THE PROBLEM OF TRAINING FUTURE MEDICAL NURSES IN PEDAGOGICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE

Abstract

Socio-economic development of Ukraine, global trends of globalization, integration and
informatization of society have determined fundamentally new requirements for the training of a nurse. The level of
competence of a modern specialist, his business culture, social position have become the determining factors in solving
the tasks of building our state. The modernization of nursing education in Ukraine is conditioned by the need to
improve the health of the Ukrainian nation, its quality of life.
Provision of health care facilities by skilled personnel is one of the important factors influencing the quality of
medical care provision to the population. The mentioned problem becomes even more important during the period of
health care reform, since at that time the legal, economic and organizational foundations of the system of social
relations are changing, as well as the formation of new stereotypes of professional behavior of medical workers, in
particular, nurses. The article reveals the problems of the preparation of future nurses in pedagogical theory and practice. The
necessity of providing Ukrainian health care institutions with skilled personnel during the reform period is proved, as at
that time the legal, economic and organizational foundations of the system of social relations, formation of new
stereotypes of professional behavior of nurses are changing; transferring in educational systems accents from mass
educational phenomena to the self-worth of the personality studying the possibilities and conditions of individual
development and self-realization. There are specific ways to distinguish the main stages of nursing care. The content of
the concept "professional competence of the nurse" is considered.