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Written by Administrator Thursday, 18 March 2010 09:58

Our second newsletter has been released, for reading click here.

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Written by Rosa Thorsteinsdottir Wednesday, 17 February 2010 01:48

This is the new official website of the European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations.
As you have noticed the website has been down for some time and the EfCCNa board apologises for the time it has taken to open the new one. The development of the website is still in progress and will be for the next month. Please visit the website frequently for the latest changes.
The European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations was established in Berlin in the autumn of 1999 and is the only formal network for critical care nursing organisations in Europe. EfCCNa has 23 national member associations and one international organisation from all across Europe; with a total of about 17.000 – 20.000 Critical Care Nurses.
EfCCNa has hosted three international conferences in: Paris, France in 2002; Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 2005; and Florence, Italy in 2008.
The fourth international conference will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark on 24-26 March 2011. The theme is "European Critical Care Nursing: Working together for a better tomorrow”. You find further information about the fourth conference on the website www.efccna2011.dk

EfCCNa has a range of activities related to Critical Care Nursing spanning from:

• Clinical Practice
• Research and Development
• Education
• Management and Workforce
• European Exchange Programme for Critical Care Nurses
• International Conferences and Events for Critical Care Nurses

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EfCCNa welcomes a new Member association

Written by Rosa Thorsteinsdottir Thursday, 24 December 2009 12:43

EfCCNa welcomes a new Member association, the Israeli Society of Cardiac and Intensive Care Nursing.

Dear EfCCNa,

Thank you so much for including us, the Israeli Intensive Care nurses into your welcoming arms and warm hearts!
We are a country of 7.5 million people with a total of 4.4 registered nurses per 1000 of which 3745 have completed a 9 month post graduate course in intensive care nursing. This course is summated with a national test given once a year. The post graduate course curriculum and final exam is developed by the nurses in the society.
The Israeli Society for Cardiac and Intensive nurses is a professional group encompassing many fields of intensive care; cardiac , cardio-thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, pediatric, post anesthesia, and general intensive care. The society has 2 national congresses a year in collaboration with the Physicians Anesthesia care conference and another with the Cardiology Association. There are 2 full days of thematic and abstracts sessions organized and planned by the nursing society of intensive care. In addition, there is another nursing conference day hosted by different hospitals each year. The hosting nurses organize the day focusing on the specialties of the nursing care in that hospital. The Israeli ICU nursing society meets once a year to discuss education, and professional development areas, updating the post graduate national ICU course content, and standardization of care and general issues.
In addition, the societies active members have developed a specialty branch calling themselves, the Evidenced based ICU Nursing group. This group meets once a month with the objective of investigating nursing procedures that need to be refreshed and explored. Recently, we have finalized a Meta analysis of oral care for the mechanically ventilated patient, nurse driven protocol for ventilation weaning, nurse driven protocol for pain relief, national guidelines and recommendations for taking patients out of bed, and a national study on moral distress and structural empowerment. Our project for this year will be a national observational study on procedural pain during nursing interventions.
We hope to be enriched by our association and collaboration with the European federation of critical care nurses as we hope you will be with us. Let us wish for peace.

The Israeli Society of Caridac and Intensive Care Nursing.
Julie Benbenishty
Chairperson Israeli EBN and EfCCNa representative

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