Educational challenges ahead of nursing from the perspective of faculty members of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: development of nursing profession is faced with new challenges.role of education is important for advancement of nursing. faculty membersare experienced in education, and they are authentic sources for determining ofthe educational challenges in nursing. the aim of this study was to determinethe educational challenges in nursing from the viewpoint of faculty membersof nursing and midwifery in university of mashhad.methods: this study is a cross- sectional study conducted on 31 cases fromfaculty members of nursing in mashhad university of medical sciences byusing census method in 2010-2011. a combination of data collection methodswas used for collection of data in two phases: preparation of assessment tool(questionnaire) and survey of the desired construct among the samples. afterdetermining the validity and reliability, a questionnaire was given to thesamples to answer. data were analyzed in spss software version 11.5 usingstatistical tests.results: the most important threats in nursing include “separation of fieldssuch as anesthesia and operating room from nursing” (%93.6), “increasinggap between clinical practice and education of nursing due to the increase ineducation of students and instructors” (%90.3), “being theoretical courses inmaster’s and phd program” (%77.5), “decreasing the students’ motivation”(%77.5) and “establishing new schools of nursing” (%64.5). the mostimportant opportunities in nursing include: “need to informatics educationin education of nursing” (%93.5), “localizing resources based on new issueand problems” (%84), and “paying attention to evidence- based education innursing education” (%83.9) and “adjusting the educational content accordingto ideals and standards of nursing” (%80.6).conclusion: based on the results, returning of anesthesia and operating roombranches to nursing after bachelors’, “revising of educational content based onneeds and localizing resources”, “using new methods in nursing instruction”,“continuing the training based on clinical experiences” and “using appliedresearch in clinical environment” are suggested.