according to Indian Nursing

3. • The current nursing shortage is related to an
aging workforce, problems with retaining
licensed personnel, and difficulty recruiting
young people into the nursing workforce.
• Many nurses left nursing for higher paying
jobs.
• Brain drain

5. Changing Education
• Nursing education must make curriculum changes in
order to prepare the nurses who meet today’s and
tomorrow’s health care needs
• Leads to growth of knowledge
• Before: knowledge on comfort measures, hygiene and
diet was important
• Present : need specialization and advanced knowledge .
Hence specialization in nursing as nurses can specialize
in everything.

7. • To control nurses future
• Include nurses in future planning
• Assertive in claiming there right
• Decision making along with political system of
country
• Control over own profession
• Health care delivery has become more business
oriented and knowing its effect on nursing practice
is also important.

8. CHANGING PRACTICE
• Health care delivery has become more business
oriented and knowing its effect on nursing practice is
also important.
• Nurses perform many non-nursing functions
• But nurses should direct themselves towards
developing the standards and improving nursing.

10. • Inadequate number of nurses and midwives as
leaders in national and state levels.
• Nurse leaders and managers can help in improving
the nursing practice, nursing research, nursing
education, administration and making policies.
• Nurses responsibility increased, she has to act as a
team leader who direct and supervise
• Help in advancement of nursing profession

12. • Nurses have many roles and responsibilities
• There are number of care activities that nurse can
undertake according to their educational
background.
• But doctors do not delegate responsibility to them
• So nurses should be allowed to work independently

13. Control of practice
• Who shall control nursing practice ?
• Nursing should continue towards independence
and autonomy to maintain professionalization.
• Hence Nursing should control its own practices.

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• Nurses' working conditions are risk factors for
healthcare-associated infections as well as
occupational injuries and infections
• Poor infrastructures
• NURSE BURN OUT
-Over worked
-Stress
-No breaks

16. Improper Incentives & Pay scales
• Emigration of nurses were for financial
needs.
• The payment scale is still low compared to
other professions
• Transportation and safe housing
• Recognition for good workers

17. • Less human resources
• Less Job in govt
• Brain drain
• Poor living conditions
• Lack of autonomy
• Non uniformity in pay
structure
• Limited career
development
• Less opportunity
OTHER ISSUES

18. Miscellaneous issues
• Inadequate recognition of nurse’s status in health
care system
• Limited involvement of professional organizations.
• Low level competency of nurses
• Inadequate in-service education
• Less utilization of EBP
• Poor standards and guidelines
• Shortage of staffs at professional organizations
• Active participation of INC limited.

19. Mr. Livson Thomas
Lecturer
M.I.B.E Graduate School for Nurses of NL/
CMAI
Indore