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Public health nurses building resilient health and social ecosystems in the EU

Publication date: 22.07.2016

Public Health and Governance, 2016, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 23-25

https://doi.org/10.4467/20842627OZ.16.003.5565

Authors

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Paul De Raeve
Secretary General of European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) www.efnweb.eu
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Dorota Kilańska
Medical University of Lodz and Director of European Nursing Research Foundation (ENRF)
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Public health nurses building resilient health and social ecosystems in the EU

Abstract

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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Information

Information: Public Health and Governance, 2016, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 23-25

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Public health nurses building resilient health and social ecosystems in the EU

English:

Public health nurses building resilient health and social ecosystems in the EU

Authors

Secretary General of European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) www.efnweb.eu

Medical University of Lodz and Director of European Nursing Research Foundation (ENRF)

Published at: 22.07.2016

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Paul De Raeve (Author) - 50%
Dorota Kilańska (Author) - 50%

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