Abstract
In the majority of educational institutions of nursing in Japan, various subjects in the basic natural sciences have been established as required or elective courses. However in our university, relatively few hours have been set aside for these subjects in the curriculum. Concerning this situation, I propose to expand education in the basic natural sciences in our university because of the following three reasons 1. to reduce variation in freshmen's scientific scholarship which had been caused by the narrow election of science subjects during their high school years. 2. to improve or amplify their basic understanding and general knowledge of sciences that belong to the liberal arts. 3. to maintain (or enhance) the motivation of students to learn the basic medical subjects and the specialized nursing subjects in the university curriculum by performing systematic and step-by-step education in the basic natural sciences during the first several months just after the entrance of students into our university. I also propose here to re-estimate the minimum requirements for basic medical education in nursing from the viewpoint of the specialty of nursing work. Hereafter, we have to improve the total curriculum in our university in order to fulfill the above minimum requirements.
