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Mapping survey  European Specialist Nurses is CLOSED’ - WE THANK ALL CONTRIBUTERS TO THE SURVEY !!!   We have 300 responses from all European regions and health domains and provided a lot of information. The first result will be published soon  ++++ ESNO Common Training Framwork for Specialist nurses  The title Specialist Nurse in Europe has a variety of different definitions of roles, expected responsibilities, and competences. These vary nationally, regionally and even locally. Some  are formal, and some informal, with the implication that there is no professional mobility possible. One of the ESNO goals is to gain recognition for the title Specialist Nurses in the European context, not only for mobility, but also to address the quality of care in the advanced position and patient safety. About five ESNO members have competence profiles, training frameworks and education routes with even accreditation systems, but these are not unified altho...

“Why nurses are paramount in the context of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and vaccination for cancer patients” Patrick Crombez, Vice President Antimicrobial resistance will soon threaten the routine treatment of common infections across the world and have an ever-greater impact on morbidity and mortality in vulnerable patients like cancer patients. These patients often are neutropenic and immunocompromising effects of the underlying disease as well as of antineoplastic therapies, especially with the emerging new treatment options as immunotherapy, must be considered by cancer nurses as high risk factors for developing resistant infectious complications.  Vaccination is one of the strategies needed to counter this threat and can be an effective preventive strategy against many infections, but type and timing of vaccinations must be carefully chosen to allow for optimal immunization in immunocompromised patients. Certain therapeutic interventions result in profound immunol...