Dr. Abbas Ebadi, Deputy Minister of Nursing of the Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education, referring to some statements about the shortage of nurses in the country, said: The number of nurses per capita in the country is based on three models: nurse to bed ratio, nurse to population ratio and nurse to physician ratio. What has been considered as the main indicator in Iran so far has been the ratio of nurses to beds.
The ratio of professional nurse to bed per bed is 1.8
He stated: According to the Ministry of Health, the ratio of professional nurses to beds per bed is 1.8; Therefore, there is a need to increase the number of people absorbed in the health system.
Dr. Ebadi continued: “One of the criticisms is that so far we have seen the performance of nurses and their service area only in the context of hospitals, while in the university courses and educational programs of this group, in addition to the service area in hospitals, the area Larger areas such as attendance at various levels of prevention and service delivery in the community can also be extended.
The Deputy Minister of Nursing of the Ministry of Health added: “Therefore, if we have an entrepreneurial view and the development of justice in health, we will definitely plan spaces for business and the provision of health services by nurses at the community level.”
He said that the presence of nurses in the field of home care and other social areas such as school nurses, factories and the like can provide more space for the role of these loved ones, he said: in addition to a little expansion of nurse training in programs Their curriculum should be revised or new curricula should be designed based on community-based nurse training or health, which is under consideration, and we hope that its expert work will be completed and available in the next few months.
In the end, Dr. Ebadi stated: In the new period, the development of the role of nursing in society will be one of the main programs of the Ministry of Health to help the health economy and improve health indicators and the role of nurses in social fields.
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