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College of Nursing
Yokohama City University Nursing Program
The College of Nursing traces its origins back to the Yokohama City Juzen Nursing School founded in 1898. Despite various challenges since then, it has developed as an educational facility for nurses, responding to the expectations of the community and producing superior nursing staff. Today, the publicfs expectations of nurses are ever greater. Responding to the demands of the times, Yokohama City University reorganized its nursing program by phasing out the three-year, junior college degree program and phasing in a new four-year, baccalaureate Nursing College within the School of Medicine. In response to advances in medical care, additional improvements have been made to the curriculum while continuing to educate excellent nursing personnel who can exhibit leadership in making significant improvements to community welfare.
Educational Philosophy
Our curriculum is meant to give students a broad education, rich human qualities, respect for the dignity of life and the individual based on a strong moral foundation, a high degree of knowledge and expertise in the specialized field of nursing, and the scientific outlook necessary to engage in the practice of nursing, so enabling them to contribute to the health and welfare of local communities.
Educational Goals
1.Our curriculum provides a comprehensive education and cultivates rich human qualities, imbues strong ethics based on the dignity of human life, and encourages well-rounded human understanding and respect for human rights. 2.Our curriculum facilitates the acquisition of knowledge and expertise in the specialized field of nursing, based on education that helps students to think scientifically. 3.We provide patient-oriented education in practical nursing expertise. 4.Our education encourages people to take the initiative to act in response to various health and welfare requirements, and to take an interest in the health and welfare needs of communities. 5.Our curriculum encourage an attitude of self-reliance toward studies and, looking beyond, an interest in continuing studies while engaged in nursing. 6.The curriculum encourages an international perspective in work activities.
Curriculum Highlights
1.A broad range of knowledge and rich human qualities are fostered through the stimulating freshman year studies of the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum with students engaged in other fields of study. 2.Practical English classes can help students achieve a TOEFL score of 500 or more. 3.Small group and practical study methods are employed to foster the ability to study on one's own, as well as self-reliance and problem-solving abilities. 4.A system of practical education and fostering the ability to perform nursing practices in liaison with the nursing organizations at the two hospitals affiliated with the university. 5.Education that facilitates career options, including working in specialized fields or internationally. 6.Fully equipped school classrooms and learning labs enabling the acquisition of basic nursing expertise.
