title: [Project Leonardo-da-Vinci for better nursing care].
abstract: The aim of the present paper is to inform physicians about the work completed by nurses and professors of baccalaureat nurses in the framework of Leonardo da Vinci project, organised and sponsored by the European Union. The goal of the project was to increase the effectiveness of chief nurses throughout their further training programme in the field of management. The team of Szeged chose the human resource management, since in this field is possible to achieve the greatest improvement with the smallest financial investment. We measured the fluctuations and the absentees of the nurses, the changes in the degree of education, the nurse' and patient' satisfaction at the beginning and at the end of the period studied. Except the patient's satisfaction all the other parameters improved by the end of tested period. The project provided a unique possibility to compare the state of the Hungarian nursing with that of the countries belonging to the European Union, to exchange the experience and to learn some new methods. In the framework of this project a book of two volumes was prepared containing the suggestions of EU. This book is widely available in English and in French.
authors.affiliation: Szegedi Tudományegyetem Egészségügyi Fóiskolai Kar.
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gábor
authors.forename: Lajosné
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Csanádi
authors.forename: Kornélia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Helembai
authors.forename: Zoltánné
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Szögi
authors.forename: Ibolya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tulkán
authors.forename: Kántor Katalin
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Unginé
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005062:European Union; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009726:Nurses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires