一、历史沿革
中山大学护理学院于1998年5月8日成立，是在原中山医科大学护理系和中山医科大学附设卫生学校的基础上组建的。中山医科大学护理系始建于1985年，是国内第一批、华南地区最早开展高等护理教育的学校。中山医科大学附设卫生学校于1953年成立，其前身是始创于1913年的广州博济医院高级护士职业学校和始创于1925年的中山大学医学院附属医院（现为中山大学附属第一医院）护士助产学校。中山大学护理教育历经近百年的办学历程，培养了大批优秀护理专业人才。
二、学院概况
学院现有专职教师20人，其中高级职称者13人，中级职称者5人；5人获博士学位，11人获硕士学位。专任教师中有博士生导师1人，硕士生导师7人。此外，有兼职硕士生导师2人，还聘请了5位来自香港、新加坡和美国的知名护理学者担任客座教授。
学院设有护理学基础教研室、内科护理学教研室、外科护理学教研室、妇产科护理学教研室、儿科护理学教研室。学院拥有先进的课堂教学和实验教学设备。有计算机室和语言实验室各一间；护理技能教学中心一个，配备了国内外先进的护理教学模型，已建设成为具有整体化、多功能、开放式以及先进性、网络化、数字化特点的现代化实验室，为专业技能教学提供了优良的条件。中山大学8家附属医院以及其他医疗机构，成为我院大规模的临床教学基地，保证了临床教学的质量。在公共课、基础课教学方面，学院依托中山大学中山医学院、公共卫生学院、药学院等学院的雄厚师资力量进行教学，共享大学的教学资源。
三、学科特色
我院一贯重视学科建设，自护理学院成立以来，护理学专业办学层次不断提高，招生规模逐年扩大。经过多年的探索和锐意改革，已建立护理学专科、本科和研究生教育3个层次，普通教育和成人教育两种类型构成的多层次综合性护理教育体系。2000年我院开始招收护理学硕士研究生；2004年开始招收护理学博士研究生。根据护理教育的实际需要并与国际护理教育接轨，从1999年级起，我院将护理学专业本科的学制由五年制缩短为四年制，并按照“加强人文，突出护理，重视社区，注重整体”的原则优化课程设置，体现学生知识、能力、素质的协调发展；从2003年级起，护理学硕士研究生学制由三年制缩短为两年制。 2005年，我院护理学专业被批准为广东省高等学校名牌专业；2010年，被教育部批准为第六批高等学校本科特色专业建设点。
我院不但注重学生基础知识、专业技能和创新能力的培养，还非常注重培养学生健全的人格和良好的思想道德品质，提高了学生的综合素质，使我院护理教育质量处于国内先进行列。开办高等护理教育20多年来，学院已培养本科和专科毕业生万余人，博士研究生6人，硕士研究生123人（含同等学力获得硕士学位16人）。现有全日制在校本科生277人，在校硕士研究生59人、博士研究生14人，在校夜大本、专科生1239人，在读远程教育学生2894人。我院毕业生就业率位居本校各专业毕业生前茅，大部分毕业生活跃在各级医疗卫生机构和学校，从事临床护理、教学、管理工作，绝大多数已成为用人单位的骨干力量,有的已担任医院、护理学院院领导、护理部主任、护士长；有的毕业生在国外深造及就业。毕业生以优秀的业绩为母校赢得了社会美誉。
护理学院成立以来，教师共承担美国中华医学基金会（CMB）教研和科研项目5项，国家卫生部、教育部、省厅级科研项目30多项，校级教学研究项目60多项，共获得研究经费2000多万元。获得全国卫生职业教育研究发展基金课题成果一等奖1项、中华护理学会科技奖三等奖1项、广东省护理学会第二届科技奖二等奖1项、广东省教学成果奖二等奖1项、校级教学成果奖一等奖3项；教职工先后在国内外期刊上以第一作者或通讯作者发表学术论文400多篇；主编和参加编写了国家级规划教材15种，其中《内科护理学》本科第四版入选教育部2007年度普通高等教育精品教材。
我院先后与美国、澳大利亚、泰国、新加坡、香港、澳门等国家和地区的护理院校建立了友好合作关系，与美国俄勒冈卫生科学大学（Oregon Health ＆ Science University）、香港大学和 澳大利亚巴腊德大学（University of Ballarat ）等8所大学签订了正式合作与交流协议。学院每年选派优秀本科生和研究生赴香港大学和香港玛丽医院参观学习1-3周，选派博士生赴美国俄勒冈卫生科学大学访问学习半年。在长期和广泛的国际合作与交流中，我院逐步与国际护理教育接轨。
我院为满足在职护士提高学历层次的需求，稳步发展成人教育，已开办了夜大学、自学考试、远程教育等多种形式的学历教育，包括大专和专升本两个层次；还开办了研究生课程班（包括ICU、肿瘤专科护理研究生课程班）、造口治疗师学校以及国家级、省级、专项备案等各级各类继续教育项目班。其中，中山大学造口治疗师学校成立于2001年，由中山大学护理学院、中山大学肿瘤医院和香港大学专业进修学院联合办学，是我国第一所规范化培养专科护士——造口治疗师的学校，结业证书获得世界造口治疗师协会认可，已为全国各级医院培养造口治疗师141名。
随着社会经济快速发展，医疗卫生服务体制正在发生深刻变革，护理学专业迎来了历史性的发展机遇。我院将努力建设高水平、高素质的学术及管理队伍，不断提高教学质量，加强国际学术交流与合作，提高科学研究水平，努力把我院建设成为居国内本专业前列、在国际上有影响力的护理学院。
四、联系方式：
电话：0086-20-87331917
传真：0086-20-87333043
E-mail: nbgs@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Web Site: http://nursing.sysu.edu.cn/index/index.asp
Brief Introduction to School of Nursing
Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)
1. History
The School of Nursing is nationally recognized as one of the prestigious nursing schools in the country, with a tri-fold mission of excellence in nursing education, research and practice. Hospital-based nursing education initiated in 1913 at SYSU when the Nursing School of Bo-ji Hospital was founded. In 1925, the Nursing School of the Affilitated Hospital of School of Medicine at SYSU was founded. In 1953, the two nursing schools merged and was named the Affiliated Nursing School of the Medical College, and later was renamed the Affiliated Health School of Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) in 1985. With the economical reform and openning-up in China in early 1980s, the Department of Nursing Science of SUMS was founded and tertiary nursing education began at the Unversity in 1985. It was one of the earliest baccalaureate nursing programs in the country. In October 2001, the School of Nursing of SUMS was renamed School of Nursing of SYSU when the SYSU and SUMS merged.
2. Faculty
Currently, there are 20 academic faculty, including 1 professor, 12 associate professors and equivalent, 5 lecturers and 2 teaching assistants; 5 faculty members hold doctoral degrees and 11 hold master degrees. In addition, the School has also engaged five visiting professors, including two professors from the USA, two professors from Hong Kong and one from Singapore.
Five teaching sections are structured, namely Fundamentals of Nursing, Medical Nursing, Surgical Nursing, Gynecological and Obstetric Nursing, and Pediatric Nursing.
3. Academic Programmes
The School offers three levels of tertiary nursing education, namely graduate programs including doctoral program and master program, Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) program, both for entry level students and registered nurses; and advanced diploma program for registered nurses (part time). In response to the changes in health care delivery system, the existing undergraduate and postgraduate curricula were reviewed and revised. The five-year BSN program has been changed to four-year program since 1999. The three-year master program has been changed to two-year program since 2003.
The School also offers many in-service educational programs, such as graduate certificate program (including ICU and cancer care programs), nursing faculty training programs and enterostomal therapist training program. The continuing education programs provide opportunities and resources for nurses with different educational and experiential backgrounds to maintain their knowledge, skills and competencies to meet current and future need in nursing practice.
During the past nearly 30 years, more than 10,000 graduates were awarded with higher diploma and bachelor’s degree, 123 graduates with master’s degree，and 6 graduates with PhD’s degree.
4.Research and Publications
The School has been dedicated to the pursuit of new knowledge. Faculty is known for their strong research projects on nursing human resources, nursing education and management for patients with chronic illness, with particular emphasis on children and the elderly. Over RMB 20 million research funds were granted to the School in the past several years. More than 400 papers were published in academic journals. Fifteen textbooks including book chapters were published.
5.International Collaboration
The School has been very active in academic exchanges and continual cooperation with prestigious universities in China (including Hong Kong and Macao) and those from the USA, Australia, Singapore, and Thailand, etc. The School has established collaborative partnerships with those university nursing schools. The School has signed mutual agreements with the Nursing Schools at the University of Hong Kong, Oregon Health ＆ Science University in USA，the University of Ballarat in Australia, and School of Health Sciences of Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore.
6.Awards
The School is proud of its faculty team with academic rigor and excellence. As the achievements of educational reform, the School was awarded with the Prize for Excellent Teaching Outcome of the Baccalaureate Nursing Program in 2004, and awarded with Excellent Baccalaureate Nursing Program in 2005 by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province. Research projects were also awarded by the Ministry of Health, Guangdong Nursing Association, and Chinese Nursing Association.
7. Contact Us
Tel: (86) 20 87331917 Fax: (86) 20 87333043
E-mail: nbgs@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Web Site: http://nursing.sysu.edu.cn/index/index.asp
