As we enter 2020 – the World Health Organization- appointed Year of the Nurse and Midwife, this issue’s guest editorial has been written by Professor Emeritus Jill White AM – Western Pacific Member of the Nursing Now Campaign Board. Professor White calls on nurses and midwives to use their significant electoral and political power and look beyond the professions to demonstrate evidence for their contributions to national and global health. Professor White also urges us to commit to establishing a National Nursing Strategy by the end of 2020, as a necessary and powerful tool for change. While the challenge of developing a National Nursing Strategy and raising the profile of nursing and midwifery to its much deserved place as a valued and optimally utilised workforce supporting health and healthcare in Australia may be daunting, it is time for nurses and midwives to take on this challenge. https://doi.org/10.37464/2020.371.2

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2020 年——国家护理战略：是时候了

当我们进入 2020 年——世界卫生组织指定的护士和助产士年时，本期的客座社论由名誉教授 Jill White AM 撰写——现在护理运动委员会的西太平洋成员。怀特教授呼吁护士和助产士利用其重要的选举权和政治权力，超越职业，展示他们对国家和全球健康做出贡献的证据。怀特教授还敦促我们承诺在 2020 年底之前制定一项国家护理战略，作为变革的必要和有力工具。虽然制定国家护理战略并将护理和助产士的形象提升到其当之无愧的地位，作为支持澳大利亚健康和医疗保健的有价值和最佳利用的劳动力的挑战可能令人生畏，现在是护士和助产士迎接这一挑战的时候了。https://doi.org/10.37464/2020.371.2