Nursing in Hong Kong: Issues and Challenges
- 1 April 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Nursing Science Quarterly
- Vol. 19 (2), 158-162
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0894318406286834
Abstract
This column provides a discussion of the issues and challenges facing nurses and nursing in Hong Kong. The author introduces the role of nurses in the special administrative region and focuses on workforce, educational and practice issues, as well as on leadership in nursing. He concludes that Hong Kong needs to have a strategic plan to determine sufficient numbers of properly educated nurses.Keywords
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