[The experience of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in primary care]. / Le vécu de l'annonce d'un diabète de type 2 en soins primaires.

The announcement of diabetes can be an ordeal for the person learning about it, and a difficult time for the doctor notifying them. By setting up a multi-professional team, we can offer personalized nursing support. This meets patients' expectations. These include reassurance, sufficient time to obtain answers to their questions, the ability to plan ahead, and the understanding that they have a say in their own health.

[Nursing at the heart of advanced practice]. / Les sciences infirmières au cœur d'une pratique avancée.

The posture of the advanced practice nurse (APN) is based on clinical leadership. Their missions contribute to improving the quality of care provided to patients and their families, as well as to deploying the skills of health professionals. It bases its clinical approach on nursing sciences. The RPN can be a lever for the development of the nursing discipline by conducting research or studies based on an epistemological approach.

[Developing ISP skills: the challenge facing the Sdis medical training department]. / Développer les compétences de l'ISP : l'enjeu du service formation médicale du Sdis.

Teaching can be taught! In order to develop and maintain the skills of its caregivers, the Departemental Fire and Rescue Service 77 Health Sub-Directorate is engaged in an innovative pedagogical dynamic, combining a real engineering of its training programs in compliance with the principles of active pedagogy, full and regular training of its teaching teams.

[The advanced practice nurse as a health care influencer]. / L'infirmière en pratique avancée, une personne d'influence dans le domaine de la santé.

The skills that advanced practice nurses use with patients, health care professionals and within the health care system enable them to exercise real leadership. The use of conceptual models and theories in nursing, tools for tracking and valuing clinical judgment, and nursing diagnoses and other concepts are essential to guaranteeing their disciplinary identity and ensuring interprofessional collaboration.

[Reflexivity, a meaningful posture]. / La réflexivité, une posture porteuse de sens.

In France, periodic certification of nurses will come into effect in 2023. In Canada, self-assessment, which corresponds to the evaluation of one's own competencies, is one of the means used to evaluate these professionals. This capacity is based on the principle of reflexivity, which is implemented at various levels: initial training, continuing professional development, and analysis of professional practices in the field. Advanced practice nurses are now among the players in this process.