Recovery‐focused educational programmes have been implemented in mental health services in an attempt to transform care from a purely biomedical orientation to a more recovery‐oriented approach. Mental health nurses have identified the need for enhancing their abilities and confidence in translating recovery knowledge into mental health nursing practice. However, recovery‐focused educational programmes have not fully address nurses’ learning needs. Therefore, this review synthesized the evidence of the effectiveness of recovery‐focused educational programmes for mental health nurses. A systematic search of electronic databases and hand‐searched references was conducted. It identified 35 programmes and 55 educational materials within 39 studies. Synthesizing the literature revealed three themes and nine subthemes. The first theme, a framework for understanding and supporting consumers’ recovery, had four subthemes: consumers’ involvement, multidisciplinary approach, profession‐specific training, and performance indicators. The second theme, contents of educational materials, included the subthemes: knowledge development and recovery‐focused care planning. The final theme, nurses’ learning experiences, included the subthemes: understanding recovery, the positive effects of recovery‐focused educational programmes, and implementation of recovery‐oriented practices. Based on these findings, a mental health nursing recovery‐focused educational programme framework is proposed. Further research should investigate the effectiveness of the framework, especially in relation to recovery‐focused care planning and consumer and carer involvement in the development, delivery, participation, and evaluation of these educational programmes.