@ICUData4EU GA ended with an interesting demonstration of the confederated data sharing platform, which will be powered by an AI search engine based on SNOMED CT. #EFN will continue to follow these developments closely ensuring they align with the #nurses perspective.

#EFN is following the second @ICUData4EU General Assembly taking place in Cluj, Romania, which was opened with interesting presentations from Work Packages 1,2,3, and a meaningful discussion on the primary use cases of the data sharing platform.

The 121st EFN GA is now over. The EFN wants to thank all the EFN Members for the important discussions held over the past 2 days, which provide a clear path forward for EFN’s lobby work in the upcoming months, and is happy to welcome the new EFN EXCOM and two new EFN Members.

EFN Members were briefed on the EFN’s ongoing work within the EU-funded projects @BeWell, #NursingAction, @KEEPCARING, and @ICUData4EU, working towards delivering concrete improvements at frontline on upskilling, recruitment & retention, mental health, and data interoperability.

The EFN Members received insightful briefings on the most recent developments in ICN, EFNNMA, and ENSA, who were thanked by the EFN President for their continued partnership. #EFNGAOctober2025 #nurses @ICNurses @efnnma @ENSA_nursing @EFNBrussels

Day 2 of EFN October 2025 GA officially started with the presentations of the leads of the EFN Professional, Workforce and Public Policy Committees, who briefed the General Assembly on the conclusions and outcomes of the discussions held yesterday in each Committee.

EFN GA day 1 is over, following meaningful discussions in EFN Professional, Workforce & Public Policy Committees, where EFN Members discussed & approved new EFN Policy Statements that give the EFN Brussels office a strong political mandate to continue lobbying the EU Institutions

The #EFN members were briefed on key political topics the EFN has been focusing on at EU level including Safe Staffing Levels, APN, European Semester, and EU enlargement. #EFNGAOctober2025 #EFNMembers #NNAs #nurses #professional #workforce #publicpolicy @EFNBrussels

Meeting for the EFN GA, EFN members were welcomed in Dublin by INMO President, Caroline Gourley, who emphasised INMO solidarity with European colleagues, as they share key concerns & challenges such as safe staffing levels, workforce shortages, & growing complexities of care.

Speaking at the online launch of the new #WHO Europe Report on the #MentalHealth of Doctors and #Nurses the #EFN highlighted the concrete work being conducted in the @KEEPCARING project, calling on policymakers to upscale it throughout the EU!

#KEEPCARING 2nd General Assembly is now over. Across Europe, the nurses' mental health is deteriorating quickly. The project will make a difference through concrete interventions that will be inspiring EU Policies that are fit for purpose. #MentalHealth #wellbeing @KEEPCARING

#KeepCaring project GA day 2 just started with a tour de table on partners insights & take aways from day 1 of the GA.   #MentalHealth #wellbeing #workforce #Nurses @EFNBrussels @KeepCaring

Day 1 #KEEPCARING GA was a very productive day, with presentations from the WP leads on the ongoing work. The project is getting into a more intense phase, with the clinical studies now starting. #MentalHealth #wellbeing #workforce #Nurses @EFNBrussels @KeepCaring

#KEEPCARING General Assembly just started in Hamburg, where the ongoing activities and next steps of the project will be discussed over the next 2 days. #MentalHealth #wellbeing #workforce #Nurses @EFNBrussels @KEEPCARING

These bright young professionals shared so many insightful perspectives which perfectly align with the EFN lobby work – for them the key challenge is to make the profession more attractive to young people, and ensure that politicians take this seriously! #EFN

The students raised that nurses have no time to properly process or cope with the emotional & physical demands of the job – this is where the EU Project @KEEPCARING can make the difference, providing nurses with the tools to improve their resilience and coping mechanisms! #EFN

“Electronic health records demand constant attention, and the time spent filling in endless details cannot be spent with patients” – this is what the nursing students are explaining, and it is clear that we must act on this now. The EU Project #ICUData4EU can support this. #EFN

To truly support frontline nurses, real changes are needed to create conditions where nurses are able to recover, grow, use their full potential in the service of their patients – the #NursingAction is supporting this through concrete measures on recruitment and retention! #EFN

EFN is at the University of Luxembourg today to meet Nursing Students for a workshop to collect end-users perspectives on workforce, digitalisation, and mental health! #EFN #Nurses #Nursingstudents #KEEPCARING #ICUData4EU #NursingAction

The #EFN SecGen, in his keynote address in the Italian Senate, firmly expressed the need to develop EU framework legislation on #SSL for #nurses, with stipulated nurse-to-patient ratios, to be developed and implemented at the national level, as a matter of #OSH!