Do we need tailored training and development plans for European Union respiratory nurses?

Silvia Arranz Alonso; Helle Marie Christensen; David Díaz-Pérez; Georgia Narsavage; José Miguel Padilha; Juan Carlos Quijano-Campos; Andreja Sajnic; Caroline Stridsman; Helmut Täubl; Ann-Britt Zakrisson; Marco Clari

doi:10.1183/20734735.0010-2020

Do we need tailored training and development plans for European Union respiratory nurses?

Breathe (Sheff). 2020 Jun;16(2):200010. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0010-2020.

Authors

Silvia Arranz Alonso^{1

2}, Helle Marie Christensen^{3

2}, David Díaz-Pérez^{4

2}, Georgia Narsavage^{5

2}, José Miguel Padilha^{6

2}, Juan Carlos Quijano-Campos^{7

2}, Andreja Sajnic^{8

2}, Caroline Stridsman^{9

2}, Helmut Täubl^{10

2}, Ann-Britt Zakrisson^{11

2}, Marco Clari^{12

2}

Affiliations

¹ Nursing Development Foundation (FUDEN), Madrid, Spain.
² All authors contributed equally.
³ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
⁴ Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery Service, University Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (HUNSC), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
⁵ School of Nursing, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
⁶ Nursing School of Porto, CINTESIS-Tech4edusim, Porto, Portugal.
⁷ Research and Development, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
⁸ Dept of Respiratory Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁹ Dept of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Section of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
¹⁰ Dept for Pulmology, Public Hochzirl-Natters Hospital, Natters, Austria.
¹¹ University Healthcare Research Center, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
¹² Dept of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, Turin, Italy.

Abstract

Nurses are critical players in healthcare and should be the next profession to standardise levels of education, preparing them for an active partnership with other healthcare professionals prepared to tackle the chronic disease problem in Europe https://bit.ly/3bMR76b.

Publication types

Editorial