Mapping Leadership in Undergraduate Nursing Regulator Standards and Requirements Across Eleven Countries

Affiliations

¹ University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
² Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, University of Bournemouth, Bournemouth, UK.
⁴ Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Manno, Switzerland.
⁵ S. Francisco das Misericórdias Nursing School, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁶ Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Kosice, Slovakia.
⁷ School of Nursing and Midwifery, London South Bank University, London, UK.
⁸ Nursing Sciences Department, Faculty of Social and Community Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek-Hefer, Israel.
⁹ Faculty of Health Sciences and Psychology, Collegium Medicum, Rzeszów University, Rzeszow, Poland.
¹⁰ Nursing School of Coimbra, Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Coimbra, Portugal.
¹¹ Department of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
¹² University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
¹³ Nursing Department, The Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
¹⁴ Department of Nursing and Healthcare Sciences, Munster Technological University (Kerry North Campus), Kerry, Ireland.

Kate Frazer et al. J Adv Nurs. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;81(8):5214-5217.

doi: 10.1111/jan.17099. Epub 2025 Jun 10.

¹ University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
² Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, University of Bournemouth, Bournemouth, UK.
⁴ Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Manno, Switzerland.
⁵ S. Francisco das Misericórdias Nursing School, Lisbon, Portugal.
⁶ Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Kosice, Slovakia.
⁷ School of Nursing and Midwifery, London South Bank University, London, UK.
⁸ Nursing Sciences Department, Faculty of Social and Community Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek-Hefer, Israel.
⁹ Faculty of Health Sciences and Psychology, Collegium Medicum, Rzeszów University, Rzeszow, Poland.
¹⁰ Nursing School of Coimbra, Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Coimbra, Portugal.
¹¹ Department of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
¹² University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
¹³ Nursing Department, The Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
¹⁴ Department of Nursing and Healthcare Sciences, Munster Technological University (Kerry North Campus), Kerry, Ireland.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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