Smith Cheryl M, Hamner Jenny B
Department of Nursing, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia 31907-5645, USA.
J Nurs Educ. 2008 May;47(5):236-9. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20080501-08.
Nurse educators are challenged to prepare nursing students to practice in a changing environment. Pediatrics is a particularly challenging and important area to prepare nursing students for future nursing practice. Several factors emerged that suggested the current approach to teaching pediatrics was not adequate. This article describes the revision of the baccalaureate curriculum to address concerns related to pediatric nursing concepts. These revisions include the integration of pediatric concepts into three major theory and clinical courses and the implementation of an elective designed for those students with a special interest in pediatrics. A popular preceptorship program for nursing students who want to complete their cumulative final clinical experience in pediatrics was also developed.
护理教育工作者面临着挑战，要让护生为在不断变化的环境中执业做好准备。儿科是为护生未来护理执业做准备的一个特别具有挑战性且重要的领域。出现了几个因素，表明当前的儿科教学方法并不充分。本文描述了本科课程的修订情况，以解决与儿科护理概念相关的问题。这些修订包括将儿科概念融入三门主要理论和临床课程，并为对儿科有特殊兴趣的学生开设一门选修课。还为那些希望在儿科完成其累积性最终临床实习经历的护生开发了一个广受欢迎的导师制项目。
