Bachelor of Nursing [ABSN]. What is more distinctive is that there are rich and advanced nursing education opportunities in the United States, including master's and doctoral programs in nursing, such as clinical nursing specialists (CNS) and various sub-departments of nurses.
Practitioner (NP), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Doctor of Philosophy, etc. The admission threshold of American nursing colleges is also relatively high. The admission rates of the two schools I attended were about 25% and 13% respectively, which means that after two years of pre-nursing studies in chemistry, biology and statistics, only a few people can apply for nursing colleges. During the two years of studying in nursing college, there are various thresholds, and students who fail to meet the standards will have to leave the program. When I was studying in Emory, I always felt that my classmates worked hard and the learning atmosphere in the school was very good. There are basically exams every week. American nursing education has many advantages, such as various inquiry teaching methods and high-tech equipment (such as simulators, simulated patients, electronic cases, etc.). ), before going to the hospital, completely record patient information, pathological description of related diseases, write nursing analysis, read academic literature, write papers and so on. Conceptually speaking, American nursing teaching is also different from domestic nursing teaching. Nursing education in the United States is based on the general practitioner model, aiming at cultivating students' critical thinking and diluting the training of nursing skills. Many universities in China may strengthen the training of nursing skills, but the critical thinking ability of nurses is not cultivated enough. Critical thinking ability is very important in clinical practice, because American nurses are responsible for all-round evaluation and nursing of patients and need strong judgment ability.