Education of Nursing

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Education of Nursing Midwifery in
Islamic Republic of Iran( June - 2005)
Alireza Irajpour( BSc, MSc,
PhD student)
E mail ali.irajpour_at_kcl.ac.uk
Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and
Midwifery
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Islamic Republic of Iran General Facts

• Location Southwestern Asia
• Capital Tehran
• Population 72 Million
• Language Persian( Farsi)
• Religion Islam gt 98.5
• Area 1.65 Million square km
• Literacy Rate gt 80
• Average Life Expectancy 70 Years

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Health Care Discipline in I.R.Iran

• In governmental sector, Ministry of Health and
  Medical Education is responsible for
• 1. Health Care Services
• And
• 2. Medical Sciences Education

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Health Care Services

• Prevention to rehabilitation in three major
  levels with a referral system
• 1) Health Homes or District Clinic
  
• 2) General or District Hospital
  
• 3) Specific or Advanced Hospital

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NURSING EDUCATION

• Non- academic After secondary school, three
  years educational program in high school led to
  Nurse aid diploma
• Academic - BSc. in Nursing
• - MSc. in Nursing
• - PhD. in Nursing

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Bachelor of Science in Nursing MIdwifery( 4
year program)

• Including
• General courses ( Computer, Language, Physical
  training,.)
• Basic courses( Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry,
  Pharmacology,)
• Special courses( Med-Sur, Community Health,
  Pediatric,)
• Clinical practice( community, hospitals,
  clinics,)
• (One Year) Internship ( community, hospitals,
  clinics,) but more independent

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Master of Science in NursingEstablished in 1986
(2-3 year program)

• Two Major Branches
• Nursing Education
• Nursing Management
• Five Minor Branches
• Medical- Surgical Nursing
• Community Health Nursing
• Psychiatric Nursing
• Nursing Management
• Pediatric Nursing
• Common Courses
• Health Care Research (1, 2), Nursing
  Concepts Theories
• Problem Solving Seminar in nursing, Advanced
  Statistics,
• Thesis

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Philosophy of Doctorate in Nursing( Established
in 1995 4 year Program)

• With focus on Education and Research
• 2 Year course (20 Credits) including
• Dissertation
• Philosophy of Doctorate in Nursing
• ( Established in 2003 Collaborative PhD
  program )
• with the University of Karolinska in Sweden

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• Esfahan- Iran

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Esfahan- Iran
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