Successful candidates to EAPCI Certification for Nurses and Allied Professionals

 
 André Gonçalves Correia da Costa

• Profession: Cardiopneumologist (Clinical Physiologist)
• How long in your profession: since 2015
• How long in cath lab: since 2016
• Hospital: Santa Maria Hospital, Lisbon
• Country: Portugal

  
 César Alberto Monteiro Teixeira

• Profession: Nurse
• How long in your profession: since 2007
• How long in the cath lab: since 2008
• Hospital: Hospital Universitario Donostia
• Country: Spain

" Obtaining the EAPCI certificate meant another step further in my career as it recognises both my abilities and knowledge, fulfilling a challenge. On a professional level, it assures I provide the best quality of nursing care to my patients."

   
 Annika Adgård

• Profession: Registered nurse
• How long in your profession: since 2009
• How long in cath lab: since 2018 at 100 % after 5 years at 50%
• Hospital: Skåne University Hospital, Lund
• Country: Sweden

"The EAPCI certification is a proof that my knowledge and competence keep a high standard in relations to the colleagues around in Europe. It also made me learn even more in the field around the heart patient, which made my every day job even better."

 
 David José Teixeira Rodrigues 

• Profession: Nurse
• How long in your profession: since 2007
• How long in cath lab: 2 years full time in in Policlínica Gipuzkoa, San Sebastian, Spain (January 2008 to June 2010) and 7 years part time in Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto  (from January 2013 )
• Hospital: Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto
• Country: Portugal

 "Being a certified nurse by the EAPCI is not only a personal milestone to achieve, but also a guarantee that I am a valid worker anywhere in Europe, which is something of added value these days. Also, it's a stepping stone in the affirmation of the importance of NAP's in the Cath Lab, in order to provide the best quality of care in the multiprofessional team."

Mats Nygren

• Profession: Registered nurse
• How long in your profession: since 2012
• How long in cath lab: since 2013
• Hospital: Skånes University Hospital, Lund
• Country: Sweden

" Since getting the certification I have felt more confident of my competence in the cath lab. I think passing the exam and becoming certified reflect not only on me and the work I've put into it but also the general quality and standards of the unit in which I work in. I'm looking forward to helping colleagues to become certified in the future!"