Public health nurses building resilient health and social ecosystems in the EU
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Publication date: 22.07.2016
Public Health and Governance, 2016, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 23-25
https://doi.org/10.4467/20842627OZ.16.003.5565Authors
Public health nurses building resilient health and social ecosystems in the EU
Nurses are the largest professional group in the health sector, mainly being frontline, 24 hours/7 days in a roll, 365 days a year. Nurses are frontline to coordinate care and empower patients and citizens. The present document is intended at guiding decisions about how public health services can be usefully deployed in the introduction and development of advanced roles for nurses. Advanced roles are seen as the way forward in order to improve access to care and patient outcomes, contain provider related costs and improve recruitment and retention rates through enhanced career prospects. In Poland many of nurses developed their skills to delivering high quality of care using the autonomy and independent practice in Primary Health Care. Introducing Advance Practice Nursing role it is a challenge which is new for polish health system and it is recommended by nursing authorities as Polish Nurses Association.
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Public health nurses building resilient health and social ecosystems in the EU
Secretary General of European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) www.efnweb.eu
Medical University of Lodz and Director of European Nursing Research Foundation (ENRF)
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