The Education column in NUrSing highlights the latest education news and initiatives at NUS Nursing. This is where you will learn about the innovative and creative approaches that NUS Nursing adopts to educate its students, ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate studies.
Is Nursing a calling, vocation or a profession? We think it’s all that and more—that’s why at Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies (NUS Nursing), National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, we help aspiring nurses to not just be empathetic clinicians and critical thinkers
Global health challenges. Nurse shortages. Emerging technologies. These were some of the topics discussed at the 9th International Nurse Education Conference (NETNEP)—which saw over 600 delegates gathering in Singapore. Held at the Singapore Expo, NETNEP is a leading conference held biennially for
Nurses today increasingly work in interdisciplinary teams—alongside other healthcare professionals such as doctors, pharmacists and therapists. To prepare students for real-world interprofessional collaboration, NUS Nursing is taking steps to equip them with communication and teamwork skills. One
In August 2023, NUS Nursing students took part in the year-long Longitudinal Patient Experience (LPE)—working for the first time in teams with Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy students. How did it go? A lecturer and 2 students share their LPE stories with NUrSing. On paper, Mr S looked like any ot
There are 36,995 registered nurses in Singapore in 2022[1], of which 1% are Advanced Practice Nurses (APN).[2] Twenty years since the introduction of the Master of Nursing programme in 2003, how much progress has the APN profession made, and what can future nurses aspiring to become APNs expect? Did
One in 4 Singaporeans will be aged 65 and above by 2030. The implication is that Singapore would need to not only increase the size of our Nursing workforce significantly, but also ensure that nurses are well-skilled to handle patients presenting with complex health issues. The Alice Lee Centre fo
