9th Government Chief Nurses meeting : report on a WHO meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark 5-6 December 2005

Abstract

The Nursing and Midwifery Programme is one of many programmes within Country Policies, Systems and Services (‎CPS)‎ in the Division of Country Support (‎DCS)‎, WHO Regional Office for Europe. The Nursing and Midwifery Programme has a substantial influence on the stewardship, human resources allocation and service delivery. The ninth meeting of the network of Government Chief Nurses in the WHO European Region took place on 5-6 December 2005 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The meeting included presentations, reports from participants and workshop discussions. The meeting resulted in the establishment of a working group to look into the possibility of harmonizing basic nursing and midwifery education in the European Region. The role of the Governmental Chief Nurse was also discussed