Issues such as the novel coronavirus epidemic and an aging population have led to a sharp increase in the demand for medical staff in Hong Kong.
Developing nurse courses and cultivating new blood is one of the important tasks for open source for manpower.
Nursing courses have kept pace with the times. In addition to introducing technology to improve teaching standards, the academic structure has become more attractive, so that prospective nurses can obtain professional qualifications with greater confidence.
Written by: Poon En-wing, Chief Administrative Manager, Nursing, Hospital Authority
At present, there are many tertiary institutions in Hong Kong offering Bachelor and Higher Diploma programmes in Nursing, such as The University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Baptist University, Caritas Institute of Higher Education and Tung Wah College.
In addition, there are many public and private hospital nursing schools in Hong Kong that offer professional nursing and higher diploma courses, including the Caritas Hospital General Nursing School, Queen Elizabeth Hospital General Nursing School, and Tuen Mun Hospital General Nursing School under the HA. School and Grantham Hospital Nursing School.
In addition to imparting nursing knowledge, Nursing also focuses on nurses' resilience and communication skills in clinical care of patients.
However, under the epidemic, the arrangement of students and nurses to study in the real environment of the hospital is also affected. At this time, the application of technology can come in handy.
Many nursing courses use advanced technology, such as the introduction of simulated wards, emergency rooms, as well as home reality for social nursing subjects, immersive VR virtual reality, and even innovative training equipment such as digital virtual anatomy system, so that students and nurses can not visit in person. In addition, through advanced teaching methods, they can also get alternative "practice" opportunities to learn to take care of patients, handle different cases and cultivate empathy.
In response to the ongoing epidemic and other reasons, the demand for medical staff in Hong Kong has soared.
In terms of academic structure, the current mainstream nursing bachelor's degree programs are generally five years.
Since last year, the "Professional Diploma in Nursing" jointly offered by the Hospital Authority and Caritas Institute of Higher Education is a four-year program. Graduates can become registered nurses or choose to continue to study for a one to two-year Bachelor of Health Science Honours programme.
In other words, graduates can obtain dual certificates as soon as five years.
The government has always attached great importance to medical manpower planning. In recent years, it has increased a lot of nursing places. At the same time, it has also subsidized the study of nursing courses in self-financing institutions through the "Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/Sectors (SSSDP)", so the number of graduates has continued to increase in recent years.
In addition, the Education Bureau has also selected four degree programmes to participate in the Applied Degree Programme Pilot Scheme in 2020, including a Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) programme.
The applied degree program focuses on cultivating applied skills, combining theory and practice, and providing a large number of internship and workplace learning opportunities, which shows the government's emphasis on nurse training.
In addition to the five-year program, the two-year enrolled nurse program can be regarded as a "fast track" to enter the nursing profession.
Many self-financing institutions and hospital nursing schools also have related courses.
After becoming an RN, aspirants can take the RN Conversion Course.
The HA will also provide subsidy to enrolled nurses with good performance, who can become registered nurses after successful study. It can be seen that the nursing course is very attractive.
The society has a strong demand for medical care. In recent years, the HA has made great efforts to strengthen the service model of multi-professional teams. For example, in some multi-specialty clinics, nurses first make initial assessments for patients, and then doctors conduct medical consultations. The professional role of taking care of people's health.
Before you know it, the HA Nursing School has started a new year of enrollment. The work of cultivating angels in white keeps pace with the times. We hope to meet the needs of the society and cultivate more new troops to join our big family and protect the citizens' health together. healthy!
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