Nurse educator education in six European countries: a descriptive study / Ausbildung von Pflegepädagog/-innen in sechs europäischen Ländern – eine deskriptive Studie

Silva, Simone Campos; Salminen, Leena; Elonen, Imane; Linares, Pilar Fuster; Cassar, Maria; Haycock-Stuart, Elaine; Saaranen, Terhi; Zrubcová, Dana; Ewers, Michael

Nurse educator education in six European countries: a descriptive study / Ausbildung von Pflegepädagog/-innen in sechs europäischen Ländern – eine deskriptive Studie

International Journal of Health Professions

Volume 9 (2022): Issue 1 (January 2022)

By:

Simone Campos Silva, Leena Salminen, Imane Elonen, Pilar Fuster Linares, Maria Cassar, Elaine Haycock-Stuart, Terhi Saaranen, Dana Zrubcová and Michael Ewers

Open Access

|Aug 2022

Figures & Tables

Overview of nurse educator education in DE, ES, FI, MT, SK, and the UK_

	DE	ES	FI	MT	SK	UK
Regulations set by competent authorities
Formal requirements for nurse educators defined by competent authorities	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Ministry that supervises the education of nurse educators	Federal level: Ministry of HealthState level: Ministries for Social Affairs Ministries of Education and Cultural Affairs	Ministry of Universities	Ministry of Education and Culture	Ministry of Education	Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic Ministry of Education, Science, Research, and Sport of the Slovak Republic	No
Documents that regulate the education of nurse educators	Nursing Professions Act 2020	Regulations as for other academics in higher education	Regulations as for other academics in higher education	Regulations as for other academics in higher education	Regulations as for other academics in higher education	Regulations as for other academics in higher education
Requirements for nurse educator education
Nurse educators must be nurses	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No (only some)
Educational programmes that qualify nurses	VET (diploma)UAS (bachelor)Uni (bachelor)	Uni (bachelor)	UAS (bachelor)	UAS (bachelor)Uni (bachelor)	Uni (bachelor)	Uni (bachelor)
Professional license and/or registration as a nurse	License	License Registration	License	License Registration	Registration	Registration
Educational programmes that qualify nurse educators	Further-education programmes (EQF 4/5)Bachelor's level (EQF 6)Master's level (EQF 7)	Doctoral level (EQF 8)	Master's level (EQF 7)Doctoral level (EQF 8)	Master's level (EQF 7)Doctoral level (EQF 8)	Master's level (EQF 7)Doctoral level (EQF 8)	Master's level (EQF 7)Doctoral level (EQF 8)
Mandatory educational level for nurse educator education according to laws, acts, or regulations, and the share^* of these educators	Master's level (EQF 7) for reasonable share	Doctoral level (EQF 8) for all	Master's level (EQF 7) for all	Master's level (EQF 7)	Master's level (EQF 7) for all	Not applicable
Other requirements	Health requirements Clean criminal record		Work experience	Clean criminal record	Health requirements Clean criminal record	Clean criminal record

Structure of programmes for nurse educator education in DE, FI, and the UK_

	DE	FI	UK
Level of formal education for nurse educators	Master's degree (EQF 7)	Master's degree (EQF 7)	Certificate programme
ECTS (credit points)	60–120	60^*	60
Full-time/Part-time	Full-timePart-time	Full-timePart-time	Part-time
Institution that provides nurse educator education	UniUAS	UniUAS	Uni
Financing	Tuition fees (paid by students) Public funds	Public funds	Free, but students must be in post in order to participate

Educational programmes that qualify nurse educators and their thematic focus_

	Further-education programme	Bachelor's degree	Master's degree	Doctoral degree	Thematic focus
DE	✔	✔	✔		pedagogy
ES				✔	health sciences
FI			✔	✔	health sciences pedagogy
MT			✔	✔	health sciences pedagogy anthropology sociology
SK			✔	✔	health sciences
UK			✔	✔	health sciences

Search terms and combinations_

SPICE	Search Terms
Setting	(Europe OR Finland OR Malta OR United Kingdom OR Slovakia OR Spain OR Germany)
Perspective	(“nurs* educator” OR “nurs* teacher” OR “nurs* educator candidate” OR “nurs* lecturer” OR “nurs* faculty” OR “nurs* professor” OR “nurs* tutor”)
Intervention	(qualification OR education OR training OR school OR university OR “post-graduate teaching education”)
Comparison	Not specified
Evaluation	Not specified

Working environments for nurse educators_

	UK	DE	ES	SK	FI	MT
Research	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Classroom teaching	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Development and innovation projects	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Digital environment	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
(Skills) Laboratory		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Clinical teaching			✔	✔	✔	✔
Socio-political activity/interaction	✔				✔	✔

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijhp-2022-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2296-990X

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Language: English, German

Page range: 67 - 77

Submitted on: May 13, 2022

Accepted on: Jul 4, 2022

Published on: Aug 31, 2022

Published by: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 times per year

Keywords:

nurse educator,

faculty,

nursing,

Europe,

Related subjects:

Clinical medicine, other

© 2022 Simone Campos Silva, Leena Salminen, Imane Elonen, Pilar Fuster Linares, Maria Cassar, Elaine Haycock-Stuart, Terhi Saaranen, Dana Zrubcová, Michael Ewers, published by ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
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