Empowerment of nursing as a socially significant profession in Vietnam.
OBJECTIVE
To describe nursing education and practice in Vietnam, and strategies that support empowerment of nursing as a socially significant profession for that country.


METHODS
The Jones-Meleis health empowerment model was used as a framework to examine barriers and identify strategies that support empowerment.


METHODS
Fieldwork, interviews, and participation-observation in collaborative partnerships with the Ministry of Health, the national nurses association, and schools of nursing in Vietnam.


RESULTS
Nurses in Vietnam are eagerly poised to make significant and essential contributions to the well-being of society.


CONCLUSIONS
Baccalaureate and master's degree nursing curricula taught by nurses are necessary for professionalization of nursing practice in Vietnam.
Jones
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Loma Linda University, School of Nursing, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA. pjones@sn.llu.edu
O'Toole
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Ngyuen
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Tran
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Pham
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D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011364:Professional Practice; D011641:Public Relations; D014744:Vietnam