Phasing out Diploma in Nursing: Merits and Implications on Nursing Education in Pakistan

Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja

doi:10.47391/JPMA.463

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (Nov 2021)

Phasing out Diploma in Nursing: Merits and Implications on Nursing Education in Pakistan

Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja

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Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.463
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 71, no. 3

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On 8th August, 2019, Pakistan Nursing Council announced the ceasing of the three year Diploma in Nursing which heralds a new era of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) as the entry point for the nursing profession in Pakistan. This brings Pakistan in line with most developed and many developing countries. Continuous...

Published in Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

ISSN: 0030-9982 (Print)
Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association
Country of publisher: Pakistan
LCC subjects: Medicine
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