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Massimiliano Sciretti is the President of the Turin Nursing Order and the head of bed management of the city. He graduated as a nurse in 1991 at the age of 19 and the following year obtained his baccalaureate. He enrolled in the faculty of psychology which he soon abandoned due to dissatisfaction with the educational path.

The need to expand his knowledge and skills, leads him to train and specialize in critical area. His path in this area is also realized with professional experience in Operations Center 118; here it contributes to the birth of the 118 emergency system of the city of Turin. His professional career evolves first in the coordination of the emergency department of the Martini hospital in Turin and then in the role of head of department of the same health company. At the same time he gained experience as an adviser in the former nursing college of Turin carrying out 3 mandates. In 2018 he was elected first President of the nascent Professional Nursing Association of Turin, a very stimulating role for continuous professional comparison and for the contribution to professional policy. For him, being President represents a personal and professional challenge: he believes, in fact, that the professional regulatory aspect has evolved first rather than the cultural aspect of professionals. Its goal is the integration between Order, University and Organization.

During his professional career he encountered numerous obstacles due to the lack of recognition of the role by the other health professions. The level of professional satisfaction on the part of the category is deficient because of management difficulties because of a lack of human resources and lack of economic recognition.

He believes a lot in the sustainability of the NHS.

The advice you give to young people is to choose the profession with passion for the potential it has on professional development; in reference to this consideration he set up the Youth Council to be trained on professional policy and the ability to reflect.

His hope is to be able to contribute to the development of the profession by enhancing professional policy and the experentic baggage of professionals, since the system is currently not able to make optimal use of resources. The vivid memory of the difficult care situations faced is a source of enrichment for the profession and represents moments for which it is worth being competent.

He concludes by saying: 'it is a unique profession'.