Nursing school in danger? NRW carrier plans to take over in churches!

Nursing school in danger? NRW carrier plans to take over in churches!

The future of the nursing school in churches is on the brink. According to a report of the Rhein-Zeitung could be taken over by a carrier from North Rhine-Westphalia. This information was announced by the Minister of Labor Dörte Schall in response to a request from CDU MP Michael Wäschenbach and Matthias Reuber.

In their request, the MPs could have concerns about the possible effects in the hospital landscape on nursing training in the region. Here, the ambiguity of the future of the DRK hospital locations in Altenkirchen-Land and in the Westerwald district is particularly addressed, since nursing training there is currently largely under the roof of the German Red Cross (DRK).

training opportunities in the nursing sector

Regardless of developments in churches, there is a wide variety of training channels in the healthcare industry. The website of the German care portal provides comprehensive information on various training courses in care, therapy, social affairs and medicine. This also includes the generalistic care training introduced in January 2020.

This training lasts three years and leads to the conclusions "nurse" or "nursing specialist". It enables graduates to maintain people of all ages in different supply areas. In the third year of training, learners can also choose between specialization areas such as geriatric care or child nursing to specialize accordingly.

The choice of such a deepening area leads to the end as a "geriatric nurse" or "health and pediatric nurse". Even after completing the training, the graduates have numerous further training opportunities that enable them to further expand their professional qualifications.

The importance of nursing training

The uncertainties related to nursing training in the region illustrate how important the reliable training of nursing staff is. The demographic development and the increasing need for care underline the urgency of having well -trained specialists in this area. According to the statistical report of the Destatis Training financing and the quality of the training schools of great importance for the entire sector.

The developments in churches show that ensuring stable training is not only of essential importance for the affected institutions, but for the entire society. While the political decision -makers deal with the topic, the question remains open which solutions are found to make nursing training in a future -proof manner.