Current activities & functions

• Head of the Department of Qualification and Curriculum Research at the Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research at the University of Bremen
• Dean of Faculty 11 Human and Health Sciences, University of Bremen
• Head of the Examination Boards of the MA Vocational Education in Nursing Science and M Ed Teaching Qualification at Vocational Schools - Nursing
• Deputy head of the expert commission according to § 53 PflBG

Main areas of research

• Further development of interactionist nursing didactics
• Curriculum research in nursing education
• Development tasks in nursing training
• Learning with new media
• Work-based learning
• Qualification research in nursing e.g. on the topic of qualification mix

Projects

• Development and testing of a concept for qualification-oriented personnel deployment using the new scientifically based procedure for the uniform assessment of personnel requirements, externally funded project (since 2022)
•  Strengthening linguistic participation in nursing training (STePs) - school and nursing practice as a learning opportunity, externally funded project (since 2022)
•  Clinical Perceptorship as an integrated training component in Bachelor Nursing Education, externally funded project (since 2022)
•  University nursing training and career entry, externally funded project (since 2022)
•  Transitions into nursing - Strengthening individual and regional resources (TiP), externally funded project (since 2022)
•  Investigation of the implementation of the study programs within the framework of higher education nursing training according to the Nursing Professions Act, externally funded project (since 2021)
•  Structural development in vocational teacher training - Development of further training courses for teachers in vocational education, externally funded project (since 2020)
•  Other completed projects

Memberships

• Member of the scientific advisory board of the Bremen Care Congress
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the Bremer Heimstiftung
• Member and deputy chair of the expert commission in accordance with Section 53 of the Nursing Professions Act
• Member of the German Society for Educational Science
• Member of the German Society for Nursing Science
• Member of the German Professional Association for Nursing Professions
• Member of the working group on job profiles for the nursing training offensive (2022/2023)

since March 2003 Professor in the teacher training program Nursing Science, University of Bremen, for the field of “Nursing Science with a focus on nursing therapeutic principles and their didactic teaching”

2001-2002 Substitute professor at the Institute for Vocational and Business Education, University of Hamburg, with a focus on “Didactics of the vocational field of health”

1999-2003 Research assistant at the Institute for Vocational and Business Education, University of Hamburg, with a focus on “Didactics of the vocational subject area of health”

1999 PhD at the University of Hamburg on the topic “Promotion of communicative competence in nursing training”

1990-2000 Teaching assignments at various healthcare schools and vocational schools in Hamburg and the surrounding area

1995-1999 Research assistant at the Institute for Vocational and Business Education, University of Hamburg

1988-1994 Studies to become a teacher at upper secondary/vocational schools, specializing in health, second subject German, University of Hamburg

1987-1995 Work as a registered nurse in various hospitals in Hamburg and the surrounding area

1984-1987 Vocational training as a registered nurse

• Ingrid Darmann-Finck, Lisa Hülsmann (2025). Hintergründe für die curriculare Gestaltung von primärqualifizierenden Studiengäng-en.. Pflege & Gesellschaft
• Nicole Duveneck, Marianne Rahner, Ingrid Darmann-Finck (2025). Modulcuriculum für die Praxisanleitungsqualifikation. Ein hochschulisches Bildungs-angebot.. Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung. https://www.bibb.de/dienst/publikationen/en/20129
• Ingrid Darmann-Finck (2024). Mit CARO („Care Reflection Online“) die onkologische Fachweiterbildung gestalten. Die Urologie. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00120-024-02320-8
• Kai Knapp, Ingrid Darmann-Finck (2024). Primärqualifizierende Studiengänge in der Pflege: Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede im formalen Aufbau. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2023.12.006
• Corinna Burfeindt, Ingrid Darmann-Finck, Carina Stammann, Constance Stegbauer, Claudia Stolle-Wahl, Matthias Zündel, Heinz Rothgang (2024). Study protocol for the development, trial, and evaluation of a strategy for the implementation of qualification-oriented work organization in nursing homes. BMC Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-01883-3
• Ingrid Darmann-Finck, Lisa Hülsmann (2024). Kompetenzziele von primärqualifizierenden Pflegestudiengängen und intendierte Aufgabenprofile. Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2023.10.006
• Ingrid Darmann-Finck, Lisa Hülsmann, Sergej Nikolajev (2024). Aufgabenprofile für Pflegefachpersonen mit Bachelorabschluss in Deutschland. Das Gesundheitswesen. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2098-3357
• Sebastian Partsch, Ingrid Darmann-Finck (2024). Emotionale Kompetenz. Ein Unterrichtsbaustein zur Emotionsregulation in der An-fangsphase der Pflegeausbildung. Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung. https://www.bibb.de/dienst/publikationen/de/19611
• Marianne Rahner, Nicole Duvenecl, Ingrid Darmann-Finck (2023). Qualifikationsbedarfe von Praxisanleitenden in primärqualifizierenden Studiengängen. Eine qualitative Erhebung.. Journal für Qualitative Forschung in Pflege- und Gesundheitswissenschaft. https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2414-6889
• Nicole Duveneck, Marianne Rahner, Ingrid Darmann-Finck (2023). Qualifikationsbedarfe für die Praxisanleitung in der hochschulischen Pflegeausbil-dung: Eine qualitative Metaanalyse.. Pädagogik der Gesundheitsberufe