Embracing foreign nurses into Malaysia's health care system

A former matron praises MOH’s decision to allow foreign nurses to work in Malaysian private hospitals amid nursing shortages. In 2021, Malaysia had 113,787 registered nurses, or 1:454 nurse-to-population ratio, far less than 1:300 ratio recommended by WHO.

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Main Author: Norsalawati, Ismail *
Format: Other
Published: CodeBlue 2023
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Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2357/
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description A former matron praises MOH’s decision to allow foreign nurses to work in Malaysian private hospitals amid nursing shortages. In 2021, Malaysia had 113,787 registered nurses, or 1:454 nurse-to-population ratio, far less than 1:300 ratio recommended by WHO.
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spelling sunway-23572023-09-14T23:53:52Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2357/ Embracing foreign nurses into Malaysia's health care system Norsalawati, Ismail * RT Nursing A former matron praises MOH’s decision to allow foreign nurses to work in Malaysian private hospitals amid nursing shortages. In 2021, Malaysia had 113,787 registered nurses, or 1:454 nurse-to-population ratio, far less than 1:300 ratio recommended by WHO. CodeBlue 2023-09-13 Other NonPeerReviewed Norsalawati, Ismail * (2023) Embracing foreign nurses into Malaysia's health care system. CodeBlue, Malaysia. https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2023/09/13/embracing-foreign-nurses-into-malaysias-health-care-system-norsalawati-ismail/
spellingShingle RT Nursing
Norsalawati, Ismail *
Embracing foreign nurses into Malaysia's health care system
title Embracing foreign nurses into Malaysia's health care system
title_full Embracing foreign nurses into Malaysia's health care system
title_fullStr Embracing foreign nurses into Malaysia's health care system
title_full_unstemmed Embracing foreign nurses into Malaysia's health care system
title_short Embracing foreign nurses into Malaysia's health care system
title_sort embracing foreign nurses into malaysia's health care system
topic RT Nursing
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2357/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2357/