Nightingale Award Ceremony Held, Cho Jung-tai: Elevating Nursing Talent and Retention Incentives
Premier Cho Jung-tai attended the 15th Nightingale Award ceremony, expressing gratitude to nurses for their dedication. He emphasized the government's continued efforts to supplement nursing staff, enhance retention incentives, promote exemplary workplace certification, and advance integrated inpatient care services, aiming to create a more comprehensive workplace, reasonable compensation, and benefits for nurses.
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(Taipei, CNA reporter Lai Yu-chen, May 2nd) With International Nurses Day approaching, Premier Cho Jung-tai attended the 15th Nightingale Award ceremony today, thanking nurses for their dedication. He also emphasized that the government continues to supplement nursing staff, enhance retention incentives, promote exemplary workplace certification, and advance integrated inpatient care services, aiming to create a more comprehensive workplace, reasonable compensation, and benefits for nurses.
May 12th is International Nurses Day. The Tsuyue Social Welfare and Charity Foundation held the 15th Nightingale Award ceremony today. The gold award for the group category was won by the Emergency Nursing Team of Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital. Silver awards went to the Nursing Resilience Promotion Team of Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, and the Sunflower Garden Adolescent Day Ward, Psychiatry Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital.
In his speech at the award ceremony, Premier Cho Jung-tai expressed gratitude for the dedication of all nurses, stating that, as Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, once said, nurses must have empathy and a pair of hands willing to work.
Regarding the shortage of nursing staff, Cho Jung-tai said the government is continuously improving policies across four dimensions. First, diversifying the補充護理人員 means increasing the frequency of nursing exams and improving the structure, quality, and content of exam questions to avoid overly niche or difficult questions, thereby increasing the number of successful candidates. "Even past exam questions are acceptable," he added.
Cho Jung-tai pointed out that the second dimension is the government's continuous promotion of the 12-strategy plan for nursing workforce policy readiness, initiating the standard for nurse-to-patient ratios across three shifts. This involves annually increasing the budget for direct incentives for night shift nurses, from NT$4 billion in the first year to NT$4.7 billion in the second year, plus NT$1.6 billion in incentives for hospitals meeting the three-shift nurse-to-patient ratio standards, totaling NT$6.3 billion. This year, the overall budget has reached NT$6.885 billion.
Cho Jung-tai stated that the third dimension is the government's promotion of exemplary workplace certification. Currently, 32 hospitals have received this certification, and more medical institutions are expected to join, as a friendly workplace is essential for nurses to feel a sense of honor in their profession.
He added that the fourth dimension is the government's initiation of integrated inpatient care services, delegating auxiliary tasks to others to reduce the burden on family members and nurses. A total of NT$2.55 billion has been allocated this year to subsidize integrated inpatient care, which will enable more comprehensive and large-scale implementation in the future.
Cho Jung-tai said that President Lai Ching-te's promotion of Healthy Taiwan aims to improve the basic welfare of all medical personnel, extend the healthy life expectancy of the Taiwanese people, and ensure the sustainable operation of policies like Long-Term Care 3.0. He also hoped that the Ministry of Health and Welfare would maintain excellent communication with nursing associations and professional organizations, fostering mutual understanding.
Regarding the award-winning groups, Cho Jung-tai stated that the Emergency Nursing Team of Siaogang Hospital has made significant contributions to treating industrial accidents, major traffic accidents, burns, and even chemical disasters on the front lines of high-risk industrial areas, thus earning recognition. Hualien, having experienced numerous disasters such as major traffic accidents, the Matapan River dammed lake incident, and typhoons, naturally requires high resilience, professionalism, and full commitment, and Tzu Chi Hospital's advocacy for nursing resilience was thus awarded.
He noted that the Psychiatric Nursing Team of Taipei Veterans General Hospital helps adolescents grow healthily and normally, and their happy return to school is commendable. (Editor: Lin Ke-lun) 1150502
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(Taipei, CNA reporter Lai Yu-chen, May 2nd) With International Nurses Day approaching, Premier Cho Jung-tai attended the 15th Nightingale Award ceremony today, thanking nurses for their dedication. He also emphasized that the government continues to supplement nursing staff, enhance retention incentives, promote exemplary workplace certification, and advance integrated inpatient care services, aiming to create a more comprehensive workplace, reasonable compensation, and benefits for nurses.
May 12th is International Nurses Day. The Tsuyue Social Welfare and Charity Foundation held the 15th Nightingale Award ceremony today. The gold award for the group category was won by the Emergency Nursing Team of Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital. Silver awards went to the Nursing Resilience Promotion Team of Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, and the Sunflower Garden Adolescent Day Ward, Psychiatry Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital.
In his speech at the award ceremony, Premier Cho Jung-tai expressed gratitude for the dedication of all nurses, stating that, as Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, once said, nurses must have empathy and a pair of hands willing to work.
Regarding the shortage of nursing staff, Cho Jung-tai said the government is continuously improving policies across four dimensions. First, diversifying the補充護理人員 means increasing the frequency of nursing exams and improving the structure, quality, and content of exam questions to avoid overly niche or difficult questions, thereby increasing the number of successful candidates. "Even past exam questions are acceptable," he added.
Cho Jung-tai pointed out that the second dimension is the government's continuous promotion of the 12-strategy plan for nursing workforce policy readiness, initiating the standard for nurse-to-patient ratios across three shifts. This involves annually increasing the budget for direct incentives for night shift nurses, from NT$4 billion in the first year to NT$4.7 billion in the second year, plus NT$1.6 billion in incentives for hospitals meeting the three-shift nurse-to-patient ratio standards, totaling NT$6.3 billion. This year, the overall budget has reached NT$6.885 billion.
Cho Jung-tai stated that the third dimension is the government's promotion of exemplary workplace certification. Currently, 32 hospitals have received this certification, and more medical institutions are expected to join, as a friendly workplace is essential for nurses to feel a sense of honor in their profession.
He added that the fourth dimension is the government's initiation of integrated inpatient care services, delegating auxiliary tasks to others to reduce the burden on family members and nurses. A total of NT$2.55 billion has been allocated this year to subsidize integrated inpatient care, which will enable more comprehensive and large-scale implementation in the future.
Cho Jung-tai said that President Lai Ching-te's promotion of Healthy Taiwan aims to improve the basic welfare of all medical personnel, extend the healthy life expectancy of the Taiwanese people, and ensure the sustainable operation of policies like Long-Term Care 3.0. He also hoped that the Ministry of Health and Welfare would maintain excellent communication with nursing associations and professional organizations, fostering mutual understanding.
Regarding the award-winning groups, Cho Jung-tai stated that the Emergency Nursing Team of Siaogang Hospital has made significant contributions to treating industrial accidents, major traffic accidents, burns, and even chemical disasters on the front lines of high-risk industrial areas, thus earning recognition. Hualien, having experienced numerous disasters such as major traffic accidents, the Matapan River dammed lake incident, and typhoons, naturally requires high resilience, professionalism, and full commitment, and Tzu Chi Hospital's advocacy for nursing resilience was thus awarded.
He noted that the Psychiatric Nursing Team of Taipei Veterans General Hospital helps adolescents grow healthily and normally, and their happy return to school is commendable. (Editor: Lin Ke-lun) 1150502
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