JOINING THE EU – DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO NURSING ETHICS AND STANDARDS?
August 1st, 2011
BY E BLAKE BERRY and MARK ROWE
NURSES working in Britain, and western Europe like to think their professional standards are high. And largely this is true. But what of nurses working in eastern Europe? With most countries in the region in the European Union (EU), it had been hoped EU nursing training and practice rules would raise professional standards. But has this happened? The Nursing Standard has looked at Poland, which joined the EU in 2004, and Kosovo, now last in the queue to become a member state, to check their nursing ethics and professionalism.
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