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Tuesday, February 22, 2005
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From The New Straits Times
22 February 2005
Student nurses' failure rate shocking
Annie Freeda Cruez and Lydia Gomez
The failure rate among student nurses is shocking.
This has aggravated the shortage of qualified nurses, said Health
Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek.
He said this was worrying as the nation needed 170,000 nurses by 2020.
At present there are only 45,000 nurses in the public and private
sectors.
Malaysia is far from the World Health Organisation's recommended ratio
of one nurse to every 200 patients.
The ratio now is 1:645.
"We need to produce at least 8,000 nurses every year. Right now, we
are hardly producing 2,000 a year due to the high failure rate," Dr
Chua said, referring to a study made on the reasons for the high
failure rate among nursing trainees in the ministry's 18 nursing
colleges.
He said some 2,000 trainees are enrolled with the ministry's 18
nursing colleges, with another 1,000 in the private sector. Last year,
only 44 per cent of the 2,000 trainees passed, as compared to the 98
per cent success rate in the private sector.
In 2002, the pass rate was 56 per cent in the 18 nursing colleges,
rising to 81 per cent in 2003 and dropping to 44 per cent last year.
The pass rate in the private sector was 71 per cent in 2002, 96 per
cent in 2003 and 98 per cent last year.
There are 20 private colleges offering nursing programmes, besides the
five public institutions of higher learning.
Dr Chua attributed the high failure rate to, among others, low entry
requirements - passes in Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil
Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) - and lack of dedication and
commitment by nursing tutors.
He said one could qualify for the ministry's three-year diploma
nursing programme with a pass in English and credits in Mathematics,
Bahasa Malaysia and one science subject.
Private colleges, on their part, expect students to have credits in
all subjects, including Physics, Chemistry and Biology, to enter
diploma and degree nursing programmes.
Dr Chua was speaking to reporters after chairing a two-hour
closed-door meeting at the Health Management Institute to discuss the
outcome of the study.
"The study clearly shows that if trainees are weak in their basic
science subjects, the failure rate will be high."
He said those with a credit in English in the SPM and STPM also fared
much better than those who just passed.
Dr Chua said students who paid for the three-year programme did better
than those who were given a monthly government allowance of RM621. The
three-year programme costs about RM30,000.
"We are thinking of changing the allowance into a loan as we want
trainees to be serious."
He said the study also revealed that tutors in the nursing colleges
were not as dedicated and committed to their work as those in private
colleges.
"They do not prepare their students well enough for examinations."
Dr Chua also hit out at the National Accreditation Board (LAN) for
tardiness in accrediting nursing programmes in institutions of higher
learning (IPTs).
He said LAN should expedite its accreditation to enable the ministry
to place its nursing trainees.
http://www.nst.com.my
22 February 2005
Student nurses' failure rate shocking
Annie Freeda Cruez and Lydia Gomez
The failure rate among student nurses is shocking.
This has aggravated the shortage of qualified nurses, said Health
Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek.
He said this was worrying as the nation needed 170,000 nurses by 2020.
At present there are only 45,000 nurses in the public and private
sectors.
Malaysia is far from the World Health Organisation's recommended ratio
of one nurse to every 200 patients.
The ratio now is 1:645.
"We need to produce at least 8,000 nurses every year. Right now, we
are hardly producing 2,000 a year due to the high failure rate," Dr
Chua said, referring to a study made on the reasons for the high
failure rate among nursing trainees in the ministry's 18 nursing
colleges.
He said some 2,000 trainees are enrolled with the ministry's 18
nursing colleges, with another 1,000 in the private sector. Last year,
only 44 per cent of the 2,000 trainees passed, as compared to the 98
per cent success rate in the private sector.
In 2002, the pass rate was 56 per cent in the 18 nursing colleges,
rising to 81 per cent in 2003 and dropping to 44 per cent last year.
The pass rate in the private sector was 71 per cent in 2002, 96 per
cent in 2003 and 98 per cent last year.
There are 20 private colleges offering nursing programmes, besides the
five public institutions of higher learning.
Dr Chua attributed the high failure rate to, among others, low entry
requirements - passes in Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil
Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) - and lack of dedication and
commitment by nursing tutors.
He said one could qualify for the ministry's three-year diploma
nursing programme with a pass in English and credits in Mathematics,
Bahasa Malaysia and one science subject.
Private colleges, on their part, expect students to have credits in
all subjects, including Physics, Chemistry and Biology, to enter
diploma and degree nursing programmes.
Dr Chua was speaking to reporters after chairing a two-hour
closed-door meeting at the Health Management Institute to discuss the
outcome of the study.
"The study clearly shows that if trainees are weak in their basic
science subjects, the failure rate will be high."
He said those with a credit in English in the SPM and STPM also fared
much better than those who just passed.
Dr Chua said students who paid for the three-year programme did better
than those who were given a monthly government allowance of RM621. The
three-year programme costs about RM30,000.
"We are thinking of changing the allowance into a loan as we want
trainees to be serious."
He said the study also revealed that tutors in the nursing colleges
were not as dedicated and committed to their work as those in private
colleges.
"They do not prepare their students well enough for examinations."
Dr Chua also hit out at the National Accreditation Board (LAN) for
tardiness in accrediting nursing programmes in institutions of higher
learning (IPTs).
He said LAN should expedite its accreditation to enable the ministry
to place its nursing trainees.
http://www.nst.com.my
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Monday, January 10, 2005
10-year old school girl saved many from tsunami
LONDON: A 10-year-old British schoolgirl saved the lives of hundreds of people in southern Asia by warning them a wall of water was about to strike, after learning about tsunamis in geography class, British media reported on Saturday.
Tilly, who has been renamed the "angel of the beach" by the top-selling tabloid The Sun , was holidaying with her family on the Thai island of Phuket when she suddenly grasped what was taking place and alerted her mother.
"Last term Mr Kearney taught us about earthquakes and how they can cause tsunamis," Tilly was quoted as saying by The Sun.
"I was on the beach and the water started to go funny. There were bubbles and the tide went out all of a sudden.
"I recognised what was happening and had a feeling there was going to be a tsunami. I told mummy."
Her intuition was enough to raise the alert and prompt the evacuation of Phuket's Maikhao beach and a neighbouring hotel before the water came crashing in, saving hundreds of people from death and injury.
According to The Sun , no one on Maikhao beach was seriously hurt by the tsunamis that have left more than 1,25,000 dead and millions homeless around the shores of the Indian Ocean.
The girl's geography teacher, Andrew Kearnay from Surrey in northern England, told the paper he had explained to his class that there was about 10 minutes from the moment the ocean draws out before the tsunami strikes.
Extracted from AFP - Newindpress.Com
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