"The state government has further developed the FQI Nursing 2.1 in close coordination with the project partners in the Rhineland-Palatinate healthcare and nursing sectors. Together, we want to advance digitization in nursing and further modernize nursing education.

In addition to the five existing fields of action of FQI 2.0, we have expanded the agreement for FQI Nursing 2.1 to include the sixth field of action "Digitization and new technologies in nursing". With the new field of action, we want to identify and make greater use of the potential of digital technologies in nursing training and in everyday nursing care in order to relieve the burden on nursing employees. With the help of digitization, we want to further develop training and continuing education in care through new methods and techniques.

We also want to strengthen the professional field of nursing through new competencies and activities. The professional field of nursing has changed in recent years. We want nursing professionals to be able to use their diverse competencies and skills even more effectively in caring for patients. For a future-oriented professional field development, we have included the nursing reserved tasks and the independent exercise of curative activities as a new goal in the agreement of the FQI Nursing 2.1." https://mastd.rlp.de/de/unsere-themen/arbeit-und-transformation/berufe-des-gesundheitswesens/fachkraefte-und-qualifizierungsinitiative/

The update of the FQI 2.1 agreement can be found at https://mastd.rlp.de/fileadmin/msagd/Arbeit/Gesundheitsfachberufe/221102_Fachkra__fte_2.1_Pflege_web.pdf

With the Skilled Workers and Qualification Initiative Nursing 2.0, the state government and its partners from the healthcare and nursing sectors in Rhineland-Palatinate have agreed on common goals and concrete measures to secure skilled workers.

Participation in the Skilled Workers and Qualification Initiative 1.0 and 2.0

The Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences oversaw the groundbreaking first Skilled Worker and Qualification Initiative (FQI) from 2012 to 2015, which continued with the development and signing of the agreement on the Skilled Worker and Qualification Initiative for Nursing 2. 0 (2018 to 2022) (FQI 2.0). The process started in spring 2017 and took nearly two years to complete. Andrea Kuhn, coordinator of the research network, represented the university in the design phase of the agreement. After eight full-day meetings with all of the state's nursing-related boards as partners, the agreement was signed in November 2018.

The FQI 2.0 contains agreements on securing skilled workers in five fields of action:

1. Future-oriented forms of training, study and further education in nursing.
2. Further development and framework conditions for the nursing professions
3. Attractive employment conditions
4. Integration of foreign nursing staff
5. Public relations work.

The fields of action are divided into 22 sub-fields, consisting of a total of 85 concrete agreements between the partners. Each sub-field of action is assigned a manager from among the signatories; they are responsible for implementing the agreements.

Steering group of the FQI 2.0

To implement the FQI 2.0, the ministry implemented a steering group in 2019 that meets twice a year in Mainz to report. Professor Dr. Esther Berkemer and Andrea Kuhn represent the university there, depending on the field of action. Two meetings have been held so far. The fact that the university takes the implementation of the promised contributions to FQI 2.0 via the Health Research Network very seriously was appreciated throughout the state. Likewise, the committee appreciated the efforts of the Department of Social and Health Services and Trier University to implement primary qualification.

The contributions of the Research Network Health can be found here, and the contributions of the Department IV of Social and Health Services can be found here .

Further information on FQI 2.0 can be found on the pages of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Social Affairs, Labor, Health and Demography under this link