16 Interesting Facts About Nursing Around the World

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16 Interesting Facts About Nursing Around the World



Just as there are different cultural mores and taboos across the globe, nurses conduct themselves differently from one country to another. Some of these practices may even shock you! Here are some little known facts about nursing around the world.



1. Japan

You don�۪t have to renew your license in Japan. Once an RN, you�۪re one for life. (You can lose your license if you break the law or ���compromise the dignity of the profession.�۝)



LIFETIME LICENSE



2. Japan

One in every 23 Japanese nurses works more than 60 hours of overtime per month.



3. China

In many parts of China,

patients have to take a

number to get medical

attention. They start lining up

outside the hospital at 3am,

and often there�۪s a suffocating ��� crush when the doors open.



4. China

Nurses at ill-funded Chinese hospitals have to

reuse supplies such as gloves and even syringes.



5. VIETNAM

Nursing students aren�۪t allowed to

speak to their professors in Vietnam. They learn through lectures,

textbooks and recitation drills, with no experience with real patients until they�۪re on the job.



6. MEXICO

Hospitals in Mexico only use gloves ���when necessary.�۝



7. MEXICO

After working as a nurse for only a year, Mexican nurses can choose to specialize (with no extra training) in an area of medicine, such as critical care or emergency nursing.



8. Australia

Nurses working in Australia must pass a physical health

examination, including a chest X-ray, to be able to work in

the hospital.



9. Brazil

Up until just 100 years ago, sick Brazilians sought care from folk healers and family-based medicine. It took the coffee industry and the need to control disease in port cities to overhaul the healthcare system (they brought in 31 North American nurses to start!).



10. Saudi Arabia

Nurses in Saudi Arabia aren�۪t permitted to tell their royal patients when it�۪s time for assessment or when to take medications. Most royals travel with a private nurse���and a staff of about 20���who see to their personal medication needs.



11. Saudi Arabia

In Saudi Arabian hospitals, nurses can ���unofficially�۝ work only eight hours of a scheduled 12-hour shift. During the remaining four hours, the patients are

on their own.



12. Iraq

Iraqi women who are nurses have to be home before 2 p.m. and are not allowed to touch men who are not their husbands or sons. It�۪s not uncommon for a doctor to do the nurse�۪s work.



13. Tanzania

In Tanzania, there are only 4 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people.



14. USA

In a study at a U.S hospital, more than 80% of ED nurses believe the phase of the moon affects patients and their mental health.



15. USA

Forty-eight percent of the nurses at a Chicago hospital believe that saying the word ���quiet�۝ aloud will jinx them and make their shift more difficult.



16. Philippines

A significant number of doctors in the Philippines are heading back to school... to become nurses! They then come to the U.S. to make more money as nurses than they earn as MDs in their own country.



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scrubsmag.com/trends. scrubsmag.com 16 Interesting Facts About Nursing Around the World Just as there are different cultural mores and taboos across the globe, nurses conduct themselves differently from one country to another. Some of these practices may even shock you! Here are some little known facts about nursing around the world. 1. You don't have to renew your license in Japan. Once an RN, you're one for life. (You can lose your license if you break the law or "compromise the dignity of the profession.") 2. One in every 23 Japanese nurses works more than 60 hours of overtime per month. LIFETIME LICENSE 3. In many parts of China, patients have to take a number to get medical attention. They start lining up outside the hospital at 3am, and often there's a suffocating crush when the doors open. 73 4. Nurses at ill-funded Chinese hospitals have to reuse supplies such as gloves and even syringes. 5. Nursing students aren't allowed to 6. Hospitals in Mexico only use gloves "when necessary." speak to their professors in Vietnam. They learn through lectures, textbooks and Nursing DUMMIES recitation drills, with no experience with real patients until they're on the job. 7.: AUGUST After working as a nurse for only a year, Mexican nurses can choose to specialize (with no extra training) in an area of medicine, such as critical care 8. Nurses working in Australia must pass a physical health examination, including a chest X-ray, to be able to work in Hear or emergency nursing. the hospital. Up until just 100 years ago, sick Brazilians sought care from folk healers and family-based medicine. It took the coffee industry and the need to control disease in port cities to overhaul the healthcare system (they brought in 31 North American nurses to start!). 10. Nurses in Saudi Arabia aren't permitted to tell their royal patients when it's time for assessment or when to take medications. Most royals travel with a private nurse-and a staff of about 20-who see to their personal medication needs. 11. In Saudi Arabian hospitals, nurses can "unofficially" work only eight hours of a scheduled 12-hour shift. During the remaining four hours, the patients are on their own. 12. Iraqi women who are nurses have to be home before 2 p.m. and are not allowed to touch men who are not their husbands or sons. It's not uncommon for a doctor to do the nurse's work. 14. In a study at a U.S hospital, more than 80% of ED nurses 15. Forty-eight percent of the nurses at a Chicago hospital believe that saying the word "quiet" aloud will jinx them and make their 13. In Tanzania, there are only 4 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people. believe the phase of the moon affects patients and their mental health. shift more difficult. QUET 16. A significant number of doctors in the Philippines are heading back to school... to become nurses! They then come to the U.S. to make more money as nurses than they earn as MDs in their own country. Curious to know more about nursing trends around the world? Visit scrubsmag.com/trends. SOURCES www.nurse.or.jp • factsanddetails.com · news.nurse.com • www.usfca.edu www.southern.ohiou.edu • www.immi.gov.au • nursingworld.org • allnurses.com www.the-platform.org.uk • www.medscape.com · www.workpermit.com www.who.int/en • www.aorn.org/aornjournal