Basic Life Support (BLS workshop)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nWe also discussed patient trust, as patients may not immediately accept the expanded role of nurses. A powerful way to change this is by demonstrating supportive attitudes from doctors. When a doctor shows respect for their nurse colleague as a professional partner, the patient is more likely to trust them as well.<\/p>\n
Ihor Zastavnyi and Anastasiia Khodan, family doctors and co-founders of the svoi.ridni<\/em> family medicine clinic, opened the intensive with a plenary session on patient dignity. Participants also took part in two panel discussions:<\/p>\n\n- \u201cPlanning and Organizing PHC Teams\u2019 Work\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 Ihor Zastavnyi, Oksana Matsiuk, Tetiana Filippova, Iryna Ivaniuk, and Anna Sokhan shared how the logic of collaboration shifts when a nurse is no longer the \u201cdoctor\u2019s assistant\u201d but an equal colleague.<\/li>\n
- \u201cBeyond the Template: New Roles for Nurses\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 Natalia Povar, Ivan Didyk, Myroslava Yasnohorodska, Olha Kuzmenko, and Tetiana Horuk discussed how perceptions of nurses change when they become trainers, facilitators, or educators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For participants, this was a chance to share their success stories, find like-minded professionals, and build strong professional connections.<\/p>\n
Special attention during the training was given to empathy and maintaining patient dignity \u2014 because behind every medical record is a living person with their own story, fears, and hopes.<\/p>\n
\u201cNurses are capable of more than they think. They need support and an environment where they can feel their own professional strength,\u201d<\/em> shared one of the participants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe work was productive and will help accelerate the implementation of the expanded role of nurses in primary healthcare.<\/p>\n