title: Establishing Policy Foundations and Regulatory Systems to Enhance Nursing Practice in the United Arab Emirates.
abstract: In 2009, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) established a Nursing and Midwifery Council with a mandate to develop standards for the registration and regulation of nursing and midwifery and to strengthen the nursing and midwifery workforce. Priorities included workforce Emiratization and the development of regulatory standards to support advanced and speciality nursing practice and new models of care-particularly for the management of noncommunicable diseases. This article provides background, context for, and best practice inputs to the effort to provide one unified framework of nursing regulation and licensure across the whole of the UAE. This article is intended for nurse leaders, policy makers, and regulators who are reviewing or developing nursing regulatory processes and advancing nursing workforce capacity building activities; and nurse educators and nurses wishing to work in the UAE.
authors.affiliation: Griffith Health, Griffith University, QLD Australia Green Templeton College, Oxford University, UK Fatima College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, UAE s.brownie@griffith.edu.au.
authors.forename: Sharon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Brownie
authors.affiliation: Griffith Health, Griffith University, QLD Australia.
authors.forename: Lyndal H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.affiliation: Griffith Health, Griffith University, QLD Australia Al Gharbria Health Services, SEHA, Abu Dhabi, UAE Walden University, Minneapolis, USA.
authors.forename: Salah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aqtash
authors.affiliation: Griffith Health, Griffith University, QLD Australia.
authors.forename: Gary E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D014479:United Arab Emirates
keywords: United Arab Emirates; health workforce; licensure; nursing regulation