PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY OF THE NURSING PROFESSION

The European Federation of Nurses Association (EFN) represents the nursing profession and its interests to the European Institutions, based on the nursing education and free movement Directives. Representing more than one million nurses over 34 National Nurses Associations at European Level, the EFN is the independent voice of the nursing profession.

European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) [ Österreichischer Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegeverband; Fédération Nationale des Infirmières de Belgique (FNIB);  Bulgarian Association of Health Professionals in Nursing (BAHPN);  Croatian Nurses Association; Cyprus Nurses and Midwives Association;  Czech Nurses Association (Ceska Asociace Sester);  Danish Nurses' Organisation (DNO) (Dansk Sygeplejeråd ); Estonian Nurses Union (ENU);  Finnish Nurses Association (Suomen sairaanhoitajaliitto ry) ;  Macedonian Association of Nurses and Midwives;  Association Nationale Française des Infirmiers et Infirmières Diplômés ou Etudiants (ANFIIDE);  German Nurses Association (Deutscher Berufsverband für Pflegeberufe);  Hellenic Nurses Association (HNA);  Hungarian Nursing Association;  Icelandic Nurses Association;  Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO);  Consociazione Nazionale delle Associazioni Infermiere/i (CNAI) ; Latvian Nurses Association;  The Lithuanian Nurses’ Organisation (Lietuvos slaugos specialistų organizacijos biuras) ;  Association Nationale des Infirmier(e)s Luxembourgeois(es) (ANIL);  Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN);  Nurses and Midwives Association of Montenegro (NUMSBCG);  Nieuwe Unie’91 (NU'91) Netherlands; Norwegian Nurses Organisation (NNO ) ;  Polish Nurses Association (Polskie Towarzystwo Pielegniarskie) ;  Ordem dos Enfermeiros ; Romanian Nursing Association (Associatia De Nursing Din Romania) ;  Association Health Workers of Serbia;  Slovak Chamber of Nurses and Midwives; Nurses and Midwives Association of Slovenia ; Spanish General Council of Nursing; The Swedish Association of Health Professionals (Vårdförbundet ); Association Suisse des Infirmières et Infirmiers (SBK-ASI);  Royal College of Nursing (RCN)]. Observers: European Nursing Students Association (ENSA) ;  International Council of Nurses (ICN)].

Public Policy Advocacy

• Ensuring that patient safety, nurses and nursing is central to the development of Social and Health Policy and its implementation in the EU and Europe (Public Health, Services Directive, Health Services Directive, Informed Patient, Patient Safety, Care for the Older People, EU Challenges for Long-Term Care, Patients Rights in Cross-Border Healthcare Directive, eHealth).

• Supporting and facilitating a qualitative and equitable health service in the EU and Europe by a strategic contribution to the development of a sufficient, effective, competent and motivated workforce of nurses (EFN Good Practice Guidance on International Nurses Recruitment, Synergy on Directive 36 - Bologna – EQF, The Bologna Process and Tuning, Reuse of Medical Devices, Prevention of Sharp Injuries, Skill Needs Skill Mix and Task Shifting in Nursing, Working Time Directive, Pension, EU Quality and Safety Standards in Nursing Care.

• Strengthening EFN representation in the EU and Europe and develop EFN key role as bridge between NNA and decision-makers in the EU institutions (Continuing Professional Development (CPD), EU Directive on Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications – Directive 36, Structural and Social Cohesion Funds, European Nursing Research.