[Teaching in Europe]

The European Area for Higher Education is the venue where, over a medium time frame, important changes in the Spanish university system shall be carried out in order to achieve the necessary convergence with the rest of the European Union countries. The step from an information society to a knowledge-based society will require a change in the pedagogical process and the curricula in all university disciplines and their subsequent adaptation to the new plans formulated by the European Area for Higher Education. Therefore, nursing faces a new challenge which will allow it to develop its full academic potential under conditions equal to those of all other academic disciplines.