*~Nursing Education In Your Country~*

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I'm the type of person who likes to learn about other cultures & languages. I'd love to hear about your nursing education in the country where you obtained your licensure. Let us know what country you're from and how the education system works thre in nursing. Thanks!

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

UK, was trained many years ago when school of nursing was attached to hospitals, now they are done in universities and more specialised so instead of getting hours in all areas you may miss hours. Training is RN and average time is just over 3 years with both diploma and degree

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I am a diploma grad, similar to Silverdragon. We did 3 years including summers, got lots of practical training. Now in the US there are three routes.

LPN which is about one year in length. Gets loads of clinical experiences.

RN - Associate degree - two year program but most take longer to complete.

RN - BS - 4 year college or university.

There are BS completion programs, people with a BS in another field, 18 months to complete.

And MSN for BS graduates without nursing background.

To be an instructor you need a MSN and many years of experience.

Tell us about your program Lativina.

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Specializes in med/surg.
UK, was trained many years ago when school of nursing was attached to hospitals, now they are done in universities and more specialised so instead of getting hours in all areas you may miss hours. Training is RN and average time is just over 3 years with both diploma and degree

Me same!!:D

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Specializes in ER, Med Surg. ICU, Mgmt. Geri. Hme Care.

HI I'm from URUGUAY, and I graduated 27 years ago. At the time the only Nursing School ( it's a 3million population country) was ruled by the Ministry of Health and by the University as well due to modifications made by the dictatorial military Goverment to the educational system. It's was a 4 year program with a BSN level.

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Specializes in Acute Care. ER. Aged Care/LTC. Psyche.

In the Philippines,

we do not have LPN's. BSN is the minimum requirement in order to be eligible for registration. A nursing student also needs to complete cases (actual and assist) on Operating Room and Delivery Room.

My school's curriculum is community-based nursing. We immerse ourselves to different rural communities and do public health works, such as assessing community needs, health teaching, etc. But it doesn't mean that we lack hours on certain areas like Psychiatry, Neurology, ER, Med-Surg, etc.

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Specializes in ER, Med Surg. ICU, Mgmt. Geri. Hme Care.

Hi; In Uruguay the curricula goes from the normal human to each area such as pediatrics, mother and baby, adult, geriatrics, community, and the different altered functions in each period of life , and then different altered functions/areas such as psichiatric, neurology, nephrology, hemathology, oncology, Emergency situations,everrything. Always applying the nursing process assessment,diagnosis, care plan, evaluation. Also Administration of nursing services. for that purpose we support our learning process in various subjects, anatomy, phisiology,biochemics, chemistry, physics, pathology, pharmacology, sociology, filosophy,nursing theories, nutrition, health education (I'm sure I'm missing something) scientific Methodologyetc. All this throughout 4 years of full time study/practicum in hospital areas, communities, clinics, schools. and full time means from 7 AM to 5 PM Mon - Fr. It's practically impossible to think about working during these years. I thik it's not that different, is it?

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Specializes in Acute Care. ER. Aged Care/LTC. Psyche.

just a breakdown of the curriculum.

1st year: general education (history, algebra, English language, psychology, philosophy, Filipino language, Earth science, English literature, Sociology, Physical Education, political science, economics)

2nd year: general education + health care sciences (chemistry, logic, humanities, science-technology-society, bioethics, primary health care - much like CNA education such as bathing, grooming, vital signs, and also pre-nursing physical assessment, history-taking, making of care plans, community immersions, anatomy, physiology)

1st nursing summer term: Teaching and learning, introduction to Nursing (theories, principles, basic nursing skills), biochemistry

3rd year nursing proper: microbiology, parasitology, pediatrics, epidemiology, community health nursing I, maternal and child health, medical surgical nursing I, nursing research II, nutrition

4th year nursing proper: pharmacology, medical surgical nursing II, community health nursing II, nursing research II, psychiatric nursing, nursing leadership

during the nursing proper, clinical rotations maybe on clinics, community health centers, hospitals (different areas, like neurology, NICU, OB ward, general med-surg), psychiatric facility, rural communities, urban marginalized communities, lying-ins, emergency departments.

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