現今台灣技職護理教育的關鍵課題

Current Challenges Facing the Technological and Vocational Nursing Education in Taiwan

台灣護理技職教育，多年來扮演培育職場護理人力的重要來源，由於職校將停招，使得台灣護理職業起始點提升為具備副學位之護理師，這是本國在此專業領域中的一大躍進，然而技職護理教育在時代變遷當中仍面臨許多的挑戰與課題，本文乃依據本人多年經驗與觀察所匯整出的看法，供技職教育先進與專家參考與討論。

The technological and vocational education nursing system (TVE) has been the major source of nursing labor in Taiwan. As educational reform progresses, entry into nursing practice will soon mean that all nurses hold at least an associate nursing degree, which will be a milestone in the nursing history of Taiwan. However, the ecology of nursing is fast-altering, so in order to produce competent nurses, endeavors are required to renovate the current TVE system of nursing. In this article, the author brings years of personal experience as a nursing educator to bear in raising several key issues relating to the TVE system of nursing education.