[The managerial education of nurse coordinator and the educational contract: the experience of the First Level Master in Nursing Management for Coordinational Functions at the Catholic University of Rome].

Changes in the National Health Service (NHS), in nursing laws and education made necessary a first level Master to teach nurses managerial competences for coordinational functions. Nowadays nurse coordinator are important in health organization in order to transform individual knowledges of nurses in effective, efficient and appropriate care practice. The project of the First Level Master in Nursing Management for Coordinational Functions run at the Catholic University of Rome, kept into consideration changes in NHS, nursing laws and education. The Master was made of four modules in order to teach learning specific competences. The Pedagogy of the Contract was used to guide the training. A Form based on the Pedagogy of the Contract was developed. This Form helped in defining the training objectives and their evaluation. The Model of the Reflection about the Experience and the presence of a tutor were used to integrate education with training settings. This Master emphasized the current functions of the nurse coordinator such as problem solving, direction, organization and mainly the management of knowledge of coordinated nurses.