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Exchange Programme - Italy meets Sweden

In the end it finally happened, after long waiting due to the pandemic I’ve been able to attend my exchange program appointed by EfCCNa. I spent a wonderful week at Karolinska University hospital in Stockholm, Sweden from May 20 to 27. As a critical care nurse I can now confirm this experience can be considered a cornerstone of our profession. 

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EfCCNa welcomes new council member for Israel

Alex Furmanov, the new representative for Israel is a nurse for already 32 years and works in the Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem as a head nurse of Neurosurgery and Cardiac Surgery ICU's. During the pandemic he served as a head nurse of the COVID ICU, also. In 2017 he received his Master degree with the thesis 'Acceptance of Technology by ICU nurses'.
Alex is experienced in quality projects and clinical studies - both on an international and a national level.

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Nicole Lee follows Ian Naldrett as British Council member

NEW British Council member: during the Skopje meeting Ian Naldrett introduced Nicole Lee as his successor.
Here is her introduction:
My name is Nicole Lee from the United Kingdom 🇬🇧
I sit on the National Board for BACCN (British Association of Critical Care Nurses). My background is Burns Intensive Care speciality, Critical Care Nursing Education and Simulation Training.
My current role is the Matron of the Burns service at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London and Lead Nurse for the London and South East Burns Network.
I am looking forward to being on the educational group and supporting wider critical care education with EfCCNa.
 
Welcome Nicole and thank you for your great commitent, Ian. Farewell!

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New Dutch Council Representaion

During the EfCCNa Spring Council meeting in beautiful Skopje, North-Macedonia the Dutch representation in the EfCCNa Council has changed: Margo van Mol and Paul Rood took over the post  from  Frederique Paulus.

Margo van Mol worked in the ICU for almost 30 years as a clinical nurse (registered). She holds an MSc in Health Psychology and epidemiology as well. She is currently working as assistant professor in the ICU of Erasmus MC, an academic hospital in Rotterdam. Her research interests focus on the emotional impact of the ICU on patients and their relatives and the wellbeing of healthcare professionals.

Paul Rood is former ICU nurse and currently senior researcher and projectleader at HAN University of Applied Sciences. Also, he is board member and vice-chairman of the Dutch critical care nurses association. He is a registered nurse since 2008, and has worked from 2010 to 2020 at the ICU of the Radboud University Medical Center. In 2020 he obtained his PhD by research on the effect of non-pharmacological prevention and treatment of delirium in the ICU. Currently, his research focusses on family involvement in daily ICU care.

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Research Grant 2022

EfCCNa is happy to announce the winner of the Research Grant 2022:

Congratulation to Adriano Friganović, Croatia, who got awarded for his investigation about the 

       Burnout Syndrome in Critical Care Nurses working in  COVID-19 settings Croatia and Poland