新冠肺炎疫情衝擊專科護理師及護理教育──虛實科技整合的教學創新

Impact of Nurse Practitioners and Nursing Education on COVID-19 Pandemics: Innovative Strategies of Authentic Technology-Integrated Clinical Simulation

台灣護理學會及國際護理協會皆已明定專科護理師（簡稱專師）為進階護理師的其一角色。2021年4月止已有11,266位護理師取得台灣專科護理師證書（蔡，2021），國際認定專師應具備碩士以上學歷，然而台灣85％以上的專師尚未具碩士層級，蔡和王（2007）強調台灣專科護理師培育須符合國際趨勢。因此，護理研究所應該聘具備專師資格的博士層級教師，另外課程內容須與臨床接軌，設計複雜的情境模擬學習討論過程和教案，以提升專師臨床思辨能力，最終才能獲得教考用合一的進階照護能力。

Taiwan Nurses Association and the International Council of Nurses recognize nurse practitioners (NPs) as advanced-practice nurses. A total of 11,266 registered nurses held NP certificates in April 2021 in Taiwan (Tsay, 2021). While international organizations recognize NPs with graduate degrees, over 85% of NPs in Taiwan hold a bachelor degree only. Tsay and Wang (2007) emphasized that NP education in Taiwan should be in step with international trends. Therefore, nursing schools must recruit PhD faculty who hold NP certificates. In addition, complicated and simulation-based learning procedures and teaching plans must be incorporated into the graduate curriculum and clinical practicum to promote the clinical reasoning competences and advanced nursing capabilities of NPs in light of professional training, qualifying examinations, and occupational practice.