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. 2010-202 From 2010-2020
The establishment of a research enterprise
All colleges and universities to ensure:
through @a planned research capacity Admission of suitable candidates – those with
building; (b) sound research infra-structure; pure science and Mathematics;
and (c) sufficient funding.
Nursing Process Model be applied in theory
and practice;
01 / 013 – appointment of Clinical Nurse
Research Process be taught to enable
Specialist – a Masters prepared nurse in application of EBP;
clinical practice. All teachers are clinical experts and active in
clinical research.
01 / 0 0 – appointment of Clinical Nurse
Consultant – a Doctorate (Doctor of Nursing
Nursing practice areas to develop research
Practice) nurse to head research activities culture through the appointment of Clinical
for nursing. Nurse Specialists who are adept at research
process.
By 2020, a centre for Nursing Research will be
established to ensure financial security.
Research activities will be focussed on
Outcomes Research and Intervention
Research based on Nursing Process Model.

9. 2015-2020 By 2015
The establishment of two levels of The Ministry of Health, universities and private
Registered Nurses: hospitals will plan to have nursing service
Level 1: The Professional Nurse (nurses delivery in the following manner:
with Bachelor of Nursing).
Level : Diploma Nurse (nurses with Profesional Nurses to be in priority areas
Diploma in Nursing ) – both having different of patient care (all critical care services,
functions and responsibilities. extended programmes, as well in less priority
areas requiring a staff mix of BN and Diploma
nurses.
The Diploma Nurses to be in less priority areas
as well as non-patient care areas.

The Nursing Database will be made available
to help the organizations to balance the 0: 0%
need ratio of profession and diploma nurses.
In the Community Health Centres, a plan
should include preparing degree nurses to
lead nursing teams in health centres and rural
areas.
The team could have a staff mix of Professional
and Diploma nurses.