Background It is important to clarify nurses' perceptions of conditions for patient education in
daily work as research findings are ambiguous. There is a gap between societal regulations
on nurses' competence in accomplishment/achievement of patient education and research
findings. Aim The aim was to describe nurses' perceptions of conditions for patient
education, focusing on aspects of competence. The aim was also to describe differences in
conditions for nurses working in primary, municipal and hospital care. Methods The study is …

Aim To describe nurses' perceptions of conditions for patient education, focusing on
organisational, environmental and professional cooperation aspects, and to determine any
differences between primary, municipal and hospital care. Background Although patient
education is an important part of daily nursing practice, the conditions for this work are
unclear and require clarification. Method A stratified random sample of 701 (83%) nurses
working in primary, municipal and hospital care completed a 60‐item questionnaire. The …