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Title: The political imperative of nurse education
Other Titles: Politični imperativ izobraževanja v zdravstveni negi
Authors: Cassar, Maria
Keywords: Nursing -- Political aspects
Nursing -- Study and teaching
Nursing -- Social aspects
Nursing ethics
Issue Date: 2025
Publisher: Nurses and Midwives Association of Slovenia
Citation: Cassar, M. (2025). The political imperative of nurse education. Obzornik zdravstvene nege, 59(4), 228-231.
Abstract: Health and social care systems are inherently political (Jardin, 2001). From the allocation of limited resources to the directions related to patients' access to care and professional scope of practice of the workforce, the health environment is shaped not by clinical facts alone, but by political decisions. Yet, for too long, nursing education has perpetuated the practice of equipping graduates with clinical skills while leaving them politically limited, often mute. This omission is no longer tenable. For nursing to meet the demands of 21st-century healthcare, nurse education must critically integrate the politics of nursing into educational programmes. Determining the optimal level of delivery and identifying the appropriate experts to lead this integration are two challenges which require attention.
Sistemi zdravstvenega in socialnega varstva so inherentno politične narave (Jardin, 2001). Zdravstvenega okolja namreč ne oblikujejo le klinični podatki, temveč tudi politične odločitve, ki vključujejo razporejanje sredstev, oblikovanje smernic v zvezi z dostopom pacientov do oskrbe ter obseg profesionalne prakse zaposlenih. Izobraževanje v zdravstveni negi je predolgo poudarjalo pridobivanje kliničnih znanj diplomantov na račun razvoja njihovih političnih kompetenc. To je privedlo do politične nemoči stroke, kar ni več vzdržno. Če želi zdravstvena nega izpolniti zahteve zdravstvenega varstva 21. stoletja, mora na področju izobraževanja medicinskih sester kritično razmisliti o vključitvi politike zdravstvene nege v izobraževalne programe. Pri tem posebno pozornost zahtevata dva izziva: določitev optimalne ravni vključevanja političnih vsebin v izobraževalni proces ter iskanje ustreznih strokovnjakov za koordinacijo te integracije.
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