170 people from nursing practice and nursing science registered to take part in person. A further 65 people took part virtually. After a keynote speech, in which Dr Heiner Friesacher critically examined the core of nursing and the importance of taking on curative activities, students and graduates from the three participating Bavarian universities gave insights into their research topics and fields of work as APN Masters in clinical nursing. A further 15 clinically relevant topics were presented in a poster session. During a subsequent break, during which the faculty's student council served punch, participants were able to rate the posters and cast their votes digitally. The topics ‘Advanced Practice Nursing from the perspective of nurses in acute care in neurology’ by Nadja Stadfeld et al. and ‘Interventions for tablet intake in children with oncological diseases’ by Sophia Ruf-Büttner et al. were awarded the first and second poster prizes respectively.
All projects and topics of the 3rd ANP conference will be presented in a conference proceedings, which will be available in print and digitally.
On 29 November 2024 and 30 November 2024, the 7th expert workshops of the DNAPN & ANP followed with around 60 participants, for which OTH Regensburg was also the host. Nursing experts, nursing scientists and students from Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Ireland discussed topics such as the practice of medicine in intensive care and paediatric nursing, research needs and theory development as well as fields of activity for advanced practice nurses in Europe.
Both conferences met with a great response and showed the essential importance of the nursing profession and an expanded and deepened nursing practice as a new form of care and how urgent the need for action is with regard to the changing skills and degree mix in nursing. Nursing practice facilities are called upon to integrate graduated competence profiles between nursing assistants, nurses with and without a bachelor's degree and nursing experts APN. The legislative projects already initiated by the federal government (Nursing Competence Act and ANP Act) must also be urgently pursued by the newly elected government at the beginning of 2025. Otherwise, the current upswing threatens to flatten out, which would further exacerbate the already precarious situation of nursing care.
