Vortragstitel: Strategy and Evidence
Kurzbiografie:
Paul Van Aken, RN, MSN (01/09/1956) graduated as a nurse in 1976 and has been almost entirely active at the Antwerp University Hospital (AUH) during his career. In the AUH he has progressed through all hierarchical levels of the nursing department where he has been Chief Nursing Officer since 2005 until his retirement in October 2021.
His main achievement on the professional level is the transition of the organizational culture of the nursing department to an organization that was recognized as Magnet® Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2017. This made the AUH the first hospital in Continental Europe to achieve this distinction in terms of excellence in care and nurse work environment.
He also holds appointments in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University Antwerp. He is a guest lecturer in the Master of Nursing and Midwifery program. From there he is also involved in scientific research conducted as part of the academic assignment of the university.
Since September 2021, he retired and continues to work as a consultant in organizational change in hospitals and health care institutions.