Nursing began developing as a profession in Malaysia in the 1800s through services provided by members of the East India Company and Catholic nuns. The first nursing school was established in 1946 in Johor Bahru. Throughout the 20th century, legislation was passed to regulate nursing practice and training programs, and the first nursing college and university programs were established. Currently there are over 100 nursing education institutions in Malaysia offering diploma through doctoral degrees, with over 80,000 registered nurses in the country as of 2009.

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2. The Development of Nursing
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 1800 - Nursing career began in Malaysia
 The first services stated in Penang and Singapore by
members of the East India Company which were later
replaced by Catholic nuns.
 1938 - The first on-the-job training for nurse was held in
Johor Bahru but stopped in year 1942-1945 owing to the
World War Two.
 School of Nursing
 Hospital Johor Bahru (1946)
 School of Nursing Hospital Pulau Pinang (1947)
 School of Nursing, Hospital Kuala Lumpur (1948).
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3.  1923 - legislation for the control of the Practice of
Midwifery and the training of midwives were
established.
 1950 - Nurses Act was enacted which provided for the
establishment of the Nursing Board
 1966 - Midwives Act and the development of the
Midwifery Board, which regulated the practice of
midwifery requiring the registration of all nurse
midwives were established.
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4. The Development of Nursing
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 1967 - The first private school of nursing was the Tun
Tan Cheng Lock School of Nursing, at the Assunta
Hospital, Petaling Jaya.
 1968 - University Hospital School of Nursing Kuala
Lumpur was set up.
 Both schools were subjected to the 1950 Nurses Act
regulations and procedures.
 Up until 1992 - the graduates of nursing programmes,
on passing the Final Nursing Board Examination,
received a Certificate in General Nursing.
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5.  By late 1992 - the certificate curriculum was upgraded
with more theoretical input (up to 50%), to become a
diploma curriculum.
 1993 - beginning of tertiary education for nursing.
 The first university programmed started in 1993 at the
University of Malaya, admitting diploma graduates to
prepare them to become nurse educators and nurse
administrators.
 It was a three-year programmed awarding a Bachelor
of Nursing Science (BNSc) with honors.
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6.  2003 - the Quality Assurance Division, Department
of Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education
through a high level committee including a member of
the Nursing Board of Malaysia, developed guidelines
in curriculum design for a four-year Bachelor of
Nursing (Honors)
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7.  Currently, 9 universities are conducting the four-year
curriculum, 7 in the public sector –
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8. • Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
• Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
• Univertsiti Sains Malaysia (USM),
• Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM),
• International Islamic University Malaysia
(IIUM)
• Universiti Teknology MARA (UiTM
• Universiti Malaya (UM)
Public sector
• International Medical University (IMU)
• University College Sedaya International (UCSI).Private sector
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9.  The proposed curriculum is comprehensive yet
balanced proportionately between three major
sciences:
 Basic Medical Sciences
 Core Nursing Sciences
 Humanities and Social Sciences.
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10.  2008 - 70,000 nurses registered with the Nursing
Board.
 Nurse-patient ratio was 1:375 where the target by 2015
should be at 1:200 to meet the standards set by World
Health Organisation (WHO).
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11.  The 21st century also mark the beginning of the
establishment of postgraduate programmed in clinical
nursing at various public institutions, namely
University of Malaya, UiTM and UKM.
 The emphasis on postgraduate education in nursing
must be clinical to enable the graduates to use the
content and experience as experts in order to teach at
the bachelor’s degree level or to manage an acute care
institution.
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Clinical Postgraduate Nursing
Education

12. Clinical Postgraduate Nursing
Education
 3 public universities offer Masters of Nursing degrees
in:
 Critical care and Women’s Health (UiTM)
 Clinical Specialty (UM)
 Midwifery, Mental Health, Community Health and
Orthopedics and Traumatology (UKM).
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13. Clinical Postgraduate Nursing
Education
Private institutions of higher learning offer nursing-
related courses at Masters level
 MAHSA University College
 Open Universiti Malaysia (OUM)
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14. Colleges of Nursing
2008
 17 public colleges of nursing
 10 public universities
 54 private colleges
 Together, they produced 6,000 diploma graduates (2,500
from Ministry of Health and 3,500 from private colleges)
(New Sunday Times, 9 November 2008)
2009
 70 private colleges
 The number of graduates produced has been doubled (12,162
including community nurses who are not registered nurses).
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15. Colleges of Nursing
 Currently - 109 private and public institutions offering
nursing programmers and among them, 88 offer
diploma programmed.
 By December 2009, there were 83,302 nurses in the
country
(New Sunday Times, 26th June, 2010)
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16.  Diploma in Nursing
1. Between 18-22 years old
2. Pass Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia ( SPM ) or equivalent, and get :
(a ) Credit in Bahasa Melayu ( including oral test ) , English
and Mathematics , AND
( b ) Distinction in two Pure Science subjects chosen from
Biology, Chemistry and Physics (ideally in Biology )
Requirements
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17. Requirements
 Bachelor of Nursing
 Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) or
Matriculation or equivalent
 Pass in Biology and Chemistry, or Biology and
Physics OR a recognized Diploma in Nursing with
transfer of credits to the appropriate level of four-year
programme
 Credits in Mathematics and Bahasa Malaysia at Sijil
Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) level
 MUET Band 3 or 4
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18. Master degree in nursing
 Core courses
 Research (statistic and research methodology)
 Education
 Management
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19. Doctoral degree in nursing
 Doctor of Nursing Science (DNS)
 Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nursing
 Doctor of Nursing Science (DNS) and Doctor of
Nursing Practice (DNP) - prepares graduates to apply
research findings to clinical nursing
 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nursing – prepares
graduates with nursing background to apply research
findings for example , education or management.
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