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| Madam Cecilia Mensah addressing the graduants |
PRINCIPAL OF the Cape Coast
Nursing and Midwifery Training College (CCNTC), Cecilia Mensah has
expressed worry over how some nurses in the country insulted and
disrespected patients that visit various health care facilities.
She noted that their insolent attitude had contributed to the deaths
of many patients and in her view, this had gradually tarnished the
reputation of the nursing and midwifery profession.
Mrs. Mensah was speaking at a graduation and home coming ceremony in
Cape Coast for student nurses who completed their certification
programme at the CCNTC.
The occasion themed “The role of nurses and midwives in the promotion of quality health care in Ghana in the 21st Century,” formed part of the college’s silver jubilee anniversary.
The principal noted that although trained nurses were from diverse
backgrounds, they tended to forget the oath they had sworn to render the
best health care to patients no matter where they may find themselves.
“This is not what the founder of nursing did. She had time and
patience to visit and serve all her patients. We need to emulate such
behavior to recuperate the good lost image,” she said.
Mrs. Mensah further appealed to government and healthcare
stakeholders to help the school expand in order to enroll more students.
She revealed that due to the lack of accommodation and unavailability
of certain facilities to train students, the school now operated at two
separate campuses, a situation she said had continuously increased
their expenditure.
Addressing the gathering, a retired Deputy Director of Nursing
Services, Sarah Nyampong said the practice of nursing and midwifery
across the globe had undergone a drastic paradigm shift from using
outmoded physical strategies of caring for the sick to the use of modern
technology.
According to her, the 21st century required nurses to embark on serious and thorough research to broaden their knowledge.
“Now that you have internet facilities at your work places, phones
and homes, you need to deepen your knowledge by looking out for nursing
books to increase your talent and know the new methods used in treating
diseases at faster rates,” she said.
She noted that because nursing and midwifery constituted the largest
work force in the health sector, there was the need for government to
equip various health training colleges with sophisticated material to
intensify teaching and learning in these areas.
The Central Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Samuel Quashie
also called on government to support nursing training colleges with
e-learning and exchange programs with foreign health institutions in
order to increase the provision of quality health care.
From: Desmond K. Dapaah, Cape Coast
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