Lifelong Learning and Education for Nurses—The Present, Research and Vision

Abstract

The present paper discusses current status of nurse education and learning in a lifelong perspective, providing an overview of relevant internationally published studies concerning the issue. Respective passages of the article overview selected topics of nurse education and professional development with an emphasis on both institutionalized and self-directed forms of learning as reflected in contemporary research studies. Concomitantly, the practical aspect of the nursing profession and related lifelong learning processes in this applied science is accentuated.