Ministry of Health and Prevention to Hire new Batch of Female Nurse Scholars

The Ministry of Health and Prevention has revealed that it is working with seven nursing trainees who obtained their Bachelor's degrees and completed their four-year researches under the "improving the appearance of nursing as a profession campaign". Also 17 nurses who became part of the Nursing Bridging Program and one more eight from the Master's Program in Nursing will certainly be joining back from their educational leave.

Additionally, the Ministry will certainly provide 45 scholarships to qualified women and male secondary pupils as a whole and sophisticated branches planning to occupy a Bachelor's degree in Nursing. Interested pupils must have a 70 percent average in the advanced area and 75 percent in the basic branch. Along with month-to-month stipends of AED 4,500, the scholars will certainly be appointed to a Ministry-run hospital after graduation.

H.E. Dr. Yousef Al Serkal, Assistant Undersecretary for the Hospitals Sector, said "The Ministry is dedicated towards attaining the national initiative of boosting the attractiveness of the nursing profession, which is just one of the initiatives from the pastoral retreat focused on bring in national human resources at the nationwide level. The Ministry is keen on increasing the number of nursing professionals to improve the quality and performance of healthcare services and fulfill the demands of the health sector in the country."

H.E. added that the MOHAP is urging people to go into the occupation of nursing and join the health market with providing several rewards and advantages that add to reinforcing the health institutions to be energetic and give an essential addition to the country's health industry.

Dr. Sumaya Mohammad Abbas, Director, Ministry of Health and Prevention's Nursing Department, stated: "The Ministry of Health and Prevention seeks to establish the abilities of all citizens that aspire to end up being registered nurses. It looks for to bring in both male and female pupils to the occupation to raise the number of qualified nursing personnel in the country. Among our most important accomplishments thus far is to elevate the passion of male pupils in this particular field. In fact, our program has 5 added male students this year to reach an overall of seven with the Ministry aiming to increase the number even more in addition to their women counterparts."

Dr. Abbas explained that the Ministry additionally provides scholarships to registered nurses operating in the Ministry-run facilities to encourage them to join the Nursing Bridging and Master's Programs as part of their continual training and development, in addition to offering them with the most effective educational chances that will certainly enhance their clinical knowledge based upon evidence-driven practices.

"Around 13 female nursing students, 22 registered nurses in the Nursing Bridging Program, and 8 nurses in the Master's Program are expected to finish next year and will certainly be assigned in numerous Ministry-run healthcare facilities located throughout the country," she ended.

Inning accordance with the Ministry, all candidates must call the MOH Training & Growth Center in Sharjah to submit the needs and promote their registration in select UAE universities, consisting of Sharjah University, the Ras Al Khaimah University, Higher Universities of Technology in Sharjah and Fujairah, and the Fatima University of Health Sciences.

The Ministry of Health and Prevention allocated AED 100 million in 2015 to promote the nursing career and enhance the number of Emiratis in the area in the following five years or until 2020.