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The article presents new RNs’ view of their nursing education. 326 nurses answered an open question about the educating one year after being RN. At this stage of their careers the nurses emphasize the view that their education should have prepared them better for the reality that awaits them. This can be done by placing more emphasis on scientific knowledge and practical nursing skills, and less on so-called «airy subjects» and irrelevant theoretical knowledge. We discus if responses such as these overshadow problems that rather challenge the nursing colleges pedagogically. How is it that the scientific subjects are not being learned? How do we facilitate the learning of non-concrete subjects so that their practical relevance is revealed? What should the proportion be between knowledge that changes quickly and knowledge that is stable over time, which is fundamental and transferable to new situations and to other contexts? And what should our position be with regard to contextually dependent knowledge? The duration of nursing education is also a theme of discussion. Nursing education will never be able to prepare nurses with fully adequate competency in all general and specialized fields in the health services. The debate about the division of labour between learning during education and learning on the job is revived.

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