Badr bin Saud The unemployment of the Saudi nurse is caused by the fact that his salary is equivalent to the salaries of four and a half non-Saudi nurses

Al-Marsad newspaper: The writer, Dr. “Badr bin Saud” explained that the employee’s unemployment was caused by his salary, in addition to the return of old excuses that did not respect the efficiency and seriousness of the Saudis at work, but with a different combination. Their proficiency in the English language, the low level of the institutes and colleges graduating from, and their failure to pass the specialization test, as a requirement for licensing, in the Health Specialties Authority, and that the Saudi prefers comfortable office work to cumbersome clinical work.

The second highest country in the salaries of nursing staff

Adding in his article published in Okaz newspaper today that the Kingdom is the second country in the world in the salaries of nursing staff, with a value of 96,000 dollars annually for its citizens, and more than 22,000 dollars for foreigners, surpassed by Luxembourg and Kuwait, with amounts up to 120 thousand dollars and 97 thousand dollars. The two countries cannot be compared to the Kingdom, due to the limited population in them, and the low need for nurses in large numbers, followed by America with more than 80 thousand dollars, and then Ireland with regarding 65 thousand dollars, however, the rates of Emiratisation in the nursing profession are still low, and the percentage of Saudi nurses, according to the statistics of the current year, are in the range of 37%, and foreign nurses make up almost double, or 63%, and these numbers include the public and private sectors.

The salary of a Saudi nurse is 4 times that of a non-Saudi

He added that the salaries of the nurses he mentioned to the Saudis and the foreigners put their hand on an important matter, which is that the salary of one Saudi nurse is equivalent to the salaries of four and a half non-Saudi nurses, and the problem is that the old excuses that did not respect the efficiency and seriousness of the Saudi at work are still present, but with a different combination, It has begun to talk regarding the modest qualification of Saudis, to the extent that they are appointed as ambulance drivers, regarding their lack of proficiency in the English language, regarding the low level of institutes and colleges graduating there, and regarding their failure to pass the specialization test, as a requirement for licensing, in the Commission for Health Specialties, and that the Saudi prefers comfortable office work over business Clinically burdensome.

common justifications

He explained that these are common justifications between Saudi health leaders and foreign nursing cadres in the Kingdom, both of whom are working to serve their own agenda and personal interests. The first category wants to provide the service in return for lower wages, and the second category is trying to protect itself from Saudi competition and superiority over it, specifically in the private health sector.

The largest workforce in the world

He also said that nursing represents the largest professional cadre in the world, and the number of its employees is approximately 32 million male and female nurses, and it must be noted that the global percentage of male nurses does not exceed 10%, at best, and the rest are women or men working in the academic or other field, and according to United Nations standards for sustainable development goals, it is required to increase nurses to nearly 40 million, especially in specific specialties such as intensive care, emergency and obstetric nurses.

220 thousand citizen nurses

He concluded his article that the Kingdom, according to 2022 statistics, has 220,000 citizen nurses, with 632 nurses per 100,000, and needs 40,000 nurses in 2030, ensuring access to 700 nurses per 100,000, with an annual graduation rate of no less than 12,000 compared to 4 thousand, currently, due to the absorptive capacity of Saudi educational institutions, which means that the state needs to employ its programs and initiatives to expand internal and external scholarships, in addition to accrediting the college or institute at home and abroad from the Health Specialties Authority, with prior notification of its conditions, requirements and job descriptions, until The door is completely closed for those who put obstacles in the face of the Saudi nurse.