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Kuwait Nursing Status

Fahaid Al Motairi

Nurses play an important role in the disease prevention, the health promotion, and delivering primary and community care. They will be a key to the achievement of universal health coverage. Based on WHO reports there is a global shortage in the health workers especially the nurses and midwives, who represent more than 50% of the current shortage in health workers. The shortage in the nursing field has an effective role not only on quality of care but also on population health outcomes. WHO estimates that the world will need an additional 9 million nurses and midwives by the year 2030.

One of the national health strategy goals in Kuwait is the Workforce planning that aimed to maintain a high standard of patient care through a highly trained, recruit, supported, motivated, and retains that workforce. 32,000 nurses employed in Kuwait only 8.8% are Kuwaiti. Although several campaigns to create awareness about nursing profession but still below than in some of neighboring GCC countries. However, several challenges are faced in Kuwait national nursing that require for an effective strategy plan and actions. However, Kuwait has already started strategical plans to achieve the State Vision (2035) but still it needs other motivations to arrive on time. My presentation will be focused on the current challenges that been faced for Kuwaiti nursing profession, the strengths, the opportunities, and what are the possible solutions and strategic plan.

At the end of the presentations the audience will be able to:

Identify what are the most common challenges in the nursing profession Discuss about the possible solutions to overcome the nursing challenges and to encourage the recruitment of Kuwaiti in the nursing profession. Emphasize the important of strategy plan to overcome the nursing challenges How will this help the audience in their job? Is this research that other faculty could use to expand their research or teaching? Does this provide a practical solution to a problem that could simplify or make a designer’s job more efficient? Will it improve the accuracy of a design, or provide new information to assist in a design problem? List all other benefits.
 

Biography:
Mr. Fahaid Almotairi, MN, Nurse Educator at Kuwait Nursing Institute at Public Authority for Applied Education and Training. Facilitated, presented, and developed different educational activity, symposium, and program. Attended several local, GCC, and international conferences such as ICN.