Who We Are
Following four years of discussion, and with the support
of the European Parkinson's Disease Association (EPDA),
a group of PD Nurse Specialists from Israel, Netherlands
and UK, and chaired by Kirsten Turner came together in
March 2003 to form a European Parkinson's Nurses Network
(EPNN).
Their aim is to develop a European Nurses Organisation,
registered in Brussels, with its own Memorandum &
Articles.
The objectives of the Association, which will be non-political,
non-religious and non-profit making, are supportive and
Educational. To this end, the Association, will seek,
in co-operation with their members to:
- Increase the profile of PD Nurse Specialists and develop
nursing expertise through organised research programmes
and by sharing knowledge
- Enable individual PD nurses, representatives of education
and healthcare institutions and representatives of
relevant organisations to discuss, share and develop
ideas about Parkinson's treatment and management
- Provide quality based knowledge to improve the care
of people with Parkinson's and those who care for them
- Develop aspects of treatment and rehabilitation for
people with Parkinson's and their carers which might
be used to provide an information and advice service
to European PD Nurses
- Publish the results of the work carried out by the
EPNN as widely as possible
- Establish a supportive network for nurses working
with people with Parkinson's so that Best Practice
can be shared and developed
- Provide a platform through which many PD Nurses who
work in isolation may reach their full potential, professionally,
educationally and personally
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