The possibility of meaningful international educational exchanges for nurses in postgraduate/postbasic nursing education programs might seem far-fetched. Scope of practice, registration issues and standards, even organization of schools and universities would seem difficult issues to
overcome. In 2010, a consortium of some seven schools of nursing in the United States, Ireland, Portugal, Norway, Slovenia, Denmark, and Malta opened a dialogue about curricular meeting points in postgraduate nursing education. The evolution of the European Union and the Bologna Accords (European
Commission, 2008) have created an environment where a search for curricular meeting points is possible. One such meeting point involved student exchanges. This article will explore the experience of two consortium member schools in developing and operationalizing an exchange.
