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DIRECTIVE 2005/36/EC, AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 2013/55/EU
DELEGATED ACT AND IMPLEMENTATION
Paul De Raeve - EFN General SecretaryNancy, 26 September 2014
HISTORY OF EFN
The EFN was set up in 1971 and its creation was linked to the directives
on nursing education and free movement being drafted at that time
by the European Commission.
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HISTORY OF EFN
The EFN is the independent voice of the nursing profession,
representing 34 National Nurses Associations
(professional associations-regulators-unions)
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EFN MISSION
To strengthen the status and practice of the profession of nursing for the benefit of the health of the citizens
and the interests of nurses in the EU & Europe, by lobbying the EU
Institutions on EU pipeline legislation which affects the daily life and work of six million nurses across Europe.
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ceEFN LOBBY PRIORITIES
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STRENGTHENED CRITERIAEu
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• To independently diagnose the nursing care required using current theoretical and clinical knowledge and to plan, organise and implement nursing care when treating patients;
• To work together effectively with other actors in the health sector, including participation in the practical training of health personnel;
• To empower individuals, families and grous towards healthy lifestyles and self-care on the basis of the knowledge and skills acquired;
• To independently initiative life-preserving measures and to carry out measures in crises and disaster situations;
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ceCOMPETENCIES (ART 31)
Competencies in line with the EFN Competency Framework agreed by 34 National Nurses Associations
• To independently give advice to, instruct and support persons needing care and their attachment figures;
• To independently assure quality of and to evaluate nursing care;
• To comprehensively communicate professionally and to cooperate with members of the other professions in the health sector;
• To analyse the care quality to improve the own professional practice as a general care nurse.
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Competencies in line with the EFN Competency Framework agreed by 34 National Nurses Associations
• EFN Working Group on Competencies
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EFN COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR DELEGATED ACT
• EFN and its member associations are engaging with the key regulatory and education stakeholders to refine the EFN Competency Framework.
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EFN COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR DELEGATED ACT
One United Voice >>> Delegated Act
• Timeline– EFN Competency Framework approved Slovenia April 2012– 8 Nurse Competences approved in the modernisation – Directive
2005/36/EC amended by 2013/55/EU came into force 18 January 2014
– EFN Working Group developed first draft July 2014– Round of consultation with stakeholders July 2014-December 2014– Official endorsement March – April 2015– Negotiations with the Commission May 2015 – Deadline for implementation 18 January 2016
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EFN COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK FOR DELEGATED ACT
THANKS!
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Clos du Parnasse, 11A
1050 BrusselsBelgium
Tel.: +32 2 512 74 19Fax: +32 2 512 35 50
Email: [email protected] Web: www.efnweb.eu
