1 CHALLENGES IN NURSING EDUCATION PROF. ESTHER SHIRLEY DANIEL PRINCIPAL K N N COLLEGE OF NURSING, YELAHANKA, BANGALORE-64.

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3 The health care needs of the population globally, nationally and locally are changing and will continue to change. Therefore nursing can be viewed as a complex profession that involves the care of people with a broad range of health care needs, within a variety of settings across the lifespan. Let’s look at health care and nursing

4 The arrival of branded hospital, new specialities and new categories of diseases. Changing life style of customers and increasing international perspective are demanding multi tasking professionally competent techno savvy empathetic nurse. Let’s look at health care and nursing

5 Preparing nurses for practice is a complex task for which there is no single, successful formula. Let’s look at health care and nursing

6 Today’s nurses’ practice in an immense variety of situation from the high- technology envorinment to desperately poor clinics. Let’s look at health care and nursing

7 Increased emphasis on health promotion and yet the great demand for cure and treatment of illness etc. Let’s look at health care and nursing

8 The changing population demographics and increasing ethnic and cultural diversity of nursing students. The technological explosion particularly information technology. Globalization of the world’s economy and society.

9 Let’s look at health care and nursing The era of the educated consumer, alternative therapies and genomes and palliative care. The cost of health care and the challenge of managed care. The growing need for interdisciplinary education for collaborative practice.

10 Let’s look at health care and nursing The growing need for interdisciplinary education for collaborative practice. The gap between education and clinical practice. Growing opportunities and globalization of opportunities.

11 Today professional nursing has crossed international borders. For nurses who are curious, the opportunity to colloborate with colleagues in other countries and cultures are one of the great benefits of the profession. I am sure we are here for that reason. Let’s look at health care and nursing

12 “Health is not only to be well, but to use well every power we have.” F. Nightingale, 1893

13 In looking toward the future we see that nurse education in this millenium indicates change and more change. Education is by definition about preparing for change. This may mean a change in culture from a dependence on teachers to each individual taking responsibility for all aspects of their learning/lifelong learning. Lets’ look at nursing education!

14 While moving to a learner-centered in nursing education, we must ensure that our nursing education programs are embracing learning-centered principles. Lets’ look at nursing education!

15 Balancing technology and humanity Efficiency and effectiveness Autonomy and colloboration Professionalism and partnership Reason and creativitiy Evidence and intuition Individual and society Nature and culture and “We Must Think Globally Act Locally” and “We Must Think Globally Act Locally” The curriculum can focus on: Lets’ look at nursing education!

16 Core Nursing Values Human dignity IntegrityAutonomyAlturism Social Justice Guidelines For Nursing Education Lets’ look at nursing education!

17 Core Knowledge Health promotion, risk education Illness and disease management Information and health care technologies Ethics Human diversity Global health care Health care systems and policy Lets’ look at nursing education! Guidelines For Nursing Education

18 Core Competencies Critical thinking skills Communication skills Assessment skills Technical skills Lets’ look at nursing education! Guidelines For Nursing Education

19 Role Development Provider of care Designer/manager/coordinator of care Member of a profession Lets’ look at nursing education! Guidelines For Nursing Education

20 RGUHS offers: Undergraduate degree: B.Sc[N]; 4 years, PB B.Sc[N] 2yrs Postgraduate - Master of Science degree: M.Sc [N]; 2 years - Philosophy of Doctorate: Ph.D [N]; 4 –6 years degrees. degrees.

21 The Undergraduate (B.S.N.) programme in nursing is designed to create a climate of learning for students to grow and develop as competent beginning professional nurses and our nursing philosophy can be thought as: making space for people to live healtier, more peaceful and connected lives.

22 The curriculum emphasizes the nursing process and integration of theoretical and clinical studies. The curriculum emphasizes the nursing process and integration of theoretical and clinical studies. Clinical experience is provided at the goverment, private hospitals and community health settings.

23 Transformations are already taking place in nursing and nursing education based on these trends and change is expected to continue. In Conclusion……

24 These developments created a need for more formalized programmes of study to ensure consistence of education and skill training. The colleges and schools will have to educate nurses to be responsive changes, challenges and demands of the society. In Conclusion……

25 For as Bevis and Watson reminded us, “Here we are with a dream to build hopes, to fulfill vision to realise and a future to construct.” “Here we are with a dream to build hopes, to fulfill vision to realise and a future to construct.” O. E. Bevis, J. Watson, 2000 Thank you