Education Preparation for Nurses

Education Preparation for NursesBy:- firoz qureshiDept. psychiatric nursing

Education Preparation for NursesMeaning:-Educational preparation for nurses means preparing the nurses at university level and school of nursing, at hospital level and at community level. Why educational preparation is necessary for nurses.Nursing is interpreted in different ways by different people.

It is still thought by many people that nursing is only taking care of sick person. It is only helping the doctor in treatment of the patients. No medical service is complete without nursing or without trained nurses.Nursing comprises of several responsibilities like dealing with patients of medical illness, clients having surgeries, psychiatric or pediatric patients.

Nursing also involves other duties like maintaining patients, dispensing medication, setting up the equipments of an operation theatre and many other routine jobs. Growth of health industryThe demands for nurses is also increasing making a career in nursing.

Schools, colleges, hospitals, community health centers need trained and qualified nurses.

Criteria for selection in nursing:

Candidates who wish to apply for nursing courses, should pass physics and chemistry and biology as main subjects.

Major Courses in nursing:The major courses their duration and their eligibility requirements are:

Name of CourseDurationEligibilityANM/Health Worker 18 Months 10th Standard G.N.M. 3 Years 10+2 with Biology, Physics and Chemistry B.Sc Nursing 4 Years 10+2 with Biology, Physics and Chemistry

Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery Program:- It is a nursing programme with the duration of 18 months. It was first started at S. Marys Hospital Taran Taran in Punjab in 1951. Initially, very few training centers undertook to give this course, but the financial aid given by the Govt. of India under the scheme for preparing personnel for Primary Health Centers gave a great impetus to the training programme.

General Nursing Midwifery Programme The Indian nursing council at its meeting in 1950 came out with some important decisions relation to the future pattern of Nursing Training in India. One of the important decisions was that there should be only two standards of training of nursing and midwifery. So, the General Nursing and Midwifery course was started.

Basic B.Sc NursingIt is the nursing programme at university level. It was first started in 1948 in Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, New Delhi. Similar Course in B.Sc Nursing were started by other universities also.

After the completion of these major courses, there are other certificate courses and master degrees in Nursing and doctorate in Nursing. Name of CourseDurationEligibilityPost basic B.Sc Nursing 2 years 1 yrs experience with diploma in nursingM.Sc Nursing 2 years B.Sc Nursing with 1 Year experience M.Phil in Nursing 2 Years Part Time 1 Yrs Regular M.Sc Nursing Ph.D in Nursing 3 Years2 Years After MSc Nursing After M.Phil Nursing

1. Post Basic Post Certificate B.Sc Nursing:-.The need for higher training for certificate nurses was stressed by Mudaliar Committee, and the two years Post Basic certificate B.Sc. Degree programme after G.N.M. was started in 1962.

2. Post Graduation Education:Two years formal course in Master of Nursing programme was started in 1959 in Raj Kumar Amrit Kaur College of Nursing and one can choose specialty according to his/her choice.

3. M.Phil Nursing Programme:M.Phil Nursing programme is first started in Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur, College of Nursing on Oct. 15, 1986. This is the programme for one and half year for regular candidates and two years for part time candidates.

4. Ph.D. Programme:-Ph.D programme was started in few colleges like College of Nursing P.G.I., College of Nursing CMC vellore, R.A.K. College of Nursing, Delhi. It is a 3 years programme after M.Sc Nursing and 2 years programme after M.Phil in Nursing.

Continuing EducationMeaning:-It is any extension of opportunities for reading, study and training to any person and adult following their completion of or withdrawal from full time school/or college programmes.

Continuing education is an educational activity primarily designed to keep the registered nurses abreast of their particular field of interest and do not lead to any formal advanced standing in the profession (Nursing Thesarus of the International Nursing Index.)

Continuing education in nursing consists of planned learning experience beyond a basic nursing educational programme. These experiences are designed to promote the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes for the enhancement of nursing practice, thus improving health care to the public (ANA).

Need for continuing education in nursing 1. Phenomena of Change:-

Basically the need for continuing education emerges from phenomena of change, Change in what is known about man and how he functions in health and illness, changes in the ways in which people meet the challenge to survive in a dynamic age, and change in the objectives. Organization and financing of health services.

2. Altered professional roles:-

As the society changes and as new technologies and knowledge is emerges, the professional roles are altered. The individual who avoid chance of aquiring new knowledge, he meet the challenge of change, he cannot adopt himself according to the changing demands.

3. Effective and wise leadership and competent practitioners:-For the development of good leaders, continuing education must be there in nursing educational according to the demands of society she has to become competent practitioner.

4. To fulfill needs of nurse practitioner

The nursing profession itself and larger society highlight the need for planned programmes of continuing education. These include charging functions of the nurse, an increasing trend toward specialization.

The nurse and responsibility of continuing educationWith the scientific advancement, technologic innovations, social changes and with the emergence of new patterns of health care, traditional roles of nurses are under close scruitiny and some must inevitably give way to new roles. If goal of providing the best possible health care for all people is to be achieved, nurses must become involved in creating new solutions for problems both old and new. They must justify and initiate charges needed for the improvement of nursing care. This must become the responsibility of every nurse.

Philosophy of Continuing Education:-It has been believed that the system of higher education which provides the basic preparation for the members of a profession must also provide opportunities for practitioners to keep abreast of advances in their field.

Planning for continuing EducationA successful continuing education programme is a result of careful and detailed planning. .Planning is essential if learning needs of nurses are to be met and if available resources are to be met and if available.Planning is required at all levels, local, state, regional and national and eventually international to avoid duplication of efforts.

Planning help to keep a minimum gap in meeting the continuing education needs of nurses. Planning must be on going or continuous because rapid technologic advances and proliferation of knowledge demands continuous planning to meet ever changing learning needs.

Planning Process:-

Nurses identify most closely with planning for client care, but the principles of planning apply to a wide variety of situations various approaches may be used in planning for continuing education.

The Planning Formula1. What is to be done?

Get a clear understanding of what your unit is expected to do in relation to the work assigned to it. Break the units work into separate jobs in terms of the economical use of men, equipment, space, materials and money you have at your disposal.

2. Why is it necessary?

When breaking the units into separate jobs, think of the objectives of each job. This may suggest alternate methods or the possibility of eliminating parts of jobs or whole jobs.

3. How is it to be done?In relation to each job, look for better ways of doing it in terms of the utilization of men, materials, equipment and money.

4. Where is to be done?Study the flow of work and the availability of the materials and equipments best suited men for doing the job.

5. When is it to be done?Fit the job into a time schedule that will permit the maximum utilization of men, materials, equipment and money, and the completion of the job at the wanted time. 6. Who should do the job?Determine what skills are needed to do job. Successfully, select a train the man best fitted for the job.

Role of Nursing EducationNursing education is the professional education for the preparation of nurses to enable them to render professional nursing care to people of all ages, in all phases of health and illness, in a variety of settings.

Role of Nursing EducationNursing Education helps in developing well qualified, competent nurses to meet the needs of people in the society. Implementation of advanced scientific knowledge and professional skills in meeting the needs of people by adopting nursing process and its steps.

Nursing education impart scientific and up to date knowledge in the area of medical, social, behavioural and biological sciences.Nursing education helps the nurses to inculcate the appropriate nursing skills and the right attitude to the students. Theoretical and practical knowledge is essential for rendering intelligent and efficient nursing care.

Nursing education prepare nurses as a good leaders to provide qualitative care. Nursing education helps to implement health care programmes and health care services in community. Nursing education helps to improve the professional development of each nurse and their profession.

Nursing education helps the nurse to develop as a person of self-awareness, self direction, and self motivation through curricular and extra-curricular activities. Nursing education prepare nurses in participating scientific nursing research investigations, its results will be added up to the body of nursing knowledge. Nursing education inculcate democratic values, eg. Respect to individuality, equality, toleration, co-operative living, faith in change.

Nursing education enable the nurses to co-operate with team members who re engaged in health and welfare work. Nursing education enable the nurse to understand the functioning of body and mind in health and disease. Nursing education prepare the individual to earn his/her livlihood and make himself/herself self-sufficient and efficient economically and socially.

Career OpportunitiesFor the nurse means opportunities for a nurse to develop her own career in nursing. There was a time when professional nurses had very little choice of service because nursing was mostly centered in the hospital and bedside nursing. Many nurses served as staff nurses only with practically no chance of change or promotion.

The Opportunities for a nurse can be set as:-Hospital Nursing ServicesIn School of NursingIn college of NursingIn Community Health NursingNursing service in Industry.Nursing service as private duty nurse.Nursing service in the red cross society.Nursing service for military personnel.Nursing service abroad.Opportunities for male nurses.

1. Hospital Nursing Servicesa) Staff Nurse (3 yrs G.N.M./ Psychiatric Nursing Diploma/Certificate, recognized by INC.b) Senior Staff Nurse:- (G.N.M. or B.Sc Nursing and have experience as staff Nurse of not less than 5 years.c) Nursing Superintendent Grade II (Experience as a senior staff Nurse).d) Nursing Superintendent Grade-I (should have experience as Nursing Superintendent Grade-II)

2. Nursing Services in the School of Nursinga) Nursing Tutor(B.Sc Nursing or M.Sc Nursing) or a diploma in Nursing education and administration. b) Clinical Instructor (B.Sc Nursing or M.Sc Nursing with or without experience).c) Principal , School of Nursing (M.Sc Nursing or B.Sc Nursing and should have teaching experience in school of nursing not less than 5 years.)d) Public Health Nurse or Community Health Nurse (Diploma in Public Health Administration)

3. Nursing Services in the College of Nursing:Principal, College of Nursing (M.Sc nursing or equivalent degree or Ph.D in Nursing or other doctraite degree and teaching experience in college not less than 5 years)Lecturer (M.Sc Nursing)Senior Lecturer:- Experience as Junior Lecturer.

Assistant Professor:- (M.Sc Nursing or Ph.D in Nursing with any speciality) and have teaching experience in the college of Nursing not less than 5 years).Clinical Instructor (B.Sc Nursing or M.Sc Nursing with or without experience)Professor (M.Sc Nursing or Ph. D in Nursing with any speciality and should have teaching experience in the college of nursing not less than 5 years.)

4. In Community Health NursingCommunity Health Nurse/ Community Nursing Officer (B.Sc Nursing or G.N.M)Health SupervisorNurse Midwife (G.N.M or B.Sc Nursing)

5. Nursing service in IndustryIndustrial Nurse (G.N.M & B.Sc Nursing Experienced)

6. Nursing Service as a Private Duty Nurse(B.Sc Nursing /Post Basic B. Sc Nursing)7. Nursing Service in the Red Cross Society

8. Military Nursing Services (G.N.M/ B.Sc Nursing or M.Sc Nursing) and were given the rank from Lieutenant to Brigadier.

9. Nursing Service in abroad:- (G.N.M./B.Sc. Nursing/ M.Sc Nursing with or without experience)

10. Nursing Services in other areas:- Like research and writing and editing books, full time secretaries on the state level with the TNAI (Rich experience in the profession)11. Opportunity for Male Nurses:- They are valuable in activities of professional organizations where travel is often necessary.

Scope of Nursing EducationIncrease in health consciousness in India, the quality of health services has also improved. So, skilled and specialized nurses can get excellent employment opportunities in government or private hospitals. Nurses can also get employment in clinics, nursing homes, orphanages, old age homes, industries, military services, schools and other places.

Nurses can get specialized duties like taking care of patients in paediatric, orthopedics, psychiatry, obstetric and other sections. Nursing education provides the scope in teaching, supervising and higher level of administration. Nursing education has great scope for male nurses. They are valuable in activities of professional organizations where travel is necessary.

Nursing has great scope in abroad. They can find jobs in specialized field like surgical, medical, ICU, CCU and Emergency Room (ER)

Nurses get high pay packet in abroad.

Nurses get many opportunities for studying and settling there in abroad.

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