PN: LU 3 - AN OVERVIEW OF THE EVALUATION OF PNP

• Today’s Nursing in Malaysia

  Why workforce size is an issue?

  Expanding roles and high societal expectations for healthcare services
• Why professionalism in today’s nursing practice is important?

  • Increased awareness of the elevating the status of nursing to be similar to other professions in the Malaysian healthcare system
  • Enhancement of health technologies enlightened nurses to keep on improving professionally
• What evolution of the image of Nursing and Nurses in Malay society?

  • Improvement in Perception: From disreputable work to be recognised as a noble and rewarding profession
  • Mixed phenomena: Public image of a nurse has evolved
  • Dynamic Image: Improved representation of nursing and nurses according to current circumstances