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Introduction
• Nursing is the oldest of arts and the
youngest of professions.
• Fundamental responsibility of the
nurse is four fold:
1. To promote health,
2. To prevent illness,
3. To restore health and
4. To alleviate suffering.
Modern nursing involves
:
Committees :
1. Bhore committee (1946)
2. Shetty Committee (1966),
3. Kartarsingh committee (1973).
4. Bajaj Committee (1986) and
5. High power committee on nursing
and nursing profession (1989)
Introduction Contd……
Definition
• 7.30a.m to
1.00p.m
• 5 1/2 hours duty
• 1.00p.m to
• rest
4.00p.m
• 4 hours duty
• 4.00p.m to
8.00p.m
12 hours duty
*Night Duty:
5. Less salary, Allowances and
other Incentives:
• The pay scale of staff nurses has been
recommended by the TukolPay Commission
and implemented by the Karnataka
Government. The Government to
implement the pay scales of nurses of all
categories.
• And also there is disparity in uniform
allowance, washing allowance, risk
allowance and compensatory allowance. It
has been suggested to IV pay commission.
ie., uniform and washing allowance and
additional increment for nurses possessing
6. Less Promotional
opportunities:
• These rules should be made flexible
according to needs and as soon as
vacancy arised, immediately it
should be filled. In cases of
stagnation, selection grade and
running scale may be given.
• And also should take steps to
increase promotional avenues for
nurses to increase efficiency and also
to prevent ‘brain drain’.
7. Harassment of Nurses by
others:
• There are some instances occurred in
various circumstances in different
places, harassment of nurses by clerical
staff, while taking their salaries and
claiming other arrears, leave of their
own credit and sometimes by the
administrators of the institution.
• Legal security and protection also
should be provided to nurses in the
form of acts, eg ‘nurse’s protection act’
on the lines of ‘civil rights protection
8. Improper supplies