ESNO’s (European Specialist Nurses Organization) annual congress

Helga Bragadóttir, RN, PhD, FAAN, is Dean, Professor and Chair Nursing Administration, at the University of Iceland Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery.

Dr. Bragadóttir has served as Dean since 2022 with previous experience as vice-dean, as well as having extensive experience as chair of the graduate program at the Faculty. Her main teaching area is nursing administration and leadership in health care, where she has led the development and coordination of courses and programs nationally and internationally.

Dr. Bragadóttir has been active in international research and development projects as well as teaching and is with Dr. Teddie Potter Professor at the University of Minnesota a pioneer in collaborative on-line international learning (COIL) in health sciences.

Her area of research is work and work environment of nurses, safety and quality of care and use of technology in health care.

In the past decades she has led studies on the work of nurses in acute care, missed nursing care and nursing teamwork in close collaboration with Dr. Beatrice J. Kalisch and other scholars internationally.

Her publications are on quality of care, nurses’ work, staff and patient satisfaction and COIL.

She holds a joint position at Landspítali University Hospital where she primarily works with nurse administrators and leaders on the development of nursing services, safety, and quality improvements.

Dr. Bragadóttir has served on several committees and boards within nursing and health care, such as ethics committees, national working groups for Icelandic authorities and organizational committees and teams.

Biographie Cécile Dury

Cécile Dury est Infirmière, titulaire d’un Master en Santé Publique de l’université Catholique de Louvain en Belgique francophone. Elle a suivi la formation doctorale de l’European Academy of Nursing Science.

Elle a exercé une pratique professionnelle dans des unités de soins intensifs, des services médicotechniques et a accompagné des étudiants en formation clinique dans les unités de pneumologie, orthopédie, urgences et réanimation. Elle est devenue enseignante en 1997. Elle a occupé les postes de coordinatrice de la spécialisation en Soins Intensifs et Aide Médicale Urgente, de coordinatrice pédagogique pour les sections soins infirmiers et sagefemme et est actuellement Directrice du domaine de la santé de la Haute-École de Namur-Liège-Luxembourg, en Belgique. Elle gère également le centre de formation continue et de recherche en santé. Ses compétences sont axées sur le développement des programmes de formation, la formation des enseignants et l’accompagnement des équipes au changement.

Elle est membre de différents conseils d’administration d’organisations en lien avec les projets de santé, et engagée dans FINE Belgique-Luxembourg et FINE Europe depuis 2005. En 2019 elle est élue présidente de FINE Europe et réélue en 2022. Elle a travaillé en étroite collaboration avec les membres des comités exécutif et consultatif pour accroitre les membres et mettre en œuvre le plan stratégique. Au cours de ses mandats, elle a travaillé à la modernisation de la directive EU/36/2005 sur la reconnaissance mutuelle des qualifications professionnelles. Elle a œuvré à la cartographie et à la révision des programmes de formation infirmiers en Europe. Elle a été invitée à plusieurs conférences internationales sur la réforme des soins infirmiers. Elle exerce un leadership politique pour le déploiement d’une formation infirmière de qualité et le développement d’un réseau de partenaire représentant la voix de la formation infirmière en Europe.

Cécile Dury is a nurse with a Master's degree in Public Health from the Université Catholique de Louvain in French-speaking Belgium. She completed her doctoral studies at the European Academy of Nursing Science.

She has worked in intensive care units, medical-technical services and has accompanied students in clinical training in pneumology, orthopaedics, emergency and intensive care units. She became a teacher in 1997. She has held the posts of coordinator of the Intensive Care and Emergency Medical Aid specialisation, educational coordinator for the nursing and midwifery sections, and is currently Director of the health sector at the Haute-École de Namur-Liège-Luxembourg in Belgium. She also manages the centre for continuing education and health research. Her skills are focused on the development of training programmes, teacher education and supporting teams through change.

She is a member of various boards of organisations involved in healthcare projects, and has been involved in FINE Belgium-Luxembourg and FINE Europe since 2005. In 2019 she was elected President of FINE Europe and re-elected in 2022. She has worked closely with members of the Executive and Advisory Committees to increase membership and implement the strategic plan. During her mandate, she worked on the modernisation of Directive EU/36/2005 on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications. She has worked on the mapping and revision of nursing education programmes in Europe. She has been invited to several international conferences on nursing reform. She provides political leadership for the deployment of quality nursing education and the development of a network of partners representing the voice of nursing education in Europe.

Cécile Dury

Directrice de la Catégorie Paramédicale

Henallux

+32 498 14 49 79

cecile.dury@henallux.be

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