DW BUREAU Aryans Institute of Nursing (AIN), Rajpura, near here, celebrated International Nursing Day under this year's theme "A Voice to Lead: A Vision for Future Healthcare". Students and staff of GNM, ANM & B. Sc. Nursing organized an oath ceremony on a virtual platform focusing on the true value of nurses to the people of the world. Dr Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the function. Dr Kataria while interacting with students said that nurses are at the forefront of fighting epidemics and pandemics, providing high quality and respectful treatment and care. Like doctors and other healthcare workers, nurses are continuously providing high quality care often working without a break. Nurses are often the only health professionals that people see in a crisis situation. Kataria added that the COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of the vital role that nurses play. Without nurses and other health workers, we will not win the battle against such outbreaks. Further, the demand for these paramedical courses has increased post Covid as the increase in number of patients with a variety of diseases, has paved the way for nursing professionals to provide better quality to human health care, he said. On this occasion, Vijay Lakshmi, Vice-Principal, Aryans Institute of Nursing, addressed, motivated the students and said that nurses are the most trusted healthcare professionals as they are with patients throughout the continuum of life. Nursing occupies the largest bulk of the health care force but the biggest challenge posed by this profession is staff shortage not only in India but the developed nation including Canada, US and more. Neha Sharma, HoD, Aryans Institute of Nursing, said that nurses account for more than half of all the world's health workers, yet there is an urgent shortage of nurses worldwide. She made the students pledge to protect the patient, and follow the medical principles. (editor@dailyworld.in)