International Care Seminar

The International Care Seminar is an academic event developed by the Faculty of Nursing of the National University of Colombia for 25 years In this event, the nursing community at the national and international level has a space to socialize, debate, share and disseminate experiences and new knowledge derived from performance in the different fields of the profession. The last edition of the seminar was held between October 27 and 28, 2022 with the purpose of describing the factors that promote the exercise, performance and management of the nursing professional to strengthen the quality of care, autonomy and leadership. Its modality was hybrid (face-to-face and virtual) to achieve a greater impact and reach in the scientific community in national and international nursing. The general objective of the seminar was "Describe the factors that promote the exercise, performance and management of the nursing professional to strengthen the quality of care, autonomy and leadership." Additionally, the seminar sought to identify the conditions that favor the exercise, performance and management for the professional development of nursing, in international and national contexts, to identify the impact on the quality of care in human health from the strengthening of professional competencies nursing, point out modern trends on the development of autonomy and leadership in professional nursing practice, socialize care experiences in various development contexts, to promote a dialogue between researchers, educators, students and other actors in the nursing system. education and health and identify the challenges and projections that the nursing profession has in the Colombian context.

The last edition of the seminar had the participation of international speakers from the United States, Chile and Spain.

Representing the United States was Dr. NANCY ELAINE SABOL EDWARDS, who has a Ph.D. in family studies and a master's degree in nursing. She is currently an associate professor at Purdue University She is the director of the project for advanced nursing practice in primary care. On the other hand, representing Chile, there was the participation of Dr MARÍA CONSUELO CERÓN MACKAY, who is a Nurse, master’s in educational psychology and Diploma in Management of Higher Education Institutions. She has worked in a pediatric intensive care unit. She currently works at the School of Nursing at the Universidad de los Andes in Chile She is the current dean of the college of nursing and midwifery. She has participated in the Technical Group for the Development of Advanced Practice Nursing Competencies (EPA) for Latin America. She has led the first advanced