Perspectives of developing nursing education in Nepal

Abstract

Since the 1990s, nursing has turned into a progressively more eye-catching occupation for women in Nepal.1,2 With the innovative millennium, nursing sector has advanced gradually and enrolment in nursing education is enhancing and charming at this moment in Nepal. Nursing is a practice discipline, and being a “doing profession” is vital to encompass speculative fundamental knowledge for their performance in their daily activities in order to accomplish their liability completely. Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, says “Nursing is the care which puts a person in the best possible condition for nature to restore or preserve health, to prevent or to care disease or injury focusing the environmental theory”.3 Nurse is solitary the one who lifted nursing to the stature of a reputable line of work for women. A competent nurse is known by her knowledge, training and skills make a competent nurse while complete nurse is known by positive attitude. The prime goal of nursing education is to convey nursing knowledge and to assist learners to attain the essential expertise and approach allied with nursing practice.4 Professionally, nursing education include the three realms of learning which are cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains.3