Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Previously, the endocrine nurses in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland have not been organized. As Endocrine nursing is specialized and no education for a specialist competence in endocrinology is available there is a need for a collaboration to improve the Nordic endocrine nursing.

Purpose: The purpose of the Nordic network for endocrine nurses (NNEN) is to enhance the Nordic endocrine nurse knowledge and skills, and also work for a specialist competence in endocrinology.

Methods: NNEN was initiated in year 2011 as a volunteer network with the objective of organizing Nordic endocrine nurses. Currently, NNEN has 110 members including a working group consisting of 8 nurses actively working for the main goal, to initiate a specialist competence in endocrinology. Membership is free.

Results: NNEN is organizing annual meetings with the aim to educate and promote professional development of endocrine nurses. NNEN serves as a platform to share expertise and experience in nursing, as well as promoting members to attend international meetings. NNEN also promotecollaboration between health professionals with the nurse as a key member of a multidisciplinary health care team and advanced nurse-led service to provide the patients with high quality care by offering an effective, safe and person centered care.

In 2014 we are also planning to starta two dayeducation in endocrinology. We aim to have these courses annual and to conduct them regionally so as many members as possible can participate.

Conclusion: NNEN enables us to share knowledge and provide us with a tool towards evidence based care offered to patients with endocrine diseases. NNEN also promotes the professional development of endocrine nurses role with the aim of offering patients an effective, safe and person centered care advancing the nurse as a key member of a multidisciplinary health care team.