User:Elliequinones/Nurse education

Nursing specialties[edit]
There are a variety of areas where nurses can specialize in and they may decide they want to be qualified in one or several specialities over the course of their career. Here are an array of some of the nursing specialty fields available:


 * Addiction Nursing
 * Burn Care Nurse
 * Cardiology (heart) Nurse
 * Clinical Nurse
 * Community Health Nurse
 * Continence Nurse
 * Diabetes Education Nurse
 * District Nurse
 * Dialysis Nurse
 * Education
 * Emergency Nurse
 * Family Health Nurse
 * Fertility Nurse
 * Gerontology (aged care) Nurse
 * Infection control
 * Intensive Care
 * Management
 * Medical Nurse
 * Mental Health Nurse
 * Midwife
 * Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse
 * Nurse Educator
 * Nurse Manager
 * Nurse Practitioner
 * Occupational Health Nurse
 * Oncology Nurse
 * Paediatric Nurse
 * Peri-operative Nurse
 * Plastic Surgery Nurse
 * Practice Nurse (Medical Clinic)
 * Rehabilitation Nurse
 * Remote Area Nurse
 * Research
 * Rural Nurse
 * School Nurse
 * Sexual Health Nurse
 * Surgical Nurse
 * Wound Management

Present aims[edit]
Among nurse educators, arguments continue about the ideal balance of practical preparation and the need to educate the future practitioner to manage healthcare and to have a broader view of the practice. To meet both requirements, nurse education aims to develop a lifelong learner who can adapt effectively to changes in both the theory and practice of nursing.

Medical simulation and hands on learning are common among nursing education practices. Some nursing schools will carry out hands on demonstrations and practice so that future nurses can learn skills like how to administer specific medications and care for specific patients such as the skills taught in an opioid care training course. While it is clear that the use of Medical simulation in nursing education is important for improving practice, patient safety, and interprofessional team skills, the balance of simulation to clinical time remains in the hands of the institutions.

Although nurses tend to spend a lot of time in nursing school doing simulation and clinical learning, they also spend time in the classroom learning about the care that they will eventually give. This includes both broad science courses as well as very specific courses such as a course specifically about how to better care for addiction patients.

Additionally, newer curriculums within nursing education are requiring future nurses to be educated on patient and workforce diversity. A large step in increasing diversity within nursing is through education. Several research studies have shown diverse patient populations cycle through hospitals on a regular basis and a patients needs are never the same. It is a nurses job to cater to their needs, and ensure the patient is being treated well. During their education, nurses will master the practice of engaging, communicating, and treating unique patient populations, while working with diverse coworkers.

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