“…During the last two decades, European nursing education has been undergoing a process of reform in order to ensure a comparable and coherent system; a process that has been influenced by the Bologna process-the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) (Collins and Hewer, 2014;Davies, 2008;EU Directive, 2005/36/EC;EU Directive, 2013/55/EU;Kajander-Unkuri et al, 2013;Lahtinen et al, 2014;Zabalegui et al, 2006). Along with the educational reforms, the health care services have been searching for creative strategies that will improve quality, minimise costs and increase patient and family satisfaction (Duffield et al, 2009;Sipe et al, 2009).…”