Nursing Education Analysis 2022

Running Head: NURSING EDUCATION
Education and Learning issues in nursing curriculum
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Introduction
Nursing Education has been an integral part of healthcare systems in every country as
nursing is the base of quality care and positive patient outcome. However, there are several
issues that a nursing student has to face in their curriculum due to the lack of resources, proper
teaching strategies and evidence based practice. The major issue that leads to inadequate nursing
education is the difference in opinion about the basic educational requirements for the
establishment of nursing practice in areas like interdisciplinary education, emphasis on education
practice setting for community or hospitals and national core curriculum. All these issues in the
curriculum of nursing makes an impact on the nursing education policy. The implications are
also found in the educational outcomes of nursing, essence of professional nursing and laws
related to the licensing of nurses. Similarly, Saudi Arabia has also been facing issues in nursing
education and I realized this when I became a Nurse leader. It made me feel that it is necessary to
look into this issue as it can have a negative impact on the healthcare sector of this country
because the patient satisfaction and treatment is completely dependent on the experience and
knowledge of nurses.
The history of this issue shows that Saudi Arabia established nursing as a profession in
the year of 1954 through the ministry of health. In these 64 years, nurses have been facing many
obstacles in this field due to the lack of proper nursing education. This has impacted the growth
and development of nurses and it is becoming more complex and vigorous day by day. The
system is rigid in the country and the experts do not want to change the traditional strategies of
nursing education. However, the Saudi Vision 2030 has been looking into strategies and
literature that can help in improving the education of nurses as it has been critically reviewed by

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many health experts. They are realizing the implication of inefficient nursing education and its
impact on the professional development as well as the effect on the patient satisfaction.
Critique and Analysis
Positive and negative of the issue in Saudi Nursing field
Saudi Arabia has been facing similar issues according to Alghamdi et al. (2019), in the
field of nursing education and the negative factors of this issue includes the shortage of staffs in
nursing schools that leads to the issue of nursing manpower. There is a shortage in the supply of
prepared nurses during medical emergencies and while meeting the healthcare needs of the
society. The economic model of supply and demand becomes a factor when there is a shortage of
nurses because the demand for proper healthcare has been prevailing and low supply of trained
and educated nurses is a negative factor that affects the growth of medical facilities. The demand
for advanced level nurses is important because technology and scope of medical facilities is
becoming advanced so it needs nurses who are well equipped to such technological aids.
Another issue due to which there is a negative impact in nursing education is cultural
diversity in students and faculties. Saudi Arabia is multicultural land because people of different
nationalities migrate here for work opportunities, which makes the faculties multicultural. This
causes language barriers due to changes in ethnic demographics and lack of awareness in cultural
differences becomes a negative factor in nursing education. The ethics and mode of practice
varies from culture to culture so it severely impacts the nursing practice when they experience
real life case during their professional practice (Lin et al., 2010).
The need of the hour is to collaborate nursing education and nursing practice for a better
scope of professional practice. Historically, Saudi Arabia has been facing gaps in this department