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

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

Author(s): Paul De Raeve, Dorota Kilańska
Subject(s): Politics, Vocational Education, Health and medicine and law, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: advanced practice nursing; public health; professional competence; policy; professional autonomy;

Summary/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.

  • Issue Year: 14/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-25
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: English