Challenges facing nurses in Iraq: A review study
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Nurses, ChallengesAbstract
Nursing is a cornerstone of any effective health-care system. In Iraq, however, the nursing profession has long faced multifaceted challenges, undermining the quality of patient care, professional satisfaction, and workforce sustainability. Decades of war, economic sanctions, political instability, and systemic mismanagement have severely damaged health infrastructure and undermined nursing education, staffing levels, and working conditions. (1)
These problems are compounded by planned demographic shifts — with an increasing aged population, growing burden of chronic diseases (e.g. cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer), rising demands for addiction and mental health services — all of which place added pressure on an already strained nursing workforce. (2)
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