Development of a European Curriculum for Family and Community Nurses

Pozzi, F.; Passarelli, Marcello; Alvino, Serena; Dagnino, Fracesca Maria; Mazzarino, Barbara; Sasso, Loredana; Bagnasco, Anna Maria; Zanini, Milko; Catania, Gianluca; Aleo, Giuseppe; Papathanasiou, Ioanna V.; Fradelos, Εvangelos C.; Turunen, Hannele; Azimarad, Mina; Kleisiaris, Christos; Roba, Isabella; Evangelidou, Eftychia; Popa, Adriana; Diab, Madeleine; Oertel, Lars; Kamel, Nadia; Rodrigues, Clara

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-78181-1_10

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“…Nurses have competencies in health promotion [36,37]. Moreover, community nurses, specialized figures with an emerging role [9], have specific skills in this practice [38]; nevertheless, school nursing is a specific expertise of theirs [10]. In addition, school nursing is a cost-beneficial intervention for public health [39].…”

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“…Building such group capacity through fostering social interaction, cohesion, participation, and political action is considered a competence of nurses [8]. Consequently, to the acknowledgement that this figure received during the COVID-19 pandemic, the family and community nurse (FCN) has recognized skills in this specific area, as defined by the ENhANCE (EuropeaN-curriculum-for-fAmily-aNd-Community-nursE) curriculum of FCN's core competencies [9,10].…”

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Effects of School Nurse-Led Interventions in Collaboration with Kinesiologists in Promoting Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

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The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that schools adopt a whole-school strategy for healthy behaviors involving different health professionals. The present systematic review aimed to evaluate the efficacy of nurse-led interventions in collaboration with kinesiologists on physical activity and lifestyle behaviors’ outcomes in school settings. The protocol was registered in PROSPERO (ID: CRD42022343410). The primary research study was developed through the PICOS question: children and adolescence 6–18 years (P); school nurse-led interventions in promoting physical activity (PA) and reducing sedentary behaviors (I); usual lessons, no intervention focusing on PA (C); PA levels, sedentary behaviors, and healthy lifestyle behaviors (O); experimental or observational study with original primary data and full-text studies written in English (S). Seven studies were included. Interventions were heterogeneous: besides physical activities carried out in all studies, the interventions were based on different health models and strategies (counselling, face-to-face motivation, education). Five out of seven articles investigated PA levels or their related behaviors using questionnaires, and two used ActiGraph accelerometers. Lifestyle behaviors were assessed with heterogeneous methods. Five out of seven articles showed an improvement in at least one outcome after the interventions, whereas two papers showed a statistically non-significant improvement. In conclusion, school interventions involving nurses, also in association with other professionals such as kinesiologists, can be effective in reducing sedentary behaviors and improving healthy lifestyles in children and adolescents.

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Effects of School Nurse-Led Interventions in Collaboration with Kinesiologists in Promoting Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

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“…Nevertheless, FCNs are seen as key contributors to enhancing PC by effectively addressing the current complexity of healthcare demand while working with a multidisciplinary team [ 15 ]. Additionally, the core competencies and specific skills of FCNs have been clearly identified and defined by the European Curriculum for Family and Community Nurse [ 16 , 17 ]. The COVID-19 pandemic has further emphasised the urgency of implementing PC models to meet the growing demand for care [ 18 ].…”

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The Role of Family or Community Nurse in Dealing with Frail and Chronic Patients in Italy: A Scoping Review

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Masini

et al. 2024

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Even though Family and Community Nurses (FCNs) were introduced into the Italian healthcare system in 2000, to date, there is a substantial knowledge gap regarding the implementation of these professional figures within the Primary Care (PC) system. This scoping review aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the role of FCNs in managing older adults and the elderly with chronic conditions within the Italian PC system. A search on Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Cochrane Library, Embase, and Scopus was conducted including studies published until 7 April 2023. Among 141 potential articles, only 4 met our inclusion criteria. Each of these studies attributed their findings to the presence of FCNs. They reported a significant decrease in the prevalence of several behaviours among patients diagnosed with hypertension, a reduction in metabolic complications among frail patients receiving home enteral nutrition, a decline in hospital readmissions or emergency services utilization among patients >65 years of ages with at least one chronic disease, and, notably, a high level of effectiveness in detecting major cardiovascular events in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices. Despite the effectiveness of interventions managed by FCNs, comprehensive information and research on the integration of this role within the PC setting are still lacking in the Italian healthcare system.

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