Nursing Education, Medical Education Department, Dubai Health Authority, Government of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Int Nurs Rev. 2012 Jun;59(2):194-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2011.00949.x. Epub 2011 Dec 7.
One of the prime concerns of government is the investment in people and resources for the education and health care of its nation. The United Arab Emirates has invested in improving Arab nurse education to reflect the latest emerging standards in international nurse education as part of this ongoing investment: a need to bridge the theory practice divide was identified.
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA), which is the main government healthcare provider in Dubai, granted full scholarship for Arab nationals to enrol in the first baccalaureate nursing degree program offered by a local university in the country.
Since its conception, 56 students have graduated from the program, of which eight graduates have resigned or did not join the nursing workforce. Current new graduates expressed lack of confidence and not feeling work ready to join the workforce; in addition, the nurses in service also voiced the opinion that the new Arab nursing graduates were inadequately prepared for service provision at the time of graduation.
A graduate nurse program to bridge the gap between theory and practice and to ease the transition of new graduate nurses into the nursing workforce was developed by the DHA.
This paper offers a positional discussion on the development of this program in Dubai, its findings, action planning and works in progress to resolve identified issues.
政府最关心的问题之一是为国家的教育和医疗保健投资于人才和资源。阿拉伯联合酋长国一直在投资于改善阿拉伯护士教育，以反映国际护士教育中最新出现的标准，作为这一持续投资的一部分：需要弥合理论与实践之间的差距。
迪拜卫生局（DHA）是迪拜的主要政府医疗机构，为阿拉伯国民提供全额奖学金，让他们入读该国当地大学提供的首个护理学士学位课程。
自成立以来，已有 56 名学生从该课程毕业，其中 8 名毕业生辞职或未加入护理行业。目前的应届毕业生表示缺乏信心，觉得自己还没有准备好加入劳动力市场；此外，在职护士也表示，新毕业的阿拉伯护士在毕业时对提供服务的准备不足。
DHA 制定了一个衔接理论与实践差距并促进新毕业护士过渡到护理劳动力队伍的护士毕业生计划。
本文就迪拜制定该计划的情况、调查结果、行动计划和正在进行的工作进行了讨论，以解决已确定的问题。
