抄録
The study was carried out to clarify our understanding of current state of nursing education in China as a part of international studies in nursing. The information contained in this report are from the reviewing of literature and site visits made to a part of China including two provincial hospitals affiliated with medical colleges and schools of nursing in Shandong Province and the School of Nursing, Peking Union Medical College in Peking. In this study, transitional state of Chinese nursing education is described and analytically viewed from historical, political and socioeconomic context in order to comprehend the meaning of transition in its relation to contextual environment. Issues and problems of nursing education in China were delineated from the perspective of emergent health care needs related to socio-demographic changes and technological and socioeconomical advancement and from the perspective of current pattern of education and utilization of health personnel. For an international cooperation between China and Japan, focus placed on community health nursing with all related fields of study was recommended as contributing most to the advancement of Chinese nursing and health promotion of the population.
