Why there is shortage of nurses in India?

From my point of view Nurses are back bone of health management because no one can imagine a single hospital without hospital. because they do a lot for their nobel service, they sacrifice a lot in their life weather it is professional or personal. the reason behind shortage may be as follows: 1) lo

Coz this as a career is not so popular among youth

Hi Everyone, Even the demand supply concept does not hold true in this case because as the demand-supply gap widens, and inflation soars, nurses' salaries remain little better than static in government and private sectors.

Hi All, It is because of the poor labour laws in India: There are many [private] hospitals which take the original certificates of the nurses on appointment. Then they are asked to sign that they will stay for a period of two years, say. Since the documents are retained by the employer, they are u

In India nursing is women specific, you will hardly find any men serving as nurse, this also leads to shortage of nurses across India.

Very few people want to opt for nursing because they are underpaid, overworked, and exploited and it leads to shortage of nurses

Hi, Nurses are usually employed on contracts that lack job security and scope for career improvement. “There is no regular recruitment by state governments,”. The recruitment system is demoralizing. Every year many nurses leave the country for employment as they don't get jobs in India and the pay

Hi, India has an average of one nurse for every 2500 residents, compared with one for every 150-200 in richer countries. Planning Commission had projected a deficit of 955?000 nurses by 2015 of which 200?000-300?000 would be in the government facilities. It is a huge problem and the government sh