The nursing profession is one of the oldest professions in history. It is considered one of the most important sciences and health professions. It is an essential part of the medical and health system. The objective of this profession is to provide whole-patient care.
Nursing is one of the oldest, indispensable professions that exist since ancient times. A human profession that reflects the highest values of empathy. Nurses are called angels of mercy. Nursing is a specialty that works and merges with a medical specialty. They do complete each other.
The importance of nursing had emerged with the corona pandemic, and how millions of people had been infected. It is here where the nurses’ services proved their value by saving plenty of lives around the world.
Turkey is one of the developed countries in the health fields, Turkish hospitals are pioneering, developed, and the staff is excellently expert and trained. This is due to the development of Turkish universities, the progress and excellence of their health departments and faculties, where many expert doctors and nurses study and work inside and outside Turkey.
Medical faculties and institutes in Turkey have evolved rapidly, providing for students the best theoretical knowledge, and offering a practical trainee inside of hospitals and laboratories, to help them to gain experiences. As a result, this will undoubtedly increase the education quality; students’ experiences and help them to integrate the professional environment with the best conditions.
Turkey established its first nursing institute in 1925, “The girls nursing school”. In 1946, the girls health secondary schools were established to graduate nurses to work in Turkish hospitals. And in 1939, the military nursing school was opened.
However, about the nursing legal statute. In 2007, nursing was legally defined as a profession and a field of study at the universities.
The duration of nursing specialization in Turkey is four years divided into 8 semesters, plus a year for language study if the student does not have a Turkish or English proficiency degree in some universities.
Some Turkish private universities allow nursing to be studied in English and offer advanced educational programs with high educational quality.
Nursing is one of the most important departments that have many professional and scientific fields, including: