[The nursing problems in the country].

Abstract

The nursing problem in Greece has been approached in three dimensions as a problem-challenge: the holistic patient care, nursing research and staffing nursing services. The shortage of graduate nurses, the many levels of nursing education, inadequate organization of nursing services, lack of nurses participation in decision taking for Nursing and inadequate research development have been considered as the main obstacles. Disengagement of professional nurses from civil servants salary with higher financial earning along with their university nursing education are suggested as the most appropriate incentives to attract adequate numbers of nursing candidates and remain to the profession to cover the increased needs of nursing care and the provision of quality nursing services. In addition a great number of unemployed manpower will be used and actualized in nursing where mostly is needed while there is a surplus in almost all the other professions.