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PRO*PFLEGE (Nursing Ethics - Health Promotion - Professionalism)

Certificate course for nurses within the framework of occupational health management

BGM project	*PROPFLEGE** (Nursing Ethics - Health Promotion - Professionalism)
Duration	01.11.2022 - 31.12.2023
Background	Nursing professionals are exposed to high levels of health stress. In particular, psychological stress is high and continues to increase. Studies show that professional ethical challenges play a fundamental role in the development of psychological stress. Ethical stresses cause health problems such as depression and burnout. They can lead to a reduction in the scope of the job and to leaving the profession. Despite this, the correlations are largely unnoticed in Germany, care institutions have not yet taken action against them, and the creation and integration of corresponding educational offers into the BGM is still pending.
Aim of the BGM project	The BGM project *PROPFLEGE** provides nursing professionals in Rhineland-Palatinate with a health-related educational offer that allows nursing ethics, health promotion and professionalism to act as a triad for increasing resilience and strengthens the BGM of the facilities.
Special significance of the project	For the first time in Germany, the burden on nursing staff caused by professional nursing activities is placed directly in the context of nursing professionalism, not only as an effect, but also as a cause. Professional nursing action needs spaces of enabling, the basis for this is the acquisition of competence in the healing profession of nursing. Qualified nursing professionals are more resilient, they contribute to increasing the resilience of nursing institutions and secure the care of the population.
Project sponsors and cooperation partners	In addition to the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the *PROPFLEGE BGM project is financially supported by the RLP Accident Insurance Fund and the Franziskus Foundation for Nursing. Cooperation partners are the Westpfalz Klinikum GmbH and the cusanus trägergesellschaft trier mbH (ctt) . The Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health from Switzerland is an international cooperation partner . The project receivesideal support from the Rhineland-Palatinate State Chamber of Nursing, the Dachverband der Pflegeorganisationen e.V. (DPO)** and other professional nursing organizations.
Innovation content of the project	The state of Rhineland-Palatinate once again demonstrates its unique selling point as a care-sensitive state . The lighthouse project *PROPFLEGEemphasizes its pioneering role for future-oriented innovations in nursing. Nursing professionals benefit from the novelty of the BGM project. Until now, the connection between professional ethics, nursing expertise and health was unclear, the field was unoccupied. Now PROPFLEGE* brings together this triad of professional nursing actions to strengthen resilience. The pilot course offers nursing professionals a development partnership to ensure fit and sustainability. Nursing facilities in Rhineland-Palatinate that have their employees participate in the pilot course and in the innovative *PROPFLEGE educational program in the future are actively promoting the health of their employees. Strengthening resilience enables employees to cope better with the challenges of everyday care. Even in crisis situations, they can draw on a portfolio of new resources to help them cope. The PROPFLEGE* innovation can become an important component of the BGM of care companies and contribute to the company's goals of providing high-quality health care.
Sustainability	Sustainability is ensured through interlocking building blocks: During the project phase, the BGM project *PROPFLEGE is publicized with appropriate elements of public relations. The results of the PROPFLEGE* project gain public visibility through the final conference, publications and congress contributions. Good networking serves to acquire participants for the follow-up courses after project completion . This has two levels of approach: TOP-Down, *PROPFLEGE is advertised in the Rhineland-Palatinate nursing companies. The aim is to motivate employees to take part in the course and release them from their duties. Bottom-UP PROPFLEGE* is presented to the nursing staff. The third pillar of ensuring sustainability after project completion is to be achieved by securing financial support for *PROPFLEGE** follow-up courses, e.g. via funds from the Prevention Act and the ESF . The prerequisites for this are to be created in the project; the organization and, if necessary, initiation of financing possibilities is to be part of project phase I in particular.
Project structure	Phase I 11/2022-02/2023: Development of the customized PROPFLEGE training program. Acquisition of lecturers as permanent partners for the PROPFLEGE certificate course. Release of participants by the cooperation partners Westpfalz Klinikum GmbH and cusanusträgergesellschaft trier mbH (ctt) Development of sustainable financing options for the follow-up courses after the end of the project Public relations Phase II 03/2023-12/2023: Implementation of the 16-day online pilot course PROPFLEGE accompanying formative evaluation of the pilot course in the sense of a participative development partnership with the participants public symposiumat the HWG-LU as a conclusion with all partners. The event serves to transfer PROPFLEGE** into sustainability. Here, the results are publicized and new participants are recruited. Nursing facilities and nursing professionals in Rhineland-Palatinate as well as the professional public are invited.