AMMAN —
About 4,000 nurses who graduated from community colleges and work at the
Ministry of Health have been waiting for a long time to receive raises and
benefits, according to Al-Ghad News.
اضافة اعلان
The Health
Ministry classifies the job of those nurses as “other professions” because they
do not have an association that recognizes and defends their rights.
Joining the
Jordan Nurses and Midwives Council requires a nurse to have a bachelor’s degree in the
field; as a result, graduates from community colleges are not able to join the
council.
A member of the
committee representing “participant, assistant, and worker” nurses, Iyad Abu
Joudeh, said the unrecognized nurses have been calling for equal recognition,
on par with the rest of the ministry professions. He said that no resolution
has been found despite repeated promises.
The
college-graduated nurses studied at institutions affiliated with
Al-Balqa Applied University, and took courses set by the Ministry of Higher Education,
according to Abu Joudeh, who added that the Health Ministry permits the nurses
to practice their profession.
The nurses have
also called for an increase in their technical allowance from 60 per cent to
135 percent, similar to that of university-degree nurses, for years.
Other demands
include allowances for transportation and the possibility of overtime pay.
According to Al-Ghad, the
Jordan Nurses and Midwives Council has reportedly rejected the membership of
community college nurses over fears they will not be able to fulfill their
financial obligations to the council.
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