Nurses gain the trust of patients and their families at health centers and nursing homes by helping them directly, talking with them, ensuring that nothing goes wrong and watching over them as they recover. Today, there are not enough nurses to handle hospital needs however, as the aging population and number of patients continues to grow, day-by-day. This has led to a nursing shortage in many countries.
The DTU Health Sciences Faculty is focusing strongly on Nursing education and is ready to welcome more new Nursing students in 2018.
DTU has agreements to broaden internship and career opportunities for Nursing students
Many countries face critical nursing shortages
According to the General office for Population & Family Planning, Vietnam is among the countries with the fastest rate of aging in the world, with an estimated 10.1 million older adults, 2 million of whom are over 80. Many developed countries worldwide, especially Japan, face similar concerns. Japan has 32.7 million over-65s, representing 25.75% of the total population and 700,000 more healthcare workers are required over the coming decade.
Looking for skilled Vietnamese nurses
To meet the growing demand for healthcare workers, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health has planned ways of expanding the workforce. Many universities now offer Nursing programs and the situation has been gradually improving. Other countries, including Germany, Japan and Sweden, come to Vietnam to look for qualified nurses, broadening career opportunities for graduates here.
DTU Nursing students practice
Recently, several foreign representatives have visited DTU to investigate long-term partnerships in Nursing education and recruitment. The university has agreements on career orientation, training and employment with the Seirei Social Welfare Community (SEIRE) in Japan and with Halmstad University in Sweden.
DTU has another agreement with the local Kinki branch of the Japanese National Council for the Elderly and Blind, where Kinki will offer internships for DTU students and graduates to improve their Nursing ability and Japanese language. Ms. Yuko Kamata from the SEIRE Human Resources Department said: “After visiting DTU, we have a high regard for the university and students. Currently, one thousand highly-qualified, caring, responsive and dynamic Vietnamese nurses work in Japan.”
In addition, DTU also has an agreement with Fooyin University in Taiwan to offer a Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN). Graduates will be conferred an MSN degree by FooYin University.
Dedicated Nursing education at DTU
The DTU Faculty of Nursing shares curricula to improve the Nursing skills and qualifications of both lecturers and students, collaborating with international partners, including the University of Illinois in Chicago, which has the largest Medical and Pharmacy program in the US, and with the University of Pittsburgh, one of the leading medical research universities. Students can also practice with virtual patients in the MedSim studios and use the 3D Simulation model, developed by DTU Center of Visualization & Simulation (CVS), which won first prize in IT at the 2017 Vietnamese Talent Awards contest.
DTU partners with eighteen local hospitals where students work with experienced medical staff and practice with patients. These include the Hue Central Hospital, the Danang Hospital, the Danang C Hospital, the 17th Military Zone Hospital, the 199th Hospital of the Ministry of Public Security and others.
DTU has built a team of 188 professors, PhDs, Masters, specialists, pharmacists and nurses. Students can also practice in special laboratories, such as the Physic Chemistry and Biology Laboratory, the Pathophysiology and Immunity Laboratory, the Microbiology Laboratory and the Parasite Laboratory. DTU also invites experienced nurses from Germany, Holland and Israel to share advanced courses in Nursing and organizes international conferences in the Health Sciences.
In 2018, DTU will award the following scholarships to Nursing applicants:
• DTU scholarships worth 1 to 5 million vnd for applicants with a High School Graduation Exam three-course grade average three points higher than the minimal admissions grade.
• Scholarships of 500,000 to 2 million vnd for applicants with a High School transcript of 22 or more.
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1. Maths, Physics, Chemistry
2. Maths, Natural Sciences, Literature
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1. Maths, Physics, Chemistry
2. Maths, Chemistry, Biology
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