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[email protected] thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar NIGHTINGALES OF QATAR Nursing is growing as a new career interest among young Qataris as many of them have begun to study and take it as a profession. P | 3 TUESDAY 12 JANUARY 2016 | 03 COVER STORY Nursing becomes popular among Qatari students By Fazeena Saleem The Peninsula ursing is growing as a new career interest among young Qataris as many of Nthem have begun to study and take it as a profession. At least a 50 Qatari nationals have graduated as nurses in 2015 and an- other 90 are presently studying at the of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ) — the haikha Ali Al Qahtani is a sample campus that provides nursing edu- of young Qataris taking nursing as cation in Qatar. Sa career. She received her Bach- “I think Qataris are beginning to elor of Nursing in 2013 from UCQ and develop an appreciation for rigorous the university is presently welcom- ed by advanced computers to rec- is currently working towards her Master scientific and professional training ing new students and expect num- reate a range of conditions and use of Nursing with the University. In Janu- that is required of the modern nurse. bers could rise over 100 Qatari stu- closed circuit televisions to observe ary 2014, she established the Wound They are also seeing that nursing dents.