Wujudkan jururawat di rumah

Oleh ASMA HANIM MAHMOOD
utusankelantan@utusan.com.my

KOTA BHARU 18 Jan. - Konsep penjagaan kejururawatan di rumah atau home care nursing (HCN) perlu dibangunkan kerana boleh menjadi barisan hadapan paling efektif dalam sistem kesihatan sekali gus mengelak bebanan berterusan kepada perkhidmatan hospital.

Pengarah Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Datuk Dr. Zaidun Kamari berkata, biarpun perkhidmatan hospital kerajaan di negara ini sudah mencapai tahap antarabangsa, namun masih ketinggalan dalam pelaksanaan HCN.

Beliau berkata, HCN adalah satu bentuk perkhidmatan luar hospital yang menumpukan kepada rawatan di rumah atau pusat komuniti oleh jururawat berkelayakan yang mampu memberi nasihat dan rawatan awal kepada pesakit tanpa perlu bergantung sepenuhnya kepada perkhidmatan di hospital.

"Perkhidmatan HCN penting bagi membantu pesakit kronik seperti kanser, golongan tua terlantar dan pesakit lain seperti kanak-kanak yang mengalami masalah cerebral palsy dan sebagainya.

"Beban kini banyak ditanggung oleh hospital kerana sistem HCN kita masih belum mantap, bilangan sukarelawan dalam bidang ini masih sedikit dan penglibatan pihak swasta juga terhad.

"Malah jika dibandingkan dengan negara maju, kerjaya sebagai jururawat HCN sudah menjadi satu pengkhususan dengan bilangan mereka mewakili peratus yang signifikan daripada keseluruhan jururawat," katanya selepas merasmikan Persidangan Kebangsaan HCN yang dihadiri lebih 200 peserta dari seluruh negara, di sini hari ini.

Persidangan julung kali anjuran Jabatan Kesihatan negeri, USM dan Pertubuhan St. John Ambulance Malaysia negeri itu bertujuan berkongsi maklumat dan pengalaman selain mendapat input terkini pengendali perkhidmatan HCN dari dalam dan luar negara.

Sementara itu, pengerusi persidangan yang juga pemegang geran Kementerian Pendidikan bagi penyelidikan HCN untuk pesakit kurang berkemampuan, Dr. Kamarul Aryffin Baharuddin berkata, perkembangan HCN di negara seperti Jepun melonjak apabila kerajaan negara itu memperkenal pelbagai akta pada tahun 2000 yang mengawal selia sekali gus menggalak pertumbuhan banyak pusat komuniti HCN.

Beliau berkata, setakat ini terdapat kira-kira 6,000 pusat HCN di Jepun dengan bilangan jururawat sehingga 180,000 manakala di United Kingdom pula sebanyak 2,000 pusat dengan 60,000 jururawat HCN yang melakukan kunjungan berkala ke rumah pesakit.

"Kita boleh dikatakan masih merangkak dalam bidang ini berbanding negara maju yang mempunyai sistem kesihatan yang disokong oleh pembiayaan insurans untuk menampung kos penjagaan dan rawatan.

"Apa yang boleh kita lakukan sekarang adalah menggalakkan lebih ramai penyertaan sukarelawan HCN, namun mereka juga perlu sokongan dari sudut peralatan dan sebagainya.

"Kesedaran tentang pentingnya HCN bukan setakat boleh memberi manfaat kepada pesakit tetapi juga membuka peluang pekerjaan kepada lulusan kejururawatan tempatan yang kini berlambak di pasaran agar tidak tertumpu kepada perkhidmatan di hospital dan klinik sahaja," katanya.

--- UTUSAN MALAYSIA

Cabaran emosi jururawat

MASIH segar lagi di memori penulis tatkala dimasukkan ke salah sebuah hospital swasta dua tahun lalu gara-gara masalah jangkitan paru-paru sehingga disyaki menghidap tibi dan wabak Influenza A (H1N1).

Keadaan tersebut menyebabkan penulis dikuarantin dalam bilik berasingan daripada pesakit lain. Malah, tiada pelawat dibenarkan melawat kerana khuatir berlaku sebarang jangkitan sekali gus menyebabkan penyebaran wabak.

Namun ketika itu, beberapa wanita tanpa rasa takut berulang kali singgah ke wad penulis. 

Mereka mencucuk hidung penulis dengan alat ujian influenza, mengambil darah dan menenangkan penulis yang bimbang apabila batuk tidak juga beransur pulih.

Sanggup mengambil risiko demi menjaga pesakit di hospital, mereka merupakan individu yang memikul tanggungjawab besar menerusi profesion jururawat.

Ya, memang benar mereka dibayar gaji untuk melakukan itu semua, namun risiko dan pengorbanan yang dilakukan terlalu besar untuk ditukar dengan wang.

Sejajar dengan pengorbanan mereka, maka selayaknya jururawat di seluruh dunia diraikan pada hari istimewa iaitu Hari Jururawat Sedunia yang disambut pada tanggal 12 Mei setiap tahun.

Tarikh keramat tersebut turut diisytiharkan sebagai Hari Jururawat Malaysia oleh kerajaan bagi mengiktiraf sumbangan jururawat yang berterusan terhadap sektor penjagaan kesihatan di negara.

Tidak dinafikan bahawa jururawat yang disifatkan sebagai nadi hospital menempuh pelbagai cabaran sepanjang menggalas tanggungjawab menjaga pesakit.

Pelbagai ragam pesakit sudah menjadi rencah dalam perjalanan kerjaya mereka.

Bagi jururawat kanan Lee Soon Chai, 37, yang sudah 13 tahun bertugas di suite bersalin Hospital Pantai Kuala Lumpur (PHKL), hatinya terusik untuk menjadikan jururawat sebagai kerjayanya apabila melihat layanan penuh ikhlas jururawat ketika ayahnya dimasukkan ke hospital.

TATKALA berdepan dengan pesakit jururawat perlu memberi emosi yang positif di sebalik ragam pesakit.

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"Sejak situ, minat dalam bidang ini terus mekar dan saya mengambil keputusan mendalami bidang kejururawatan selepas tamat tingkatan lima. Saya belajar selama tiga tahun di Kolej Kejururawatan Pantai sebelum memulakan perkhidmatan di sini.

"Saya suka jadi bidan kerana dapat melihat bayi dilahirkan setiap hari. Seronok apabila dapat berkongsi kegembiraan dengan ibu-ibu yang bersalin di sini," kata ibu kepada dua orang anak yang berasal dari Raub, Pahang itu.

Selain berkongsi kegembiraan, Soon Chai juga turut merasai kesedihan saat si ibu kehilangan bayi akibat komplikasi kelahiran, namun dia tidak boleh terbawa-bawa dengan kesedihan tersebut kerana emosi si ibu harus dijaga.

Adakalanya, hubungan Soon Chai dengan para ibu tidak terhenti di hospital sahaja kerana keakraban tersebut bertukar menjadi kawan.

"Ada juga ibu membawa anaknya yang sudah besar ke sini dan memperkenalkannya kepada kami.

"Melihat ibu dan bayi pulang dengan sihat adalah satu kegembiraan yang tidak ternilai buat saya," ujarnya yang merupakan salah seorang yang mendapat anugerah jururawat terbaik sempena sambutan Hari Jururawat PHKL baru-baru ini.

Ketika ditebak soalan mengenai pengalaman dimarahi pesakit, Soon Chai memberitahu itu merupakan perkara biasa dalam diari seorang jururawat.

"Tidak perlu terasa hati dengan pesakit, kerana emosi mereka tidak stabil berikutan masalah kesihatan yang dihidapi," katanya sambil tersenyum.

Ikhlas bekerja 

Dalam pada itu, rakannya, Nur Zuriah Azahari, 30, yang bertugas di Unit Rawatan Rapi Neonatal (NICU) PHKL memberitahu, walaupun masanya bersama keluarga terhad, namun, dia sangat gembira menggalas tanggungjawab sebagai jururawat.

Jururawat kanan yang merupakan ibu kepada dua anak itu pernah meraih pengalaman profesion lain, namun akhirnya kerjaya sebagai jururawat begitu serasi dengan jiwa Nur Zuriah.

"Setiap hari, saya tidak sabar untuk pergi bekerja melihat keadaan kesihatan 'anak-anak' saya di hospital.

"Paling menyedihkan apabila bayi pramatang yang dijaga dalam tempoh empat hingga enam bulan meninggal dunia akibat masalah komplikasi kesihatan," katanya yang berasal dari Durian Tunggal, Melaka.

PHKL beroperasi di Bangsar sejak tahun 1974 dengan kemudahan 320 katil untuk pesakitnya.

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Tambahnya, walaupun bertugas di NICU, tugasnya tidak hanya bertumpu pada penjagaan bayi semata-mata, tetapi turut berdepan dengan ibu bapa bayi tersebut.

"Bagi anak muda di luar sana yang mahu menjadikan jururawat sebagai karier, pastikan anda benar-benar ikhlas untuk menggalas tanggungjawab sebagai jururawat.

"Pekerjaan ini sangat mulia kerana ia dapat membantu orang tidak kira usia dan latar belakang," ujarnya sambil memberitahu seseorang jururawat itu perlu mempunyai persediaan mental dan fizikal yang kuat. 

Formula 10 untuk 10

Sama ada anda sedar atau tidak, jururawat meluangkan 70 hingga 80 peratus masanya berinteraksi dengan para pesakit jika dibandingkan dengan masa pesakit bersama doktor atau ahli keluarga masing-masing.

Ini menunjukkan mereka merupakan golongan yang paling rapat dengan pesakit sepanjang berada di hospital.

Maka, tidak hairanlah jika golongan jururawat ini diberikan penghargaan sepatutnya setanding dengan bakti yang dicurahkan.

Pada sambutan Hari Jururawat PHKL baru-baru ini, Soon Chai, Nur Zuriah dan Low Sing Joe dari Institut Kanser Pantai diiktiraf sebagai jururawat terbaik hospital berkenaan.

Pengerusi Pantai Holding Berhad, Khairil Anuar Abdullah menyifatkan sambutan Hari Jururawat pada tahun ini sangat istimewa buat warga jururawat PHKL kerana mereka tampil menyahut cabaran bagi meningkatkan standard perkhidmatan.

"Standard tersebut dapat dipertingkatkan dengan menerapkan formula 10 untuk 10.

"Tugas jururawat sangat mulia kerana selaku jururawat, mereka melakukan sesuatu yang orang lain tidak mampu lakukan," katanya pada majlis sambutan Hari Jururawat di PHKL.

DARI kiri: Nur Zuriah, Soon Chai dan Sing Joe diberikan anugerah sebagai Jururawat Terbaik PHKL 2013.

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Dalam pada itu, Ketua Jururawat PHKL, Datin Punithavathy Navaratnam memberitahu, formula 10 untuk 10 boleh dijadikan pemangkin meningkatkan perkhidmatan bukan sahaja di PHKL, bahkan bagi bidang kejururawatan dan industri penjagaan kesihatan secara keseluruhan.

"Formula tersebut harus dipraktikkan bagi menguatkan kepercayaan orang ramai terhadap perkhidmatan kesihatan di negara ini, secara tidak langsung meningkatkan kepercayaan terhadap kebolehan para jururawat," ujarnya.

Antara intipati formula tersebut adalah menganggap pesakit sebagai sahabat, melawan kemarahan dengan belas kasihan, ingatkan diri mengenai tugas jururawat yang mulia, sentiasa memberikan senyuman, mempunyai sifat empati dan sebagainya.

--- KOSMO

Menghargai kerjaya jururawat

Wartawan Sinar Harian

4 Jun 2013

   

Ketika pelancaran Hari Jururawat 2013.

Ada sesetengah orang menganggap bahawa profesion sebagai jururawat ibarat ‘pembantu rumah’ yang menguruskan segala keperluan pesakit selain memastikan segala-galanya terjaga rapi.

Bahkan tidak semua orang mampu melaksanakan tugas seperti mana dilakukan oleh jururawat. Kerana itu juga, memilih untuk menjadi seorang jururawat bukanlah cita-cita yang diimpikan oleh semua orang.

Tidak dinafikan, kerjaya sebagai jururawat memerlukan pengorbanan tinggi selain kesabaran menghadapi pelbagai ragam serta kerenah pesakit dan itu adalah antara cabaran yang perlu ditangani.

Ketua Pegawai Kejururawatan KPJ Selangor Specialist Hospital (KPJ Selangor), Nor’aini Sha’arani, 55, berkata kerjaya sebagai seorang jururawat sebenarnya satu pekerjaan mulia dan perlu disanjung tinggi oleh setiap lapisan masyarakat.

“Kerjaya ini bukanlah mudah kerana jururawat adalah orang pertama yang menemui pesakit apabila datang ke klinik atau hospital.

“Mereka sebenarnya boleh diibaratkan orang kedua penting selepas doktor,” katanya pada Citra selepas perasmian sambutan Hari Jururawat 2013 peringkat hospital, di Shah Alam, baru-baru ini.

Beliau berkata, bagaimanapun sesusah-susahnya tugas seseorang jururawat itu ia adalah kerjaya mereka dengan matlamat mencurah khidmat kepada masyarakat.

“Macam mana susah sekalipun tugas itu, mereka perlu melaksanakannya demi memberikan khidmat terbaik kepada pesakit.

“Lagipun, bukan semua orang mempunyai tahap kesabaran luar biasa sebagaimana dimiliki seorang jururawat,” katanya.

Tambahnya lagi, bukan semua orang mampu mempamerkan wajah dan kata- kata yang sentiasa menjanjikan masa depan kepada pesakit, biar seteruk mana pun penyakit mereka.

Rapatkan jurang

Dalam pada itu, katanya, jururawat mestilah bersikap positif untuk merapatkan lagi jurang antara pesakit dengan pegawai perubatan agar pesakit tidak menaruh perasaan takut apabila berhadapan dengan doktor atau jururawat.

“Apabila jururawat berkhidmat dengan mesra dan sentiasa melempar senyuman, pesakit akan berasa selesa dan sebahagian daripada kesakitan dialami akan hilang,” katanya.

Beliau berpendapat, apabila jururawat mengamalkan budaya dan nilai kerja yang baik, suasana bekerja akan berubah.

“Bekerja secara berpasukan, memberi komitmen tinggi dan sentiasa bekerjasama adalah kunci kejayaan,” tegasnya.

Jelasnya,  setiap jururawat perlu meningkatkan kemahiran berhubung  dengan pesakit supaya mudah untuk berkomunikasi dan memahami kehendak pesakit.

“Saya selalu menasihatkan kepada jururawat agar selalu ‘dekat’ dengan pesakit. Cuba bercakap dengan pesakit. Tanya khabar mereka.

“Walaupun mereka (pesakit) sakit tetapi apabila jururawat cuba untuk menunjukkan sikap ambil berat seperti bertanya ‘Apa Khabar’, ‘Dah makan ke belum’ atau ‘Rasa sihat hari ini’ , itu pun sudah cukup memadai dan membuat mereka rasa dihargai,” jelasnya.

Terangnya lagi, berdasarkan kepada pengalamannya selama lebih 30 tahun dalam bidang kejururawatan, beliau percaya bahawa sekiranya seseorang pesakit itu tahu atau kenal nama jururawat itu, ia menandakan pesakit terbabit yakin dan percaya terhadap jururawat tersebut.

“Cara terbaik melayan pesakit adalah dengan menganggap pesakit sebagai ahli keluarga sendiri,” katanya.

Minat jadi jururawat

Nor’aini bercerita bahawa penglibatannya dalam ‘dunia’ kejururawatan adalah secara tidak sengaja apabila berasakan diri perlu ada kemahiran dalam ‘menjaga’ dan merawat.

“Pada mulanya, niat saya bukanlah hendak menjadi jururawat tetapi pekerjaan yang memerlukan lebih pengembaraan seperti Pegawai Kastam atau Pramugari.

“Tetapi niat tersebut berubah, apabila melibatkan pemergian kedua ibu bapa saya dalam usia muda,” jelasnya.

Kata anak ketiga dari lima beradik ini lagi, beliau cuba untuk membina, menanam dan memupuk minat untuk menjadi jururawat dan sehingga kini, beliau tidak pernah menyesal memilih pekerjaan ini.

Menurutnya, beliau berkhidmat di Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital pada 1995 selama beberapa tahun sebelum berpindah ke Arab Saudi dan bekerja di enam buah hospital di sana.

“Pada 2003, saya menyertai semula KPJ Healthcare Berhad dan memulakan perkhidmatan di KPJ Selangor, kemudian ke Sentosa Medical Centre dan balik semula ke KPJ Selangor pada 2011.

“Jadi jururawat juga boleh mengembara. Bezanya, saya mengembara dari satu hospital ke hospital lain.” selorohnya.

Tambahnya lagi, beliau gembira dan puas apabila dapat melakukan apa yang diminatinya.

“Jika sudah memilih pekerjaan ini, maka lakukannya dengan cara yang paling terbaik sekali. Lakukan lebih daripada yang diminta dan jadikan hospital sebagai rumah kedua,” jelasnya.
Katanya lagi, kerjaya jururawat bukanlah satu profesion yang boleh di ‘tangkap muat’.

“Terdapat perbezaan di antara jururawat sekarang dan dahulu. Jika dahulu, kebanyakannya adalah minat dengan kerjaya ini tapi sekarang ramai yang memilih pekerjaan ini sekadar memenuhi kerjaya yang ada,” kesalnya.

Selain itu, KPJ Selangor turut meraikan lebih 300 kakitangan jururawatnya dengan pelbagai aktiviti sepanjang Mei ini sempena sambutan Hari Jururawat 2013.

--- SINAR HARIAN

Lebih 1,000 graduan kejururawatan akan dilantik berkhidmat dengan kerajaan

2012/10/30

KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Kesihatan akan membuat pengambilan baru seramai 1,681 orang graduan lepasan diploma kejururawatan untuk berkhidmat di Kementerian Kesihatan pada Disember ini.

Proses temuduga akan dilaksanakan pada 10 hingga 12 November di 85 pusat temuduga di seluruh negara, kata menterinya, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

Liow dalam kenyataan hari ini berkata, kerajaan bersetuju untuk mengatasi masalah pengangguran graduan lepasan diploma dengan menambah bilangan jawatan bagi jururawat di kementerian.

Beliau berkata, pada masa yang sama kementerian itu juga, dengan kerjasama Unit Perancang Ekonomi, akan melaksanakan Skim Latihan 1Malaysia (SL1M) khusus bagi graduan lepasan diploma kejururawatan yang masih menganggur.

Program SL1M Graduan Kejururawatan ini adalah satu daripada usaha kerajaan untuk memperkasa graduan dengan kemahiran dan pengalaman klinikan yang boleh meningkatkan kebolehan mereka untuk memperoleh pekerjaan sebagai jururawat.

Liow juga berkata, program SL1M ini akan membabitkan kerjasama sektor swasta iaitu hospital dan klinik swasta melalui tanggungjawab sosial korporat (CSR).

"Graduan yang terpilih bagi mengikuti program ini akan ditempatkan di hospital atau klinik swasta yang berdaftar bagi tempoh sekurang-kurangnya satu tahun untuk meningkatkan serta memantapkan kemahiran dan pengalaman klinikan para graduan," katanya.

Beliau berkata, graduan juga akan didedahkan dengan kemahiran insaniah atau 'soft skills' menerusi program latihan dalaman yang dilaksanakan oleh hospital atau klinik swasta yang berkaitan.

Bagi graduan yang tamat mengikuti program SL1M ini boleh terus diambil berkhidmat oleh hospital atau klinik swasta berkenaan ataupun memohon untuk berkhidmat di hospital atau klinik swasta yang lain.

Menurut Liow, program itu akan dilancarkan pada pertengahan Disember juga.

"Kementerian berharap program ini akan menarik minat hospital atau klinik swasta sebagai satu daripada CSR dan pada masa yang sama setiap hospital atau klinik swasta yang mengikuti program ini akan mendapat Insentif Potongan Cukai Berganda," katanya.

- BERNAMA

Pembantu kesihatan, jururawat di UMS-KAL

ARKIB : 26/09/2012

Ismail Ali (empat dari kiri) menyampaikan cenderamata kepada Dr. Zaini Hussin (empat dari kanan) pada kunjungan hormat UMS-KAL ke Hospital Labuan, baru-baru ini. 

LABUAN 25 Sept. - Jabatan Kesihatan Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan bersedia menempatkan seorang pembantu kesihatan dan jururawat bagi memastikan tahap perkhidmatan kesihatan mahasiswa di Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kampus Antarabangsa Labuan (UMS-KAL) lebih terjamin.

Pengarahnya, Dr. Zaini Hussin berkata, pihaknya akan mendapatkan pandangan Kementerian Kesihatan dan mengadakan perbincangan dengan pegawai kanan Jabatan Kesihatan Labuan sebelum hasrat murni itu dapat direalisasikan.

Katanya, penempatan kakitangan Kementerian Kesihatan di kampus tersebut perlu dibincangkan terlebih dahulu kerana ia melibatkan polisi kementerian.

Menurutnya, cadangan menempatkan seorang pembantu kesihatan dan jururawat di universiti itu adalah selepas waktu pejabat antara pukul 6 petang sehingga 10 malam bagi memberi perkhidmatan kepada kira-kira 2,000 mahasiswa dan 300 kakitangan serta pensyarah UMS-KAL.

"Pihak kami bersedia membincangkan cadangan pihak pengurusan UMS-KAL itu bagi membantu merawat warga kampus terutama mahasiswa selepas waktu pejabat," katanya di sini baru-baru ini.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika menerima kunjungan hormat Pengarah UMS-KAL, Prof. Madya Dr. Ismail Ali dan rombongan ke Hospital Labuan.

Hadir sama, Pegawai Perubatan, Dr. Adam Firdaus Dahlan; Penolong Pendaftar Kanan Pentadbiran UMS-KAL, Musnin Mattersah dan Penolong Pendaftar Kanan Bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar UMS-KAL, Norhanizah Adnan.

Mengulas lanjut, Zaini berkata, Jabatan Kesihatan Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan juga mencadangkan sebuah klinik bergerak sebagai cadangan tambahan sekiranya kakitangan tersebut tidak dapat ditempatkan di kampus berkenaan.

Jelasnya, cadangan sebuah klinik bergerak merupakan alternatif terbaik jabatan itu bagi memastikan kebajikan warga kampus dapat dijaga.

Sementara itu, Ismail berkata, penempatan kakitangan yang bertauliah daripada Jabatan Kesihatan akan dapat membantu meringankan beban mahasiswa yang ditimpa penyakit.

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Pengorbanan ikhlas jururawat wajar diberi pengiktirafan setimpal

Oleh Irfan Mohamad
2010/05/21

KERJAYA jururawat sering dilepas pandang bermula daripada ingin memilih bidang pengajian, mahupun pemberian pengiktirafan. Mereka jarang bersuara di media apatah lagi menjadi wakil pertubuhan atau jurucakap persatuan. Mereka diingati sekali setahun pada tanggal 12 Mei dengan sambutan sederhana, namun semua itu tidak pernah mematikan semangat mereka untuk turut menyumbangkan kepada keutuhan institusi kesihatan negara.

Setakat ini, ada 90 kolej kejururawatan di seluruh negara dan 17 daripadanya milik kerajaan.

Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, berkata kolej kejururawatan itu mampu melahirkan 8,000 jururawat bertauliah setahun. Setakat ini, ada 80,000 jururawat di seluruh negara. Daripada jumlah itu, 75 peratus berkhidmat dengan kerajaan.

Menjelang 2015, kerajaan menyasarkan nisbah jururawat kepada pesakit ialah 1:200 berbanding sekarang 1:329.

Sesungguhnya, tidak dinafikan pengorbanan besar yang ditunjukkan insan mulia ini. Walau bebanan kerja yang sememangnya berat dan bertambah berlipat kali ganda apabila adanya wabak seperti denggi dan Influenza A (H1N1), mahupun musibah setempat seperti banjir dan tanah runtuh, mereka tetap bersama kakitangan perawat lain dalam menjayakan misi Kementerian Kesihatan untuk meletakkan kesihatan rakyat di tempat teratas.

Kelibat mereka sentiasa ada di mana-mana saja lokasi berkaitan kesihatan - di hospital rujukan, hospital daerah, klinik gigi, Klinik 1Malaysia, kem khidmat kesihatan, pameran dan klinik bergerak. Mereka menjadi penenang kepada ibu mengandung yang gelisah, anak kecil yang takut diperiksa gigi, orang tua yang murung kesedihan atau pesakit yang datang tanpa teman.

Merekalah yang menyuapkan makan dan ubat pesakit tidak berupaya, memandikan mereka yang belum boleh menguruskan diri, menggosok gigi pesakit tidak sedar, bahkan menyucikan kumuhan dilakukan tanpa sedikitpun keluhan. Di manakah lagi profesion yang boleh kita cari ganti, serupa dengannya?

Setiap jururawat keluar rumah menuju ke tempat kerja kebanyakannya secara syif, menyebabkan ada kalanya mereka pulang malam jika tidak ‘bermalam’ di hospital dalam keadaan mata yang celik cekal menjalankan tugas. Namun, semua itu diharungi dengan penuh iltizam dan semangat bahawa tugas mulia ini pasti mempunyai ganjaran besar suatu hari nanti.

Dalam mereka mengharungi segala getir, jarang sekali kita mendengar mereka melakukan kesalahan, baik berbentuk disiplin mahupun etika. Walhal, berbanding perkhidmatan barisan hadapan seperti di kaunter, mereka sememangnya cenderung mempamerkan aksi reaktif akibat provokasi yang kita tahu berpunca daripada pelbagai jenis perangai manusia yang datang ke hospital.

Namun, semua itu mampu diserap dengan senyap. Kerja berjalan seperti biasa penuh profesionalisme.

Sebagai seorang paling banyak masa dihabiskan bersama pesakit, jururawat dilihat mampu menjayakan misi sebuah hospital, mahupun misi perawatan pesakit secara lebih holistik. Misalnya, jika hospital ingin diiktiraf sebagai hospital rakan bayi yang menerapkan sepenuhnya penyusuan susu ibu, maka jururawat paling banyak memberi input dan tunjuk ajar kaedahnya kepada pesakit selain prasarana dan infrastruktur yang disediakan pihak hospital.

Jika hospital ingin menjadi mesra ibadat, maka jururawat juga menjadi pengingat kepada pesakit, menghulurkan kemudahan di wad, mahupun mendapatkan bahan bacaan bagi tujuan pendidikan dan panduan beribadah.

Tugas perawatan banyak dilaksanakan jururawat. Pakar atau pegawai perubatan sememangnya menentukan apa harus dilakukan, tetapi pelaksanaan dan pemantauannya dilakukan oleh mereka yang sentiasa bersama pesakit. Tiada satu arahan doktor pun akan terlepas pandang atau tertinggal untuk dilaksanakan kerana dari satu syif ke syif lain, jururawat akan pastikan pemindahan maklumat itu dilakukan secara tepat, jelas dan jitu kepada rakan setugas. Sebelum mereka pulang setiap hari, itulah akan mereka lakukan tanpa jemu.

Jarang sekali kita mendengar golongan ini meminta kenaikan gaji atau imbuhan, walaupun saban tahun silih berganti pengumuman menggembirakan yang dibuat memberikan senyuman kepada penjawat sektor awam. Tidak pernah diadakan protes jauh sekali menghantar memorandum atau tunjuk perasaan kerana mereka tahu imbuhan besar sedia menanti bagi mereka yang ikhlas bekerja membantu pesakit.

Sewajarnya bidang kejururawatan di Malaysia perlu diangkasakan bukan saja dari segi namanya, bahkan pengiktirafan lain selaras pengorbanan mereka.

Pulau Pandan jauh ke tepi,
Gunung Daik bercabang dua,
Jururawat penerus terapi berkualiti,
Pesakit yang perit menjadi lega.

--- BERITA HARIAN

Nursing: A Calling to Help Other People

By Jane M Andrews

Being a nurse is not a joke; in fact their job is very stressful that some of them do not have the energy to do the things they used to do. Being a nurse is more of a vocation than a money-making career. Their duty is to make sure that the patients are well taken care of but some of these nurses would even extend their work by making sure that the relatives of the patients feel that they are not alone and that the nurses are always there to make sure that their loved ones will feel better and if possible help their patients go back to their normal lives.

But despite the heavy responsibilities of being a nurse, why is it that there are still many people who want to be a nurse? One of the many reasons why many people are switching careers to being a nurse is because of the fact that the pay is big time and the benefits are endless. If you are one of the many people who want to help take care of the sick and be well taken care of by the company you worked for, you should consider being a nurse since many of these nurses are receiving big amount of money as a compensation as well as big time health benefits. It is true that being a nurse means giving more of your time, patience and your heart to your patients on the other hand you get more perks and health benefits than any other career in the country.

There are companies that offer their nurses paid time off so you, as a nurse, can enjoy vacationing in Boracay or Bahamas any time of the year! Imagine being able to take a paid vacation for almost 100 hours and that's excluding the sick leave. Another benefits any nurse can get is an impressive off-shift differential or holiday incentives. This is usually given to nurses who opt to work during the evenings or even during the holidays. Many people would decide to work during special holidays like Christmas or Independence Day simply because they know that they will be given a hearty incentive for that. There are still many monetary benefits any nurse can receive including on call pay as well as weekend shift incentives. Aside from that nurses are also entitled to great health care benefits that usually cover dental care, life insurance vision as well as prescription coverage that would cater to any nurses' healthcare needs. This simply means that even minor health expense like prescription drugs will be taken care of by the company that you worked and most importantly you have a life insurance.

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Jururawat Islam sedia berbakti (Utusan Malaysia Online)

Oleh Zulkiflee Bakar

ISHAK Yeop Hamzah bertanya sesuatu kepada sebahagian jururawat yang mengikuti Program Orientasi Tugas Kejururawatan di Yala, baru-baru ini.

KOMITMEN Malaysia dalam membantu kerajaan Thailand bagi membawa keamanan di tiga wilayah di selatan negara itu yang majoritinya terdiri daripada penduduk Islam sememangnya tidak dapat dinafikan lagi.

Apatah lagi, di dalam Islam sendiri, kita digalakkan membantu sesama Muslim dengan apa cara sekali pun. Begitu juga Malaysia, kerajaan negara ini tidak mahu hanya menjadi pemerhati kepada pergolakan yang berlaku di Narathiwat, Yala dan Pattani.

Atas sebab itulah, Malaysia bersedia menubuhkan Task Force 2010 (Malaysia) yang bekerjasama dengan Task Force 960 Thailand bagi merangka pelbagai program yang bertujuan membantu penduduk Islam di tiga wilayah yang bergolak berkenaan.

Sejak kewujudannya, Task Force 2010 (Malaysia) yang dipimpin oleh Ketua Pengarahnya, Leftenan Jeneral Datuk Wan Abu Bakar Omar telah mengatur pelbagai program terutamanya dalam soal memberi kemahiran kepada belia selatan Thailand dalam pelbagai bidang termasuklah kejururawatan, komputer dan elektrik.

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Usaha Task Force 2010 (Malaysia) itu bertujuan bagi memastikan, selatan Thailand akan mampu mempunyai golongan generasi belia yang berupaya untuk membantu masyarakat sendiri dan sekali gus mengelakkan mereka daripada terjebak dalam sebarang kegiatan yang tidak sihat.

Ia kerana sudah menjadi lumrah dalam sesuatu konflik, apatah lagi melibatkan gerakan puak pemisah, generasi muda pasti menjadi sasaran untuk dipengaruhi bagi meneruskan perjuangan songsang berkenaan.

Justeru tumpuan harus diberikan kepada golongan belia supaya mereka mempunyai kemahiran yang mampu membantu mereka meneruskan kehidupan di tanah air sendiri dengan melakukan pekerjaan bersesuaian.

Pada 2 Disember lalu, Task Force 2010 (Malaysia) dengan kerjasama Task Force 960 terus mengorak langkah bagi memberikan pendedahan kepada belia dari selatan Thailand yang pernah mengikuti kursus kejururawatan di negara ini.

Kali ini, seramai 40 orang daripada mereka mengikuti Program Orientasi Tugas Kejururawatan di Kolej Kejururawatan Boromrajchoni Southern Region Thailand di Yala selama sebulan.

Program itu bertujuan memberi penekanan terhadap kerja-kerja praktikal sebagai jururawat seperti yang sedang digunapakai dan diperakui oleh Kementerian Kesihatan Thailand.

Kesemua mereka sebelum ini telah mengikuti Program Latihan Pembantu Jururawat selama setahun di Universiti Kuala Lumpur - Royal of Medicine Perak (UniKL-RCMP). Ia dianjurkan oleh kedua-dua task force berkenaan.

Melalui pendedahan selama sebulan di Yala itu, ia sudah pasti akan memberikan ilmu yang bermanfaat dalam usaha memastikan mereka menjadi jururawat yang berkebolehan.

Selepas mengikuti program orientasi itu, mereka akan meneruskan khidmat masing-masing sebagai pembantu jururawat terlatih di Hospital dan klinik kerajaan sekitar Yala, Patani dan Narathiwat.

Penghargaan

Atas sebab itulah, tiada apa yang mampu mereka lafazkan selain mengucapkan penghargaan dan terima kasih kepada kerajaan Malaysia kerana sebelum ini telah memberikan peluang untuk mengikuti program latihan di negara ini.

‘‘Segala jasa yang dilakukan oleh Malaysia melalui Task Force 2010 (Malaysia) akan kami kenang sehingga akhir hayat,’’ kata Suraya Samah dari Yala.

Suraya berkata, walaupun jururawat bukanlah menjadi cita-cita utamanya tetapi sejak mengikuti kursus dalam bidang itu, beliau mula tertarik dengan kerjaya berkenaan.

‘‘Saya akan berusaha untuk memberikan perkhidmatan terbaik kepada masyarakat di kawasan saya,’’ katanya.

Rakannya, Suhaida Awai dari Narathiwat pula berkata, kesungguhan kerajaan Malaysia melalui Task Force 2010 (Malaysia) yang terus merancang pelbagai program bagi meningkatkan kemahiran mereka adalah sesuatu yang menyentuh perasaan.

Katanya, keadaan itu membuktikan bahawa Malaysia sebagai sebuah negara Islam sentiasa berusaha membantu saudara sesama agama di negara lain.

‘‘Ilmu yang diperolehi tidak akan kami sia-siakan. Sebaliknya ia akan dicurahkan sepenuhnya bagi berbakti kepada penduduk,’’ katanya.

Suhaida berharap, selepas ini program latihan kejururawatan seumpama itu akan diteruskan bagi memberi peluang kepada belia lain pula di selatan Thailand mengikutinya.

‘‘Saya percaya ramai yang ingin menyertai kursus ini kerana ia akan mampu membantu kami mendapat pekerjaan,’’ katanya.

Hasmah Sama daripada Pattani pula berkata, beliau berterima kasih dengan keprihatinan Malaysia dalam melaksanakan kursus jururawat tersebut.

Apa yang menarik, biarpun kebanyakan daripada mereka berkelulusan sekolah agama, tetapi sepanjang mengikuti program latihan berkenaan, mereka berupaya menunjukkan kemampuan yang memberangsangkan dan mampu menjadi jururawat Islam yang cemerlang.

Berucap di majlis penyampaian sijil selepas program orientasi tersebut, Pengarah Operasi Task Force 2010 (Malaysia), Brigedier Jeneral Datuk Ishak Yeop Hamzah berkata, melalui program itu adalah diharapkan ia akan memahirkan lagi kemampuan jururawat-jururawat yang terlibat.

Katanya, dengan kemampuan itu ia sudah tentulah mampu memberikan mereka manfaat untuk menabur bakti di tanah air sendiri terutama di Yala, Pattani dan Narawathiwat

‘‘Tanamkanlah keazaman pada diri masing-masing untuk memberi perkhidmatan terbaik kepada masyarakat,’’ katanya.

Ishak berkata, masyarakat di ketiga-tiga wilayah berkenaan sudah pasti akan berasa bangga jika jururawat-jururawat terlibat mampu menunjukkan komitmen yang tinggi dalam melaksanakan tanggungjawab yang diberikan.

‘‘Sebab itulah, mereka perlu berjanji bahawa kelayakan dan pengalaman yang sedia ada dengan diri masing-masing akan digunakan sepenuhnya untuk berbakti kepada masyarakat di selatan Thailand.

‘‘Mereka harus sedar bahawa tugas jururawat adalah amat dihormati dan sentiasa dipandang mulia,’’ katanya.

Sememangnya hanya melalui perkhidmatan yang terbaik sahaja, ia sudah pasti mampu membantu mereka untuk mencatatkan kejayaan lebih cemerlang di masa-masa akan datang.

Apa yang lebih penting dengan memberikan pendedahan kepada belia di selatan Thailand mengikuti program seumpama ini, ia akan sedikit sebanyak membantu membawa keamanan di wilayah yang bergolak tersebut.

Di samping itu juga, adalah menjadi harapan agar program ini akan dapat membantu usaha-usaha membawa keamanan ke selatan Thailand.

Apa pun rumusannya, program orientasi yang diadakan itu sekali lagi membuktikan bahawa Malaysia sememangnya ikhlas dalam membantu Thailand memulihkan keadaan di selatan negara itu.

Dan bukti keikhlasan Malaysia akan lebih nyata, apabila Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak melawat Narathiwat pada Rabu ini.

Semoga lawatan itu akan memperkukuhkan lagi kerjasama antara kedua-dua negara bagi memastikan cahaya keamanan kembali bersinar di bumi selatan Thailand.

Nurses calling for safer staffing (BBC News)

More than half of nurses surveyed said they did not have enough time

Four out of 10 nurses say staff shortages compromise patient care at least once a week, according to the Royal College of Nurses.

An RCN manifesto to all the political parties says NHS employers must assure themselves they have safe staff levels.

The RCN, whose survey covers the views of 9,000 nurses, is warning against job cuts due to possible reduced funding.

NHS trusts said managers were increasingly examining their workforces to best use the skills of their staff.

'Heavy workload'

THE RCN MANIFESTO Stand up for staff who speak out Safer staffing levels Give nurses time to train Regulate the drinks industry Improve care for long-term conditions Current levels of health spending should be maintained

The RCN has issued its 2009 Employment Survey which covers the views of 9,000 nurses.

It shows that more than half (55%) say they are too busy to provide the level of care they would like.

Almost two thirds (67%) consider their workload is too heavy.

And nurses say they are looking after more patients on the wards.

Dr Peter Carter, head of the RCN, said staff were concerned that they were delivering the basics but were unable to provide the full range of quality care they would like.

He said: "Nurses and healthcare assistants feel up against it, worn down and exhausted by the pressure to make efficiencies and frustrated by being prevented from delivering the quality of care they want to be providing."

'Shortfall'

The RCN are also warning of a shortfall in the number of nurses in coming years.

The RCN's Labour Market Review said about 200,000 nurses are expected to retire in the next 10 years, there will be fewer newly qualified nurses and fewer nurses moving to the UK because of restrictions on migration.

The RCN says the impact of growing retirements from the profession will be felt first in the community sector where most of the nurses tend to be older.

Dr Carter said: "The nursing workforce has grown in recent years but only just enough to keep up with rising demands on healthcare.

"We expect the next few years will be the most challenging for staff levels in decades.

"There is considerable pressure to focus on short-term funding constraints and cut staff numbers without taking patient needs into consideration.

"Policy makers must look at the workforce in conjunction with their ability to deliver high quality and safe care."

Karen Charman, head of employment services at NHS Employers which represents trusts in England, said NHS organisations certainly needed to have a clear method of working out safe staffing levels in order that patient care was not harmed.

"There are a number of different ways of achieving this and we believe that this should be determined at local level," she said.

"Advice from professional bodies is extremely important to help trusts ensure that clinical standards and staffing levels are right to ensure the safety of patients.

"However, fixed staffing ratios do not provide the flexibility to meet differing local circumstances and care settings

"Employers are increasingly examining the different roles within their workforce to best use the skills of their staff."

Kannika Damrong pelajar terbaik Kolej Kejururawatan Melaka (Utusan Malaysia Online)

ARKIB : 28/10/2009

SEBAHAGIAN graduan Majlis Konvokesyen Kolej Kejururawatan Melaka Ke-8 di Melaka, semalam. - utusan/Gaie Uchel

MELAKA 27 Okt. - Mengharungi hidup tanpa bapa tersayang, tidak mematahkan semangat Kannika Damrong Pradid, 25, untuk menerima Anugerah Graduan Akademik dan Kurikulum Terbaik pada Konvokesyen Kolej Kejururawatan Melaka Ke-8 hari ini.

Beliau antara 75 pelajar kolej berkenaan yang menerima Diploma Kejururawatan pra asas daripada kumpulan Julai 2006.

Buat Kannika Damrong, dia tidak menyangka berkat kesungguhannya selama beberapa tahun membuahkan hasil apabila berjaya meraih anugerah tersebut.

''Bagi saya, seseorang pelajar atau pelatih jururawat itu harus bijak mengatur masa dan aktiviti riadah memastikan semuanya berjalan dengan teratur," katanya yang berasal dari Kelantan.

Pada majlis itu, keseluruhan seramai 223 pelajar termasuk 148 menerima sijil dan selebihnya diploma masing-masing.

Majlis tersebut telah disempurnakan oleh Pengarah Kesihatan negeri, Datuk Dr. Azmi Hashim.

Kannika Damrong yang memperoleh keputusan 3.45 purata nilai gred keseluruhan (CGPA) berkata, dia menggunakan masa sepenuhnya ketika berada di dalam kuliah.

''Saya hadiahkan kejayaan ini kepada ibu saya yang sentiasa memberi pendorong kepada saya untuk menerima anugerah ini," katanya.

Sementara itu, bagi Rabiatul Adawiah Abu Bakar, 22, yang menerima Anugerah Graduan Cemerlang Akademik melahirkan rasa gembira atas kejayaan tersebut.

Katanya lagi, dia mengamalkan belajar secara berkumpulan bagi memastikan keputusan praktikal dan akademik mencapai keputusan yang baik.

''Saya mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih kepada kedua ibu bapa serta tenaga pengajar yang tidak pernah putus memberi sokongan dan mendorong sehingga saya mencapai kejayaan ini," katanya.

Pada majlis tersebut juga sepasang suami isteri, Zulkarnain Mohd. Iskandar, 32, dan Rozita Rashid, 28, masing- masing menerima sijil kursus Pos Basik Kebidanan dan Perawatan Ortopedik.

Pasangan itu menyifatkan kejayaan ini merupakan berkat usaha gigih mereka.

''Setiap masalah yang timbul kami galas sebagai cabaran kerana semua itu mengajar kami untuk jadi yang terbaik sepanjang mengikuti kursus selama enam bulan ini.

''Saya dan isteri harus bijak mengawal emosi ketika berhadapan dengan anak dan kerjaya serta menjalankan latihan kursus yang telah ditetapkan.

''Malah, ada satu ketika, kami terpaksa bersengkang mata untuk mengulang kaji di musim peperiksaan kerana pada waktu siang, komitmen terhadap kerjaya dan anak-anak harus diberikan terlebih dahulu," katanya yang mempunyai dua cahaya mata berusia dua dan empat tahun.

Do Nursing Career Opportunities Still Exist?

By Matt Murren

Nursing is one of the fastest growing in most in demand skill sets in the health care market today. With the increase in retirees over the next 5-10 years, nursing will continue to grow. The demand should outstrip the supply for years to come. This means lots of nursing career opportunities for you. If you are not sure what opportunities exist in nursing, we will cover those in this article.

Is currently estimated at their over 100,000 vacant nursing positions at the moment. Over the next 10 to 20 years experts expect this number to increase well over 100,000 as baby boomers swing in the full retirement and require more hands-on care. Does this mean for you? Big opportunities ahead…

One of the largest advantages of considering a nursing career is the pay. Nurses make anywhere from $45,000 to $65,000 per year. I’d say that’s a great opportunity. In addition, most nurses typically receive a signing bonus and excellent benefits.

The opportunities to continue to expand as traveling nurses as well as home health care options become greater and greater. The most common settings for nurses are still Hospital’s, Physician offices, and outpatient care facilities.

Before you can jump in and take advantage of all the benefits you must decide what field in nursing you want to pursue. Here are some of the entry level requirements after high school to become a nurse.

· Associates Degree in Nursing: The Associates Nursing Degree is offered at junior and community colleges. This is a 2 to 3 year program that will prepare you for patient care.

· Bachelor in Nursing: This is a four year program offered at colleges and universities. Bachelors of Nursing students have the greatest career opportunities in the nursing field.

· Licensed Practical Nurse: LPN’s are usually under the direct supervision of RN’s and Doctors. They typically take vital signs , temperatures etc.

· Hospital Diploma Programs: These programs are 2-3 year programs that prepare nurses in a variety of care scenarios.

All nurses must pass the RN exam which is accredited nationally. Nursing is a great career for those that want the ability to relocate. Nursing careers exist all of the United States, especially in areas where people are moving for retirement.

There are also many specialties you may find yourself interested in. After you achieve your degree or certification you may want to consider nursing experience in pediatrics, surgical, PeriAnesthiesia, or Informatics. These are only a few of the options available to you in the nursing career.

Some nurses find that once they get into a direct care environment, they are able to get a sense as to what specialty is for them. Many times, those nurses that go after specialization will make a little more money as it requires additional training and studying.

I think you will be happy with your decision to enter a nursing career. Best wishes in your new adventures.

Matt D Murren owns and operates http://www.nursing-jobs-advisor.com
Nursing Career Opportunities

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A Nursing Job That's Right For You

By Sue Holsinger

If you're considering a nursing job, you'll have a lot of employment options to consider.

Nursing is among the oldest of professions, and with modern medical breakthroughs a nursing job can be highly lucrative. A nursing job will require you to be dedicated and diligent. If you don't think you would enjoy giving 100% you probably won't enjoy a nursing job.

However if you like science and medicine and enjoy helping people, a nursing job could bring you great satisfaction.

Many options in work environment exist in nursing jobs today. The common picture of a nurse is of someone standing next to your hospital bed, but today nurses perform many different functions both in hospitals and patient homes. You'll find a lot of nursing job options available in an environment that will suit you.

Private nursing jobs may involve working in a hospital or home with a single patient, helping them recover from an illness or surgery. Caring for a patient with a chronic or terminal disease could also be a private nursing position.

Another nursing job, that of Hospice Nurse, works with dying patients and their families to ease the death transition. Hospice Nurses also act as liaison between doctors and medical staff, allowing the patient to remain at home where they are comfortable for the remainder of their life.

More traditional nursing jobs involve operating room nurses. These nurses are the surgeons right hand, and must have a good understanding of the procedures being performed and the equipment used. If you are detail oriented, a job as an operating room nurse could be for you.

Can you remain calm in a crisis? If so, a job as a trauma nurse could be right up your alley. These nurses work in large hospitals or trauma centers, and may be responsible for helping save the lives of people injured in accidents or catastrophic events.

Institutional nurses treat all manner of sickness and injury in young patients. If you are someone who likes kids, you might enjoy this type of nursing job. Institutional nurses work in schools, colleges, shelters and nonprofit organizations. This is a low-stress nursing job where you could get to know your patients.

Today, home health care nurses work in a variety of settings from the rural to the urban. This nursing job involves traveling from patient to patient, caring for their needs and relaying medical information to doctors and medical staff. Home health care nurses help patients to remain at home and still get the care that they need. As a home health care nurse, you would need to use mobile equipment to monitor patient health. This nursing job would allow you to interact closely with patients.

Another nursing job is that of hospital nursing. Hospital nurses are expected to master new equipment and technologies quickly. This nursing job involves responsibility for patient care as patients recover from surgery or sickness. The speed of patient recovery depends on the care hospital nurses provide. This nursing job is very satisfying when patients improve under your care.

Get started on your nursing career now! Check into local nursing schools and ask about the curriculum. With qualified nurses in short supply, nursing school graduates can choose their employers and receive hiring bonuses as well.

Sue Holsinger is the web author of http://www.nursing-info.net and [http://www.gr8nursingjobs.com]. These websites provide an online resource for those searching for information about nursing and nursing jobs.

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Online Nursing Degree - Learn While You Earn

By Ekta Jain

The great thing about securing online nursing degree is that you are in a position to pursue your training without leaving your present job and more so immediately after earning online associate nursing degree.

The availability of online degree courses in nursing makes it easiest way to gain the requisite qualification for furthering your career prospects in nursing. Earning your nursing degree online in a way is easy as you can obtain your advanced nursing degree as per your convenience from your home or at work if you have any spare time as such it is up to you- it is all online. You will enjoy the convenience of attending class online anytime day or night. Thus you will be in full control of your education. You can take or attend all your classes without staying at campus. You will enjoy the convenience of attending class online anytime day or night and in fact you are you are in control of your education.

The versatility of online degree programme in nursing provides you with a new learning experience by choosing your study hours to your convenience .The online students can be from different places and therefore never meet but can interact with each other online in order to participate in group discussions, projects, workshops. The students pursuing degree in nursing from online nursing school need not wait for textbooks to be published as they are in position to access the latest research projects for completing their assignments.

The online nursing degree program in fact is a blend of theory and advance clinical practices that will certainly make you to understand the nuances of nursing in a better way. On earning online nursing degree you can help your patients more effectively and play a vital role in developing your health unit where you are presently working.

Associate Degree Nursing Online caters to the need of people who have interest in acquiring professional qualification in nursing field. An Online Nursing Degree can take you to great heights. Know more about Online Associate Nursing Degree Schools here. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ekta_Jain

Online Associate Nursing Degree - Online Nursing Courses

By Ekta Jain

Hospitals, large or small, hire maximum number of nurses and have diverse working titles for them. Depending on the nurse's qualification, he or she can choose to work in the field of her specialization or even manage the central responsibilities.

Various Nursing Courses Explained

There are a series of courses to become a nurse to a specialized nurse. The foremost course required to start a nursing career is the practical nurse course or the PN course. This course has duration of one year and it makes you a licensed practical nurse or LPN. Next comes the online associate nursing degree or ADN. This program has duration of two or three years, as the duration can vary from one institute to another.

To become a registered nurse or RN, you have to undertake the nursing degree like the Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (BSN) and a Master of Science in nursing (MSN) diploma, after doing online associate nursing degree. The duration of the BSN program is four years. The syllabus consists of nursing administration and management training in various environments. Advanced academic qualification and practical knowledge will give you improved chances to progress in your career. The more your qualifications, the better will be your position, and the better your position; the more will be your salary.

The topmost nursing course is the doctorate in nursing. During the course of these programs, the students can choose their field of specialization, such as hospital nurse, labor room nurse, surgery specialist, dialysis nurse or outpatient nurse. Besides hospitals, nurses with online nursing continuing education degree are also employed in business houses, insurance companies and community health divisions. With a growing population of old people, a large number of nurses are also employed at homes for care of old patients. This facilitates the use of complex medical machines, at home, for their care. Well-qualified nurses can also run their own nursing business.

In addition, here are some nursing facts. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the need for nurses is likely to rise by 36% in the next four years. Students possessing an online associate nursing degree constitute a majority of all medical students or students pursuing any health profession. Nurses are the main source of providing care to the patients in a hospital and the major sole element of hospital personnel.

Nursing degree info is an online information bank for people who wish to make successful career in nursing. Medicare Industry is growing day by day. With this growth there will be rise in requirement for qualified Medicare personnel's. For professional growth in nursing, go for Online Associate Nursing Degree. Choose from best Online Nursing Degree Schools.

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The Nursing Career

By Jenny Hagbong

Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families and communities to meet again, achieve and maintain optimal health and functioning. Modern definitions of nursing define it as a science and an art that focuses on promoting quality of life as defined by individuals and families, throughout their life experiences from birth to care at the end of life.

In pre-modern times, nuns and the military often nursing services. The religious and military roots of modern nursing remain in evidence today. For example, in Britain, senior nurses are known as "Sisters". In recent times in the U.S. Canada and many nurses are flowing back to work in a "religious" on the ground across the "Parish Nursing." These nurses work within a church community to carry out health education, counseling, referrals to provide community support agencies, and connect volunteers from the Christian community with those in need of assistance.

Nurses recognize that the nursing profession is an essential part of society which has grown. The authority to practice nursing in basa is a social contract that defines the rights and professional responsibilities, as well as mechanisms for public accountability. The practice of nursing comprises an altruistic behavior, is guided by research and nursing is governed by a code of ethics.

Nursing continues to develop a broad range of knowledge and skills associated. There are a number of educational paths to become a professional nurse, but all involve extensive study of nursing theory and practice and training in clinical skills.

In almost all countries, nursing practice is defined and regulated by law and entry into the profession is regulated by national, state or territorial boards of nursing.

The American Nurses' Association (1980) has identified nursing as "the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems." Just as medical diagnoses help in the planning, implementation and evaluation of health care, nursing diagnoses help in the planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.

Like other disciplines maturation, nursing has developed various theories that fit the differences and philosophical beliefs or paradigms of the world. Nursing theories nurses to help direct its activities to achieve specific goals with people. Nursing is a knowledge-based discipline committed to the betterment of mankind. Nursing has not only become a profession, but also an art.

Nursing is the most diverse of all health professions. It is a universal role that appears in some form in all cultures.

Nursing can be divided into different specialties or ratings. In the U.S., there are a large number of nursing specialties. Professional organizations or certification boards issue of voluntary certification in many of these areas.

These specialties include attention throughout human life based on the patient's needs. Many nurses who choose a specialty become certified in that area, which means they possess expert knowledge of specialty. There are over 200 nursing specialties and sub-specialties. Certified nurses often earn a salary differential over their non-certified colleagues, and studies of the Institute of Medicine have shown that specialty certified nurses have higher rates of patient satisfaction and lower rates of work-related errors in patient care.

Nurses in practice a wide range of environments from hospitals to people who visit in their homes and take care of them in schools for research in pharmaceutical companies. Nurses working in shaping health (also called industrial health), free standing clinics and medical offices, nurse management clinics, long-term care, and camps. Nurses working on cruise ships and in military service. They act as advisers and consultants to health care and insurance industries. Some nurses are working with lawyers and other lawyers as legal nurse consultants, reviewing patient records to ensure that adequate attention and gave testimony in court. In many cities, nurses can even enter their names on a "record" and work a variety of temporary jobs.

In the modern world, there are a large number of nursing specialties:
Ambulatory Care Nursing
Advanced nursing practice
Behavioral health nursing
Camp nurses
Cardiac nursing
Cardiac catheter laboratory nursing
The case management
Clinical nurse specialist
Clinical research nurse
Nursing in community health
Correctional nursing
Nursing critical care
Developmental disabilities nursing
District nursing
Emergency nursing
Environmental Health Nursing
Flight nursing
Forensic nursing
Gastroenterology Nursing
Genetics nursing
Geriatric Nursing
Health visit
Hematology oncology nursing
HIV / AIDS nursing
Home health nursing
Hospice nurses
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy Nursing
Intavenous therapy nursing
Infectious diseases nursing
Legal nursing
Legal nurse researcher
Maternal-Child Nursing
Medical-Surgical Nursing
Military and uniformed nursing services, including Public Health Service
Neonatal Nursing
Neuro-surgical nursing
Nurse anesthetist
Nurse-midwife
Nurse professional
Nursing educator
Nursing Informatics
Nursing Management
Obstetrics, Gynecology nursing
From health nursing
Nursing oncological
Operating Theatre nursing
Orthopaedic nursing
Ostomy nursing
The pain management and palliative care nursing
Pediatric Nursing
Perianesthesia Nursing
Perioperative Nursing
Plastic and reconstructive surgical nursing
Private Nursing
Psychiatric nursing or mental health
Public health
Pulmonary nursing
Improving the quality
Radiology nursing
Rehabilitation nursing
Nursing kidney dialysis
Renal nursing
Research
School of Nursing
Sub-acute nursing
Substance abuse nursing
Tele-medicine nursing
Telemetry Nursing
Telephone triage nurses
Transplant nursing
Travel Nursing
Urology nursing
Utilization Management
The wound care
Professional organizations or certification boards issue of voluntary certification in many of these specialties.

Assistant Nursing skills are all learned tasks used to help residents or patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) and providing bedside care, including basic nursing procedures under the supervision of a registered nurse ( RN) or licensed practical nurse (LPN).

At present, hospitals and extended care facillities an assistant nurse is an important part of a medical team that includes staff outside many of the nurses. In the quest to earn a profit of care many hospitals in the United States have reduced their nurse to patient ratios, which requires a nurse to care for as many as twelve or fourteen patients at once. To that good attention being given to patients that a nurse assistant is needed to provide routine care so that nurses can focus on tasks that only he / she can do, such as care plans, evaluations of nursing, administration of medications, and help surgery preparation room. The auxiliary nurse should not only be highly skilled in the current procedures being carried out, but must also be able to make quick observations of the patient's condition and information to report to the nurse. Since the nurse can not spend large amounts of time in a room with the patient, the nurse assistant is known as the nurse "eyes and ears".

A nurse assistant must have a solid understanding of emergency procedures and be able to stay calm in stressful situations. They should be able to introduce a Code Blue and be well drilled in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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May 12 declaed National Nurses Day (Utusan Malaysia Online)

KUALA LUMPUR Oct.12 – The government has declared May 12 as the national Nurses Day, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

"This is to acknowledge the nurses” continuous contribution to the country”s healthcare sector,” he said at a news conference after opening the International Nursing Conference, near here.

He said that the move was approved by the Cabinet recently. - Bernama

The Pre-Nursing Experience

By Nancy Kimmel

What are the requirements to gain admission into nursing school? Actually, they differ from one school to the next but all have certain main pre-requisite classes that are required for students to take. These include courses in Anatomy & Physiology, Social Sciences, Biology, English I & II, Psychology, Life Span Psychology, a Pharmaceutical course and a Chemistry course. Most nursing schools require a grade of C or better for each of the above named courses.

If this isn't enough stress, the student must complete the Nursing Entrance Test prior to getting their name on the nursing school admission list. Consequently, for the associate degree nurse, the entire program can be expected to take up to three years to complete. The up side of this is that many four year degree granting institutions offer a one year curriculum to graduating Associate Degree Nurse (ADN) for completion of a Bachelors of Science in Nursing. It is quite likely, that when the ADN graduates and finds employment, that the hospital where he or she is employed will pay their tuition for their Bachelors Degree completion. All of this sounds very enticing to many who wish to pursue nursing careers.

The nurses pay is also an incentive to enroll in Nursing School, though it should not be the main reason. Hence, with the occurrence of the mass lay offs from many of the automotive industries, those without jobs are entertaining the thought of going into the field of nursing. There is a huge influx of people who are in the nursing program or who plan to enroll in the nursing program ranging in ages from 32 to 52. Many of these students bring with them a vast life experience base. Therefore it is not surprising to find nursing students that have one or two Bachelor Degrees, previous careers in engineering, science, secretarial fields, emergency medical technicians and teachers.

This type of cross section was not the norm twenty or thirty years ago, when most of the nursing students were in their early twenties. There are quite a few current nursing students that are holding full time jobs and juggling kids and spouses needs. The responsibilities that the new nursing students must bear become at most unbearable when actual nursing school begins. So, the nursing student is faced with a stressful road map right at the beginning.

Why are nursing classes so difficult? Time and time again nursing students have said the same thing, which is, "how do you study for these tests?" The frustration for the nursing student culminates when they get a poor score on their exam. Usually this low score is in the C range, which is a failing grade for most Nursing Schools. When a student gets a 79 on an exam, they know that they have to make up those points on the next test. Worst case scenario is that they go into the final with a grade of 79% or 80%. Final exams are always much harder than the exams throughout the semester. So, when a student goes into the final with a failing grade or on the cusp of failing they become unnerved. Most nursing instructors will tell their students not to take the final if they have below an 80% and just drop the class instead of chancing a failing grade.

With nursing courses ranging in the 5-10 credit hour brackets, one can imagine how much a grade point average could be affected by a failing grade. Yet, nursing students do it all the time. They sit for the final exam and throw caution to wind. The results are that some of them do indeed pass, while others fail. Those that pass the final start the next semester with renewed stress. The nursing tests are what put so much stress on the students.

Although clinical rotation can also be very grueling, most student nurses will agree that it is the nursing tests that they fear. Nursing students must be prepared to handle the stress ahead of time. Friends and family should be aware of how much stress that their loved ones have to endure while in nursing school. They can assist by helping with the children such as picking the kids up from school, or bringing over dinner a few times a week. Just being there to listen to their concerns and offering a shoulder to lean on can help a great deal.

The nursing entrance test study guide provides nurses the assistance they need with the nursing entrance test. The nursing study guide helps nurses. Visit http://www.nurseslearningcenter.com for more information.

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Are You Considering a Job in Nursing?

By Julie Harvard

Healthcare careers are booming and nursing is one of the fastest growing occupations projected in next 5 years. Qualified nurses are highly in demand, thus if you are considering a job in nursing, you definitely are in the right career path.

One thing to take note is nursing jobs are a time-honored profession and a nurse must be dedicated and diligent. You must be a kind of person who can give an extra ounce of energy in order to be successfully in your nursing career path.

There are many nursing career options for you to participate in and you can select a working environment that suits your tastes and preferences. Among the common nursing jobs are:

Hospital Nurse

Most of nurses are generally working at hospital but this is not the only option in nursing job field. We will explain other type of nurse jobs in next paragraph. A hospital nurse takes care of hospital patients. If you work as a hospital nurse, your daily care and interaction with the patient has a major impact on how fast the patient recuperates and on the patient's attitude.

Private Duty Nurse

Private Duty Nurse is assigned to care a dedicated patient at hospital or at home. You will need to coordinate care between physician and family according to individual situations.

You will need to follow physician's orders for medications, treatment and keeps accurate record of patient's condition and reports to physician periodically. Beside the patient, a private duty nurse will also have the responsibility to educate the patient and the patient's family on importance of maintaining proper diet and health habits.

Hospice Nurse

A Hospice Nurse assesses patient health problems and needs and works to develop and implement nursing care plans with the goal of patient comfort. A hospice nurse typically administers care to patients in a hospice, home or long term care facility.

Operating Room Nurse

An Operating Room Nurse must understand the use of modern operating room equipment, the type of procedure the doctor is doing and the kinds of tools the doctor will need. The nurse must be ready to assist the surgeon and the surgical team in their tasks. Other then that, an operating room nurse will also need to oversee the work organization within the operating theatre, and mediate between the various hospital departments, the surgeons, and the management.

Home Care Nurse

Other than the above nursing job, home care nursing is one of the major booming sectors in health care industry. Today, home health care nurses work in rural, suburban and urban areas, traveling from patient to patient to care for and monitor the patient's needs and communicate with doctors and other medical staff. With the enhance of medical technology, home care nurses can now use mobile monitoring equipment to monitor everything from heart rate and blood pressure to blood sugar for diabetics and more, so the nurse can treat one patient and check on another one in the car on the way to visiting a third patient.

Earn Your Nursing Degree

In order to start your nursing career, you must be qualified in this field. Although you can start you nursing career as LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) or RN (Registered Nurse), a higher degree you are more employable, you will earn a higher salary, and you will have much more freedom to chart your own career path. Beside the traditional classroom-based nursing degree, now you can earn your nursing degree online. The major benefit of pursuing the nursing degree online is that you can attend the online class at any location and at your own schedule. And the best part is you can continue with you current job while getting your nursing degree online.

In Summary

If you think nursing is for you, look into local nursing schools or online universities that offer the related nursing courses and get started on the career path to nursing.

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Nursing Career - A Smart Choice

By Linda Raye

If you have been considering entering into the healthcare industry as a professional nurse, here are some points to consider….

Nursing careers encompass a wide range of activities related to the field of delivering healthcare. As pure healthcare professionals employed in hospitals and similar other healthcare units, people in nursing careers cater to treatment, safety and recovery of acutely or chronically ill or injured people, health maintenance of the healthy, and treatment of life-threatening emergencies in a wide range of health care settings.

Additionally, nursing careers also span many non-clinical functions, such as medical and nursing research, forensic research, nursing education, medical insurance, serving medical, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies and so on.

In the United States, it is estimated that nursing careers of about 50 percent of nurses start at hospitals of all hues. Indeed, hospitals remain the largest employers of registered nurses. But there are other avenues for promising nursing careers, some of which are enumerated below:

• Working in specialized healthcare units and long-term care facilities (hospice nursing, standalone nursing homes, patient rehabilitation, etc.).

• Assisting medical specialists like surgeons, ophthalmologists, obstetricians and others.

• Nursing-on-call on private duty for home patients (home health agencies).

• Serving in outdoor community health clinics.

• Educating aspiring nurses as teachers.

• Engaging in medical, nursing and forensic research, either self or as assistants.

• Independent nursing careers like legal nurse consultants, medical writers, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and so on.

• Serving international organizations, like United Nations, Red Cross, etc.

• Serving insurance companies and managed care centers.

• Serving in statutory bodies responsible for hospital regulations.

• Serving companies engaged in healthcare and medical business.

Job consultants have long noted an increasing uptrend for nursing careers. By all accounts, the employment opportunity for registered nurses is expected to grow at a much faster pace through 2014 compared to all other occupations. Since the occupation is very large and in view of rising median age of registered nurse population, the requirement of registered nurses is likely to create the second largest of new jobs among all occupations.

Even though nursing careers are on an upswing, there are not enough facilities, competent to meet the growing demand. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) reports that the shortage of faculty in nursing schools has reached an alarming proportion. This is happening because on one hand the present faculty workforce is fast approaching retirement, and on the other, the pool of younger replacement faculty is decreasing.

This has thrown a unique opportunity for experienced registered nurses to pursue nursing careers of teaching and counseling new students. Among other considerations in favor of teaching profession, higher emolument is surely a big motivating factor. Since teaching requires higher education in nursing (masters degree or higher), experienced nurses who already have bachelor degrees, may consider enrolling for higher education in order to enhance their nursing careers. At the same time, as the nursing institutes re-organize their teaching facilities, school-level graduates may find nursing careers lucrative to pursue and excel.

Many institutes of repute offering nursing courses, for example University of Northern Colorado, Duke University School of Nursing in Durham and SDSU College of Nursing to name a few, are offering accelerated BSN programs (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) as a direct response to shortage in nursing. These programs allow students, who already have a degree in another discipline, to earn a BSN degree in only 16 to 20 months instead of traditional 4-year program.

Often people in mid professional career feel that nursing careers are more suitable for them. Accelerated BSN programs aim to hasten their journey back to their heart’s desire. In order to sweeten the things for them, many hospitals in fact sponsor students for these programs to assist their nursing careers. They pay tuition fees in lieu of their working for them after graduation. Hospital authorities are effusive in their praise for second-career nursing students. They say that students, who opt for nursing careers after having spent early life in other fields, often make terrific nurses. They come as matured persons, broadly educated and knowing how to conduct themselves in the workplace.

Nursing careers have several tales. The ability to serve mankind is certainly one of them. Bravo to that.

Copyright 2006 Linda Raye

Linda Raye is an accomplished author specializing in healthcare. Nursing is just one of her passions. You can contact her at LRaye@cinci.rr.com or visit the website at http://www.nursingchoice.com

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Kejururawatan - Bidang yang penting dan menarik

APABILA kita ke hospital atau klinik untuk mendapat rawatan atau melawat pesakit, pasti kita bertemu dengan petugas wanita yang berpakaian seragam serba putih lengkap.

Merekalah jururawat yang merawat dan banyak membantu pesakit di hospital selain doktor.

Rawatan dan layanan yang baik terhadap pesakit, dari segi psikologinya menyebabkan pesakit lebih selesa tinggal di hospital dan mungkin cepat sembuh. Mereka amat memahami kerenah setiap pesakit di bawah jagaan mereka.

Bidang kejururawatan ini luas dan boleh dibahagikan kepada empat bidang asas seperti yang diamalkan di negara ini, meliputi jururawat kesihatan, jururawat perubatan, jururawat masyarakat dan jururawat akademik. Bagi yang berpengalaman dan berkelayakan, mereka akan dilantik ke jawatan yang lebih kanan, misalnya sebagai ketua jururawat penyelia jururawat dan ketua penyelia jururawat.

Namun, keperluan jururawat tidak dapat dipenuhi oleh negara ketika ini. Keadaan ini disebabkan pelajar lepasan sekolah tidak mahu atau berminat menceburi bidang yang semakin penting ini, atau mungkin ramai yang kurang mengetahui tentang kerjaya ini yang semakin berkembang dengan pendapatan yang menarik.

Statistik Kementerian Kesihatan menunjukkan sehingga Mei 1996, terdapat hanya 15, 921 jururawat, 10 886 penolong jururawat dan 1,165 jururawat pergigian yang berkhidmat di sektor kerajaan dan swasta di negara ini. Pada tahun 2000, terdapat 29, 369 jururawat terlatih dan pada tahun 2010 negara dijangka mempunyai sebanyak 101, 366 orang jururawat, iaitu pertambahan sebanyak 71, 997 orang (RRJP3 2001-2010)

Kekurangan sumber manusia di bidang ini menyebabkan kerajaan terpaksa mendapatkan bantuan dari negara jiran untuk mendapatkan khidmat tenaga jururawat. Langkah seperti ini yang dilakukan oleh kerajaan semata-mata bertujuan meningkatkan taraf kesihatan rakyat.

Kini, jururawat tidak lagi dianggap sebagai hanya satu kerjaya tetapi sebagai satu profesion yang penting dan mempunyai permintaan yang tinggi. Mereka tidak hanya membantu doktor, sebaliknya sebagai penolong kepada doktor melaksanakan tugas merawat dan menjalankan prosedur klinikal.

Kolej

Malah, sekiranya berlaku kes kecemasan ketika ketiadaan doktor, jururawat harus menanganinya sebelum ketibaan doktor.

Berikutan penubuhan lebih banyak hospital kerajaan, kolej latihan perubatan, pusat-pusat perubatan kerajaan dan swasta telah membuka peluang yang luas kepada jururawat sebagai satu kerjaya dan meningkatkan kelayakan hingga ke peringkat ijazah dan kemahiran klinikal khusus.

Bidang ini menawarkan banyak pekerjaan seperti di hospital kerajaan, Hospital UKM, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, Institut Jantung Negara dan pusat-pusat perubatan swasta. Calon yang mempunyai Diploma Kejururawatan akan ditawarkan gaji yang lumayan melebihi RM1,000 dan kemudahan lain yang menarik, termasuk elaun dan faedah perubatan.

Keperluan terhadap kerjaya ini serta untuk meningkatkan taraf profesion kejururawatan, mendorong Kementerian Kesihatan, banyak universiti dan institusi menawarkan program kejururawatan di peringkat diploma dan ijazah.

Program ini bertujuan memenuhi keperluan tenaga jururawat untuk negara masa kini dan masa hadapan yang semakin berkurangan dan pada masa yang sama meningkatkan kemahiran klinikal yang sentiasa berkembang.

Program yang mempunyai ciri-ciri akademik dan profesional yang tinggi ini mampu menghasilkan tenaga jururawat yang mempunyai pengetahuan asas ilmu kejururawatan, kemahiran klinikal yang tinggi dan mempunyai sikap dan budi pekerti yang luhur untuk merawat pesakit dengan berkesan.

Semasa pengajian di peringkat diploma pelajar akan mengikuti pengajian merangkumi bidang kemahiran sains kemanusiaan, sains kesihatan dan sains kejururawatan secara teori dan amali.

Selain itu, pelajar akan diajar secara praktis berasaskan teori untuk memberi bantuan perubatan dan penjagaan yang komprehensif kepada pesakit. Ini memandangkan bidang kejururawatan tidak hanya dilihat dari aspek pemulihan tetapi merangkumi semua aspek lain iaitu meningkatkan kesihatan individu, keluarga dan masyarakat, mencegah penyakit, merawat dan memulih pesakit.

Sebagai satu disiplin praktis, pelajar diberi pendedahan awal kepada pesakit dan pendedahan ini berterusan sepanjang, pendidikan kejururawatan. Selain itu pelajar juga didedahkan dengan penyelidikan kejururawatan dan proses kejururawatan. Ini bertujuan untuk melahirkan jururawat yang bukan sahaja terlatih dan profesional tetapi turut mempunyai ciri-ciri akademik.

CIRI-CIRI PERIBADI YANG DIPERLUKAN

(i) Meminati profesion ini

(ii) Mempunyai pengetahuan di bidang sains dan matematik

(iii) Mempunyai pengetahuan di bidang perubatan

(iv) Bersikap ramah terhadap pesakit

(v) Sanggup melayani dan mengambil hati pesakit

(vi) Boleh berkomunikasi dengan baik

(vii) Sanggup bertugas mengikut syif (giliran)

(viii) Sanggup bertugas tanpa mengira masa dan tempat

SYARAT MENCEBURI BIDANG INI

Untuk bekerja sebagai jururawat, calon mestilah mempunyai diploma di bidang ini yang diperoleh daripada universiti, institusi atau kementerian Kesihatan. Selain itu, calon mesti berdaftar dengan Lembaga Jururawat Malaysia bagi mendapatkan pengiktirafan sebelum berkhidmat.

TEMPAT MENGIKUTI LATIHAN

Ketika ini beberapa universiti dan institusi menawarkan kursus kejururawatan di peringkat diploma iaitu Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Kementerian Kesihatan serta beberapa institusi kerajaan dan swasta. Tempoh pengajian di peringkat diploma ialah selama tiga tahun.

Sementara itu, UM, USM, UKM, UNIMAS dan Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) telah memperkenalkan kursus kejururawatan di peringkat sarjana muda. Untuk melanjutkan pengajian ke peringkat ini, calon perlu mempunyai kelayakan Diploma Kejururawatan.

SYARAT MENGIKUTI LATIHAN

(i) Peringkat diploma

Untuk mengikuti latihan di bidang ini pelajar perlu lulus peperiksaan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) dan mendapat kepujian dalam mata pelajaran Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Inggeris, Matematik dan tiga mata pelajaran lain.

Satu daripadanya mestilah mata pelajaran sains.

Selain itu, calon mestilah belum berkahwin dan berumur di antara 18 hingga 28 tahun.

Sudah menjadi kelaziman di negara ini, bidang kejururawatan menjadi pilihan calon wanita.

(ii) Peringkat sarjana muda

Di UNIMAS dan USM calon lepasan STPM boleh memohon dengan syarat lulus STPM aliran sains serta mendapat purata nilai gred kumulatif 3.5.

Sementara UPM mengambil calon-calon yang memiliki diploma yang bersesuaian atau yang berkhidmat sebagai jururawat atau pembantu perubatan.

Calon perlu lulus SPM, memiliki Sijil atau Diploma Kejururawatan serta pengalaman kerja dalam bidang kesihatan. Pengalaman kerja setahun bagi pemegang diploma dan lima tahun bagi pemegang sijil.

--- UTUSAN MALAYSIA