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4/ visioN 2020 for NursiNg

its effectiveness at governance, the Chairman of the Council must be qualified at a
doctoral level (at minimum a PhD level) and its membership at a level of expertise in
education, management and clinical practice.

ProPoSED PLaN oF aCtIoN

The following plan of action is seen as a necessary sequence of events from now till 2020
in an attempt to address the most basic needs in nursing.

Nursing’s agenda Expected activities

1. 2010-2011 Nov/Dec 2010: Appointment of Protem Committee
The establishment of the Malaysian by JPT to draw up Academy’s Constitution; make
Academy of Nursing (MAN). application to Registrar of Societies by DHE; to identify
“Headquarters”
March 2011 : Recruit Fellows
June 2011 : First AGM to elect main Committee; pass
st
constitution; Fully functioning as an Academy.

. 2010-2012 1 6 months of 2011: On DHE’s request, MQA
st
Establishment of one-system nursing appoints a Panel of Assessors (who are non-Nursing
education through accreditation process Board members) to accredit the following programmes
nd
st
of the Ministry of Health Diploma in (second six months 2011 to first six months of 01 )
Nursing Postbasic courses Top-up Diploma in Nursing
degree in private institutions. Postbasic courses in Nursing
Top-up degree programmes in five private colleges/
universities.
3. 010-2020 By June 2011 (with the aid of Nursing Database)
Ensuring a 0: 0% ratio o degree to A WORKING COMMITTEE to be set up by DHE to
diploma nurse population by 0 0 undertake situational analysis on nursing staffing and
through the following initiatives: projection for 0 0-to plan for 0: 0 degree-diploma
ratio.
3.1 2010/2011
A NURSING DATABASEA is to be Centralization of scheduling of clinical posting by JPT
initiated by Nursing Division, Ministry of through MOU/MQA with affiliate hospitals to ensure
Health OR by the Malaysian Academy only colleges with hospitals or affiliate hospitals be
of Nursing with support of the MOH. allowed to conduct nursing programmes. By 01 ,
only colleges with hospital will be allowed to conduct
3. 2011/2012 diploma programmes.
Activation of national plan for stoppage
or reduction of diploma graduates and By 01 all universities to cease conducting diploma
increase in BN enrolment. programmes and start/increase enrolment of students
into the four-year degree programme.
3.3 2012
A “Nursing expert” Database to be
initiated by DHE/MAN to ensure only
content-experts teach in nursing
colleges and universities. By 01 only
qualified teachers will be allowed to
teach.

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