The Community Nursing Specialty Professional Board of the Portuguese National Nursing Association (Ordem dos Enfermeiros) recently approved the Regulation of the Competencies of Family Health Nurses in Portugal on November 25, 2017. The competencies identified for family health nurses in Portugal were influenced by and adopted from the IFNA Position Statement on Advanced Practice Competencies for Family Nursing and will guide the development of a post-graduate education program and practice internship for becoming a Specialist Nurse in Family Health Nursing in Portugal.
For more information contact IFNA member, Maria do Céu Barbieri Figueiredo.