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Nursing in Taiwan

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Nursing is a licensed profession in Taiwan, plus additional of further nurse specialist training courses.[1] Health law and regulation in Taiwan is overseen by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

Nursing education

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Taiwanese nurses are segregated into three categories based on length of training, comparable to the licensed, registered, and advanced registered categories in the American system. Speciality nurses (專せん科か學校がっこう) study for 5–7 years, normal nurses (普通ふつう大學だいがく) for 4, and inaugural nurses (在職ざいしょく專せん班はん) for two.

Upon the cessation of training, nurses must pass an exam to be certified. After two years of practice, nurses may undergo further education in a speciality such as anaesthesia or burn care.[2]

Nurse practitioners

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In Taiwan there are NP courses: emergency care, midwifery care, oncological care, orthopedic care, pediatric care, anesthesia care, outpatient care.

Education organization

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Main article: List of hospitals in Taiwan

There are institutes that provide nursing education courses:

School Location Chinese
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taipei 長ちょう庚かのえ紀き念ねん醫院いいん
Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital New Taipei 天主教てんしゅきょう輔仁大學だいがく醫學いがく院いん附設ふせつ醫院いいん
Mackay Memorial Hospital Taipei 馬うま偕紀念ねん醫院いいん
National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei 國立こくりつ台灣たいわん大學だいがく醫學いがく院いん附設ふせつ醫院いいん
Taipei Veterans General Hospital Taipei 台北たいぺい榮さかえ民みん總そう醫院いいん
Tri-Service General Hospital Taipei 三軍さんぐん總そう醫院いいん
National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science Taipei 國立こくりつ臺北たいぺい護まもる理り健康けんこう大學だいがく
National Tainan Junior College of Nursing Tainan 國立こくりつ臺だい南みなみ護まもる理り專せん科か學校がっこう
National Taichung University of Science and Technology Taichung 國立こくりつ臺だい中ちゅう科技かぎ大學だいがく

Differences in Taiwan compared to the United States[3]

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Taiwan has more patients and clients per hour compare to United States; Taiwan focuses more on family care.

History and act[4]

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  • 1963, five years nursing professionals train course initial, junior high school graduates were available for recruition.
  • 1977, extent to high school graduates.
  • 1985, add male students.
  • In 2003, after the outbreak of highly contagious SARS, President Chen Shui-bian visited a hospital on International Nurses Day to express admiration for 3 nurses who had died of SARS, among other medical personnel fighting on the frontline. He conveys wishes to nurses for their devotion to duty of caring and reminded hospital staffs that they should adopt strict precautionary measures to protect themselves before contacting with patients.[5]
President Tsai Ing-wen, with the Minister of Health and Welfare, attends International Nurses Day celebration
  • At 2017 International Nurses Day celebration, the first female President Tsai Ing-wen conducted a "passing of the torch" ceremony with leaders of the Taiwan Union of Nurses Association and the Taiwan Nurses Association. She honors nurses recognized for outstanding professionalism and service as well as over 2,200 nurses at the event who has been working for over 25 years. President Tsai expressed deepest respect and gratitude for their contributions to the health of people in Taiwan, and stressed the government has responsibility to increase benefits available to nurses and achieve more reasonable nurse-to-patient ratios and ensure friendlier workplaces. She also praises Taiwan's long tradition of providing international medical aid with the participation of nurses and emphasizes the needs to interact with other countries to share experience in nursing care. She emphasizes the nursing profession's concern for global health is a shared value for all nations.[6][7][8][9]

Master degree program

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Nursing act[10]

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The Taiwan nursing act, known as Nursing Personnel Act, edited in January 2015 contained 57 articles and seven chapters.

See more

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References

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  1. ^ Ministry of Health and Welfare衛まもる福部ふくべ
  2. ^ Taiwan Association of Nurse Practitioner 台灣たいわん專せん科か護まもる理り協會きょうかい
  3. ^ [1] Advancing the role of nurses in Taiwan Miaofen Yen, PhD ’94, MS ’90, receives inaugural innovation award from the International Council of Nurses by: Brett Stursa
  4. ^ [2] 面めん - 國立こくりつ臺灣たいわん大學だいがく醫學いがく院いん 護まもる理學りがく系けい暨研究所けんきゅうじょ ICN CEO David Benton visited School of Nursing,
  5. ^ "President Chen Inspects the Quarantine Wards of Taipei Veterans General Hospital". Office of the President of Taiwan. 12 May 2003. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. ^ "President Tsai attends celebration marking International Nurses Day 2017". Office of the President of Taiwan. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Taiwan will continue its contribution to global health: Tsai". Central News Agency. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  8. ^ "TAIWAN CATEGORICALLY NOT INVITED TO WHA, TSAI DEFIANT WHA未み邀請台灣たいわん 蔡總統そうとう首くび度ど公開こうかい表ひょう態たい". Public Television Service. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  9. ^ "International Nurses Day Celebration 2017" (PDF). Taiwan Nurses Association. July 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  10. ^ [3] Title Nursing Personnel Act Amended Date 2015.01.14 Category Ministry of Health and Welfare, MOHW
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