Rotem-Picker Orly, Toren Orly
Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem.
Harefuah. 2004 Nov;143(11):799-803, 839, 838.
In the last several years, many countries have experienced a shortage of registered nurses. This phenomenon is expected to escalate in the future. Recent studies have established significant relationships between the proportion of registered nurses and the quality of care, preventing health complications and achieving desired clinical outcomes. Thus, the shortage of nurses has a direct effect on the overall population's health. Israel, like other countries, will experience a nursing shortage in the near future. Many reasons are associated with this problem, some of which are attributed to the policy of the Ministry of Health, which did not invest sufficient resources in maintaining workers in the nursing profession. Furthermore, existing educational programs were closed and insufficient efforts were invested in the development of alternative educational programs. Until recently, new immigrants were a significant source of candidates to become nurses in Israel. Due to the decrease in the number of new immigrants to Israel, the nursing profession may be affected and the positive trend of nursing employment might be hampered. Other reasons for the nursing shortage can be related to the improvement in the economical situation in Israel, the increasing demand for registered nurses due to medical complexity and new sophisticated technologies in hospitals and in the community. This intimidating problem must be resolved immediately including broad creative strategies focusing on both short and long-term solutions.
在过去几年里，许多国家都经历了注册护士短缺的情况。预计这一现象在未来还会加剧。最近的研究已经证实，注册护士的比例与护理质量、预防健康并发症以及实现预期临床结果之间存在着显著关联。因此，护士短缺对总体人口的健康有直接影响。以色列和其他国家一样，在不久的将来也将面临护理短缺问题。造成这个问题的原因有很多，其中一些归因于卫生部的政策，该政策没有投入足够的资源来维持护理行业的从业人员。此外，现有的教育项目被关闭，而在开发替代教育项目方面投入的努力也不足。直到最近，新移民一直是以色列护士候选人的重要来源。由于进入以色列的新移民数量减少，护理行业可能会受到影响，护理就业的积极趋势可能会受到阻碍。护理短缺的其他原因可能与以色列经济状况的改善、医院和社区因医疗复杂性和新的先进技术而对注册护士的需求增加有关。这个棘手的问题必须立即解决，包括制定广泛的创新策略，兼顾短期和长期解决方案。
