Author: Wu Jia/Wang Cai Feng

Photo: Wu Jia

The first overseas scholars online lecture of Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Nursing was successfully held at noon on November 16, 2021. The lecture invited Assistant Professor Hu Jiale, Director of Research and Global Outreach and Doctoral Supervisor of Department of Nurse Anesthesia of Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, to give a presentation on the topic of "Development of Specialized Anesthesia Nursing at Home and Abroad". The salon was hosted by Associate Professor Wang Caifeng, Director of Basic Nursing Teaching and Research Department of the School of Nursing, and was webcast through the online platform, which received the attention and participation of more than 2,900 nursing colleagues from all over China.

Director Hu Jiale elaborated on the origin, development history and current status of specialized nurse and the comparison of the development of anesthesia nursing in China and abroad, and analyzed the training process and professional value of advanced practice nurses in anesthesia in the United States in the context of the teaching program of VCU, which is the top-ranked anesthesia nursing school in the country. In the end of the lecture, Director Hu Jiale made an in-depth analysis of the current status and the dilemma faced by the development of anesthesia nursing specialty in China from the aspects of job setting, work content, training and assessment, academic and professional development, etc.

Director Hu Jiale is an alumnus of Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Nursing and graduated with both bachelor's degree (Class of 2006) and master's degree (Class of 2013) from Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Nursing . As an excellent graduate, he also shared his personal growth experience: from completing his master's research in anesthesia nursing in China to working in clinical anesthesia nursing; from studying abroad for a PhD degree in anesthesia nursing to joining a top university in the field of anesthesia nursing in the United States, showing the research journey as an anesthesia nurse to the audience. At the same time, the trajectory of his research interest at different periods was also presented, and he emphasized the importance of researchers to maintain continuous thinking and exploratory learning.

During the discussion session, participants asked questions online. By answering the questions, Director Hu Jiale offered constructive suggestions on the training of advanced practice nurses and specialty development in the field of anesthesia nursing in China, and emphasized that the current specialty development of anesthesia nursing in China has its own characteristics, but can foresee a rapid development in the future. In addition, he gave his own suggestions on how nursing researchers can expand and control the breadth and depth of personal research, and encouraged nursing researchers and nursing students to stay true to their original intention, persist in exploration and climb to the top.

November 19, 2021