Salma Amin Rattani*
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
*Corresponding Author: Salma Amin Rattani, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Received: March 11, 2020; Published: March 23, 2020
Aga Khan University, Pakistan started as a school of nursing enrolled its first batch of General Nursing Diploma in 1980 and in 1983 chartered as the first private university uplifted the profile of nursing from diploma to doctorate. In 2010, the university phased-out its first program and shifted to a baccalaureate degree education in nursing. This path is now followed at the national level. Accordingly, since 2020 in Pakistan enrollment in nursing is through baccalaureate. This paper briefs about the role of Aga Khan University past four decades particular to nursing in the country.
Keywords: Nursing; Pakistan; Aga Khan University; Higher Education
Citation: Salma Amin Rattani. “The Role of Aga Khan University in the Development of Nursing in Pakistan”. Acta Scientific Women's Health 2.4 (2020): 18-20.
Copyright: © 2020 Salma Amin Rattani. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.