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1 st INTERNATIONAL – 4 th NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES CONGRESS, Isparta, Turkey, 10 - 12 June 2022, pp.101-102
Abstract: According to ICN, can we consider investing in nursing education as owning
nursing specialty cadres? According to the Nursing Law, a specialist nurse is a nurse who has
completed her postgraduate education and whose diploma has been registered by the Ministry
of Health. Higher education has an important place in society in terms of enlightening the
society with the knowledge created, developing and revealing high-level skills such as critical
thinking and reasoning. This review aims to present a critical perspective on the conditions of
appointment to the academic staff of the nursing departments of universities and the existing
staff in the current situation. In recent years, along with the number of universities, the
number of undergraduate and graduate quotas in nursing have also increased. Among the
other reasons for the preference for postgraduate education is the requirement to have at least
a master's degree in applications to academic staff. According to Nursing Undergraduate
Workshop (2017) data; There are 79,054 students, of which 71,538 are undergraduate, 6.157
graduate, and 1,359 doctoral students. The number of lecturers is 1,562 and there are 125
professors, 140 associate professors, and 429 Dr. instructors There are 694 faculty members in
total. The number of lecturers other than lecturers is 868. Currently, there are 259 nursing
departments in universities in Turkey. Since the nursing program is a program that includes
applied training, the increase in the number of students suggests that the quality of the trained
nurse may be negatively affected. It is suggested that there should be at least 3 lecturers in
each department in 9 departments in nursing departments. Nursing departments must have
"About 30 Instructors X 259 Nursing Departments". Therefore, there should be approximately
9000 nursing staff in Turkey. Therefore, the reasons why universities do not prepare for this
issue, both quantitatively and qualitatively, cannot be understood. In qualitative preparation
for expert academic staff, publications, innovative studies, international exchange programs,
funding for research, accreditation of education, etc. is located.
Keywords: Specialist nurse, certificate of authorization, academic staff, university,
innovation