THE OBSTACLES THAT THE NURSING PROFESSION IN SAUDI ARABIAMUST OVERCOME
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Similar to many other regions throughout the world, Saudi Arabia is facing difficulties due to a scarcity of nurses. According to a report published by the World Health Organisation in 2004, there are only forty registered nurses for every twelve thousand people living in Saudi Arabia. As of the year 2010, it was discovered that there is a persistent shortage of thirty percent of nurses, which is made worse by the large migration of nurses. Literature from Saudi Arabia establishes a connection between the lack of Saudi nurses and socio-cultural issues that have been discovered to have an impact on the prevalent unfavourable images and the perceived low status of nursing. Community image, disagreements within families, cultural and communal norms, long working hours, interacting with members of the opposite gender, and the fear of not being a "marriageable" prospect were the primary reasons why Saudi females did not select nursing as a career (Miligi& Selim), according to research conducted by Miligi and Selim (2013). According to Al-Dossary et al. (2008), the Saudi Arabian government has dedicated a significant amount of resources to the improvement of health care, with the eventual objective of making healthcare services available to all Saudi nationals and expatriates who are employed in the public sector at no cost and regardless of their location. Saudi Arabia's nursing needs, on the other hand, are far more than the number of Saudi nurses available. According to the Ministry of Health Annual Report from 2010, even though there have been ongoing initiatives to raise the number of Saudi nurses, by the year 2010, expatriate nurses still made up 74% of the overall nursing employment in Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, nursing is a career option that is less desirable for Saudi nationals to pursue in comparison to other professions inside the country. According to Tumulty from 2001, nurse practitioners are confronted with a variety of difficulties. Challenges, the nursing profession, and the related terms
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