Review of the Graduate Program in Nursing

摘要

Provision of partial support for a graduate program offering the master's degree with a special emphasis in community mental health nursing was analyzed. The program, as developed, allowed the student to gain increased knowledge of human behavior, both normal and dysfunctional, across cultures and to develop expertise as a clinician in working outside of traditional institutions and with an emphasis on health promotion. The current program would make a good prototype for other schools wishing to emphasize nursing and development of nursing's unique role in health. The movement of more prepared nurses into community settings and roles can only be beneficial to society and to nursing.