Iris Publishers- Open access Journal of Nursing & Care | Turnover Propensity among Nurses in Pakistan: Overview and Management

Authored by Anaiz A Khowaja

Human resource management is an important stake of health care systems. Today, the increase in the burden of diseases has increased the demands of health care professionals in particular Nurses who are the key assets to these agencies. Unfortunately, there is a huge difference between the numbers of nurses between developed and developing countries. Various databases were used to identify this gap, rationales behind its existence and recommendations to improve it.

With increased requirement of health care services, the demand of healthcare providing staff has also increased including doctors, nurses and paramedics staff. Globally 50%of health care work force includes nurses and midwives, yet there is a shortage in health work force. According to an estimate by WHO, the world still needs about 9 million more nurses and midwives by the year 2030, to attain the sustainable development goal of health and wellbeing [1].

Pakistan’s population in 2017 is over 207.7 million, making it the world’s sixth-most-populated country (11). It has total 919 hospitals, 560 RHC and 5334 BHU where 33,427 nurses, 23427 midwives and 96000 LHWs. It has all the physical facilities to cater the need of the country. However, the problem lies in the proper utilization and institutional capacity of the nursing and paramedics in the country, to ensure desired outcomes. It is in the middle of epidemiological transition where almost 40% of total burden of disease (BOD) is accounted for by infectious/communicable diseases.

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