Australia and Indonesia have vastly different standards and systems in place for Health care workers. Both have varied approaches to how they educate students and how they keep a record of nurses’ skill level and history. This directly impacts the quality of care given by nurses to patients with Australia being far more advanced and efficient in its approach towards healthcare.
The main difference is that Australian nurses go through extensive study and clinical practice at a university to become a registered nurse. A registered nurse can practice without the supervision of a superior and can be held responsible for the care of a patient (Willis, Reynolds & Kelecher (2012)). There …show more content…
The function of ANMAC is to ensure that nurses and midwives are trained to a certified standard (Ralph, Birks, & Chapman (2013, October)). The. Nurses also have to show their capability through professional practice, critical thinking, analysis, provision and coordination of care (Lock (2011)). The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) is a scheme under ANMAC (Ralph et al. (2013)). The NRAS is where nurses and other health care professionals register their training and qualifications. They acknowledge and monitor nurses’ training so health care settings recognise what experience and training health professionals’ have obtained (Ralph et al. (2013)). With these measures in place patients and clients at health care setting can be assured that the professional treating them is proficient in their skills. In developed countries such as Australia they have advanced systems in place to recognise the different levels of expertise and training that the health care specialists have learnt. Comparing this strict accreditation system to a developing country such as Indonesia it is evident that the Indonesian health care system needs …show more content…
The variance in education, government regulations and the number of nurses are seen as the major differences between the countries. However there is many other contributing factors such as hygiene standards, limitation of resources, corruption that adversely affect the standard of nursing in Indonesia.
References
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