Student Assembly - Agenda

The 2025 ICN Student Assembly: "The Power of Student Nurses to Change the Landscape of Nursing" is a transformative day-long event designed to equip students and early career nurses with the tools to drive change in global health and the nursing profession. Taking place on June 8, 2025 alongside the Council of National Nursing Associations, the Assembly connects student and early career nurses with each other and with global nurse leaders, enabling them to build networks and exchange ideas.

The Assembly empowers participants to tackle pressing global health issues, enhance their own health and well-being, and become advocates for impactful change in healthcare. All attendees will have the opportunity to learn and engage as observers, with interventions by Student and Early Career Nurses (SECN) Alliance representatives throughout the event to highlight important perspectives and solutions.

The aim of this event is for attendees to learn actionable insights on addressing global health challenges, skills to promote well-being within the profession, and a powerful platform to amplify the role of nurses worldwide. With over 300 student and early career nurses from diverse backgrounds and interpretation provided in English, French, and Spanish, the Assembly fosters a truly inclusive, global exchange of ideas.

It is open to undergraduate and graduate nursing students, as well as early career nurses (within three years of registration and actively practicing).

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Time	Title	Overview	Session Type
8:00 - 8:45 AM	Registration and Doors open
		Welcoming Remarks
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Opening Remarks & Introduction	Welcome address Overview of the day's themes and objectives	Welcome
	Session 1:	Health and Well-being of Student and Early Career Nurses
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM	Introduction	Overview of the session, give important to student and early career nurse mental health	Welcome
9:05 AM - 9:25 AM	Mental Health of Students and Early Career Nursess	Discuss the current state of mental health among students and early career nurses	Session Keynote
9:25 AM-10:05 AM	Challenges Faced by Students and Early Career Nurses	Financial Stressors of Students Interventions for Mental Health Challenges as Student Real Student Experiences and Coping Strategies Transitioning to Practice Interventions for Mental Health Challenges as Student (10 min)	Panel
10:05 AM-10:35 AM	Panel Discussion	Interactive panel with above presenters	Panel
10:35 AM-10:55 AM	Q&A	Question from all audience members	Q&A
10:55 AM-11:00 AM	Concluding remarks		Session Conclusion
11:00 AM -11:30 AM	Coffee Break
	Global Reflections 1:	Insights and Experiences from SECN Alliance Representatives
11:30 AM-12:00 PM	Introduction to the SECN Alliance	An overview of the development of SECN Alliance, Introduce the SECN Alliance Steering Committee	Welcome
12:00 AM-1:00 PM	SECN Alliance Representative Interventions	2-minute interventions for 15 preselected Alliance Representatives (remarks on any aspect of student and early career nursing well-being)	Interventions
1:00 PM-2:00 PM	Lunch	Lunch with CNR Networking opportunities for participants to engage with presenters and each other
	Session 2:	Policy Leaders: Nurses as Global Health Innovators
2:00 PM-2:10 PM	What is Global Health, and How Can Nurses Lead Beyond Clinical Nursing ?	Overview: The keynote introduces global health as addressing cross-border issues shaped by social and environmental factors.	Keynote
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	Nurse Migration	Learn about key global health issues facing the nursing workforce today.	Podium
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM	LGBTQIA+ Health Equity
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM	Access to Women’s Health Services
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM	Nursing in Conflict Settings
3:10 PM - 3:15 PM	Concluding remarks		Session Conclusion
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Break
	Global Reflections 2:	Insights and Experiences from SECN Alliance Representatives
3:30 AM – 4:30 PM	SECN Interventions	2-minute interventions for 15 preselected SECN Alliance Representatives, may be on any of the global health issues above	Interventions
	Shaping the Future:	Leadership and Global Unity from Student and Early Career Nurses
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Call to be Leaders Today	Shaping the Future: Leadership and Global Unity from Student and Early Career Nurses	Conclusion/Call to Action
		Traditional Finnish Sitz or Sitsit Party
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Sitz Party	Meet and Greet networking hour with light non-alcoholic refreshments