The General Council of Nursing (CGE), together with the provincial colleges, has launched the 'Nursia Up' initiative, a platform designed to bring together the nursing community, promote the exchange of knowledge, collaboration and professional growth, with the intention of consolidating itself as the "great ecosystem" of Nursing in Spain.
The president of the General Council of Nursing, Florentino Pérez Raya, intervened in the presentation held at the Communication and Arts campus of Nebrija University, where he highlighted that this tool represents a "strategic step" towards the modernization and strengthening of the profession, betting on "a common space that goes far beyond an application or a social network."
According to its promoters, the platform is born to respond to the need to align Nursing with the new times and project an image "modern, updated, and highly professionalized" of the profession.
During the event, the First Vice-President of the CGE, Raquel Rodríguez Llanos, stressed that current Nursing "overflows with talent", but also that "it was necessary to channel it" so that it could be disseminated throughout the territory, reach professionals interested in the latest advances, connect with leading nurses in their field and make their voice heard and share their knowledge.
Thanks to this tool, "key" content such as research, competitive examinations, awards, scholarships and all professional news are offered "in a personalized way" to each user. In addition, 'Nursia Up' incorporates a social wall to share knowledge and enables the creation of chats and work groups with other professionals with similar interests.
Adapting to the digital healthcare reality
The nurse of the Research Institute of the General Council of Nursing, Héctor Lafría, presented his monologue 'You adapt or you step aside', in which he emphasized the relevance of adapting to the current context, in which technology has become one of the main tools of the healthcare system.
"We know that microorganisms are capable of mutating to resist, and nurses have to mutate to care better," she stated. Likewise, Lafría stressed that digital health is not limited to artificial intelligence or social networks, but rather deals with "something deeper," with connection and with Nursing being "a living network that connects, evolves, and adapts in this new healthcare ecosystem."
On the other hand, Carlos Hernández and Teresa Rodríguez, members of the 'Nursia Up' team, explained that it is a space in which any male nurse or female nurse, as well as students, teachers or retirees, can "share experiences, reflections, doubts, works or research".
In this environment, it will also be possible to disseminate "sensitive content" that on other platforms, on occasion, is subject to censorship. Users will be able to accompany their contributions with images, videos, links, and documents to start "interacting with the community".
"We can comment, give opinions, react and start building our own network within 'Nursia'. Following other users, initiating conversations with them, starting to be part of a truly live nursing community," added Hernández.
A professional community without anonymity
In the 'Community' section, nurses can locate other professionals, learn about their activity, their field of work, their interests, and the publications they produce. Likewise, it offers the option to create private chats to organize groups with service or faculty colleagues. The platform also integrates provincial spaces linked to the Nursing colleges, from which nurses of each area will be able to access information, services, training, promotions or interact with their college in a "simple and intuitive" way.
Being an environment in which profiles will not be anonymous and will appear associated with the job position, it is trusted that only verified information circulates and the dissemination of hoaxes or inappropriate practices is avoided.
The nurse from Murcia, Rosa Rodríguez, highlighted the lack that existed of a tool of this type to share information "among colleagues".
Scientific rigor against disinformation
In the final part of the event, the director of the public relations and spokesperson area of the Official College of Nursing of Madrid (CODEM), Pedro Soriano, participated in a debate alongside the professor of the International University of Valencia and director of the Academy of Urgencies and Emergencies, Elena Plaza, the case manager nurse of the multidisciplinary ALS unit of La Paz University Hospital, Yolanda Morán, and the nursing degree student from Nebrija University, Marta Corías.
In this colloquium, emphasis was placed on the need to raise the quality of patient care and to combat disinformation, messages without a scientific basis on social media, and self-diagnoses supported by artificial intelligence tools.
"We must be aware that we have to disseminate truthful information, that has scientific rigor, and that we cannot spread hoaxes because in the end that can also generate negative things in the people who see us," Corías pointed out.
In short, this platform is presented as a space where nurses can "meet, dialogue, learn, inform themselves, and grow professionally". Its goal is to consolidate itself as the "reference environment" for coexistence, knowledge exchange, and the promotion of Nursing development throughout the country.