Structural Inequality of Nursing Services in Rajasthan, India

The aim of the study was to determine the availability of nursing personnel in all cadres of health care services in Sikar district of Rajasthan. The structure and function of health ser- vices system in the district and the impact of health services system vis-a-vis adequacy of manpower, provisioning, supervision of health services system were analysed. Under this non- experimental research, a cross-sectional study design was used. Non-probability convenience sampling techniques was adopted for sample. Population was selected from district level to village level and target population was health workers, patients and key informants at vari- ous level of health service system. Interview and open-discussion method was used to collect primary data and open ended and closed ended questionnaire were prepared. Secondary data was collected through health services studies. Collected secondary data was computed and later analysed with the health outcomes of observation. The study revealed that in Rajasthan health service system nurses are not equally distributed; top level posts were not filled timely or remain vacant from long time. Further, in the top level, post of nursing services skilled or qualified nurses are not positioned. In spite of several health committee recommendation, nurses are not given importance in planning, policy making or administration of health services which is the largest profession of health services.