Abstract

In this study a curriculum is proposed for the Puerto Cabezas Hospital School of Nursing in Nicaragua which is built upon the requirements of the National School of Nursing and the studymaker's findings about the needs of the people in Nicaragua.

Study was made of available material concerned with cultural, geographical, and environmental background of the people of Nicaragua as it relates to their health condition. Investigation was made on the status and development of nursing and nursing education. Information was received through unpublished material, correspondence, and interviews with those who had been directly associated with health conditions and nursing in Nicaragua and the Puerto Cabezas Hospital.

A review was made of curriculum development. The principles of curriculum development, as stated by Smith, Stanley and Shores, were applied to the development of the proposed curriculum in this study.

It was found that the majority of the Nicaraguan people show very little interest in improving personal or community environmental conditions. A major problem in Nicaragua is maintenance of safe water supply and sanitary living conditions.

Education in Nicaragua is advancing slowly. Nicaragua is a sparsely populated country and communications are poor. There is a lack of equipment and teaching personnel. Organized nursing and nursing education is a recent development.

A small school of nursing is conducted in connection with the Puerto Cabezas Hospital which serves a primitive area with no other medical facilities. It is poorly equipped and lacks suitable accommodations for a school of nursing. The school has lacked educational leadership much of the time.

It is hoped that the curriculum proposed in this study will serve as a guide in the development of an educational program at the Puerto Cabezas Hospital School of Nursing in Nicaragua that will meet the needs of students as they prepare to nurse the people of Nicaragua.

LLU Discipline

Nursing

Department

Nursing

School

Graduate Studies

First Advisor

Harriet O. Smith

Second Advisor

R. Maureen Maxwell

Third Advisor

Anne P. Martin

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

1957

Date (Title Page)

5-1957

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Schools, Nursing -- Nicaragua; Curriculum

Type

Thesis

Page Count

viii; 72

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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