Paediatric Nursing Associations of Europe

The Paediatric Nursing Associations of Europe was established in April 2003 as a regional group of the International Association of Paediatric Nursing, to bring together professional organisations for nurses working with children and young people in Europe.

This regional group will adopt the same goals and purposes of the International Association of Paediatric Nursing, but will use them in the European context. These are to:

Enhance the care of children and adolescents worldwide
Use the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child to promote and advocate for the health, wellbeing/welfare and development of children
Encourage communication between paediatric nurses to help further the care of all children.

Through its activities the network of Paediatric Nursing Associations of Europe will seek to ensure that children, young people and families across Europe are guaranteed the quality of nursing care they have a right to receive.

All paediatric nursing associations in Europe are encouraged to participate in the network so that a strong and united voice is possible on the important common issues identified for action.

For further information contact Fiona Smith, Adviser in Paediatric Nursing, RCN, London. Email: fiona.smith@rcn.org.uk

PNAE

PNAE are undertaking a survey across Europe to identify whether there are:

• clinical nursing support roles undertaking clinical tasks and procedures in paediatric and neonatal settings across Europe

• safeguards in place concerning recruitment, selection, training and regulation of clinical nursing support roles.

The aim is to establish good practice recommendations to underpin the employment of non registered clinical nurse support roles in paediatric and neonatal settings.

The survey is being sent to Paediatric Nursing Associations / Nursing Associations with a request to complete and return the questionnaire.

To participate in this survey see attached covering letter (PDF 36KB) and complete questionnaire (PDF 48KB) by the closing date of 30th March 2012.

1st PNAE Congress on Paediatric Nursing

The 1st PNAE Congress on Paediatric Nursing is committed to providing an opportunity for participants to share good practice, learn from each other, discuss current and future issues, and shape paediatric nursing practice.

This event was held on 1-2 December 2011 in the Istanbul Congress Centre, Turkey. The flyer for this conference can be downloaded below. More information can be found at www.pnae-congress.org