Directive 2013/55/EU

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This text since 17 Jan 2014law://eu/dir/2013/55/art_1__pnt_23__pnt_g@2026-11-14

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(g)the following paragraph is added:‘7.Formal qualifications as a nurse responsible for general care shall provide evidence that the professional in question is able to apply at least the following competences regardless of whether the training took place at universities, higher education institutions of a level recognised as equivalent or at vocational schools or through vocational training programmes for nursing:

(a)competence to independently diagnose the nursing care required using current theoretical and clinical knowledge and to plan, organise and implement nursing care when treating patients on the basis of the knowledge and skills acquired in accordance with points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 6 in order to improve professional practice;

(b)competence to work together effectively with other actors in the health sector, including participation in the practical training of health personnel on the basis of the knowledge and skills acquired in accordance with points (d) and (e) of paragraph 6;

(c)competence to empower individuals, families and groups towards healthy lifestyles and self-care on the basis of the knowledge and skills acquired in accordance with points (a) and (b) of paragraph 6;

(d)competence to independently initiate life-preserving immediate measures and to carry out measures in crises and disaster situations;

(e)competence to independently give advice to, instruct and support persons needing care and their attachment figures;

(f)competence to independently assure the quality of, and to evaluate, nursing care;

(g)competence to comprehensively communicate professionally and to cooperate with members of other professions in the health sector;

(h)competence to analyse the care quality to improve his own professional practice as a nurse responsible for general care.’;

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