Differences in Nursing Education in Japan and the United States/Response

[...]they would know, since they taught here, that the nurses who teach at Yamaguchi University who have gone to the United States to obtain their master's degrees have all graduated at the top of their classes. If the authors had done their research, they would find many students who are inqui...

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Published in:The Journal of nursing education 2004-12, Vol.43 (12), p.529
Main Authors: Tsukahara, Masato, Lambert, Vickie A, Lambert, Clinton E, Petrini, Marcia A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colleges & universities
Core curriculum
Course Content
Education
Entrance examinations
Health sciences
Japanese culture
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing Students
Public speaking
Schools
Students
Teaching
Teaching Methods
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Summary:[...]they would know, since they taught here, that the nurses who teach at Yamaguchi University who have gone to the United States to obtain their master's degrees have all graduated at the top of their classes. If the authors had done their research, they would find many students who are inquisitive and ask questions. * [The authors say]: The expectation was that the university did not educate students, but rather served as a place of rest for 4 years after the pressures of preparing for the university entrance examinations. [...]students would take only easy classes during the first 3 years of study, and spend the fourth year seeking employment, (p. 261) These statements are just flat out untrue. The same thing has happened in Japan with nurses now being the predominant educators of nurses. * The authors go on to say that: Because a large percentage of educators of Japanese nurses are physicians, the medical model permeates nursing curricula...
ISSN:0148-4834
1938-2421