北京中醫(yī)藥大學護理學院前身護理系，始建于1984年，是全國高等中醫(yī)藥院校設置的第一個高級護理專業(yè)。中國工程院院士王永炎教授為護理系第一任主任。1985年護理學院正式招收�？茖W生，2000年起招收本科學生，2004年正式招收中醫(yī)護理學碩士。2001年7月護理學院從校本部遷址至位于望京中環(huán)南路的東校區(qū)。經(jīng)過多年的建設，護理學院形成了專科（高職�？�)、本科、碩士多層次的護理教育體系，目前有在校生700名。20年來，護理學院共為國家培養(yǎng)了700多名具有現(xiàn)代護理和中醫(yī)護理兩套基本理論、基本知識和基本技能的高級護理人才。歷屆畢業(yè)生一次分配就業(yè)率達95%以上。
護理學院現(xiàn)有教職工26人，其中專任教師19人，教輔2人，管理人員5人。專任教師中博士2人，碩士9人，本科8人，碩士以上學歷占58％。
護理學院一貫重視教學科研和學科建設，學院先后承擔了北京市、校級科研課題17項。主編各類教材21部。在國家一級刊物上發(fā)表論文46篇。
為了使中醫(yī)護理走向世界，培養(yǎng)具有中國文化底蘊，了解國際護理理念、護理基本功扎實的國際化護理人才，護理學院通過教學改革，在課程設置和教學方法等方面進行了改革與實踐，開展了護理專業(yè)課的雙語教學，加強了學生護理實踐能力的培養(yǎng)；并積極思考中醫(yī)院校護理對外交流方向教育層次的目標和定位，探索與國外合作辦學的渠道。
辦學層次
護理學院目前設有高職專科、本科、碩士三個辦學層次，中西醫(yī)結(jié)合護理和涉外護理兩個專業(yè)方向。
本科：培養(yǎng)系統(tǒng)掌握現(xiàn)代護理理論與技能，并掌握中醫(yī)特色護理理論與方法，富有獨立思考和創(chuàng)新意識，基礎扎實，實踐能力強，能從事臨床護理工作，具有護理教學、護理科研、護理管理潛力，能適應社會發(fā)展與科學進步的德、智、體、美全面發(fā)展的高級護理專門人才。
高職：培養(yǎng)適應我國社會主義現(xiàn)代化建設和醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生事業(yè)發(fā)展需要，掌握護理學的基本理論、基本知識；熟練掌握臨床護理技能；能運用護理程序為服務對象實施整體護理；能解決護理實踐中的實際問題，畢業(yè)后從事臨床護理工作的德、智、體、美全面發(fā)展的應用性護理人才。
研究生：培養(yǎng)具有嚴謹?shù)目茖W作風，較強的實踐能力和創(chuàng)新精神，人際溝通、評判性思維和自我發(fā)展的能力，掌握寬厚堅實的基礎理論和系統(tǒng)的專門知識，具有從事中醫(yī)護理研究工作的能力，能運用中醫(yī)護理和現(xiàn)代護理理論和技能，對護理對象進行身心整體護理，具有護理教學的能力，具有社區(qū)健康服務和管理的能力的護理人才。
Formerly known as Chinese Nursing Department, the School of Traditional Chinese Nursing was founded in 1984, and offered the first advanced nursing program among colleges and universities of Chinese Medicine. Prof. Wang Yongyan, an academician of China Academy of Engineering used to be the first director of the department. Three-year vocational training program formally began from 1985. Four-year undergraduate program started in 2000. Master-degree program of traditional Chinese nursing started in 2003. After years of development, the School of Traditional Chinese Nursing has formed a multi-level system of vocational training, bachelor degree and master degree education. There are 700 nursing students on campus. More than 700 students with both Western and Chinese nursing theories and skills have graduated from the school in recent 20 years. Job-obtaining rate of all nursing graduates averages 95%. In July 2001 the school moved from the headquarter campus to the eastern campus of the university.
The School of Traditional Chinese Nursing attaches great importance to teaching activities, scientific research and subject strengthening. It has assumed responsibility of 17 research programs at either Beijing municipality or the university level. 21 textbooks of different kinds have been published with chief-editors in the school. 46 research papers have been published in first-class national publications.
To promote traditional Chinese nursing all over the world, and train internationalized nursing professionals with profound Chinese cultural background, basic international nursing concepts and solid nursing techniques, the school has conducted educational reform in aspects of teaching methods and curriculum setup. Bilingual teaching mode is adopted in nursing specialty courses. Students’ ability in nursing practice is emphasized. The school is now doing careful work to study objectives and orientation of external-oriented nursing program in higher learning institutions of Chinese medicine, and explore how to cooperate with overseas colleges and universities.
