Abstract
Background: Nurses are an essential human resource to ensure a healthy population and support the socio-economic development. However, little research has focused on the capacity development of nurses.Objective: The performance of a capacity development project for an undergraduate nursing program in Vietnam was reviewed to share lessons.Design: A descriptive case report.Setting: A baccalaureate nursing program in Vietnam from June 2014 to June 2016.Methods: A case report was analyzed in terms of the project's process, and the outcomes of 2 years' activities were evaluated.Results: Practice-based curriculum redesign and two basic nursing subjects were developed after five rounds of curriculum workshops. To improve application efficiency, two nursing experts were dispatched to provide instructions regarding the application of the new subjects. Three candidates were invited to complete their master's and doctoral studies in Korea. An advanced nursing education environment was supported with simulation labs equipped within a ubiquitous network. The result of experts' evaluation was excellent by every criterion of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development—Development Assistance Committee.Conclusions: The capacity development of a nursing program was possible through ownership, accountability, and results-based management. Gradual improvement in nursing academic and clinical capacity building based on research evidence can empower partner countries' nursing leadership. Introduction.
Highlights
Nurses are an essential human resource for strengthening the health system, as they help to ensure a healthy population, and support socio-economic development
This study aimed to review a 2-year project of capacity development for an undergraduate nursing curriculum in Vietnam, to share lessons learned and to discuss strategic cooperation direction, which influences nursing education policy and health care quality in Vietnam
This study is a descriptive case report from the capacity development of an undergraduate nursing program at Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy (HueUMP), Vietnam which was implemented through official development assistance between Vietnam and South Korea
Summary
Nurses are an essential human resource for strengthening the health system, as they help to ensure a healthy population, and support socio-economic development. According to Shin et al [2], the International Council of Nurses (ICN) identified the understanding of global healthcare challenges as a global nursing leadership outcome and guided the global standards of Advancing a Nursing Undergraduate Program in Vietnam initial education by the WHO. These recommendations were applied to a low-resource setting country; it would be very difficult to improve a health care system without human resource development. A project team was formed to submit a 4year project proposal to the National Research Foundation of Korea on the practice and competency-based capacity building of nursing undergraduate programs, and the proposal was approved in May 2014
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