Two voices: mention the Nurses Act again! The value of nursing staff should be respected

TextsDuring the Liu Wenyang outbreak, the nursing staff used their actions to win the respect of the whole societyWhat is the best reward they deserve in the past? Li Xiuhua, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and honorary president of the Chinese Nursing Association, gave the answer: The legislation of the Nurses' Law is on the agenda as soon as possibleRegarding the legislation of the Nurses' Law, Li Xiuhua has been mentioned for several years, becoming a deep concern for her"This year has been a very special yearDuring the fight against the new crown epidemic, of the 426,000 medical personnel in Hubei, 286,000 were nurses, accounting for nearly 70% of the total number of medical personnelOf these caregivers, nearly 90% are post-80s and 90sLi Xiuhua said that in the process, nursing staff with lean scientific attitude, superb nursing skills, love no borders of professionalism, as well as a strong sense of mission responsibility, won the praise of the whole societyIn particular, on the occasion of Nurses' Day, General Secretary Xi Jinping sent a letter of condolence to care workers across the country, calling on the whole society to understand and support nursesThis has encouraged the nursing profession and made Li Xiuhua more convinced of the bright future of nursing career development"China's comprehensive promotion of the process of ruling the country by law has laid a foundation for the top-level design of nursing legislationThe legislative work shall be compatible with social developmentLi Xiuhua said that nurses are now growing in development, from medical institutions to communities, families, relying on Internet technology, the network nursing model is also developing rapidlyIn particular, nurses practice more, practice nurses will be the future development trend"This series of changes can be said to be the 'new business' of nursing, " Li said, in this case, it is very important to use the law to hold up the dignity of life and protect the legitimate rights and interests of nursesLi Xiuhua recalled to the health community, since 2008, she began to put forward to protect the reasonable allocation of nursing staff, respect for the value of nursing staff and other recommendations, "at that time, the first two or three levels of care costs are very low, only 5, 7, 9, nursing staff night shift costs are only a few dollars." "With the deepening of China's medical and health system reform, nursing fees and night shift fees have been adjusted by a large margin"However, at present, nurses' pay and age allowance still need to be substantially adjusted and improved Li Xiuhua said that the urgent need for legislation is also to improve the incentive mechanism for nursing staff, improve the remuneration of nurses, and further reflect their labor value The Nurses' Regulation is an administrative regulation, which is still weak in terms of the mandatory and binding aspects of nurse's rights and interests protection In fact, from the beginning of the outbreak, Li Xiuhua began to pay close attention to the rights of caregivers, and put forward emergency proposals She was very anxious to see the reports of the nursing staff working for more than ten hours in the isolation ward "Because of my experience working in the area during SARS more than a decade ago, it's very dangerous to work long hours at high intensity Li Xiuhua said, so she wrote three recommendations in a row, calling for the protection of the physical and mental health of front-line medical staff, reasonable arrangements for their rest adjustment, timely psychological counseling With the joint efforts of the medical and health care community, this situation has been paid attention to and reversed quickly Li Xiuhua also found that the public health emergency, highlighting the ability of specialist nurses In the future, we should improve the training and management system of specialist nurses, explore the establishment of a supply-demand balance mechanism that closely links nursing personnel training with the needs of the industry, set up special funds, and initiate projects to train nurses in short supply (intensive care, infection management, public health, Chinese medicine care, aged care, community care, rehabilitation care, paediatrics, midwifery, etc.) "Public health nurses, in particular, are very popular abroad and play an important role in primary health care Li Xiuhua said that how to strengthen the training of public health nurses in China, improve the capacity of primary health care services is very important She suggested that in China's nursing education system, colleges and universities should be encouraged to increase the number of public health care majors and expand the scale of enrollment In the public health graduate student enrollment, the direction of public health care should also be increased At the same time, public health nurse posts should be set up, improve the attractiveness of posts, in the title promotion, treatment and other corresponding policies, to maintain the smooth channels Cultivate applied public health talents that adapt to the diverse needs of society and are demand-oriented "The continuous appeals and voices of CPPCC members and NPC deputies have laid a good foundation for accelerating the introduction of the nurses' law, and I believe that the goal we expect is not far away." Li Xiuhua said he sincerely hopes to introduce the Nurses Regulations to legislation and introduce the Law of the People's Republic of China on Nurses Practitioners Also sincerely hope that after the outbreak, the whole society do not forget nurses, nurses are to care for people's life cycle, the whole process of health of the important force (Original title: Again mention the Nurses Act!) The value of nursing staff's labor should be respected.