World Health Organization : Report on a European Syposium Convened by the Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization, Nursing, Technical Guide, No. 79.4: Guide Lines for the Development of Post-Basic Education for Nurses

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Title:	World Health Organization : Report on a European Syposium Convened by the Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization, Nursing, Technical Guide, No. 79.4: Guide Lines for the Development of Post-Basic Education for Nurses
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
As u preliminary to these guide lines, questionnaire was sent to 88 selected post-basic schools in 40 countries. This questionnaire asked for detailod information related to variour aspects of individual post-basic programmes - their relationship to other educational institutions, budgetary considerations, data on students and faculty, philosophy and objectives, admission requirements, types of courses and clinical experience offered, examinatjons, etc. Addi. tional.:ly, the questionnaire elicited subjective answers to two other questions : ( 1 ) On thc basis of your experience, what criteria should be used to determine the readiness of a ,. counl.ry to establish post-hasic nursing education? and (2) In the country in which you work, what runctional positions and/or clinical spocialitics present thc most urgent need for nurses qul.iCied beyond the level of basic nursing education'?

Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . 2 1.1 General statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . , 2 1.2 Purpose of the document . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.3 Definitions..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. BASIC NURSING EDUCATION . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1 The present position in basic nursing education . . . . . . . . . . , . 4 2.2 Fnctors which will continue to influence nursing education . . . . . . . 6 3. GUIDELINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . 7 3.1 General statement . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . 7 3.2 Tho identification of readiness . . . , . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . , 7 3.2.1 The general, situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , 7 3.2.2 Human resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2.3 Material resources . . , . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 9 3.3 Determination of types of programmes .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.3.1 The systems of nursing personnel end of nursing education . . . 10 3.3.2 Planning for types of programmes . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . 10 3.4 Identification of steps in the progrossive develonrnent of nursing education beyond the basic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3.5 Need for a phased plan for the development of schools of nursing associated with institutions of higher education . . . . . . . , . . . 15 3.6 Concluding statement . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . 16 ANNEX.... . . . .. . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17