Located on the Beilinson Campus, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, the Dina Academic School of Nursing is a nursing academic center, located in central Israel, affiliated with the Department of Nursing, Tel Aviv Universityin Israel. The school is named for Dina Kaplinovitz who greatly influenced the direction of nursing in Israel. Our task is to improve nursing care through education and research with programs that are academically and clinically challenging. Our students are exposed to the latest medical advances, such as complex open-heart surgery, fertility procedures, transplantation in adults and children and emergency medicine. Classes are held mainly on the nursing school campus along with Tel Aviv University, Beilinson and Hasharon hospitals of the Rabin Medical Center, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, and other health facilities. Over 1000 nurses have graduated since the school opened. Approximately 800 students study at the school each year. Our faculty members continuously update their knowledge by participating in national and international conferences, with presentations and publications. 

Study Programs

Baccalaureate program, RN Certification
Offers a 4-year BA program affiliated with the Department of Nursing, Tel Aviv University. The student must pass the government licensing examination and is awarded RN certification by the Ministry of Health.
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Baccalaureate program, RN Certification and Paramedic Certificate Offered by Magen David Adom (Israeli Red Cross), certification as a paramedic will be awarded in addition to the above mentioned BA and RN degree. The course is integrated into the 4-year curriculum during the school year and summer vacations.
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Retraining Program
Offers a 2-year retraining program for students who have completed an academic degree in another field and wish to pursue a career in nursing. The students must also pass the government licensing examination.
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Nursing Specialties
Provides the nurse with additional knowledge and certification in diverse specialties.
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The Dina Center for Continuing Education in Nursing and Allied Health Professions
Offers evening courses for nursing professionals and those in health related professions. These courses are recognized for advanced study credit.
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Advanced International Nursing Courses 
Two-month  program  offering  advanced  courses  to nurses from Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia, Central and South America, exposing them to the latest nursing developments in Israel. Ties between the participants and Israel are also strengthened.
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 Why Dina Academic School of Nursing? 

• An atmosphere of technological advancement and dynamic challenges 
• Spacious classrooms
• Computer rooms and advanced teaching aids
• Computerized library
• Experienced senior faculty
• Student scholarships
• Student dormitories surrounded by beautiful landscaping
• Employment during study years.  
    

Faculty Research Initiatives 

• The relationship between nursing education and nursing students’ attitude towards physician assisted dying.
• The relationship between nurses’ attitude towards physician assisted dying, demographic characteristics and care of terminal patients.
• The relationship between nurses’ attitude towards physician assisted dying and involvement with terminal patients: A comparative study between community and hospital nurses.
• Nurses’ and physicians’ attitudes towards physician assisted dying: A comparative study.
• Attitudes and feelings of patients concerning the use of gloves by health practitioners.
• Urinary incontinence among middle-aged women: Quality of life, stress related to incontinence and patterns of health care seeking.
• Postpartum fatigue: assertiveness and social support as coping resources.
• Resources used by nurses as the basis for ethical decision making.
• The right to refuse: students’ attitudes towards seniority and participation in patient care.
• The image of nursing: stereotypes and professional self-image.
• Factors related to mothers’ coping with premature infants in the PICU.
• Israeli student nurses’ attitudes towards physical restraints in acute care settings.
• Attitudes of immigrant nurses from the former Soviet Union towards nursing in Israel, and their prospects of staying in the profession.