New care professionals: 14 graduates of the Alexian Academy celebrate success!

New care professionals: 14 graduates of the Alexian Academy celebrate success!

On March 28, 2025, the ceremonial handover was handed over at the Alexian Academy of Care. On this day, 14 trainees successfully passed their exams and are now bearing the title of an registered nurse or an registered nurse. Maike Johannsen, the head of the academy, was pleased and proud of the conclusion that was achieved after three years of training. The graduates are Wiktoria Helena Cnotalska, Manal El Mourabit, Meike Hermans, Maike Hetterle, Melissa Jolie Hornen, Khaled Jendi, Maria Stinto, Dinah Aylin Pink, Maryam Qasemi, Sarah Schiffers, Ruth Semushi, Roman Julian Skronski, Hans Jörg Tanaka and Miray Tsaprounis. These specialists will work in various facilities and specialist areas, including the Alexianer in Krefeld.

Training as a registered nurse is a particularly popular qualification in the healthcare sector. According to Bildungsbible.de , around 1.7 million nursing staff in Germany are employed in Germany, 64% of which are examined nursing staff. The area of ​​nursing has increased an enormous increase in importance through demographic change, which results in an increasing need for specialists.

training structure and reforms

The training itself is regulated in the nursing profession, which came into force on January 1, 2020 and introduced basic reforms in nursing training. This reform combined the disciplines of health and nursing, health and pediatric nursing as well as health and elderly care and created a generalistic training that enables graduates to specialize after their training. The training as a nurse regularly lasts three years and comprises around 2,100 hours of theoretical and 2,500 hours of practical content. The theoretical content covers areas such as nursing science, anatomy and illness, while practical content contains operations in different forms of care, such as inpatient care and outpatient care.

For the training, a medium school leaving certificate or a secondary school leaving certificate with additional vocational training is required. Personal characteristics such as empathy, responsibility and teamwork are also essential for aspiring nurses. The possibility of further training includes numerous aspects such as specializations in the areas of intensive care, palliative care and care management.

career opportunities and challenges

registered nurses not only have a diverse professional market in front of them, but also numerous opportunities for professional development. According to Dorothee Klaas, co-manager of the academy, support after training is an important factor for professional satisfaction. It emphasizes the large number of career options at Alexianer Krefeld GmbH that are available to the graduates.

technological innovations and the progressive digitization are constantly changing the care industry. These developments require continuous training and willingness to adapt to new requirements from the nursing staff. The study results of the Federal Institute for Vocational Training (BIBB) show that around 77.8% of the trainees have made their career choice based on personal interest and that the training assessment is considered good to satisfactory. Nevertheless, a lack of good practice instructions and communication between nursing schools and practical sites were found, which is considered a challenge for future training.

The graduates of the Alexian Academy are now ready to accept these challenges and take their place in an important and growing professional field that can not only be demanding, but also extremely fulfilling.