227% increase in the rate of hiring nurses in the country within 3 years

"Health": a new "five-year" strategy to attract citizens to the nursing profession

The Corona epidemic has shed light on the vital role of nursing staff within the first line of defense.

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The Ministry of Health and Community Protection has revealed the development of a "five-year" national strategy regarding the future of the nursing profession in the country, in cooperation with all health, governmental and local authorities, including five main axes, the most important of which are governance and legislation, workforce management, education and professional development, affirming its eagerness to provide cadres Nursing continuously in various health facilities in the country, through continuous appointments, which increased during the last three years by a rate of 227%.

In detail, the Ministry of Health and Community Protection affirmed that the nursing profession is the basis of the health system in the country, and one of the highest human professions, as demonstrated by the "Covid-19" pandemic, which shed light on the vital role of the nursing staff within the first line of defense, who made exceptional efforts. In the face of the pandemic, by providing the best healthcare at various levels of strategic planning, field leadership and clinical care.

The Ministry stated, in an official letter recently sent to the Federal National Council, that it has a mechanism for measuring and calculating the number of nursing cadres in government hospitals, and the actual need for it based on the best international standards and periodically, stressing that the necessary medical personnel are provided directly and periodically according to the measurement outputs and services Current and new developments in these institutions in order to avoid the occurrence of any shortage that may affect the quality of health services provided to patients.

The Ministry stated that according to the available data, no acute shortage of nursing staff in hospitals has been detected, noting that the shortage of these cadres is a global challenge, pointing out that the report issued by the World Health Organization in April 2020 expected that the shortage of nursing cadres would reach in Over the next 10 years, the world will reach nearly six million male and female nurses.

She said: “Nursing cadres are constantly being supplied in various health facilities in the country, through continuous appointments, as by comparing the percentage of appointments of these cadres in the facilities of the Ministry of Health and Community Protection during the current year, with those that took place in 2017, it becomes clear that it increased by 227%, what Confirms that the total number of nursing staff in the country and in government facilities is constantly increasing.

The ministry added: “Among the efforts made to enhance the number of nursing cadres in the country, the Ministry has adopted several initiatives, including the development of a five-year national strategy for nursing, in cooperation with all health, governmental and local authorities, which serves as a roadmap characterized by flexibility and proactive, as it includes five strategic axes, namely Governance and legislation, workforce management, education and professional development, the quality of nursing care, and finally, nursing research and evidence-based practices to attract and retain qualitatively and qualitatively from citizens and non-citizens.

She indicated that, in coordination with the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, it has set up a specialized functional cadre for workers in the government medical sector, and the development of career paths for them, in a way that enhances the attractiveness of the medical professions, including nursing, in terms of salaries, wages and benefits compared to their counterparts, and achieves the goals emanating from the ministry’s strategy And the government's aspirations in this regard.

2,500 citizens studying "Nursing Sciences"

The Ministry of Health and Community Protection stated that the implementation of the initiative to enhance the attractiveness of the nursing profession, which emerged from the ministerial retreat in 2015, and included aspects of education, motivation and promotion, contributed to increasing the enrollment rate of Emirati youth in the Bachelor of Nursing Sciences program, where the total number of nursing students is citizens in the country, And there are 2,500 students still studying, with a clear increase in male turnout.

The Ministry pointed out that, through the initiative, it provides many scholarships for high school students, and work is being pursued to expand the nursing academic programs and provide them in all regions of the country, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and academic bodies, confirming that there are currently at least a college in every country. An emirate of the Emirates of the state awards a bachelor’s degree in nursing sciences, in addition to developing specialized nursing programs, and developing new programs that respond to the requirements of the country's health system and global and local recommendations.

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mechanism for measuring and calculating the number of nursing cadres in government hospitals, and the actual need for them.

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Millions of male and female nurses deficit medical staff in the world over the next 10 years.

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