{"id":6865,"date":"2015-05-11T17:32:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T15:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=6865"},"modified":"2015-05-11T17:32:34","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T15:32:34","slug":"international-nurses-day-2015-nurses-a-force-for-patientcitizens-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=6865","title":{"rendered":"International Nurses’ Day 2015 – “Nurses: A Force for Patient\/Citizens Empowerment”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to the increasing focus on patient empowerment, political leaders become more aware of the vital role nurses play in empowering patients and citizens in the process of continuity of care. eHealth services start playing a crucial role in integrated care.<\/p>\n

On the International Nurses\u2019 Day, which falls together with the celebration at the European Parliament of the 9th<\/sup> Edition of the European Patients\u2019 Rights Day, both the European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) and Active Citizenship Network (ACN) advocate for a highly educated, supported and developed nursing workforce in the right numbers to deliver person-centred care in which eHealth services are oriented to support better patient\/citizens outcomes.<\/p>\n

Only with a proper education, in compliance with the competency based Directive 2013\/55\/EU, and a sufficient amount of motivated nurses, the traditional medical & disease-based model can be transformed into an integrated model in which eHealth\/mHealth supports nurses and patients\/citizens in designing a person-centred approached to care.<\/p>\n

With the proper investments and efforts, nurses and citizens will be able to contribute to a sustainable health system reform with patient\u00a0empowerment as key driver. This development will certainly provide evidence of\u00a0commitments to improve patients\u2019 rights, which are included in the\u00a0European Charter of Patients’ Rights, in Europe and in each Member State.<\/p>\n

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For further information, please contact<\/span><\/em><\/strong>:
\nMr Paul de Raeve,<\/em><\/strong> General Secretary, European Federation of Nurses Associations
\nEmail: efn@efn.eu<\/a> – Tel: +32 (0)2 512 74 19 – Web: www.efnweb.eu<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

Mr Alessandro Cossu,<\/em><\/strong> Head of Communication Office, Active Citizenship Network
\nEmail: press@activecitizenship.net<\/a> – Tel: +39 348 3347608 –
\nWeb: www.activecitizenship.net<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

Note for Editors<\/span><\/em><\/strong>:
\n<\/em>International Nurses\u2019 Day:<\/strong> Celebrated every year by nurses worldwide on 12 May, the International Nurses\u2019 Day commemorates the anniversary of Florence Nightingale\u2019s birth. This year, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) chose \u201cNurses: A Force for Change: Care Effective, Cost Effective\u201d as the theme for this important day. The EFN goes a step further and states that \u201cNurses are a force for patients\u2019\/citizens\u2019 empowerment\u201d. The EFN believes that patient empowerment<\/a> and engagement are central for realising self-management and orienting citizens to actively contribute to their own health improvement and well-being. As such, the EFN is committed to support and advocate for strategies and policies that place \u201cpatient empowerment\u201d at the centre of healthcare design in order to maintain and improve high quality, safe, and effective services.<\/p>\n

European Patients\u2019 Rights Day & European Charter of Patients’ Rights: <\/strong>The European Patients\u2019 Rights Day has been celebrated for nine years, an initiative created by civic associations and already included in the European political agenda. The European Charter of Patients’ Rights<\/a> states 14 patients’ rights that together aim to guarantee a \u201chigh level of human health protection\u201d (Article 35 of the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union) and to assure the high quality of services provided by the various national health services in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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