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Russian Nursing Education Reform Project: New Nurses for a New Russia
Author(s) -
Rosebrough Anita
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1997.tb01550.x
Subject(s) - nursing , nurse education , government (linguistics) , vocational education , nursing research , process (computing) , political science , health care , team nursing , medicine , medical education , law , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , operating system
Purpose: To describe a 2‐year nursing exchange project, 1992–1994, designed to access Russian nursing education and to make recommendations for change. Results: Nursing education in Russia is at a level similar to vocational schools in the United States and is closely linked to medicine. Russian nurrse educators were assisted in developing a philosophy of nursing, developing definitions for nursing, and incorporating process into practice. Conclusions: The Russian government and Russian nurse educators are committed to improving the equality of health care and nursing. This exchange toward a process‐based baccalaureate model.