Austria has a shortage of tens of thousands of nursing staff in hospitals and homes. The problem is not new and has been on the political agenda for years. The aim was to remedy the situation by reforming training, but the change has led to new problems. Krone+ has the details.
The Healthcare and Nursing Act was radically revised in 2016. The aim was to introduce a uniform three-stage training for nursing staff. 1. training for qualified health and nursing staff transferred to the technical colleges and 2. in addition to the one-year nursing assistant training course, 3. created the profession of nursing assistant with a two-year training course.
Source: Krone
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