da Gloria Miotto Wright M, Godue C, Manfredi M, Korniewicz D M
Georgetown University School of Nursing, Washington, District of Columbia 20007-2194, USA.
Image J Nurs Sch. 1998;30(1):31-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1998.tb01232.x.
To identify international health activities in United States, Latin American, and Caribbean schools of nursing. In the international community, nurses face challenges similar to those in related professions, but without the benefit of a long tradition. There is little research about how nursing education and associated activities prepare nurses to deal with international health, and little information about the extent of international health activities in U.S. schools of nursing.
Descriptive.
Using a questionnaire with 16 items, a survey was conducted in 1995 on a random sample of representatives from 100 university schools of nursing in the United States plus 15 schools with known international activities (10 from the United States and 5 from Latin America and the Caribbean).
International health as a program topic was found in one-third of U.S. schools of nursing. However, nursing curriculums do not integrate international health with other subjects. Also, partnerships with foreign institutions are incipient and international health activities are usually individual initiatives with little institutional support.
For nurses to become major contributors to international health, nursing curriculum content must shift from "international nursing" to "international health." Programs of nursing education should include study of social, economic, and political factors that affect health care systems. Schools should develop partnership agreements.
确定美国、拉丁美洲和加勒比地区护理院校的国际卫生活动。在国际社会中，护士面临着与相关职业类似的挑战，但却没有悠久传统的优势。关于护理教育及相关活动如何培养护士应对国际卫生问题的研究很少，关于美国护理院校国际卫生活动范围的信息也很少。
描述性研究。
1995年，使用一份包含16个项目的问卷，对来自美国100所大学护理院校的代表以及15所开展了已知国际活动的院校（其中10所来自美国，5所来自拉丁美洲和加勒比地区）的随机样本进行了调查。
在美国三分之一的护理院校中发现了将国际卫生作为一个课程主题。然而，护理课程并未将国际卫生与其他学科相结合。此外，与外国机构的合作刚刚起步，国际卫生活动通常是个人行为，几乎没有机构支持。
为使护士成为国际卫生领域的主要贡献者，护理课程内容必须从“国际护理”转向“国际卫生”。护理教育项目应包括对影响卫生保健系统的社会、经济和政治因素的研究。院校应制定合作协议。
