue career advancement.
