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Nursing is perceived as a low-status occupation by the Vietnamese. Nurses receive only 2 1/2 years of training. |
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Nursing is perceived as a low-status occupation by the Vietnamese. Nurses receive only 2 1/2 years of training. |
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Although a 3-yr nursing curriculum was proposed by the VNA, the Ministry of Health approved only a 2 1/2 yr program. As explained to me by Ms. Loan (center), Vice-President of the VNA, and the nursing school director, this essentially eliminated the public health curricula by approving only 15 hours for primary health care, I.e. Immunizations. |
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Dialectic materialism is included as part of nursing and medical school curriculum. |
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The director of a 2 1/2 year secondary nursing school in Saigon, shows me a typical nursing classroom. Nursing education is primarily lecture/demonstration. |
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A limited number of nursing books
are available in the hospital but are in English. The only nursing
text that students have is a translated 6th edition of med/surg
by Brunner. This was done with the aid of the Swedish International
Development Agency (SIDA) and costs approximately $3 USD. Ms. Loan repeats like a mantra, "We need a good nursing fundamentals text written in vietnamese"! |
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Medical equipment for nursing demonstation is stored in this locked room for the summer vacation period. |
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Nursing school director points
out limited teaching equipment. "Can you help us with our teaching laboratory", she asks. |
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