Altschul A T
Int J Nurs Stud. 1983;20(2):123-30. doi: 10.1016/0020-7489(83)90007-x.
Gladys Carter, an eminent Canadian nurse holding a "Boots" fellowship at the University of Edinburgh, in 1954 set out lucidly the ways in which the nursing profession would benefit from an increase of university graduates among its members. Since then the University of Edinburgh has been playing a prominent part in conducting courses at undergraduate and intermediate degree levels and a considerable number of nurses have obtained M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees by research. There are now many other institutions of tertiary education which provide the opportunity for nurses to study for degrees and an increasing number of graduates enter colleges of nursing for nurse training. Using the Edinburgh experience as a starting point, the article discusses the value of degree courses to individual students and the potential value of graduates to the nursing profession. It is distressing, however, that graduates themselves do not appear to have career aspirations commensurate with their qualifications and that the profession in the United Kingdom still fails to find graduates to fill senior posts. Those who studied for university degrees after having established themselves in nursing appear more likely to be promoted to senior positions than those who have taken degree courses in nursing. The contribution of graduates to the establishment of a body of nursing knowledge and the role that the universities play in the research endeavour is discussed.
格拉迪斯·卡特是一位杰出的加拿大护士，1954年在爱丁堡大学获得“布茨”奖学金。她清晰地阐述了护理行业若能增加其成员中的大学毕业生数量将从中受益的方式。从那时起，爱丁堡大学在本科和中级学位课程的开展方面发挥了重要作用，相当多的护士通过研究获得了哲学硕士和博士学位。现在有许多其他高等教育机构为护士提供攻读学位的机会，越来越多的毕业生进入护理学院接受护士培训。本文以爱丁堡大学的经验为出发点，探讨学位课程对学生个人的价值以及毕业生对护理行业的潜在价值。然而，令人痛心的是，毕业生自身的职业抱负似乎与其资质不相称，而且英国的护理行业仍然难以找到毕业生来填补高级职位空缺。那些在从事护理工作后攻读大学学位的人似乎比那些修读护理学位课程的人更有可能晋升到高级职位。本文还讨论了毕业生对护理知识体系建立的贡献以及大学在研究工作中所起的作用。
