- The pandemic demonstrated the importance of nurses being in direct contact with patients.
- Currently there are just over 800 faculties and schools registered in the national catalog of Nursing social service in Mexico
- Study plans and programs must be updated to respond to needs.
Although many times they do not receive the importance they deserve, Nurses are an integral part within the health field. Therefore, through the continuous strengthening of the skills and abilities of the personnel in this area, Mexico is one step ahead in the prevention and care of diseases. This was said by the general director of Quality and Education in Health of the Ministry of Health, José Luis García Ceja.
When inaugurating the National Meeting of Education and Social Service in Nursingstated that the trained nursing and medical professional can resolve 70 percent of patient conditions in first-contact clinics.
The general director of Quality and Education in Health urged representatives of higher level educational institutions, to include topics such as mental health and aging in the plans and study programs, given the need for the new generations of professionals to have the skills and skills that respond to the needs of the population to offer quality care.
He also stressed the importance of the health team go to communities to provide medical services. In this way, the population is made aware of the need for self-care, as a way of promoting Primary Health Care.
Nurses can transform health services
The Director of Nursing and Coordinator of the Permanent Nursing CommissionThelma Rossana González Guzmán, said that this profession is central in the transformation of services to improve care.
Meanwhile, the Nursing normative coordinator of the Ministry of Health, Graciela Sánchez Trejo, highlighted that there are more than 800 faculties and schools registered in the national catalog of social service. Of this figure, 700 evaluate their study plans and programs related to the clinical field of nursing.
While soon on the page of the General Directorate of Quality and Education in Health (DGCES) the guidelines that inform about the rights and obligations for institutions in the clinical field of social service in nursing will be published.
In this regard, the member of the Nursing Regulatory CoordinationPaula Andrea Cuartas Velázquez explained that strategies are established to strengthen professional skills. In addition, quality criteria are evaluated for the validation of academic curricula of public and private schools.
Prior to the inauguration, at the master conference “Development of the curricular map and professional profile, a challenge in the new trends in the training of nursing human resources”the institutional researcher, Concepción Barrón Tirado, explained that during the training process of nursing professionals it is essential to promote the perspective of gender, sustainability and human rights that allow serving the population with ethical commitment.
The researcher pointed out that during the In the training of nurses, polyvalent knowledge should be fostered. In this way, services can be offered in a multidisciplinary way in hospitals and face extraordinary situations in the country.
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