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Chapter 4
Vision 2020 for Nursing
aDDrESSINg NurSINg NEEDS aND ISSuES
Vision 2020 for nursing regarded as ‘Nursing’s Agenda for the Future’ is a collection of
nursing needs and issues, some of which are very basic requiring serious efforts and firm
commitments from the government and relevant nursing organizations.
agenda one
By 2020, nursing in Malaysia will be classified as a professional service and its
providers as professional staff within the government service structure, replacing the
current support service classification and support staff status.
Strategies
1. Mechanisms are in place within the Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry
of Health to ensure that by 2020, at least 60% of the nurse population constitute
professional nurses, i.e, nurses who are holders of the Bachelor of Nursing and are on
a degree starting salary;
2. Nursing organizations at various levels to include in their current planning and
implementation strategies the use of professional nurses in the provision of direct
patient care in most acute care facilities and in the community including the rural
setting; and
3. The Bachelor of Nursing degree is to become the most basic qualification for all
promotional posts in nursing. The soon-to-be established Malaysian Academy of
Nursing will produce a working paper to justify career development strategies in
nursing as reflected in Figure 1 and Figure 2.
