This proposal was submitted in 1995 and has still not been acted upon by the Ministry of Health. The number of Yemeni nationals choosing nursing as a profession remains low. The social stigma associated with the job requires some awareness and effort to overcome. Though salaries for the whole sector remain low, those of the nursing cadres are especially low compared to medical and some paramedical personnel. There is no specific budget for nursing services, particularly for training purposes, which makes implementation of plans a very difficult exercise.
Nursing is a difficult job.
It requires knowledge, skills and self-perception which lead to the ability to work through a broad spectrum of relations. At times, these relations are independent as in the delivery of care, they are also occasionally dependent, as in theater wards, and they are often mutually interdependent. Understanding the driving forces of the health system in general, and within nursing in particular, are important factors in the way health services are delivered. As the person in most contact with the patient, the nurse is a vital factor in the speedy and proper recuperation of patients. To be able to deliver on her job, the nurse's abilities are shaped by her education, experience, and standing in society.