SPOTLIGHT ON KPJ’S NURSES: AN EXEMPLARY
NURSING PROFESSION
International Nurses Day is celebrated nationally and globally
on the 12 May, in commemoration of the founder of Modern
Nursing, Florence Nightingale. The theme for the Nurses Day
celebration in 2014 as announced by the International Nursing
Council was “Nurses a Force for Change – A Vital Resource
for Health”. It simply meant that an educated nurse workforce
with good work environment will result in high quality care.
(Figure 5)
Nursing has long been considered a career with boundless
demand. The challenges and changing scope of practices have
an impact to Nursing Leaders and Managers in the healthcare
labour market. The gap between the supply and demand of
health workers, migration and the working life span of nurses;
the importance of workforce planning and the link to patient
safety; nurses’ workload indicators for safe staffing and the
influence of new technology has also changed the way nurses
work in today’s arena.
Figure 5: Spotlight on KPJ’s Nurses
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KPJ Healthcare Berhad annual report
2014
Medical Advisory Committee
(MAC) Report
