Elena Miguel Nursing Coordinator & Trainer - Coordinadora de Enfermeria

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Professional Competences of Nursing in Spain

Professional Competences of Nursing in Spain

Valuing the work of Spanish nursing, we can ask:

· Can any nursing professional work in any area?

· Is the nursing performance evaluated?

· Is the professional development and training of the nurses recognised?

Is professional competence recognised?

At this point, it is essential to define the word “Competence”. It is the combination of necessary:

Knowledge,
Skills,
Capacity,
Attitude, and
Motivation

for successful occupation of a role or a particular job (Lyle M Spencer y Signe M Spencer 1993).

In Spain, the competence development is a right and an obligation of the nursing professionals. There are several laws that establish the obligation to prove the competence in the nursing work:

Ley Ordenación Profesiones Sanitarias 44/2003: Titulo I. Del ejercicio de las profesiones sanitarias. Artículo 4.6:
Ley 16/2003, de 28 de mayo, de cohesión y calidad del Sistema Nacional de Salud. Artículo 40 y Articulo 42. Desarrollo profesional.

It is essential the development of knowledge and skills through the Continuing Accredited Education.

Nursing is a profession in constant change and requires constant updating. It is necessary to:

• Promote the training of Nursing;

• Develop nursing skills;

• Define standards of clinical practice; and

• Minimize the variability in nursing practice and its adverse effects.

Elena Miguel Poza - Nurse, nursing coordinator & trainer - Enfermera coordinadora y profesora de enfermería - IMTRA Instituto Madrileño de Traumatologia (Madrid Spain)
Tel: (0034) 915545405 Email: elena@imtra.es Web site in English: http://www.imtra.eu Web site in Spanish: www.imtra.biz

Monday, 8 June 2015

Nursing and Information & Communications Technology (ICT)

Nursing and Information & Communications Technology (ICT)

The concept of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is very large but currently everybody uses this technology at work and in the private life.

Who does not know Whatsapp, email, Facebook or Google? Who does not use mobile apps on Smartphones, tablets and mobile devices?

Nurses can use ICT to benefit and improve their professional work.

In this environment, e-Health was born. This term is used for healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communication.

Possibilities of work with ICT are very wide, including in the areas of:

Education
Information
Diagnosis
Patient tracking
Technical support, etc.

And it is possible to use:

Radio
Television
Applications (Apps- software)
Social network
Videoconferencing
Distance learning, etc.

In last Congress of the Spanish Traumatology and Orthopaedic Nursing Association (AEETO) held in April 2015 in Alicante, we had the opportunity to receive presentations about several Nursing Apps developed by Nurses to solve daily nursing problems:

· Enfermería Med IV (indication of medicines, compatibilities, calculation of perfusion, access to the technical specifications of the drug. Nursing techniques based on evidence.

· Tradassan (TRADuctor para la ASistencia SANitaria). This App facilitates communication between works of a health service and foreign users who have difficulties with the local language.

It is necessary to incorporate all kinds of professional support into our daily health care work and to open our mind to new alternatives.

Links:

Enfermería Med IV is available at the following link on the Googleplay store for Android mobile devices and tablets:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_probledoc.Enfermeria&hl=es

Please note that it is not yet available for the iPhone or iPad on iTunes.

Tradassan is available at the following link: or for iPhone and iPad on iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/tradassan/id897901563?mt=8

and for Android mobile devices and tablets on the Googleplay store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gobiernodecanarias.sanidad.scs.Tradassan&hl=es

Monday, 4 May 2015

Día Internacional de la Enfermería - International Nurses Day (12 mayo 2015)

Día Internacional de la Enfermería - International Nurses Day

(12 mayo 2015)

International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth.

The theme of this year is “Nurses, a force for change: care effective, cost efficient”

Elena Miguel Poza, as the President of the Spanish Traumatology and Orthopaedic Nursing Association (AEETO), has been invited to participate in the celebration of conferences organized by the Official Nursing College of Salamanca (Spain) on the occasion of the International Nurses Day.

On 18 May 2015, Elena Miguel will give the lecture: “Quality in specialized care: roles and strategies to optimize care” in Salamanca. The summary of this conference will be:

• Presentation of AEETO: importance of culture of the Association as a strategy for change;

• Roles as Agents of change: mission, vision and values of AEETO; and

• Strategies: Development of professional competences in Traumatology and Orthopaedic Nursing.

Nurses are a vital force for the provision of quality care in difficult times, helping to make the system more efficient and the patient care more effective.

Sunday, 12 April 2015

XIV Congreso Nacional de la Asociación Española de Enfermeria en Traumatología y Ortopedia AEETO

XVI Congreso Nacional AEETO

El 15 de Abril de 2015, dará comienzo el XIV Congreso Nacional de la Asociación Española de Enfermería en Traumatología y Ortopedia (AEETO). El lema elegido “Seguridad de los Cuidados en Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología (COT)” viene a poner de manifiesto nuestra apuesta permanente en Seguridad, Calidad y Standarización de Cuidados en COT, necesarias para satisfacer la demanda asistencial de nuestros usuarios.

Seguimos la línea que nos hemos marcado en nuestra Asociación: convertirnos en agentes de cambio con el fin de promover nuevos hábitos y modos de actuar, efectivos, seguros, responsables y de calidad. Nuestro propósito es definir estándares de práctica clínica, cuya implementación sirva para minimizar la variabilidad en la práctica enfermera y los efectos adversos derivados. Para ello hemos diseñado un plan encaminado a generar una transversalidad de conocimientos y el desarrollo de las habilidades necesarias a través del entrenamiento realizado por expertos.

El Congreso anual representa como cada año el máximo exponente de la Actividad de Formación Continuada de nuestra Asociación, respondiendo a las estrategias encaminadas a adecuar la competencia al desempeño en áreas tan específicas como la Traumatología y la Ortopedia.

Junto al Comité Científico hemos elegido para las diferentes áreas temáticas que conforman el programa del congreso, los temas que resultan del máximo interés y actualidad.

Bonificaremos a los asistentes al XIV congreso Nacional de la Asociación Española de Enfermería en Traumatología y Ortopedia A.E.E.T.O 2015 con la inscripción gratuita al segundo curso online A.E.E.T.O “ Seguridad en los Cuidados en COT”.

¡Os animamos a disfrutar y compartir vuestras experiencias y conocimientos!

Fdo: M Elena Miguel Poza

Presidenta de AEETO