QUALITY FOR WORK LIFE
Nurses are one of the most diverse and largest workforces in the health care system. The word “nurse” originated from Latin word “Nutritious” which means someone who nourishes fosters and protects. The role of nurses in the health care system is expanding and changing. Their role is not just limited to institutional care but also involves delivery of services at various levels of the health care system. The nurses are one of the strongest pillars of the health car deliver system in providing safe, affordable and quality services to the people. Mortality, Morbidity an disability reduction, health promotion through healthy Nurses are one of the most diverse and largest workforces in the health care system. The …show more content…
The various cadres in the health system make nurses an important health workforce from the community to higher levels in the health care delivery system. The auxiliary nurse midwives and public health nurses are the major players in the community. Health promotion, prevention, institutional care and rehabilitation services are essential contribution of nurses to the health care system. Despite their vital role within the health care system, nurses remain as the invisible workforce of health care delivery system. Today, nursing profession is facing numerous challenges. These challenges are causing major hurdles in the development of nursing. Shortage of trained nursing personnel in the health care system is one challenge which is a global concern. There is lack of adequate number of trained nursing personnel in the health care delivery system, or an imbalance between the required number of nurses and actual availability of nurses on the ground. However, nursing shortage is more complex and multifaceted and arises not only due to the inadequate number of qualified nurses but also due to the non-availability of nurses who are willing to work under the present conditions. The nurse density/ nurse-population ratio is …show more content…
Quality is “as fitness for purpose”. The concept of quality is not apply to all goods and services created by human beings, but also for workplace where the employees were employed. Quality in the workplace comes from understanding and then fully meeting, the needs of all your internal and external customers, now and into the future and doing so with continual improvement in efficiency and effectiveness. Quality of work life refers to the favorableness or un- favorableness of a total job environment of the people. The basic purpose is to develop jobs and working conditions that are excellent for people as well as for the economic health of the organization. Quality of work life provides a more humanized work environment. It attempts to serve the higher in- order needs of workers as well as their more basic needs. It seeks to employ the higher skills of workers and to provide an environment that encourages improving their