Nurses, a lever to enhance care delivery

In a health care system in crisis, it is a “Substantial Link” The government has announced a return to the game and, even, the return to the center of care: at a time when the shortage of doctors feels bad, the Minister of Health Francois Brown said. He promised to reform the profession, which employs about 650,000 nurses, to give them new missions, to review their careers and training.

“Investing in the future of this profession is a necessity”, defended the minister on May 26, at the end of the seminar organized on the avenue de Ségur, saying that “This renovation should be completed in September 2024. The second workshop was to be held on June 7 in the presence of the directors of all nursing training institutes in France.

The deadline may seem distant, when the decree that defines nursing acts has not changed in almost twenty years. Meanwhile, care and technology have evolved, increasing the needs of an aging population. “We want to be ambitious and realistic”Justified Marie Daudet, director general of the care offer of the Ministry of Health, before the audience of nurses who came to Paris on May 22, at a symposium on the evolution of the profession organized by their order. “This major project requires an overhaul of the entire architecture, advancing the skills and training component together,” He also recalled.

more responsibility

Start on May 11 and 12, in a comparative perspective, organized by the Ministry of Health, gathered in a “workshop” that brings together about thirty nurses from all over France. The representative organizations were not there. “Omission”, which was caught up with the May 26 ministerial seminar. “This first exchange made it possible to test the method, We argue in Francois Brown’s office. Working hours with orders, associations and unions, as well as consultations with professionals, students and patients are now scheduled. »

So many methods and calendars. Nurses have already made strides towards greater autonomy and responsibility, with the government and the presidential majority firing on all cylinders for months to free doctors of certain skills that can be used to support other health professionals. A “Delegating Tasks” The executive, who has used leverage to fight medical deserts and disparities in access to care, is convinced that the solution is to limit the placement of doctors – “red tape” – less than better coordination among caregivers, including nurses. and “Skill Upgrade” of these.