trends in nursing education
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Ms. AISWARYA JAYAPRAKASH First year M.Sc. Nursing Govt. College of Nursing Thiruvananthapuram
³Nursing education is a professional education which is consciously and systematically planned and implemented through instruction and discipline and aims the harmonious development of the physical, intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual and aesthetic powers or abilities of the student inorder to render professional nursing care to people of all ages in all phases of health and illness, in a variety of setting, in the best or highest possible manner.´
Innovations in teaching and learning Technological advances Curriculum changes High-tech High-touch approach Educational quality assurance New specialties Opportunities for higher studies
A promising career Global nurses Trans national acceptance Advances in nursing research Potential shortage of nurse educators Coping with impact of globalisation Diminished government role
Professional Issues Curricular issues Faculty issues Fiscal issues Issues due to commercialization Societal issues
Brain-drain Lacking quality leadership Need for collaborative inter disciplinary relationship Absent role models Lack of assertiveness Inadequate management of quality Inadequate educational preparation Poor practical training field Aiming monitory benefits only
Heavy curriculum Technological advances Poor examination system Lack of educational flexibility Improper student selection Substandard research
Scarcity Incompetency Lack of updated knowledge Lack of faculty improvement programmes Lack of good mentors
Budgetary limitations Poor financial status
Mushrooming educational institutions Improper student selection Low educational standards
Need of geriatric nursing Emergence of New Diseases
Prevent brain drain Updating knowledge Opportunities for higher education Select students based on merit Updating nursing curriculum Staff development and welfare programmes Adequate faculty
Avoid Mushrooming of educational institutions Aptitude based selection Increase facilities of practical learning Skill training Publish research Separate nursing university Standardized examination system Membership in professional associations Empowering statutory bodies
Books :
Sankara
Narayan
B,
Sindhu
B
(2009),
Learning and Teaching Nursing, 3rd edition, Calicut; Brainfill publishers :pp 2-21.
Basavanthappa Administration,
B.T. 4th
(2007), New
Nursing Delhi;
edition,
Jaypee Brothers :pp 532-539
Leahy. M. Julia, Kizilay. E. Patricia (1998), Foundations of Nursing Practice, 1st Edition, Philadelphia; Saunders Publications : pp 4-5. Kozier Barbara, Erb Glenora et al (2007), Fundamentals of Nursing, 7th edition, Pearson Education Publishers : pp 43-44.
Priya C. Jose, Roy K. George (2006), Nursing Education in Kerala prospects and challenges, Kerala Nursing Forum, Vol I, No I (Oct ± Dec) pp : 45-48. Dileep Kumar (2007), Nurses need to Master Sophisticated Information System and use wealth of knowledge to improve patient care, Nursing Journal of India, Vol XCVIII, No. 4, pp : 83 ± 86. Latha R. (2007), Promoting Positive Practice Environment for Nurses : - Issues and challenges, Kerala Nursing Forum, Vol 2, No 4, (Oct ± Dec), pp : 4243.
http://www.nursingcentre.com http://www.nursingclasses.com
³Nursing education is a professional education which is consciously and systematically planned and implemented through instruction and discipline and aims the harmonious development of the physical, intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual and aesthetic powers or abilities of the student inorder to render professional nursing care to people of all ages in all phases of health and illness, in a variety of setting, in the best or highest possible manner.´
Innovations in teaching and learning Technological advances Curriculum changes High-tech High-touch approach Educational quality assurance New specialties Opportunities for higher studies
A promising career Global nurses Trans national acceptance Advances in nursing research Potential shortage of nurse educators Coping with impact of globalisation Diminished government role
Professional Issues Curricular issues Faculty issues Fiscal issues Issues due to commercialization Societal issues
Brain-drain Lacking quality leadership Need for collaborative inter disciplinary relationship Absent role models Lack of assertiveness Inadequate management of quality Inadequate educational preparation Poor practical training field Aiming monitory benefits only
Heavy curriculum Technological advances Poor examination system Lack of educational flexibility Improper student selection Substandard research
Scarcity Incompetency Lack of updated knowledge Lack of faculty improvement programmes Lack of good mentors
Budgetary limitations Poor financial status
Mushrooming educational institutions Improper student selection Low educational standards
Need of geriatric nursing Emergence of New Diseases
Prevent brain drain Updating knowledge Opportunities for higher education Select students based on merit Updating nursing curriculum Staff development and welfare programmes Adequate faculty
Avoid Mushrooming of educational institutions Aptitude based selection Increase facilities of practical learning Skill training Publish research Separate nursing university Standardized examination system Membership in professional associations Empowering statutory bodies
Books :
Sankara
Narayan
B,
Sindhu
B
(2009),
Learning and Teaching Nursing, 3rd edition, Calicut; Brainfill publishers :pp 2-21.
Basavanthappa Administration,
B.T. 4th
(2007), New
Nursing Delhi;
edition,
Jaypee Brothers :pp 532-539
Leahy. M. Julia, Kizilay. E. Patricia (1998), Foundations of Nursing Practice, 1st Edition, Philadelphia; Saunders Publications : pp 4-5. Kozier Barbara, Erb Glenora et al (2007), Fundamentals of Nursing, 7th edition, Pearson Education Publishers : pp 43-44.
Priya C. Jose, Roy K. George (2006), Nursing Education in Kerala prospects and challenges, Kerala Nursing Forum, Vol I, No I (Oct ± Dec) pp : 45-48. Dileep Kumar (2007), Nurses need to Master Sophisticated Information System and use wealth of knowledge to improve patient care, Nursing Journal of India, Vol XCVIII, No. 4, pp : 83 ± 86. Latha R. (2007), Promoting Positive Practice Environment for Nurses : - Issues and challenges, Kerala Nursing Forum, Vol 2, No 4, (Oct ± Dec), pp : 4243.
http://www.nursingcentre.com http://www.nursingclasses.com
