Nurses association calls for a unified online national registration process

NURSES nationwide require a unified national registration system to address hurdles in the current online registration processes under the Nurses Registration and Tracking System (NRTS), the Indian Professional Nurses Association (IPNA) has said.

- JAISON WILSON @Pathanamthitta

Introduced in 2018, NRTS aims to centralise and digitise the registration of nursing professionals. However, several challenges persist, particularly regarding state-specific registrations, which restrict professional mobility of nurses.

Apart from disruptions and delays in allotting the National Unique Identification Number (NUID) through the web portal, only less than 12 lakh nurses have the NUID out of over 36 lakh nurses in the country, according to the IPNA.