UDINE Careers Project (Understanding Development Issues for Nurse Educator Careers)
Background
Career pathways for nurse educators are an area of emerging interest in a number of countries across Europe. Educator careers in nursing often lack a defined career structure and nurses in academic institutions have to balance academic career development with teaching, research and clinical roles.
There is a paucity of evidence around the collective intelligence of career pathways of nurse educators in Europe and the Bologna Declaration (1999) with its proposals for advancing academic and professional recognition in nursing, provides a sound rationale for a pan European study of nurse educators.
Aim and objectives (2008)
The aim of this project is to conduct a preliminary investigation into the career pathways of nurse educators in Europe. The first meeting took place in Udine, Italy in November 2007. This will be achieved by:
- Reviewing the current literature around nurse education reforms in Europe (1990-2007)
- Identifying the extent of and reviewing the literature about the career pathways of nurse educators in Europe.
- Establishing a data base to support fact finding exercise on current career pathways
Belgrade May 2011
Barcelona April 2009
Waterford June 2008
Contacts List (MSword 77Kb)
UDINE Careers Project Background Papers
- Meeting 1 Udine, Italy November 2007 (PDF)
- Meeting 2 Waterford, Ireland June 2008 (PDF)
- Meeting 3 Barcelona, Spain (PDF) April 2009 (MsWord)
- Meeting 4 Maribor, Slovenia June 2010 (PowerPoint)
- Meeting 5 Belgrade, Serbia May 2011 (Conference Proceedings, Belgrade May 2011 -PDF)
Forthcoming Meeting - Lublin, Poland September 2012
UDINE Nursing Careers databases (by country)