A study on scale and educational-level composition of nursing education in Guangdong Province in China / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the scale and educational-level composition of nursing education in Guangdong Province,identify the issues in the development process,and provide suggestions accordingly.Methods Data on the scale and education level of nursing education were obtained from the Ministry of Education of China.Results Scale of nursing education at three levels for entering nursing (secondary diploma,advanced diploma,and baccalaureate degree) expanded rapidly during 2006～2010 in Guangdong,with 25.6 thousand recruitments totally in 2010,which as 2.05 times as in 2006.The portion of students recruited in secondary diploma programs had increased gradually,resulted in 83.53％ in 2010 (9.41％ for recruitments in advanced diploma programs and 7.06％ for baccalaureate degree programs).179 and 16 students were recruited in master's and doctoral programs in Guangdong,respectively,during 2006～ 2010.Conclusions The current scale and composition of nursing education in Guangdong should be improved according to the dynamic supply-need relationship of nursing workforce.Initial nursing education should be upgraded by increasing the recruitments of advanced diploma and baccalaureate programs and decreasing the recruitments of secondary diploma programs,expand graduate education,and ensure the quality of education.