Addressing GAPS in Nursing Skills and Incentives to Boost the
Healthcare IndustryAuthor:Anwara Begum
Abstract:
Growth in the health care industry in Bangladesh, over the last few
decades, has been disappointing. Its adherence to constitutional
commitments and global assurances is utterly sabotaged by deficiencies of
professional and technical skills in the health care arena. The gaps remain
in dearth of adequate supply of qualified, experienced, and specialized
nursing professionals in health care industry. In both rural and urban
Bangladesh, the healthcare industry is experiencing a simple and abject
scarcity of nursing skills among nurses, barring a handful of well-paid
professionals in the tertiary level hospitals within the top echelons of the
industry. Unsuitable skill mix of doctors and nurses, has led to over-work
and miss-use of doctor’s skills, overlapping of duties, insecurity for
patients, loss of scarce resources and increased out-of-pocket spending for
poor and middle-income families. Moreover, lack of proper training and
experience affects quality of services proffered by the existing
professionals in nursing and care. Curriculum and syllabus followed in
nursing training are alleged to be out-of-date, with some faculty members
suffering from deficiency of knowledge and modernized information.
Shortage of compulsory equipment and facilities for real-world classes
and clinical training are also important limitations hindering the growth
of this industry.
Keywords:Health Care Industry, Nursing Professionals, Clinical
Training.
DOI:10.46333/ijtc/12/1/3
International Journal of Trade & Commerce (Vol: 11 Issue:2)
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