title: [Nursing training and changes of identity].
abstract: Over the last three decades, several European countries have implemented reforms to their nursing training systems. In French-speaking Switzerland, this training has been offered, since 2002, at university level in higher education institutions (Swiss university of applied sciences), while it is also taught to a higher level in graduate schools (Ecoles Supérieures) in German- and Italian-speaking Switzerland and, as of late, in just one French-speaking Swiss school. Some identity changes and tensions appear in the field for a number of reasons. The latter are also identified as being able to influence the professional development of nursing graduates of the Swiss university of applied sciences.
authors.affiliation: Haute Ecole de santé Arc, Neuchâtel, Suisse. naamat.messmer-alabed@he-arc.ch
authors.forename: Naamat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Messmer-Al Abed
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003479:Curriculum / Q000639:trends; D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs / Q000639:trends*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000639:trends*; D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union; D005544:Forecasting; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D024802:Nurse's Role; D012579:Schools, Nursing