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ILC110/III/(B) – Securing decent work for nursing personnel and domestic workers, key actors in the care economy
Table of contents
3. National policy concerning nursing personnel and nursing services
I.
55
The crucial importance of developing and implementing national
policies that promote decent work for nursing personnel
and other healthcare workers
56
II.
The obligation to adopt and implement a national policy
58
III.
Objective of the national policy
59
IV.
Ensuring a participatory policy process
60
V.
The different stages in the national nursing policy process
65
1. Diagnostic and assessment
(a) Factors affecting the demand for nursing personnel and nursing services
66
67
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
Demographic and epidemiological changes
Globalization of healthcare provision
Technological advances
Environmental and geopolitical developments
The impact of health service delivery models
(b) Factors affecting the supply of nursing personnel
(i) Inflows
(ii) Outflows
(c) Anticipating the number and profiles of the required nursing personnel
VI.
74
74
75
76
2. Design and formulation of the policy
(a) The importance of reliable health labour market information systems
(b) Allocation of adequate resources
78
78
79
3. Implementation
80
4. Monitoring, evaluation and revision
81
Coordination with other healthcare policies and programmes
and other categories of health workers
VII. Content of the national policy
82
84
1. Strategic workforce planning: The benefits of an iterative
and integrated approach
84
2. Establishing a rational system of nursing personnel
85
VIII. The need for a gender-responsive nursing personnel policy
4. Education and training
I.
67
70
71
72
73
Quality healthcare education and training is essential to build
and maintain effective and resilient national healthcare systems
91
95
96
1. National health education strategies and plans for the healthcare workforce 97
2. Strengthening and expanding the national network of educational
institutions and clinical sites
98
3. Ensuring the equitable geographical distribution of education
institutions and training facilities
99
4. Enhancing faculty capacity and improving tools and materials
100
5. Introducing innovative learning methods (e-learning, distance learning
and mixed or blended methods)
101