How to Cite:
Mehdi, Z., & Nasser, R. N. (2022). German nurse and healthcare workers staffing: Their professional
education and training outcomes. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S5), 596–613.
https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS5.8331
International Journal of Health Sciences ISSN 2550-6978 E-ISSN 2550-696X © 2022.
Manuscript submitted: 18 March 2022, Manuscript revised: 9 April 2022, Accepted for publication: 27 May 2022
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German nurse and healthcare workers staffing:
Their professional education and training
outcomes
Zafar Mehdi
Dhofar University, Salalah, Oman
Ramzi Naim Nasser
Lusail University, Lusail, Qatar
Corresponding author email: rnasser@lu.edu.qa
Abstract---Continuing professional training is a significant part of
modern Germany healthcare services and is often considered to
improve care quality of the residents in their late years. To maintain
and improve the quality of care in nursing home, German education
system has different care training programs. This paper investigates
the association between the type and the amount of continuing
professional education and training of nurse staffing and care workers
and their outcome variables. Cross-sectional data, from German
Socio-economic data panel (G-SOEP) 2010 were used for analysis
purpose. This dataset includes the household and individual
information. Each individual 16 years of age or older in the household
is surveyed for all partial samples (institutionalized households in
both West and East Germany). The sample size of participants was
24481 in survey wave of year 2010. Data were collected using face-to-
face interview and the computer assisted interview questionnaires had
been used. In this survey data, the number of Nurses and Care
Workers was 571. The multiple regression analysis was used to
examine the association between independent and outcome variables.
The study found that some years of further and additional training of
nursing staff and care workers has positive association with
employment status, average employment income variables. The
findings of the study suggest nurse staffing and care workers level and
their professional additional training can improve quality of life of
older adults and employment’s income.
Keywords---Nurse staffing, healthcare workers, continuing,
professional training, long-term care, quality patient care, employment
outcomes.