Articles

Here you can find several articles published by the EFN Office on different issues and subjects.

• Navigating the EU nursing workforce crisis: Stop talking, start acting! (By Paul De Raeve, Open Access Government, July 2024)
• The Ticking Time Bomb in the European Union Exploded: The Importance of European Council Recommendations on the Healthcare Workforce (By Paul De Raeve at Al, Irish Journal of Nursing & Care, Volume 4 – Issue 5, April 2024)
• Nurses Combatting Frontline Antimicrobial Resistance (By Paul De Raeve and Jochen Bergs, Irish Journal of Nursing & Care, March 2024)
• Keeping Nurses into their Job (By Paul De Raeve, HealthManagement.org The Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, Nov. 2023)
• Workplace Violence Against Nurses: Challenges and Solutions for Europe (By Paul De Raeve, at Al, Sage Publishing and Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice – October 2023)
• Advanced Practice Nursing in Europe – Results from a pan-European survey of 35 countries: Empirical Research Quantitative (By Paul De Raeve, at Al, Journal of Advanced Nursing – October 2023)
• EU pipeline legislation and exploitation of EHDS and AI (By Paul De Raeve, Health Europa Quarterly Issue 25 – May 2023)
• Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, midwives, support workers and students lack of confidence in vaccine advocacy (By Paul De Raeve et al – Ecronicon – EC Nursing and Healthcare journal, March 2023)
  
• The registered nurse shortage in Europe is a ‘ticking time bomb’ (By Paul De Raeve, Health Europa Quarterly, Issue 24 – November 2022)
• A Theoretically Derived Approach to Impact – Implementing Policy Influence Strategies (By Paul De Raeve, at Al, SAGE Journals, July 2022)
• Health workers shortages (In French – November 2021)
• Digital transformation of healthcare for the patient (By Paul De Raeve, Open Access Government, October 2021)
• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses in Europe (By Paul De Raeve, at Al, Elsevier, May 2021)
• Supporting Nurses on the Frontline (By EFN, Health Europa – Issue 17 – May 2021)
• Leveraging the trust of nurses to advance a digital agenda in Europe: a critical review of health policy literature (By Paul De Raeve, at Al, Open Research Europe, May 2021)
• Let’s get better prepared for the next health crisis in the EU! (By EFN, Open Access Government, August 2020)
• EFN articles on Health Europa Quarterly special COVID-19 (By EFN, Health Europa Quarterly – Issue 14, August 2020)
• EFN articles on Health Europa Quarterly to celebrate International Nurses Day (By EFN, Health Europa Quarterly – Issue 13, May 2020)
• Following in the Footsteps of Florence: We need better policies to protect nurses at the frontline of crises (By Paul De Raeve, OECD Forum Network, May 2020)
• Nurses – the Heroes at the Frontline of Healthcare (By Paul De Raeve, New Europe – ‘Our World‘ magazine, ‘Struck by the Pandemic’ edition – May 2020)
• Blockchain-based technologies for sustainable EU healthcare ecosystems (By Paul De Raeve, Open Access Government, January 2020)
• The world of cloud-based services: storing health data in the cloud (By Paul De Raeve, HealthEuropa, August 2019)
• Nurses leading Change in Europe’s fight against Alzheimer’s Disease (By Paul De Raeve, Government Gazette, Volume 1, 2019, pp 90-91, May 2019)
• Blockchain Interoperability – Sharing data across the care continuum (By Paul De Raeve, Open Access Government, April 2019)
• Three million EU nurses focusing on the European elections (By EFN, Health Europa Quarterly, Issue 7, November 2018)
• Future EU enlargement: fit-for-purpose accession negotiation mechanisms needed (By Paul De Raeve, Health Europa Quarterly, Issue 7, November 2018)
• The value-based public procurement nurse in Europe (By Paul De Raeve, Open Access Government, August 2018)
• Blockchain supports nurses in the continuity of health and social care (By Paul De Raeve, Open Access Government, August 2018)
• Why the European Pillar of Social Rights should keep nurses in the profession (By EFN, Open Access Government, July 2018, p12-17)
• The Long-Term Care implementation gap (By EFN, SciTech Europa Quarterly, issue 27, June 2018)
• Blockchain support to continuity of care (By Paul De Raeve, Health Europa Quarterly, May 2018)
• Nurses in Europe codesigning an EU value-based health and social care ecosystem (By EFN, Open Access Government, May 2018, p18-24)
• Three million EU nurses leading digitalisation! (By EFN, Open Access Government, December 2017)
• Preventing the exposure of nurses and health professionals to hazardous drugs (By EFN, The Parliament Magazine, June 2017)
• Nurses as public health leaders (by EFN, Pan European Networks: Government, Issue 20, November 2016)
• Nursing and Public Health (by EFN, Pan European Networks: Government, Issue 19, August 2016)
• Nursing and the European Semester (by EFN, Horizon 2020 Projects: Portal, Issue 11, July 2016)
• Upscaling Integrated Care (by EFN, Pan European Networks: Science & Technology, Issue 19, June 2016)
• EU Accession – A Policy Window for Nursing (by EFN, Eurohealth Observer, Vol.22, Number 1, May 2016)
• Enhancing the provision of health and social care in Europe through eHealth (by EFN & ENS4Care WP Leaders, ICN International Nursing Review, May 2016)
• Migration and Nursing (by EFN, Pan European Networks: Government, Issue 18, May 2016)
  
• Women: setting the agenda (by EFN, Pan European Networks: Science & Technology, Issue 18, March 2016)
• Women in Integrated Care and eHealth (by Paul De Raeve, Diplomatic World Magazine, Winter Edition, December 2015)
• Personalising Dementia Care (by Paul De Raeve, Pan European Networks magazine, December 2015 – Issue 17)
• Going Beyond Archaic Metrics (by EFN, Horizon2020projects portal, Publication December 2015 – Issue 9)
• Nursing Europe (by Paul De Raeve, Horizon2020projects portal, Publication October 2015 – Issue 8)
• When Personalised Medicine, Gender and Dementia Meet! (by Paul De Raeve, Diplomatic World Magazine, autumn edition, October 2015)
• Nursing Legislation and Curricula in compliance with Article 31 of Directive 2005/36/EC, amended by Directive 2013/55/EU (by EFN, Diplomatic World Magazine, summer edition, June 2015)
• Nurses Safety neglected when dealing with Ebola preparedness (by Paul De Raeve, Diplomatic World Magazine, spring edition, March 2015)
• Evidence Based Policy-making for Health System Reform in the EU (by EFN, Diplomatic World Magazine, December 2014)
• The Politics of Health Workforce Planning and Forecasting (By EFN, September 2014)
• Publications on EFN Report on Sharp Injuries (by EFN, May-December 2014)
• mHealth redesigning healthcare budgets (by Paul De Raeve & Dorota Kilanska, European Journal of ePractice, November 2013)
• Europeanisation: eHealth Services Standards of Care (by Paul De Raeve, European Journal of ePractice, October 2013)
• Credentialing with Credibility (by EFN, Public Service Review: Europe – Issue 25, April 2013)
• Nurses and carers central to e-health services (by EFN, ScienceOmega.com, April 2013)
• The impact of the financial crisis on nurses and nursing (pages 497–499, by Jane Wray, February 2013)
• Targeting Cohesion (by Paul De Raeve, Public Service Review: Health and Social Care – Issue 34, January 2013)
• Why are nurses seen as ‘easy targets’ for cuts? (by EFN, Public Service Europe, November 2012)
• Strengthening Nursing Education Saves Lives (by EFN, November 2012)
• The EU Directive what it is, and what are its implications (by Paul De Raeve, November 2012)
• Caring and Comparing (by EFN, October 2012)
• WHO Global Code and Health Professionals’ Mobility (by EFN/EPHA, June 2012)
• European Commission must invest in eHealth (Interview to Paul De Raeve, by James Morgan, Science Omega, May 2012)
• A Healthy Constitution (by Paul De Raeve, Public Service Review: European Union – Issue 23, May 2012)
• Caring in Crisis (by Paul De Raeve, March 2012)
• The Importance of Nursing Services in the European Union (by Paul De Raeve, January 2012)
• Getting ready to implement the new EU Directive on preventing sharps injuries (by Paul De Raeve, Healthmatters, December 2011)
• Technology & Health (European Voice, September 2011)
• E-quality for e-safety: a Nurses’ view on e-Health (by Paul De Raeve, November 2010)
• Feature on Nurses’ Health (by Paul De Raeve, November 2010)
• Sharps Injuries – From Directive towards Implementation’ Health (by Paul De Raeve, July 2010)
• Sharps Injuries – Stepping Up to the Challenge in Europe (by Paul De Raeve, 2010 edition of Hospital Healthcare Europe Magazine)
• Interview to EFN General Secretary’ Health (“Let’s talk about Europe”, Health Observatory in Europe, May 2008)
• The Future EU Health Services’ Health (by Paul De Raeve, The Parliament Magazine, 26 November 2007)
• EU Patient and Workplace Safety (by Paul De Raeve, The Parliament Magazine, 12 November 2007)
• EU Health Pro Elderly (by Paul De Raeve, The Parliament Magazine, 1st October 2007)
• EU Challenges to Safeguard Quality of Care and Patient Safety (by Paul De Raeve and Annette Kennedy)
• The Political ‘State of the Art’ on the Directive on Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications (by Paul De Raeve)
• Nursing and Health Developments in Central and Eastern Europe (by Paul De Raeve)
• Nursing Powers in the EU: The Role and Outcomes of the European Federation of Nurses Associations (by Paul De Raeve)
• The Interaction between Politics, Nurses and Doctors (by Paul De Raeve)