Nursing students, academics and local colleagues will celebrate International Nurses Day with a morning coffee at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst on Monday 12 May. Dr Judith Anderson from the CSU School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health said the aim of the meeting is to express solidarity with their peers around the world and to enable local nurses to meet to discuss relevant professional issues. "Nurses play a vitally important role in the health care system, and they make a great contribution to the wellbeing of individuals and communities," Dr Anderson said. "It is important to acknowledge the work nurses do and to strengthen recognition of their contribution to society." International Nurses Day is celebrated annually on the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. The theme for 2014 is Nurses: A Force for Change – A Vital Resource for Health. The morning coffee will be at the A2Z Cafe at the front of the CSU library (building 1412) starting at 8.30am Monday 12 May.