What do nursing students learn and what do they do after graduation?

Let's find the answer through the article below!

What is Nursing?

Nursing is a profession in the health human resource training system. This is an essential “service” profession, playing an important role in public health care.

Nursing has been developing into a multidisciplinary field of study, with many postgraduate specialties, such as: Pediatric Nursing, Obstetric Nursing, Geriatric Nursing... developing alongside Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health.

Along with Medicine and Pharmacy, Nursing is a profession chosen by many young people during each university admission season.

What do nursing students learn?

According to the training program issued by the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Health, the undergraduate Nursing program will last 4 years (8 semesters).

In the first and second years, Nursing students will study basic science subjects mixed with basic medical subjects, such as: Foreign languages, Philosophy, Informatics, Physics - Biophysics, Genetic Biology, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathophysiology, Histology, Basic Nursing..... and practice 55 basic Nursing skills in the Skillslab room in small groups on models.

In the third year, students will study theory and practice at the Skillslab in the school and do internships at central hospitals in the skills of Internal Medicine Nursing, Surgical Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, Emergency Resuscitation, Infection Control, etc.

Year 4: Continue to study and practice at the hospital the skills of Psychiatric Nursing, Rehabilitation Nursing, Infectious Disease Nursing, Community Nursing, Geriatric Nursing, Traditional Medicine Nursing, Nursing Management and Graduation Internship.

Nursing faculty students practice on the modern Skinlab system.

What to do after graduating from Nursing school?

Currently, Vietnam has more than 140,000 nurses/midwives, reaching a ratio of 11.4 nurses/10,000 people, much lower than the world average. To reach the target of 25 nurses/10,000 people by 2025, ensuring better response to people's healthcare needs, Vietnam needs more than 320,000 nurses/midwives.

In recent years, along with the aging population, the need for daily health care for the elderly has increased rapidly in many countries around the world. The shortage of nurses has led to overload in medical facilities, unable to meet the care needs of patients, so the need for nursing recruitment in Vietnam and around the world is extremely large.

Do with?

• Directly assess and monitor the health, nutrition, exercise, psychology, etc. of patients every day to make care diagnoses, plan and implement specific care plans for each patient.
• Perform patient care techniques according to the characteristics of each specialty.
• Perform first aid and emergency care when the patient is admitted to the hospital.
• Support patients in movement, exercise and rehabilitation with physical therapy exercises during treatment.
• Health education, dissemination of knowledge on disease prevention and treatment, and community health care.
• Coordinate with doctors in examination, diagnosis and treatment.
• Participate in administrative work, manage books, medical records, equipment, medicine, and medical supplies as assigned.
• Participate in scientific research and innovate care work.
• Participate in teaching nursing students and new nurses.
• Perform the role of a manager such as Head Nurse of Department, Head Nurse of Hospital....

The more society develops, the higher the need for health care and protection of people, leading to a greater demand for nursing human resources.

Where to work?

• 13,547 central to local medical facilities, including 13,319 state medical facilities and 228 private and semi-public hospitals.
• Clinics with many specialties such as Dentistry, ENT, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics....
• Health care centers, rehabilitation centers, spas...
• Nursing home.
• 710 medical rooms in agencies and enterprises, 11,100 commune and ward health stations.
• 100 Universities and Colleges training in Nursing.
• Exporting nursing labor to developed countries such as Japan, Germany, Canada...

Admission method to Nursing at Dai Nam University:

- Method 1: Considering high school graduation exam scores: admission score according to quality assurance threshold.

- Method 2: Admission based on academic records: consider 03 subjects according to the 12th grade admission combination, application score from 19.5 points and Academic performance from Good or higher.

- Method 3: Direct admission (Applied according to regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training)

>>> REGISTER FOR ONLINE ADMISSION HERE

Faculty of Nursing, Dai Nam University