Paul De Raeve, General Secretary European Federation of Nursing Associations EFN

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Paul De Raeve, General SecretaryEuropean
Federation of Nursing Associations (EFN)
POLITICS OF NURSES EDUCATION and EMPLOYMENT in
the EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES
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HISTORY of EFN

• EFN (PCN) was set up in 1971 and its creation was
  linked to the nursing education, the free
  movement directives being drafted by the
  Commission then.

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EFN lobby outcomes will effect over 6 million
nurses and EFN is the independent voice of the
nursing profession. Members consist of the
National Nurses Associations (NNA) from all EU
Member States and the Council of Europe, the
European Specialist groups as Associate members
and WHO/ICN/ENSG as observer.
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MISSION of EFN
The EFN shall strengthen the status and practice
of the profession of nursing and the interests of
nurses in the EU Europe
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EFN Statement Your National/Regional
Governments, the EU Commission will be very
reactive and unable to fulfill its obligations
under public health and patient safety, if policy
frameworks become out of touch with what the
nurses are doing.
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Political Leadership in Nursing
(Blumberg Pringle, 1982, De Raeve, 2003).
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The degree to which a professional has the
skills, competencies, knowledge and experiences
(Bologna). Unless a nurse knows what is supposed
to be done and how to do it, high levels of
patient outcomes will be achieved. EU
COMPETENCIES EU ACCREDITATION
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Poor decisions and outdated attitudes within
leadership. When you design new health care
systems, it is important to get THE FULL PICTURE
OF CARE.
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Recruitment Retention Policy
Formulation Capacity working conditions,
gender, working environment, low pay, stress,
workload and poor image.
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EFN POLICY MAKING ROADMAP OVERARCHING
OBJECTIVES EFN LOBBY ACTIONS OUTCOMES
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The Bologna Process EFN principles

• Admission to training institutes should only be
  possible after finishing secondary school (18
  years)
• The length of the training programme shall not be
  less than three academic years (minimum bachelor
  level)
• There should be one European professional level
  of nurses only
• Comply with EU Directive - curriculum based on
  research, skills and competencies
• The institutes Director should be a qualified
  nurse

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EFN WORKING GROUP BOLOGNA ACTION PLAN 2006
LEAD
TIMING
Content in nursing Competencies ICN, ACTN, EFN
document as start Amendments if needed Final
document to GA Greece Final Set of competencies
Acts Review current criteria directive (DG IM)
Work shop In Greece 22/09/05 2006 2007
Priority in GA Greece Bente Sivertsen Myriam
Ovalle Paul De Raeve DG IM
In May 2006 Bologna WG
Clarification Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 Upgrade
standards Teachers in Nursing Dean Faculty
Mary Gobbi Bente Sivertsen Julita Sansoni Thierry
Lothaire
Paternership other HCP Paul Turner Julita
Sansoni (Sectorial professions platforms
Identify - resources)
Questionnaire Outcomes
2010
EFN Actions during Bologna Ratification Map
twinning project (to be identified by EFN member
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EFN Members
External accreditation Patient
safety Benchmark Quality assurance Voice of
students
Regulators role Higher education role Patient
perspective Prof. Ass. Role Shirley Bach
Doc. sept. 2005 Position Statement
Professionnal body
EU Standards
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