Audience of presentation learnt about the health care system in Oman with focus on the Health Vision 2050. Also, it delineated the six strategic directions of the vision of nursing services at the MoH in Oman.

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Majid Rashid Al-Maqbali
Director of Nursing & Midwifery Affairs
MOH, Oman
Health Vision: 2050
Nursing Services: Evolvement, Current, and
Future Perspectives

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In presenting a vision 2050:
 Reflect on past
 Evaluate the current situation
 Historical review ..
Health Vision: 2050

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The Past: Nursing evolvement in Oman
 Derived from our Islamic faith (Al Osimy, 2004)
 Founded by Rufaida Al-Aslamiya (Zakai, 2011)
 Oman nursing takes root from the early 1900s “American
Missionary Association”
 1930’s and 40’s, Al-Rahma Hospital and 2 other hospitals were
established

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The Past: Nursing evolvement in Oman
 In 1959, 10 health centers and 12 dispensaries (Sohar, Ibra, Nizwa,
Seeb and Rustaq)
 1970, AMA started a formal 2 year nursing program for 5 male
medical orderlies within Matrah Hospital (Named Al-Rahma School
of Nursing)

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The Past: The Nursing evolvement in Oman
• In 1979, establishment of Directorate of Nursing
• In 1994, Oman was co-opted as a member in GCC Nursing Technical Committee
• In 1999, the first group to Villanova University
• In 2001, OSNI was opened and ONMC was established
• SQU started nursing education program in 2002
• In 2004, Nizwa University started a nursing education program

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The Present: Mission and Values of DNMA
• Ensure provision of highest quality services by
providing leadership
• Collaboration with all key parties in the health system
and stakeholders

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The Present: Goals of DNMA
• Develop plans
• Implement and monitor standards of practice
• Maintain and strengthen coordination with regional,
national, and international bodies

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The Present: indicators
• Omanization is 65%, Females 95%
• 73 % under the age of 35 years
• Reproductive age
• Retirement age

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The Future: to view the vision for the future
 Key figure nursing professionals were interviewed then
 2 heterogeneous focus groups surveyed was conducted
in 2012, with the following findings:
– The nursing future is bright and promising.
– Inspired by the past, developed in the present.
– Nurses are not facing the future in isolation of other
health care professions
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The Future: Key areas are to focus on
 Nursing administration and leadership;
 Human Resources
 Regulation;
 Continuous professional development
 Evidence based practice and research; and
 Specialization and advanced practice.
Technology

11. The Future:

12. The Future: Leadership and Management
 Omani nursing leaders should be prepared to face the future
challenges.
 Leaders should develop a clear performance management model
 Formal education for Nursing Administration ought to be at
Master level.
 A few Omani nursing leaders may also be prepared in business
management, research, law or ethics.
 PhD is a need

13. The Future: Human Resources
 Nursing shortages are mainly in specialist areas.
 Entry level to the profession must be at BSc.
 The projection of the future needs should take into
consideration:
– The projected connection between supply and demand,
– Planning and distribution to ensure the skill mix is fulfilling
the customers needs (in hospital and community).

14.  Regulations of the profession will bring stability
in a time of change (One umbrella)
 Form nursing association to represent nurses
The Future: Regulation

15.  Evidence based practice built on research and the
utilization of research is
 Essential for the future of the professions to be both
credible in the eyes of their health service colleagues
and the public.
 Ensure that the rules and regulations support the
application of EBP
The Future: Evidence Based Practice

16.  Develop a system that includes competencies of the
specialisations, needs and scope of practice.
 Develop educational parameters that support the emerging
specialities
 Expansion of specialities and sub-specialities.
 The focus should be more on community services,
particularly the care of elderly, the design and use of
community supplied equipments.
The Future: Specialization and Advanced Practice

17.  PHC
 Extended role
 Nurse/Midwife led clinics
 Accountability, licensure, and medico-legal..
The Future: Advanced Nursing Practice

18.  Demand for physicians will decrease and demand for
specialist nurses will increases
 Electronically mediated learning programs (virtual
classrooms)
 Loss of human elements of compassions and caring
The Future: Technology

19.  Development of nursing and midwifery requires Omani
leaders able to demonstrate the ability to
 TRANSFORM, SUPPORT,
 DEVELOP, MENTOR
 And use EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
 The utilisation of various technology enabled communication
methods to facilitate effective team utilisation to provide
patient and family centred nursing care.
Summary

20.  The ideal Method to anticipate the future is to design it
 Utilize today’s opportunity, use the escalator
 Luck goes with brave
Last thought..

21. Thank you!