Mission Statement

To promote and contribute to the health and wellbeing of people in Europe:

ESNO will facilitate and enable the political voice of nurses, through collaboration with key stakeholders to strenghten the professional status and evidence based practice of nursing speciality.

Secure the recognition of specialism in nursing in the EU and the greater Europe

Objectives

• Network for communication and collaboration between European Specilist Nurses organisation and specialist interest groups in Europe
• Promote the recognition of and the professional status of the specialist nurse at the European level
• Represent the interests of the member organisations
• Provide expert advice on issues shaping specialism in nursing
• Promote the development of specialist nursing education, practice and research

Strategic Plan

Work towards recognition of specialist education in the EU

• Mandatory post basic education for specialist nurses
• Focus on developing infrastructures for continuing professional development
• Collaborate with EFN on a position paper on life long learning for nurses

Influencing EU social and health policy

• Provide specialist expert opinion in EU social, health, nursing education and research policy
• Respond actively to EU White and Green papers
• Respond to EU Recommendations and Directives

Promote effective strategies in recruitment and retainment of nurses

• Contribute to the discussion on the impact of the nurses moving from one country to another on the specialist nursing practice
• Collaborate with key stakeholders on relevant position papers

Improve collaboration between interest groups

• Develop collaboration with key stakeholders within Europe
• Disseminate information on relevant actions to the members of ESNO (website and internal communication structures)
• Invite experts to speak on poltical leadership issues at specialist meetings
• Evaluate the collaboration with EFN and other stakeholders

Network Development

Promote ESNO through member channels such as website, journal, congresses
Invite specialist nursing organisations to become members of ESNO