Korean J Rehabil Nurs.
2005 Dec;8(2):175-179.
A Study of Rehabilitation Nursing Curriculum
- Affiliations
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- 1College of Nursing, Seoul National Univesity, Korea.
- 2College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Korea.
- 3Department of Nursing, Hanyang University, Korea.
- 4Department of Nursing, Chungnam National University, Korea.
- 5College of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Korea.
- 6Department of Nursing, Konkuk University, Korea.
- 7National Rehabilitation Center, Korea.
- 8Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Korea. kyunghee@sch.ac.kr
Abstract
- PURPOSE
To survey the present status of the rehabilitation nursing course at three year diploma programs, baccalaureate degree programs (BSN), RN-BSN, and graduate programs in Korea and to analyze the contents of the syllabus to provide the basic data in developing a standard model for rehabilitation nursing curriculum. METHOD: Data was collected from all the nursing programs in Korea from July 2005 to Nov. 2005 by mail and fax. RESULT: The rehabilitation nursing courses has been offered 12 diploma program, 16 BSN, 4 RN-BSN, and 16 graduate programs. And the credits of the rehabilitation nursing course offered by the program were as follows : one credit (6 diploma and 1 BSN), two credits (6 diploma, 14 BSN and 1 RN-BSN), and three credits (1 BSN, 3 RN-BSN and 16 graduate). CONCLUSION: Future studies need to be focused on developing rehabilitation nursing curricula reflecting the updated contents of rehabilitation nursing.