Nursing in the European Union

Sondra Z. Koff is professor emerita of political science at the State University of New York, Binghamton, USA. She has been involved with health-care and nursing boards as a public member at the local, state, regional, and national levels and often, in a leadership capacity.

Contents

List of European Union Member States and Year of Entry

Preface

List of Abbreviations

1 Nursing in the European Union: The Setting
Introduction
Definition of Nursing
Globalization and Europeanization
Institutionalism

2 Education
Introduction
EU Directives, the Bologna Process,
and Nursing Education
The Case of the Newly Acceded Member States
Numbers: Student Quotas, Attrition, and Graduates
Nursing-Education Sites
Entry Requirements
Who Studies Nursing and Why?
Student Support
The Preregistration Program
Graduate Studies
Specialization
Continuing Professional Development
Foreign Study
Nurse Educators
Teaching Methods
Regulation of Nursing Education
Conclusion

3 Aspects of Professional Regulation
Professional Recognition
Nursing Demographics
Gender
Age
Education Numbers
Migration
Ethical Practice
Fitness to Practice
Conclusion

4 Nursing Research
Research Development Research Literacy Research Strategies and Priorities
Funding
Research Initiatives
Research Dissemination
Evidence-based Practice: The Integration
of Research and Service
Nursing Research Challenges Conclusion

5 Representatives of Nursing and Their Activities
Chief Nursing Officers
The Professional Nursing Association Functions
Membership
Dues
Membership Benefits
Organizational Structure
Interest Group Systems
Nursing Associations: The International
Dimension
Pressure Group Politics and the Institutions
of European Government
Groups and European Union Structures
Summary and Conclusion

6 Conclusion

References

Index