FEPI (European Federation of Nursing Regulators) 3rd Annual Conference - 25-28 September 2007 - Cavtat, Croatia FEPI Placing the Patient First Effective Nursing Regulation across EuropeProgramma The empowered patient: information and quality careMr. John Ferguson, Vice-President of CEPLIS - the European Council of the Liberal Professions Patient centred health care in Europe - EPF's perspectiveMrs. Nicola Bedlington, Director of 'European Patients' Forum Code of Conduct and Ethics for European NursingDr. Máximo Gonzalez Jurado, President of Spanish General Council of Nursing, FEPI Vice-President The CEPLIS principles of the European codes of conduct for the liberal professionsDr. Theodoros Koutroubas, Director General, CEPLIS the European Council of the Liberal Professions Health Professionals Crossing Borders (HPCB): exchange of information between regulatorsMrs. Claire Herbert, HPCB Project Lead The Certificate of Current Professional StatusMrs. Teresa Oliveira Marçal, Ordem dos Enfermeiros – Portuguese Nursing Council Nursing education and competences - IntroductionDr. Anne Marie Ryan, Chief Education Officer, An Bord Altranais Ireland, chair of FEPI working group on Education, Training and Competencies The results and future developments of Tuning Education Structures in EuropeDr. Mary Gobbi, Tuning coordinator for Nursing, University of Southampton Patient education: E-Hospital project, learning while at hospitalMr. Holger Bienzle, Project coordinator, die Berater, training institution, Austria Patient safety and nursing regulation in the United StatesMrs. Faith Fields, President of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing NCSBN (US Regulators Organisation)