"A Sustainable Caring Family is a family that is able to continue with its life while adequately caring for its loved one," said Ana Canga and Nuria Esandi, professors at School of Nursing at the University of Navarra during the session they gave on Strategies for evaluation and Family Intervention in Nursing at the University of Navarra Museum in Pamplona.

In the session, aimed at nurses from internship Advanced and management, Nuria Esandi and Ana Canga, experts in caring for the family with a complex illness (chronic and/or acute) stressed the importance of addressing family members by name, inviting them to ask questions, listening actively, accompanying them and praising their strengths, resources and competencies. This is fundamental because "if caring for the family is a constant burden, it will seem almost impossible for them to find positive aspects in this status. This is where the role of the nurse is core topic to help them cope with the new reality".

Therapeutic conversation

During the session, which was attended by nurses from different hospitals in Pamplona and nursing students, a practical workshop was held on how to carry out a Therapeutic Conversation and the appropriate use of tools such as the Genogram and Ecomap that allow us to assess the family status , the structure and relationships between family members and the resources available to each family.

The session has been framed within an event of the Master's Degree in Advanced internship and management in Nursing of the School, oriented to train professionals who acquire competences of management health in the organization, management of processes and Personnel Management Service.