EFN – European Federation of Nurses Associations

EFN: celebrating nurses and discussing the importance of digital healthcare

The united voice of three million EU nurses and six million European nurses, organised on 5 February 2020 a high-level meeting at the European Parliament to celebrate nurses across the globe through a Nurses Now event and...

European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) support for Portuguese Nurses

The European Federation of Nurses Association representing over 3 million nurses from 36 European Union member national nursing organisations, stands in solidarity with the Ordem dos Enfermeiros. The Ordem dos Enfermeiros, with Ana Rita Cavaco...

To all nurses giving all of themselves!

Health at a Glance: Europe 2018

"It is unacceptable that every year in the EU we are losing more than 1.2 million people prematurely when this could be avoided through better disease prevention and more effective health care interventions", Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. The Continue reading »

European Civic Prize on Chronic Pain Collecting Good Practices Second edition 2018-2019

The Application period for the second edition of the bi-annual research-project at the European level “EU Civic Prize on Chronic Pain - Collection of good practices” has started!  You can now enter your good practice by completing an on-line Continue reading »

Nurses are central to deliver on universal health coverage

During the launch of the Nursing Now Campaign, the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) has announced the publication of the report “Nursing and Midwifery; The Key to the Rapid and...

EFN Members activities on IND2018

On the occasion of the International Nurses’ Day 2018 (IND2018), the EFN Members organised key events & activities at national level to raise awareness of the public and the decision-makers on nurses’ daily reality. See below a few examples: Bulgaria -...

Bulgarian Nurses call on their national government and the EU Institutions for better working conditions

On the occasion of the International Nurses’ Day 2018, the Bulgarian nurses moved a step forward to show their difficult situation through a national protest action on 12 May, together with patients’ organisations. They took this opportunity to raise...

Nursing Now Global Events

On Tuesday 27 February 2018, Nursing Now will hold launch events and activities across the world. Global events will take place in Geneva and London introducing global champions, hosting high-level decision makers and hearing from nurses working day to day with patients to...

The holistic role of nurses

Prof Anne Marie Rafferty talks about the holistic role of nurses and their importance for healthcare systems. #IND2018 To see the video, click here.