School of Nursing
The School of Nursing was established in 1998, based on the former Department of Nursing and the Second Affiliated Health School of Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences. The former Department of Nursing was one of the first institutions to restore higher nursing education in China in 1983. The School is currently recognized as one of the premiere nursing schools in the country, with the mission to establish excellence in nursing education and research.
Research Fields
The main research fields focus on management of chronic illness with particular concern on children and the elderly, community nursing services and oncology nursing. A research fund of 20 million RMB has been granted to the School over the past few years.
Center
Chair Institution of Self-learning Examination Programs (Nursing) of Guangdong Province for Both Advanced Diploma Program and BSN Program
Facilities/Resources
The teaching building of the School hosts excellent administrative offices, classrooms, nursing labs, language lab and computer rooms.
Achievements
The School was awarded the prize of "The School of Nursing for Excellent Teaching Outcomes of the Baccalaureate Nursing Program" and the "Excellent Baccalaureate Nursing Program in 2005" by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province. The faculty has published over 190 papers in national journals and has participated as chief editors or chapter authors of 15 national textbooks.
Exchange and Cooperation
The School has been very active in academic exchanges and continuous cooperation with prestigious universities in China (including Hong Kong and Macao) and those from USA, Australia, Japan, and Korea, etc. It has established collaborative partnerships with those schools of nursing. The School has mutual agreements with the Department of Nursing Studies, the Faulty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, and the School of Nursing at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the School of Nursing at the University of Ballarat in Australia. The School currently has 3 visiting professors from Hong Kong.
