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