Nurse Practitioner: Is It Time to Have a Role in Saudi Arabia?
Low recruitment of Saudi nationals into the nursing profession, coupled with a growing population, has led to a severe nursing shortage in Saudi Arabia, particularly of nurses with advanced qualifications in clinical nursing. While the role of nurse practitioner has been successfully integrated into...
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| author | Hessa A. Almutairi Kholoud N. Alharbi Hana K. Alotheimin Roaa Gassas Musaad S. Alghamdi Ayman A. Alamri Abdulaziz M. Alsufyani Adel S. Bashatah |
| author_facet | Hessa A. Almutairi Kholoud N. Alharbi Hana K. Alotheimin Roaa Gassas Musaad S. Alghamdi Ayman A. Alamri Abdulaziz M. Alsufyani Adel S. Bashatah |
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| description | Low recruitment of Saudi nationals into the nursing profession, coupled with a growing population, has led to a severe nursing shortage in Saudi Arabia, particularly of nurses with advanced qualifications in clinical nursing. While the role of nurse practitioner has been successfully integrated into the healthcare systems of the U.S., Canada, the UK and Australia for decades, the advanced practice registered nurse (APRN), which includes nurse practitioners and clinical nursing specialists, is still not being implemented effectively in Saudi Arabia due to a variety of regulatory, institutional and cultural barriers. The author looks at some of those barriers and offers recommendations of how they might be overcome. Given that in many parts of the world, nurse practitioners are considered an essential component to meeting healthcare demands, the author considers the question of whether APRNs can find a role in Saudi Arabia’s healthcare system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-319f93d26baa4247a9c38b51c90adb102023-12-03T12:48:55ZengMDPI AGNursing Reports2039-439X2039-44032020-10-01102414710.3390/nursrep10020007Nurse Practitioner: Is It Time to Have a Role in Saudi Arabia?Hessa A. Almutairi0Kholoud N. Alharbi1Hana K. Alotheimin2Roaa Gassas3Musaad S. Alghamdi4Ayman A. Alamri5Abdulaziz M. Alsufyani6Adel S. Bashatah7College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh 84428, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh 84428, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh 84428, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh 84428, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh 84428, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh 84428, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh 84428, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Nursing Administration & Education, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh 84428, Saudi ArabiaLow recruitment of Saudi nationals into the nursing profession, coupled with a growing population, has led to a severe nursing shortage in Saudi Arabia, particularly of nurses with advanced qualifications in clinical nursing. While the role of nurse practitioner has been successfully integrated into the healthcare systems of the U.S., Canada, the UK and Australia for decades, the advanced practice registered nurse (APRN), which includes nurse practitioners and clinical nursing specialists, is still not being implemented effectively in Saudi Arabia due to a variety of regulatory, institutional and cultural barriers. The author looks at some of those barriers and offers recommendations of how they might be overcome. Given that in many parts of the world, nurse practitioners are considered an essential component to meeting healthcare demands, the author considers the question of whether APRNs can find a role in Saudi Arabia’s healthcare system.https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4403/10/2/7advanced clinical nurseadvanced practice registered nurse (APRN)cultural barriersnurse practitionernursing shortageSaudi Arabia |
| spellingShingle | Hessa A. Almutairi Kholoud N. Alharbi Hana K. Alotheimin Roaa Gassas Musaad S. Alghamdi Ayman A. Alamri Abdulaziz M. Alsufyani Adel S. Bashatah Nurse Practitioner: Is It Time to Have a Role in Saudi Arabia? Nursing Reports advanced clinical nurse advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) cultural barriers nurse practitioner nursing shortage Saudi Arabia |
| title | Nurse Practitioner: Is It Time to Have a Role in Saudi Arabia? |
| title_full | Nurse Practitioner: Is It Time to Have a Role in Saudi Arabia? |
| title_fullStr | Nurse Practitioner: Is It Time to Have a Role in Saudi Arabia? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nurse Practitioner: Is It Time to Have a Role in Saudi Arabia? |
| title_short | Nurse Practitioner: Is It Time to Have a Role in Saudi Arabia? |
| title_sort | nurse practitioner is it time to have a role in saudi arabia |
| topic | advanced clinical nurse advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) cultural barriers nurse practitioner nursing shortage Saudi Arabia |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4403/10/2/7 |
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