Happell B
School of Postgraduate Nursing, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Nurse Educ. 1998 Nov-Dec;23(6):9-10. doi: 10.1097/00006223-199811000-00005.
Contemporary nursing education in Victoria, Australia aims to produce graduates with the capacity for employment in all areas of nursing at beginning practitioner level. Despite this aim, psychiatric nursing occupies a relatively small proportion of undergraduate curricula. Research findings suggest that psychiatric nursing does not emerge as a popular career choice within comprehensive education. To prevent a crisis in nursing education, greater attention must be devoted to the theory and practice of psychiatric nursing, so that it can occupy a position of equal importance to other areas of nursing practice.
澳大利亚维多利亚州当代护理教育旨在培养能够在初级从业者水平的所有护理领域就业的毕业生。尽管有此目标，但精神科护理在本科课程中所占比例相对较小。研究结果表明，在综合教育中，精神科护理并未成为热门职业选择。为防止护理教育出现危机，必须更加关注精神科护理的理论与实践，使其能在护理实践的其他领域中占据同等重要的地位。
