Professors Drs Alan J. Kearns and Thomas Kearns, have presented their work on the Code of Conduct of the European Nursing Council  to the highly reputable scientific journal, Nursing Ethics.  The drafting of such a Code was deemed necessary in ordert  to define the nursing profession even mote precisely and to highlight its values and principles. The Code of [...]

The 22nd of April, Mr. David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament replied to the letter that the President of the European Nursing Council (ENC) had sent earlier in April to the Presidents of the European Institutions. Mr. Timofte, our President, had addressed a clear message to the institutions on the need to provide adequate [...]

On the 7th of April, The World Health Organization (WHO) published the report on State of the World’s Nursing 2020 which provides the first-ever detailed analysis of nursing across the globe with contributions from more than 190 countries. The release of the report was planned by WHO to coincide with the 2020 International Year of [...]

On the 6th of April 2020, the President of ENC, Mr. Mircea Timofte, wrote to the Presidents of the European Institutions in order to raise awareness on the current working conditions of the European nurses and on the need to prepare the European health systems for the post-coronavirus period. We shall keep you posted on [...]

Held the 2nd of this month of December in the premises of the Hungarian Order of Nurses (MEZSK) at the kind invitation of their president Dr. Zoltán Balogh, our second statutory General Assembly meeting of the year was a very fruitful and indeed important event for the future of our Council and the goals it [...]

On the 17th of September, Dr. Hans Kluge was nominated as the new WHO Regional Director for Europe at the annual meeting of the WHO European Region’s governing body, taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dr Kluge, a Belgian national, is currently Director of the Division of Health Systems and Public Health at WHO/Europe. He was [...]

The next ENC General Assembly meeting will be held the 2nd of this coming month of December in the beautiful city of Budapest. This important meeting will enable us to set up ENC's main priorities for the year to come and discuss evolutions on nursing regulation and patient safety EU-wide. Further information about this meeting [...]

This Sunday on May 12th was held the International Nurses Day. Nurses in Europe and abroad represent a big family united around common values such as compassion, patience and respect of others.Our friends and colleagues give the best of themselves day by day for our patients by providing the best possible care and respect of [...]