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Nurses in Israel: the struggle for regulating the profession.

S Shvarts1, D A Frenkel

  • 1Faculty for Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. Schwartz@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

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Israel lacks a nurses

Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Policy
  • Nursing Regulation

Background:

  • Israel, with 6 million inhabitants, had approximately 33,000 nurses in 1998, a ratio of 180 per 100,000 population.
  • Despite numerous drafts since the 1970s, Israel has not enacted a specific nurses' law.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the historical context and obstacles in establishing a legal framework for nursing in Israel.
  • To understand the proposed scope of a nurses' law, including professional definition, practice, training, and specialization.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of legislative drafts and committee deliberations between 1993 and 1996.
  • Identification of stakeholder opposition to proposed nursing legislation.

Main Results:

  • Multiple drafts for a nurses' law were deliberated by Ministry of Health committees between 1993 and 1996.

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  • Key stakeholders, including physicians, the nurses' union, and the midwives' union, opposed the legislation.

    • Conclusions:

    • The absence of a nurses' law in Israel reflects significant professional and political opposition.
    • Establishing a legal framework for nursing practice in Israel faced considerable challenges from various professional bodies.