A nurse’s duty is to provide care to patients and residents who are in need of it to restore their health and function again. Nurses have incredible science, technology, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) like skills that are very useful in health-care facilities. Liberal arts helps in terms of developing skills that are more applicable in everyday life that are still creates an impact in high educated occupations like nursing. Humes (2012), a professor of creative writing at the University of Victoria, lists the certain types of skills that develop though liberal arts courses: “…critical thinking, analytical problem solving, intellectual curiosity, the ability to hear and incorporate counter-arguments and to analyze research materials…”
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This is the only time liberal course credits are worth equally as STEM courses. After taking a look at preferred nursing programs institutions offered in the British Columbia, a majority of the prerequisites are STEM related courses whereas there is very little amount of liberal art courses (Curriculum Structure, 2016). As for the program curriculum itself, STEM course credits weigh significantly greater compared to liberal arts course credits (Curriculum Structure, 2016). While there are a few institution that have more liberal arts content in their program such as Douglas College and BCIT, institution like the University of British Columbia (UBC) has very little liberal art courses included (Curriculum Structure, 2016). Especially for a well-known post-secondary, this shows that even with a high status institution there are still some weakness in their nursing program. Currently speaking, some nurses are incapable of handling situations what were not taught in the nursing program. For example, tough situations in health-care facilities where nurses look after for residents (CNA, …show more content…
Mckie (2012) discusses how liberal arts create a development in ethical skills that achieves competencies. Nurses who develop key competencies will be more advance in functioning better at a health-care facility (McKie, 2012). And because these qualities are develop from liberal arts, there should not be a problem in terms of not increasing the load of liberal arts in the nursing curriculum. Nutting (2013), a professor in history who has a Ph.D in Math, Sciences and Social Sciences Division from North Seattle Community College, also points out that a liberal arts education helps students reject fallacies, communicate ideas, and work well with others who have different ideas. These are all key things a nurse should also develop in their way to becoming a nurse. Nutting (2013) also states, unlike STEM skills, students who take liberal arts courses develop essential skills that are set for life. In other words once the skills are developed, the students will use it by applying those skills in their social lives. Looking at this carefully, liberal arts plays an important factor in not only nursing, but as a human in society as well. Therefore, bringing liberal arts into more focus will make a greater accomplishment in helping nurses become more ethically prepared in workplaces and benefit in their social
This is the only time liberal course credits are worth equally as STEM courses. After taking a look at preferred nursing programs institutions offered in the British Columbia, a majority of the prerequisites are STEM related courses whereas there is very little amount of liberal art courses (Curriculum Structure, 2016). As for the program curriculum itself, STEM course credits weigh significantly greater compared to liberal arts course credits (Curriculum Structure, 2016). While there are a few institution that have more liberal arts content in their program such as Douglas College and BCIT, institution like the University of British Columbia (UBC) has very little liberal art courses included (Curriculum Structure, 2016). Especially for a well-known post-secondary, this shows that even with a high status institution there are still some weakness in their nursing program. Currently speaking, some nurses are incapable of handling situations what were not taught in the nursing program. For example, tough situations in health-care facilities where nurses look after for residents (CNA, …show more content…
Mckie (2012) discusses how liberal arts create a development in ethical skills that achieves competencies. Nurses who develop key competencies will be more advance in functioning better at a health-care facility (McKie, 2012). And because these qualities are develop from liberal arts, there should not be a problem in terms of not increasing the load of liberal arts in the nursing curriculum. Nutting (2013), a professor in history who has a Ph.D in Math, Sciences and Social Sciences Division from North Seattle Community College, also points out that a liberal arts education helps students reject fallacies, communicate ideas, and work well with others who have different ideas. These are all key things a nurse should also develop in their way to becoming a nurse. Nutting (2013) also states, unlike STEM skills, students who take liberal arts courses develop essential skills that are set for life. In other words once the skills are developed, the students will use it by applying those skills in their social lives. Looking at this carefully, liberal arts plays an important factor in not only nursing, but as a human in society as well. Therefore, bringing liberal arts into more focus will make a greater accomplishment in helping nurses become more ethically prepared in workplaces and benefit in their social