History of Nursing Education and Its Development in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

• Published in: Mediterranean Nursing and Midwifery
• Main Authors: Özdem Nurluöz, Samineh Esmaeilzadeh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cyprus Turkish Nurses and Midwives Association 2023-04-01
• Subjects: nursing history; nursing; nursing education; professionalization
• Online Access: http://mediterr-nm.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/history-of-nursing-education-and-ts-development-in/58604

This study aims to record the struggle of nursing to survive during the times of survival in Cyprus, explain the history of nursing education and contribute to the relavant literature. This research, which was conducted with the compilation method, reflects the phases in nursing education between the years of 1800 until now. Descriptive and documentary analysis methods were used in the study. In 1927, Dr. Horn sent a report to England where he highlighted the need for courses to improve the profession of nurses. However, the records showed that there hadn’t been many efforts towards the elimination of such problems until 1940. A nursing school was opened at the Nicosia Hospital in the same year. By the 1960s, Turkish Cypriot students started to study on scholarship at the schools of nursing in Turkey. In the 1990, the two-year education for secondary and high school graduates had become a three-year education provided at “the school of nursing and midwifery” under its new name. In 1994, he started his associate degree education. After taking a long time to reach the undergraduate level as an education, undergraduate education was started at the Near East University in 2007. In 2018, she continues her education in the faculty of nursing. In addition to graduate and doctorate education, it also contributes to the recognition of our profession and our country with the graduation of students coming from outside of Cyprus.