Document Type
Article
Department
School of Nursing and Midwifery, East Africa
Abstract
In 2009, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) established a Nursing and Midwifery Council with a mandate to develop standards for the registration and regulation of nursing and midwifery and to strengthen the nursing and midwifery workforce. Priorities included workforce Emiratization and the development of regulatory standards to support advanced and speciality nursing practice and new models of care—particularly for the management of noncommunicable diseases. This article provides background, context for, and best practice inputs to the effort to provide one unified framework of nursing regulation and licensure across the whole of the UAE. This article is intended for nurse leaders, policy makers, and regulators who are reviewing or developing nursing regulatory processes and advancing nursing workforce capacity building activities; and nurse educators and nurses wishing to work in the UAE.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice
Recommended Citation
Brownie, S.,
Hunter, L. H.,
Aqtash, S.,
Day, G. E.
(2015). Establishing Policy Foundations and Regulatory Systems to Enhance Nursing Practice in the United Arab Emirates. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 16(1-2), 38-50.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_fhs_sonam/89
Comments
This work was published before the author joined Aga Khan University.