Figure 5. Distribution of the Nursing Now campaign goals and their relationship with the recommendations of the documents Report of the High-Level Commission on health Employment and Economic Growth-working for Health and Growth; Triple Impact: How developing nursing will improve health, promote gender equality and supports economic growth; Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery –2016-2020.

Nursing Now campaign goals	Recommendations of the documents analyzed
1. Expand investments in improving the teaching, professional development, standards, regulations and employment conditions of nurses.	Recommendation 1 High Level Commission Report. Job creation; Recommendation 2 High Level Commission Report. Gender equality rights; Recommendation 3 High Level Commission Report. Education, training and skills; Recommendation 4 High Level Commission Report. Health service delivery and organization; Recommendation 5 High Level Commission Report. Technology; Recommendation 6 High Level Commission Report. Humanitarian crises; Recommendation 7 High Level Commission Report. Funding and fiscal resources. Recommendation 8 High Level Commission Report. Partnerships and cooperation. Recommendation 9 High Level Commission Report. International Migration. Recommendation 2 Triple Impact Report. Support plans to increase the number of trained and employed nurses globally. Recommendation 4 Triple Impact Report. Enable nurses to work to their full potential. Thematic Area 1 Strategic Directions. Ensure an educated, competent and motivated nursing workforce in effective and responsive health systems at all levels and services.
2. Increase and improve the dissemination of effective and innovative practices in nursing.	Recommendation 10 High Level Commission Report. Reliable evidence. Recommendation 5 Triple Impact Report. Collect and disseminate evidence on the impact of nursing on access, quality and costs, in order to ensure its incorporation into policies. Recommendation 6 Triple Impact Report. Develop nursing to have a triple impact on health, gender equality and economies. Thematic Area 4 Strategic Directions. Mobilize political initiatives for investments in effective scientific evidence on the development of the nursing workforce.
3. Intensify the influence of nurses and midwives on the global and national health policy as part of more broad-ranging efforts to ensure that human resources for health are more engaged in decision-making processes.	Recommendation 1 Triple Impact Report. Raise the profile of nursing, making it central to health policies. Thematic Area 3 Strategic Directions. Work together to maximize nursing skills and potentials through interprofessional partnerships and collaborations and continuous professional development. Thematic Area 4 Strategic Directions. Mobilize political initiatives for investments in effective scientific evidence on the development of the nursing workforce.
4. Enhance leadership positions occupied by nurses and multiply development opportunities at all levels.	Recommendation 1 Triple Impact Report. Raise the profile of nursing, making it central to health policies. Recommendation 3 Triple Impact Report. Develop nursing leaders and leadership in nursing. Thematic Area 2 Strategic Directions. Optimize policy-making, effective leadership, management and governance.
5. Provide an expanded evidence base for decision makers and policy makers on how and when nursing can have the greatest impact and what prevents nurses from reaching their potential to manage these obstacles.	Recommendation 2 High Level Commission Report. Gender equality rights - maximize women’s economic participation by institutionalizing their leadership and dealing with gender biases and inequalities in education and the job market. Recommendation 10 High Level Commission Report. Reliable evidence - develop robust research and analyses on health markets, using reliable metrics and methodologies to strengthen evidence, reliability of data, and resulting actions. Recommendation 5 Triple Impact Report. Collect and disseminate evidence on the impact of nursing on access, quality and costs, in order to ensure its incorporation into policies. Thematic Area 4 Strategic Directions. Mobilize political initiatives for investments in effective scientific evidence on the development of the nursing workforce.