National talent shortage specialty
Nursing specialty has been listed as a national talent shortage specialty by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and other six ministries, and given key support.
Approved by the World Health Organization
The statistical results of the World Health Organization on the health talent resources of member countries show that many countries are in short supply of nursing talents.
Imbalance of medical care ratio
In China, the number of nurses is far from enough, and the ratio of medical care is seriously unbalanced. According to the requirements of the Ministry of Health, the ratio of doctors and nurses in hospitals in China is 1: 2, and that in important departments should be 1: 4.
The nurse gap is nearly 3 million.
At present, the total number of nurses in China is 6.5438+0.3078 million, and the total number of doctors is 2.0997 million. According to the minimum medical allocation of the Ministry of Health, the number of nurses is nearly 3 million.