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Posted in Nursing Shortage by faviola on April 12th, 2005 What has happened to nursing? Where are the programs that were designed to provide opportunities for students to achieve the highest objectives, acquiring knowledge, skills, values and competencies that are so necessary for a successful nursing career? As a nurse from the “old school”, it is a belief that everyone has the right to equal affordable health care. Every individual who enters the profession of nursing should be capable of adaptive behaviors with a goal of achieving optimal health. Is nursing still an art and a science that is based on biopsychosocial concepts and principles that are directed toward health promotion, restoration of health, and adaptation to chronic or terminal illness? Is the belief still the same that education is an active and creative process which enables an individual to adapt to new experiences, to clarify and justify values, to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes, and self-discipline to effectively function in today’s society? Where is the firm foundation upon which nursing education is built?
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