Muntaha Gharaibeh RN PhDAssociate Professor and Dean of Nursing

Director of WHOCC for Human Resource Development in Nursing

Faculty of NursingJordan University of Science and Technology

Irbid Jordan

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Nursing Education: Global and Local Issues

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Education is the

Matter

Integration Models of Education

We integrated every single concept to

graduate Genius Nurses (social

and natural science

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Education is the Matter The Nursing

Process and Nursing Diagnosis

Proud of our N. Diagnoses NIC and NOC

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Education is the Matter Competency

Based Education

Developed Global, Regional and National Competences

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Education is

the Matter

Information Technology and complex Health

Problems

Modified Methods of Teaching and Created Responsive Environment

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Evidenced Based Education/Practice

Education is the Matter

Overwhelming Evidences

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In Addition we Needed to Respond to:

Shortage : Opening New programs

Regulatory and Quality Education Standards: Accreditation

Preparing for Advanced Roles: Graduate Education

Global socio- economic Challenges: Policies and Politics…

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What are the result? Stretched our recourses to limits with Overwhelming Curricula with a lot to integrateUnfriendly teaching and learning environment Many programs with high numbers of students Available high tech simulated models with

inappropriate infrastructure /not fully utilizedHigh student faculty ratio-faculty shortage

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Planned and implemented with little involvement of the service who were running at a faster base

Could not produce the evidences Overall , assumed that faculty know it all:

assumed that they have the tools to create the geniuses in the students

Further increased service –education gap

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Reform nursing education to respond to the current and future challenges

Empower nursing educators /faculty with the tools before engaging in direct teaching

Modify teaching strategies to fit student’s 1.characteristics , 2.styles and ways of thinking (move from critical thinking to critical

reasoning reflection vs judging)

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Recommendations

Engage the practice areas in all stages of planning, implementation and evaluation

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Regardless of these challenges, did we managed to graduate competent nurses?

Yes, Because of nurse’s commitment, motivation and the strong well of

the country’s leadership

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Thank you