Why nursing institutions opt not to provide training

Coverbild: Why care facilities decide against training
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Issue/Year (Volume) 2/2025 (54)
Page(s) 50-54
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There is an abundance of reports relating to the future need for skilled workers in the nursing professions. Recruitment of qualified nurses from abroad and domestic training are the two main foundations to cover the need for qualified staff. But by no means all companies train nurses. This article presents the reasons nursing institutions give for deciding not to offer such training whilst also presenting what they perceive be the advantages of doing so. It also compares the attitudes towards generalist nursing training of institutions providing training and institutions not providing training.