DAAD Z SHOKEH, MSc, APN, RMN, RN
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A retired Major General from the Jordanian Royal Medical Services, Ms. Shokeh achieved an MSc in Nursing Administration from the University of Edinburgh, UK, in 1983, and a Post Registration in Mental Health Nursing from Canterbury Kent, UK in 1972. Her original Registered Nursing Registration was granted by the Jordanian Ministry of Health in 1966 and her Mental Health Registration was achieved from the Nursing & Midwifery Council, by the UK in 1970. She obtained her Advance Practice Nursing from the Jordanian Nursing Council in 2018. Ms. Shokeh currently serves as an Advisor of HRH Princess Muna on the Jordanian Nursing Council (JNC) and for nursing issues to introduce innovative quality care in nursing at Jordanian Military and National hospitals and to assist the Jordanian Nursing Council with regulatory and policy issues. |
A former Secretary General of the Jordanian Nursing Council for eleven years, Ms. Shokeh focused on the establishment of nursing education, practice, research, regulation and policies—helped by national teams of Jordanian educators, practitioners and researchers in public and private institutions.
She is also a former member of the Registration and Licensure Observatory of the International Council of Nurses and former member of the Institute for Credentialing International Governing Council, of the ANCC in the United States. In addition, Ms. Shokeh has served in membership for many WHO EMRO Regional Advisory Panels and as short-time consultant for WHO EMRO on nursing regulation in Iraq and Syria. She has also served—on a part-time basis—as a consultant at the King Abdullah University Hospital, introducing the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program for all specialties.
Ms. Shokeh established a distinguished clinical nursing career, including in Mental Health Nursing. As Director of Nursing at the Jordanian Royal Medical Services, her main achievements included: introducing a clinical ladder for nurses and limiting the entry level of nursing to two levels. With the help and oversight of HRH Princess Muna, Ms. Shokeh advanced the Princess Muna College of Nursing to a baccalaureate level affiliated with Mutah University; moved Jordan’s nursing training center to a community college affiliated with Balka University; and worked with national nursing leaders on policy and regulation issues.
In 2008, Ms. Shokeh collaborated with WHO and NIGH to achieve the Arabic language subtitling for WHO’s 60th Anniversary Video: Nurses & Midwives: Now More Than Ever for A Healthy World.
In 2020, she again collaborated with NIGH to achieve an Arabic language version of the Nightingale Declaration for A Healthy World.
She is also a former member of the Registration and Licensure Observatory of the International Council of Nurses and former member of the Institute for Credentialing International Governing Council, of the ANCC in the United States. In addition, Ms. Shokeh has served in membership for many WHO EMRO Regional Advisory Panels and as short-time consultant for WHO EMRO on nursing regulation in Iraq and Syria. She has also served—on a part-time basis—as a consultant at the King Abdullah University Hospital, introducing the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program for all specialties.
Ms. Shokeh established a distinguished clinical nursing career, including in Mental Health Nursing. As Director of Nursing at the Jordanian Royal Medical Services, her main achievements included: introducing a clinical ladder for nurses and limiting the entry level of nursing to two levels. With the help and oversight of HRH Princess Muna, Ms. Shokeh advanced the Princess Muna College of Nursing to a baccalaureate level affiliated with Mutah University; moved Jordan’s nursing training center to a community college affiliated with Balka University; and worked with national nursing leaders on policy and regulation issues.
In 2008, Ms. Shokeh collaborated with WHO and NIGH to achieve the Arabic language subtitling for WHO’s 60th Anniversary Video: Nurses & Midwives: Now More Than Ever for A Healthy World.
In 2020, she again collaborated with NIGH to achieve an Arabic language version of the Nightingale Declaration for A Healthy World.