“We need to readjust the profession”, pleads the National Order of Nurses in the face of the discrepancy observed between the realities on the ground and the training provided by the Nursing Training Institutes.
Nursing students suffer from “a mismatch between what is taught at the IFSI (Nursing Training Institute) and the professional practices found in the field“, denounces Patrick Chamboredon, president of the National Order of Nurses, on franceinfo Thursday, May 11. More and more nursing students leave their training along the way, according to a survey by the Department of Research, Studies, evaluation and statistics (Drees) published Thursday, May 11. They were 10% to give up in the first year, three times more than 10 years ago.
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franceinfo: The Hospital Federation announces 15,000 vacant nursing positions. How can we quickly reverse this trend?
Patrick Chamboredon, President of the National Order of Nurses: Students, like other health professionals, suffer from the context of hospital tension. Jean Castex increased the number of students who entered training with Regions of France about a year ago. By the time we bring in professionals and train them, there will be about two years. There are internships, with professionals who are worn out, beds that are closed and the supervision can be a little more complicated because having an intern requires work, investment and support. . And the last point is the question of training, of the adequacy between what is currently the professional reality and what is taught in the IFSI (Nursing Training Institute).
Is there a gap between the IFSI and practices?
Exactly. We have a decree of acts that has been the same for more than 20 years. There is really a mismatch between what is taught at IFSI and the professional practices found in the field. We need to readjust the profession. This is what François Braun is committed to [ministre de la Santé] two days ago. The healthcare needs of patients have evolved considerably. The population is aging, there are more chronic diseases, there are more differentiated needs, so these are new training models for nurses.
We have the feeling, because there is a lack of nurses in hospitals, that these students are led to carry out missions as professional nurses. It’s a reality ?
Students do not perform isolated acts that would endanger the patient. I can’t let it be said. It’s just that perhaps, in their training course which is progressive, they have lesser training grounds. They are passed around and, sometimes, they have not had the theoretical education before the practical reality.