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Global nurses’ congress to meet in Rome amid staffing shortages
Global Nurses United will hold its annual congress in Rome on 10 and 11 November, for the first time in Italy.
The federation brings together nursing unions from 35 countries.
The meeting will focus on nurse shortages, migration among nursing professionals and AI’s effects on care work.
About six million nurses are missing worldwide, according to the figures cited by the organizers.
Italy is also short of about 65,000 nursing professionals, while the WHO’s Europe region is projected to face a shortage of one million by 2030.
The shortage matters because it could put health systems in Italy and elsewhere under strain.
Nurses’ unions will seek common proposals on shared challenges at the meeting.
The Global Nurses United annual congress will meet in Rome on November 10 and 11, for the first time in Italy.
The congress will focus on nursing staff shortages, migration of health professionals and artificial intelligence’s impact on care work.
The article reports a global shortage of 6 million nurses and an estimated shortfall of about 65,000 in Italy.
The World Health Organization’s Europe forecasts that the continent will be short of 1 million nurses by 2030.
Nursind, the only Italian union in the federation, will host the meeting.
- Who
- Global Nurses United, a federation of nursing unions from 35 countries, will meet. Nursind will host.
- What
- Its annual congress will address nursing shortages, professional migration and artificial intelligence’s impact on care work.
- When
- November 10 and 11, 2026.
- Where
- Rome, Italy.
- Why
- The congress will discuss challenges facing nursing, including staff shortages that threaten health systems.
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- Global nursing shortage
- 6 million nurses
- Italy nursing shortfall
- About 65,000 professionals
- WHO Europe forecast
- 1 million nurses short by 2030
- Federation membership
- Nursing unions from 35 countries
- Congress theme
- One Nurse One Health - United nurses caring the world
What people are saying
This is an issue that unfortunately unites us, and on which we will act together.
The WHO Europe forecasts, according to which the continent will be short of one million nurses by 2030, are alarming at every latitude.