{"id":10105,"date":"2018-04-17T15:41:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T13:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=10105"},"modified":"2018-04-17T15:41:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T13:41:33","slug":"efn-general-assembly-brings-nursing-reality-upfront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=10105","title":{"rendered":"EFN General Assembly brings nursing reality upfront!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EFN Members gathered for their 107<sup>th<\/sup> EFN General Assembly (GA) in their usual Spring meeting in Brussels. Besides welcoming Nina Hahtela as the new EFN Vice-President, the Assembly delivered on some important EU policy topics key for nurses and nursing. The EFN members discussed EFN input to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/priorities\/deeper-and-fairer-economic-and-monetary-union\/european-pillar-social-rights_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/priorities\/deeper-and-fairer-economic-and-monetary-union\/european-pillar-social-rights_en&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1524058492292000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHO0Boa3OD7UAq2-n3qjZo5iiakCA\"> European Pillar of Social Rights<\/a>, with particular attention to Principles 6 \u2018Wages\u2019 &amp; 16 \u2018Health care\u2019 and Principle 18 \u2018Long-term Care\u2019; the future EU development of Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP); and discussed the OECD data on the nursing workforce and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oecd.org\/health\/paris.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.oecd.org\/health\/paris.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1524058492292000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtMvu4Wh7jcCFg6kczjIqr1rJdcA\">OECD work<\/a> on PROMS-PREMS.<\/p>\n<p>The GA was for the members an opportunity to share best practices on well-functioning \u201cPrimary Care models\u201d, and practices led by nurses. These practices will be relevant for future development in the EU.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the NNAs reiterated their support the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icn.ch\/what-we-do\/Nusing-Now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.icn.ch\/what-we-do\/Nusing-Now\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1524058492292000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGc485Qa79QDNrKyB1FXAROgK9Ntg\">Nursing Now<\/a> campaign, adding value to the nursing profession.<\/p>\n<p>Nurses can lead the change in the EU, and their involvement in EU policy-making is key to make this change a success for patients and citizens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EFN Members gathered for their 107th EFN General Assembly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19691,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=19691","url_meta":{"origin":10105,"position":0},"title":"EFN Spring General Assembly","author":"efn efn","date":"April 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The 122nd EFN General Assembly, which was originally set to be hosted on 16-17 April 2026 in Cyprus, was instead held online on 16 April 2026 due to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East and Gulf Region. 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