GUIDE FOR INTERNATIONAL NURSES IN GERMANY
GUIDE FOR IMMIGRANT NURSES IN GERMANY- Disclaimer : Purpose of sharing this info is to help other immigrants especially Tibetan immigrant nurses ,not for any other purpose
! German registered nurses are now known as Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger (health and sickness carer), which is a registered name.Before this the official name was Krankenschwester (female) and Krankenpfleger (male). Registration To get registered as a nurse an official state exam in nursing needs to be sat. There are different departments that take care of the registration in the different states. Education A German nurse 1.In most cases nurses start to learn the profession in a special nursing school that is mostly connected to a hospital. 2.Before starting the school they need half a year practical training in a hospital setting. 3.The nursing course is done according EU regulations and is three years long including around 3300 hours for theoretical knowledge and 2500 hours for practi