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Nursing in Hong Kong: Issues and Challenges

David R. Thompson, RN; PhD

The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

This column provides a discussion of the issues and challenges facing nurses and nursing in Hong Kong. The author introduces the role of nurses in the special administrative region and focuses on workforce, educational and practice issues, as well as on leadership in nursing. He concludes that Hong Kong needs to have a strategic plan to determine sufficient numbers of properly educated nurses.

Key Words: China • Hong Kong • nursing issues

Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 2, 158-162 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0894318406286834
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