China facing nursing shortage |
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| May 12 - China is suffering a shortfall of five million nurses because many are leaving the profession in protest of hospitals underpaying them, according to the Ministry1 of Health (MOH).
"In most countries, the ratio of the number of nurses to the total population is about 0.5 percent, but the ratio in China is only 0.1 percent," said MOH spokesman Mao Qun'an at a recent press conference.
"China had 1.43 million nurses by the end of 2006, which means, with a population of 1.3 billion, the country needs five million more nurses to catch up with the global standard," said Mao.
"Although the country saw a large increase of 120,000 nurses in 2005 and 2006, the amount can not meet the demand of the patients," Mao said.
A survey of more than 400 hospitals in China conducted by the Ministry of Health showed that over 95 percent of the inpatients were cared for by their family members or professional carers.
Mao attributed the shortage to the fact that some hospitals have cut certain nurses' income by classifying them as temporary workers, which means they can pay them reduced salaries to cut costs.
A large number of nurses have left hospitals because of low pay and bad working conditions, concluded Mao.
The news of the misconduct within the country's hospitals is a setback2 for the MOH, who in 2005 laid down guidelines for the development of the nursing sector3, pledging to increase the number by training more nurses in medical schools and to raise their pay.
Previously4, China's nurses mainly receive training in technical secondary schools, but now they can also be educated in the country's colleges and universities, which entitles nurses to higher salaries.
The ministry has also, in the past two years, urged hospitals to raise the ratio of beds to nurses by listing it as an important factor for appraising5 their work. In China, there is an average of four nurses to ten hospital beds at present.
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ministry
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| n.(政府的)部；牧师 |
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- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
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setback
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| n.退步，挫折，挫败 |
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- Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
- She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。
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sector
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| n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形 |
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- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
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previously
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| adv.以前，先前（地） |
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- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
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appraising
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| v.估价( appraise的现在分词 )；估计；估量；评价 |
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- At the appraising meeting, experts stated this method was superior to others. 鉴定会上，专家们指出这种方法优于其他方法。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The teacher is appraising the students' work. 老师正在评定学生的作业。 来自辞典例句
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