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-No more limit to the number of Nurses and Doctors that can come to UK

The government is to relax immigration rules to allow more non-EU skilled workers into the UK.

On Friday, the Home Office is expected to confirm that foreign doctors and nurses will be excluded from the government’s visa cap.

The cap – introduced by Theresa May when she was Home Secretary – sets a limit for all non-EU skilled workers at 20,700 people a year.

But NHS bosses say the rules are making it difficult to recruit enough staff.

The proposed changes relate to so-called Tier 2 visas – which are used by skilled workers from outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

On Tuesday, it was reported that 2,360 visa applications by doctors from outside the European Economic Area were refused in a five-month period, apparently because of the cap.

And in April, NHS bosses warned that immigration rules were hampering their ability to find workers after visas for 100 Indian doctors were refused.

NHS England had 35,000 nurse vacancies and nearly 10,000 doctor posts unfilled in February.

According to think tank Global Futures, 12.5% of NHS England’s staff are from overseas. That number rises to 45% in certain specialities including paediatric cardiologists and neurosurgeons.

The current annual cap on these visas has also led to over 1,000 IT specialists and engineers being denied visas.

The proposed change would only apply to doctors and nurses – but could free up thousands of visas for workers in other industries like IT and teaching, even if the 20,700 total didn’t change.

Current government policy aims to reduce net migration to below 100,000.

Home secretary Sajid Javid hinted at the changes earlier this month, telling the BBC ‘s Andrew Marr that he “saw the problem” with the cap and would take a “fresh look” at it.

His latest move could indicate a new direction for immigration policy post-Brexit, the BBC’s political correspondent Ben Wright said.

It could also encourage others to argue for the net migration target – which has never been met – to be abandoned, he said.

“Perhaps this is a sign that Sajid Javid is willing to take a bolder and more flexible approach to immigration, and deliver the kind of system that Britain will need after we leave the EU,” said Sunder Katwala, director of the immigration think-tank British Future.

“It never made sense to turn away doctors and nurses that the NHS needs.”

Source: BBC

At least two hundred military nurses from the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) will be distributed on Wednesday to hospitals of Luanda province to reinforce health services, Angop learnt on Monday from an official source.

The measure, which emerges following the strike last Monday by the Luanda Nurses Union (SINTENFL), aims to fill the gaps left by nurses who have paralyzed health services, due to a lack of consensus between the professionals of the sector and the employer.

The two hundred nurses from the Angolan Armed Forces, who will reinforce the hospitals in Luanda, 55 soldiers will be distributed in Cazenga municipality, an act that will be attended by the provincial governor of Luanda, Adriano Mendes de Carvalho, aiming to encourage the Angolan Armed Forces.

According to a provincial government source, the strike covered a number of health centres and posts, and to resolve this situation, in a first phase 200 military nurses will be distributed and in the next phase it will be increased by another 300 military and police staff.

The source said that on Wednesday the two parties will be reunited again, to seek a consensus, since the various meetings already held have not bee successful.

Despite the health workers’ strike, nurses of some hospitals such as Ngangula, General hospital of Luanda, Capalanga, Cajueiros, Neves Bendinha and Maianga, continue working normally, Angop learnt.
Source: Angop News

“There is also a growing suspicion that the recent arrangement by the Rauf Aregbesola government is to achieve the ultimate goal of a grand cover-up of the truth behind the death of Isiaka Adeleke.”

FAMILY of late Senator Isiaka Adeleke, yesterday, distanced itself from the recent prosecution of Alfred Aderibigbe, the nurse that was alleged to have administered drug overdose on the late politician which allegedly led to his death on April 23, 2017.

An Osun State High Court sitting in Ede, had last week remanded Mr. Aderibigbe in prison after being arraigned for his alleged involvement in the case.

Dr. Deji Adeleke while addressing newsmen on behalf of the family in Ede, the country home of the late politician, said the family was not behind the ongoing prosecution of the nurse as being insinuated.

Represented by Mr. Dele Adeleke, he expressed worries that since the State Government set up a coroner’s inquest in May 2017 to investigate the sudden death of the late Isiaka Adeleke after which Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara recommended prosecution of the nurse, he (the nurse) had been moving freely, only for him to be rearrested recently, arraigned in court and remanded in prison.

His words: “The family is concerned about the further politicisation of the demise of Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke, especially with the timing of this sudden interest in the matter after over a year of inaction on the part of the Osun State Government, more so that the election to change the mantle of leadership is close.

“There is also unfounded news in the social media about the family being behind the sudden re-arrest and prosecution of the nurse. This is far from the truth. The family is not involved.

“There is also a growing suspicion that the recent arrangement by the Rauf Aregbesola government is to achieve the ultimate goal of a grand cover-up of the truth behind the death of Isiaka Adeleke.

“The general public is hereby enjoined to help us ask the government why the inaction for over a year? Why the sudden interest in this prosecution a few months to the gubernatorial election? Why the publicity around the arrest and prosecution?.”
Source : Vanguard Newspaper

I write with sorrow in my heart because as i would like to think we are making progress on the fairness of gender relationship and safe workplace, a member of the medical profession has decided to draw a reality of backwardness on this point, enough to sadden my mood.

Making rounds on whatsapp today and few blogging sites is the news of the Nurse that was drenched with irrigation fluid by a doctor after a Not-much-heat-to-light-a-candle conversation. As much as i would like to remember the yoruba saying “_agba gbo ejo enikan da, agba osika_”, i want to say that this is an embarrassment to humanity that such even happened in a hospital ward.

It is as well laughable that in this century where we kick against domestic violence around the globe, a medical officer named Ajibola (Trauma Centre, Ondo) has not only caused a domestic violence scene, but showed how unethical the medical profession has been represented in his act and further blended with the reflective exposure of hostility bred in the heart of our medical officers to other healthcare workers

It begs me to the question, is it because she is a woman or a Nurse?

The humiliation that nurses reportedly suffer from patients now extends to what could be gotten from the supposedly educated colleagues at workplace.

I don’t want to react much on the ugliness of this scene but then, it is worthy to appreciate the heroic display of maturity by the nurse affected to ensure that retaliation was made in legal forms by reporting to appropriate quarters and not raising urine on the medical officer. I also see it right to awake everybody to the monitoring

of the local judiciary process on this matter in order to ensure that the outcome of the crazy act is brought to a definitive point that would make the offender a scape goat enough to serve an example to others with this terrible culture and mean to the public that the act is really bad. It is well to be conscious of this because as much as we want to hide some background facts, it is said that the medical association always loom for a way to rub things off.

As we continue to push for a zero tolerance on domestic violence and workplace rift

Olumide Olurankinse will end this write-up by asking “what do we expect from those meant to care if they get treated with harshness and hatred?”

#stopworkplaceviolence
#stopnurseassaults

The U.S. is facing growing healthcare shortages, particularly in rural areas. A complicating issue is there are fewer and fewer primary care providers.

Research from the University of Delaware suggests one answer is the enlistment of more highly skilled nurse practitioners (NPs), who tend to choose primary care as a field at a much higher rate than doctors. There are currently some 248,000 nurse practitioners in the U.S., and about 87 percent are trained in primary care.

Hilary Barnes, an assistant professor in the College of Health Sciences’ School of Nursing at the University of Delaware, says primary care is important, particularly in underserved areas, because it is often the first point of contact with the healthcare system.

First point of contact

Primary care providers conduct screenings for major health conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, and help patients manage those conditions. Barnes says that as primary care physicians retire, they aren’t being replaced at a fast enough rate.

Barnes’ research finds that NPs are increasingly being tapped for a primary healthcare role, accounting for about 25 percent of healthcare providers in rural areas, a 43.2 percent increase overall from 2008 to 2016.

However, some states limit what they do. In these states, laws specifically bar NPs from serving as primary care providers and require them to be supervised by a physician.

“Some states are very restrictive,” Barnes said. “An NP has to maintain written agreements with a physician to practice and prescribe medication. In the most extreme examples, the law states that an NP must talk about every patient with a physician. Or that the physician has to sign for prescriptions.”

Restrictions vary by state

The level of restrictions varies from state to state. Barnes says Pennsylvania is among the most restrictive, requiring an NP to have a collaborative agreement with a physician. If there is no physician in the town, Barnes says an NP is unlikely to practice there.

Some states, such as New Jersey, give an NP more autonomy to practice but still require a relationship with a physician in order to prescribe medication.

“Without prescriptive authority, you are limited on the services that you can provide to patients,” Barnes said.

Since 2015, Delaware has given nurse practitioners full autonomy to practice medicine without being supervised by a physician. Barnes says states with more NP-friendly laws tend to attract more nurse practitioners.

Typical education requirements to become a nurse practitioner include a bachelor’s degree in nursing, experience as a registered nurse, and a graduate degree in nursing.

By Mark Huffman
Consumer Affairs

Nursing being the one of the fastest growing profession in the world but Sometimes if you look back into nursing in this country you will begin to ask yourself whether this profession is really making progress or regress and this has been a question especially to some of us as a student, there comes with doubt whether there is future for us or not. Different news emanate from medias about nursing everyday but nothing is encouraging there order than pitiful situation of nursing profession. When other sisters professions are moving, we remain stagnant we refuse to move, when other are thinking how to align themselves with 21st century practices. To stand still means to move backward.

Over the years pharmacy has undergo a tremendous transformation in metamorphosing from DISPENSERS to CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST (C&D) in 1960s which was solely diploma program then to degree program in 1962 which started in university of Ife (now OAU)
Also physiotherapy started in Nigeria in 1945 as 3 years diploma program has transformed from 4 years bachelor degree in 1966 to 5 years program across the country and university of Ibadan was first in Nigeria and west Africa to award degree in physiotherapy.

Even medical laboratory science have also follow the same pursuit of transformation from laboratory assistant to technician to full fledge degree. This happened between 1960s to 2003 where it fully gain her stand.

Nursing education started in 1949 at school of nursing Eleyele Ibadan and not until 1965 department of nursing was established in the university of Ibadan to commence a degree program in Nigeria and other universities have been following the suit. Some months ago department of nursing ABU Zaria celebrated her 20 years anniversary since it’s establishment in 1997.

One would begin think what has this history has to do with problem facing nursing profession but I strongly believe if we delve into history of nursing as compared to so called sister professions and we’ll see that nursing has faced major setback and these professions have took some (not a) steps ahead of nursing and this call for a serious concern if at all we see them as sisters. Let me give examples; the so call sister professions have started internship training for their graduates for years but nursing internship was unable to get approved until late 2017 for the fact that internship training has been part of NUC nursing curriculum for graduate of bachelor of nursing science since it’s inception. Furthermore between 2017 and 2018 pharmacy, medical laboratory science, and physiotherapy were able to get the approval from NUC to commence doctor of pharmacy (PharmD), doctor of medical laboratory science (MLSD) and doctor of physiotherapy (DPT) programs respectively but BNSc which has been in existence since 1960s is still fighting for space with hospital based school of nursing. Hnmnn is this what we call progress? and this is one of the thing that prompt me from writing.

Another area of concern in nursing profession is the Nursing in West is advancing towards 21st century best practice with serious improvement in nursing credentials both in professional and educational in order to discharge nursing to the best of their ability. Even our so called sister professions have passed the era of diploma instead Nigeria nursing is advancing towards awarding of diploma and higher national diploma to Nigeria nurses which Nigeria government had just scraped because of it’s irrelevance in the 21st century education system…well done, is that how we define progress?

Did I hear merging of state and federal schools of Nursing, midwifery and post basics to state universities and federal universities respectively? How is this possible? It’s saddening to not that despite obvious limitations and shortcomings of hospital based nursing education program, it has continue to wax stronger with almost every teaching hospitals, federal medical centres within the country compelling to have their own. State governments and missionary organizations are not left out. It will interest you to know that there are over 200 nursing, midwifery and post basic accredited institutions in Nigeria. There are 81 accredited schools in 19 northern states alone. How are you preparing to merge these schools with 7 universities offering bachelor of nursing science with Unilorin and Unijos (north Central), Unimaid (north East), ABU Zaria, BUK, UDUS, and FUBK(all in North West).

Since antecedent it has been observed that Nigeria nurses respond less to changes(education). According to Adeleke Araoye Ojo(professor of Nursing) of Igbinedion university Okada, Edo state shared his personal experience in his inaugural lecture in 2010 that when he resigned from Adeoyo state hospital Ibadan in 1974 to pursue a bachelor of Nursing science degree at University of Ibadan summarizes Nigeria nursing. His registered nurses colleague mocked and queried “Do you need a degree to serve or remove bed pan?” About 35 years after, university based nursing education in Nigeria can still be described as abysmally low in term of number of university offering nursing. This can be evidenced if you go through Bayero university bulletin when Adelani Tijani was promoted to rank of professor.

It was there I read that Adelani Tijani a professor of public health Nursing is the first indigenous professor of nursing in the whole northern Nigeria and number 13th professor of nursing and 11 of them are active as of 2016. Yes! It’s an achievement in nursing but the question you should ask yourself is why number 13th since 1965? Are you still wondering why the sister professions grow faster? Just few months ago Unilag Pharmacy celebrated Prof Coker as Emeritus professor of pharmacy. Are you seeing the differences?

I hope Nigeria can learn from these write up, despite the higher number of nurses, Nursing has been sideline and has suffered from setbacks and this tells you that its not only by numbers but by intellectual capacity which can only we widen through education. We need people who think beyond today, the future is now, let change people perspective about nursing.

Nigeria nurses should wake up and save the profession of Florence Nightingale, Nigeria nurses need to embrace changes As changes is constant in life, the changes we have been clamoring for , only you can bring the changes. Nigeria nurses should break the jinx, accept changes through education, education makes the future more clearer and brighter. Let see nursing as calling and profession and don’t forget to encourage and give hope to young ones.

Thank you,
ÃMANULLAHI ISMAIL NASIR,
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING SCIENCES,
USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO.

amanullahiismailnasir@gmail.com

Is it because She is a woman or a Nurse?

I write with sorrow in my heart because as i would like to think we are making progress on the fairness of gender relationship and safe workplace, a member of the medical profession has decided to draw a reality of backwardness on this point, enough to bring sadden my mood.

Making rounds on whatsapp today and few blogging sites is the news of the Nurse that was rained with dirty water by a doctor after a Not-much-heat-to-light-a-candle conversation. As much as i would like to remember the yoruba saying _agba gbo ejo enikan da, agba osika_, i want to say that this is an embarrassment to humanity that such even happened in a hospital ward.

It is as well laughable that in this century where we kick against domestic violence around the globe, a medical officer named Ajibola (Trauma Centre, Ondo) has not only caused a domestic violence scene, but showed how unethical the medical profession has been represented in his act and further blended with the reflective exposure of hostility bred in the heart of our medical officers to other healthcare workers. It begs me to the question, is it because she is a woman or a Nurse?

The humiliation that nurses reportedly suffer from patients now extends to what could be gotten from the supposedly educated colleagues at workplace.

i don’t want to react much on the ugliness of this scene but then, it is worthy to appreciate the heroic display of maturity by the nurse affected to ensure that retaliation was made in legal forms by reporting to appropriate quarters and not raising urine on the medical officer. I also see it right to awake everybody to the monitoring of the local judiciary process on this matter in order to ensure that the outcome of the crazy act is brought to a definitive point that would make the offender a scape goat enough to serve an example to others with this terrible culture and mean to the public that the act is really bad. It is well to be conscious of this because as much as we want to hide some background facts, it is said that the medical association always loom for a way to rub things off.

As we continue to push for a zero tolerance on domestic violence and workplace rift, Olumide Olurankinse will end this write-up by asking ” what do we expect from those meant to care if they get treated with harshness and hatred ?”

Goodnight..