Welcome

Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Florence Nursing and Midwifery Network, one of Europe’s oldest
nursing and midwifery networks. The network was created to exchange good practice in teaching,
practice and research and does this through its annual meetings, projects as well as staff and student
exchanges.

The Network encourages the involvement of students, managers and educationalists to ensure
strong links between strategy and practice. A strong emphasis on student involvement is reflected
in the work of our Student Board which has supported the development of student work groups
promoting internationalisation in our member institutions.

We value the promotion and development of nursing/ midwifery practice and education and
welcomes interaction and contact with all stakeholders in nursing/midwifery and in education. This
includes its members, non-members, students, lecturers practitioners, policy-makers and managers.
The Network consists of 37 universities/schools of higher education, in 18 European countries.

We are currently seeking to extend our membership and applications are invited from interested
institutions. There is no membership fee and each member funds their own activities within the
network.

Best wishes,

Andy Gibbs
President Florence Nursing and Midwifery Network

Primary goals

The main goal is to make nursing and midwifery more visible in Europe

- Exchange students and teachers
- Compare curricula and improve quality of Nursing and Midwifery education
- Co-operate in research in the Nursing and Midwifery works field.
- Develop European projects and intensive programs.
- Participate in realisation of the Bologna declaration in Europe.
- Get accreditation for Nursing and Midwifery education in Europe.
- Use the Erasmus - Socrates European programs
- For long term student exchange
- For teacher exchange
- For intensive programs
- For financing projects and disseminations