The path to respiratory integration
The Association for Respiratory Nurses (ARNS) recent annual conference – ‘Finding the path to Respiratory Integration – provided a packed agenda. It is the only conference nationally that is organised by nurses, for nurses specialising in respiratory care. Emma Vincent relates the conference highlights.
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We were honoured to welcome the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for England, Jane Cummings, along with passionate speakers from primary, secondary and palliative care. It was possibly one of our strongest programmes to date.
The CNO keynote speech highlighted the collective value and power that nurses have to improve patient experience in closing quality of care gaps. There was debate on how we achieve and prove sustainable, integrated respiratory care. Secondary, primary and palliative nurses discussed the importance of collaboration and engagement with one another when supporting the more isolated respiratory services within social and community care.
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