Condon Barbara Backer
1 Professor of Nursing, Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA, USA.
Nurs Sci Q. 2017 Apr;30(2):107-111. doi: 10.1177/0894318417693289.
Freedom as a concept has been much debated. Is freedom an innate part of being, or does freedom even truly exists? These are questions that have gleaned countless hours of discourse over the years. Two components of freedom that can influence nurse higher education are freedom of speech, in the form of media, and academic freedom. The author of this column first introduces three views of freedom to demonstrate the differences surrounding it. A discussion of the media's use or misuse of freedom of speech and its influence on nursing education is then presented, followed by an examination of current threats to academic freedom in today's institutes of higher learning and specifically in the nursing education arena. The author concludes with suggestions on being a nurse educator through living as a humanbecoming professional while navigating issues surrounding nursing education.
作为一个概念，自由一直备受争议。自由是存在的固有组成部分，还是自由甚至真的存在？这些问题多年来引发了无数小时的讨论。能够影响护理高等教育的自由的两个组成部分是以媒体形式存在的言论自由和学术自由。本专栏作者首先介绍三种自由观，以展示围绕自由的差异。接着讨论媒体对言论自由的使用或滥用及其对护理教育的影响，然后审视当今高等学府，特别是护理教育领域学术自由面临的当前威胁。作者最后提出建议，即在应对护理教育相关问题时，作为一名通过成为专业的人来生活的护理教育工作者应如何做。
