Govt creating 'Live Register' to gather data on nursing

The government is creating a technology platform to collect and update latest information on human resources in the field of nursing in the country, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda today said.
This, he said, will help the government in better manpower planning and take policy-level decisions for nursing professionals.
"The work on creating an 'Indian Nurses Live Register' will help getting the latest, correct and realtime information on human resources in the field of nursing in India," Nadda said at Florence Nightingale Awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan where 35 outstanding nursing personnel employed by the Centre, states and Union territories' administration were felicitated.

Listing other initiatives undertaken for strengthening of nursing cadre, the minister said some of them include upgradation of institutions from school of nursing to college of nursing, training of nurses, and development of nurse practitioner courses for critical care and primary health care services.
'National Nursing and Midwifery Portal' is being developed to gather and put all nursing-related information like government initiatives for the field of nursing, information on nursing and midwifery education and human resource availability, circulars, notifications, job opportunities and e-learning modules on a single platform.