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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NURSING IN HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY
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¡@In keeping with Hung Kuang University's pioneer spirit of clinical service, teaching, research and tradition of collaborative commitment to the development of the total person, the School of Nursing's mission is to prepare professional nurses who possess relevant knowledge and skills in clinical theory and practice, critical thinking and problem solving skills and abilities and a commitment to lifelong learning. Consistent with the School of Nursing mission, the Graduate Program aims to prepare nurses leaders who possess a holistic perspective and the professional skills and abilities to function in leadership and advanced practice roles in a multicultural society.
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Program description
¡@The School of Nursing offers a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Program designed to prepare nurses for leadership roles and for advanced practice. Its purpose is to prepare nurses to assume advanced practice roles in a wide variety of settings and employ strategies in nursing practice that are based on scientific knowledge, critical analysis, and ethical-legal decision-making to improve the health and quality of life of the clients served.
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Tracks within the MSN program
¡@The School of Nursing offers two tracks within the Master of Science Program: a Nurse Practitioners track and the Leadership in Nursing track. Within the Nurse Practitioner track, curricula have been designed to prepare the graduate for advanced practice in the specialty areas of Advanced Practice Nursing.
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¡@The Leadership in Nursing track focuses on leadership, fiscal management, and managerial skills to prepare the graduate to assume leadership roles in a variety of health care settings, including, but not limited to, hospitals, private clinics, and community health care centers. Research, organizational leadership and decision-making theory, fiscal management,, ethical-legal issues and public policy issues and development are emphasized throughout this program. Students are also provided the unique opportunity to function in a leadership role during their internship experience.
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Department of Nursing
4-year program for high school graduates, 2-year program for junior college graduates, 2-year extension education division program for junior college graduates, post graduate program.
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Goals of establishment and teaching objectives
¡@The main target of this establishment is to cultivate and educate nursing professionals.Our courses emphasize not only the knowledge of medicine and nuring science but also related knowledge, such as the humanities, social science,and arts.In addition,the spirits of service and care are deeply imprinted on our nursing student's minds. Therefore, the depth and scope of nursing professional field can be expanded.
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Curriculum description
¡@Nursing Curriculm include the courses of humanities, arts, medical and nursing science, (e.g. medical-surgical nursing, maternal nursing, pediatric nursing, community health, psychiatric nursing). Students are required to receive clinical course at the district level teaching hospitals. Hence, the nursing courses can be synchronous with the nursing training.
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¡@To meet the interests of student's training and trends of social development , the department especially offers long-term care nursing Emergency Nursing, Hospice care and other related courses.
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Career prospects
¡@Under the integration of teaching and learning, the students graduated from the department mostly and successfully pass in the qualifying examinations held by the national govenment , and they are qualified to be licensed nurses. Some graduates pursue their further study in universities and graduate schools. The alumnae serve in all levels of health institution, including medical units and hospitals, research institutes, and schools. They make great contributions to medical and nursing organizations in Taiwan society.
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The future trends and development
¡@Nursing department has increasingly grown up under the full support of the board of trustees, the president and the related department. It will make much effort to be a technology university in cooperation with the school policy.
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¡@In order to meet the course requirements and objectives of teachnical and vocational education, we will sincerely invite and nourish nursing teachers qualified as associate professors or full professors to join our faculty, strengthen our teaching facilities, upgrade our teaching skills, enhance social service, and actively participate in research.
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