Pascal Rod, Executive Director IFNAThe Hague, Netherlands, June 2010

Benin

GabonGhana

Ivory Coast

Democratic Rep. of Congo

Morocco

Nigeria

UgandaTunisia

Cambodia

TaiwanRepublic of China

South Korea

Indonesia

Austria

CroatiaDenmarkFinlandFrance

GermanyHungary

Italy

Netherlands

Iceland

PolandSloveniaSpain

SwedenSwitzerlandUnited Kingdom

Norway

Luxembourg

Belgium

Jamaica

U.S.A

Membership Conditions

• To be the most representative association, organization or branch of nurse anesthetist in the country.

• Nurse anesthetist: generic word for nurses specialised or « involved » in anesthesia services with formal program of education or in process to developp one

• One association per country, • One voice in IFNA• Non nurse anesthesia providers associations can apply

for associate membership

Countries not represented

• Many countries had a recruitment for nurses at the age of 16, without achieving secondary education.

• Nurse Anesthesia practice requires higher education, beyond secondary education.

• Health technicians: higher education• Lack of national organizations• Lack of « official » recognition of nurses

practicing in anesthesia

IFNA organization

Congress Planning CommitteeCPC

• Standing Committee of the IFNA in charge of organizing the World Congress

• Composition:– Chairperson of the immediate past Congress Chair of the

CPC– Chairperson of the current Congress– Chairperson of the next Congress– Officers– Executive Director

• Meeting twice a year

Education Committee• First IFNA Committee• Composition:

– Nurse anesthesia Program Directors or TeachersDr. Betty Horton , USA, ChairpersonMs. Jennifer Hui-Ju Yang , TaiwanDr. Karin Bjorkman-Bjorkelund, SwedenMrs. Susanna Anang, GhanaMrs. Marianne Riesen , Switzerland

• Activities:– Developping and reviewing Standards of Education, Program

guidelines, Master’s guidelines– Developpment of Accreditation program and reviewing of application

forms– Poster Judgement at Congress

Practice Committee

• New committee: – Mrs. Sandra Ouellette chairperson

• Reviewing the Standards of practice, Monitoring Guidelines

• Address Continuing education issues• Collect data about practice worldwide

Membership fees

• 3 categories for membership based on World Bank classification of GPNI

• Lower: 0,75 CHF ( 0,52 Euros) / active member of the country member association

• Middle: 1,25 CHF (0,87 Euros)/active member of the country member association

• Highest: 3 CHF (2 Euros)/active member of the country member association

Members categories• Upper Middle Income Countries: 1,25 SFr (0,87

Euros) per active member of organizationCroatia, Gabon, Jamaica, Poland, Serbia • Low and Lower Middle Income countries:0,75

SFr (0,52 Euros) per active member of organization

Benin, Cambodia, Congo Democratic Republic, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Indonesia, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda

Members categories

• High Income Countries: 3,00 SFr ( 2 Euros) per active member of organization

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Korea Rep, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom and the United States of America

Education• Countries with 18 up to 24 months ( or more) of education:

– Benin, Cambodia, Rep. Dem. of Congo, Denmark, France, , Gabon, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Luxemburg, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, USA

• Countries with less than 18 months– Belgium, Finland, Taiwan, UK

• Countries with combined training:– Austria, Germany

• Countries with on site training:– Croatia, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain

• Countries without formal nursing background:– Tunisia, partly Netherlands

Level of Education

• Master’s:– USA– France in progress– Spain in progress

• Post-bachelor:– Iceland– Norway ( in progress for Master’s)– Sweden– Taiwan in progress

National Data from country members

• Number of Nurse Anesthetists• Number of members in association• Number of Anesthesiologists• Number of Anesthesia cases

Salaries per year ( Euros)

Salaries per month ( Euros)

Ratio Nurse Anesthetist / 100 000 Hbts

ratio of anesthesia cases not realized by anesthesiologists

IFNA Documentation• International Standards of Education for nurse

anesthetists• International Standards of practice for nurse

anesthetists• International Code of Ethics for nurse anesthetists• Monitoring guidelines• Guidelines for starting a nurse anesthesia program of

education• Guidelines for a Master’s program• Accreditation for Nurse Anesthesia programs • Recommendations for creating a national organization

New Challenges• Work on the recognition of Nurse Anesthesia as

Advanced Practice of nursing• Work on improvment of Nurse Anesthesia education

at Master’s level• Implement the Accreditation program in order to

facilitate the comparaison of nurse anesthesia programs and the recognition of equivalences

• Improve the continuing education opportunities for our colleagues from less developped countries

• Develop some research on nurse anesthesia internationally

1988 2010

We haven’t changed…

Thank you Merci

Danke

Kiitos

Gracias

Dank je wel