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Current Research: Integrative Medicine
Nursing Care & ICNND 2018
October 22-23, 2018
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Nursing Care, Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
October 22-23, 2018 Madrid, Spain
46
th
World Congress on
Current challenges facing nursing education in Saudi Arabia
Introduction:
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is facing many health related challenges. It was on 1954 when Ministry of Health
(MOH) has established nursing as a profession. Since the last 64 years, nursing has faced many obstacles, difficulties and
challenges and there was a direct impact on the growth and development in nursing education. Unfortunately, these challenges
facing nursing education in Saudi Arabia are increasingly complex and dynamic.
Aim:
The main purpose of this paper is to highlight and discuss those challenges through structure, process, outcome model.
Methodology:
Systematic review of the literature published between 1988 till 2018 were reviewed using different electronic
database such as Cumulative Index to Nursing and AlliedHealth Literature (CINAHL), Pro Quest Central, Expanded Academic
ASAP, Wiley Interscience (Wiley), MEDLINE (OVID) and SAGE. Databases were accessed using key words: Saudi Arabia,
nursing, nursing education and challenges.
Results:
There were 36 studies accessed and discussed these challenges but only 30 studies had studied the direct impact on
clinical training and staff education. Challenges facing Nursing Educations in KSA were categorized on structure, process,
outcome model. Structural challenges included shortage of staff and scope of nursing practice, process challenges included role
of the clinical teachers, educational and teaching methods, specialized certification and communication while the outcome
challenges included the assessment of staff competencies. Based on these challenges facing nursing education at clinical setting,
the author had a list of recommendations to nursing leadership and educators to overcome and manage these challenges with
some strategies to reflect on the present and plan strategically for the future.
Conclusion:
Many challenges and gaps were cited in the literature that will provide ample opportunity for further studies and
researches. As healthcare is one of the main focus areas of the ambitious Saudi Vision 2030 and due to the fact that Ministry of
Health in Saudi Arabia has a plan for privatization and formulating health clusters, nursing leaders in nursing administration
and education must overcome all these challenges facing nursing education in the hospital setting.
Biography
Graduated from Faculty of Nursing, University of Jordan 1993. Had worked as Cardiac Registered Nurse in Jordan. Completed master’s degree in education from
University of Jordan on 1998. Completed another master’s degree in Critical Care from Ohio State University on 1999. Worked at Ministry of National Guards for
Health Affairs (NGHA-Riyadh) on 2003 as Clinical Resource Nurse in Nursing Education till 2010. Then worked in NGHA (Madinah) as Supervisor for Safety and
Quality till 2014. On 2014-2017 worked as Director of Nursing Education at Security Forces Hospital- Riyadh. On Jan 2018 has joined Nursing Education at King
Fahad Specialist Hospital as Nursing Educator Manager Obtained Phd in Healthcare Administration on 2010 and worked as visiting Professor Assistant. Supervis-
ing all Saudi Nursing Students - Interns and graduates. Publications: one book "Cardiology for Registered Nurses", 15 Abstracts and Papers and 3 Researches.
adelharb@hotmail.comAdel Harb
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, KSA
Adel Harb, J Current Res: Int Medicine 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4172/2529-797X-C2-004