As part of measures to address severe shortage of nurses and midwives, Ghana embarked on massive scale-up of the production of nurses and midwives which has yielded remarkable improvements in nurse staffing levels. It has, however, also resulted in a dramatic demographic shift in the nursing and...
Just like the DDNS, the Deputy Director of Nursing Services (DNS) also provide leadership and direction to all the nurses and midwives in a facility to ensure they meet all the standard of services endorsed by the Ghana Health Service and Ministry of Health. To qualify to serve as a DNS i...
Botswana Nurses and midwives act (Cap. 61:03) Government of Botswana, Gaborone (1995) Google Scholar [35] AG Kironji, P Hodkinson, SS De Ramirez, T Anest, L Wallis, J Razzak, A Jenson, B. Hansoti Identifying barriers for out of hospital emergency care in low and low-middle income ...
Recent legislation in South Africa (South Africa 2005) stipulates that professional nurses and midwives will be graduates from a four-year professional degree, while the majority of prospective nurses will enrol in a three-year diploma programme, exiting as generalists and staff nurses. This implies...
Aninanya GA, Howard N, William JE, et al. Can performance- based incentives improve motivation of nurses and midwives in primary facilities in northern Ghana? A quasi-experimental study. Glob Health Action 2016;9:32404. doi:10.3402/gha.v9.32404...
Development of a public health nutrition workforce: Nurses and midwives in GhanaJosanpu Zasshi. 1986 Dec;40(12):1064-9.Sethuraman, KavitaJosanpu ZasshiJosanpu zasshi = The Japanese journal for midwifeSethuraman K (2015). Development of a public health nutrition workforce: Nurses and midwives in...
Improving Maternal and Child Health in Ghana: The Role of Nurses and MidwivesNowadays, talk about the falling quality of educational standards in Ghana dominates most conversations and discussions. While education is considered vital toTakyi, Baffour K...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of psychological well-being on job performance among nurses and midwives in rural and urban hospitals in Ghana amidst COVID-19. The study adopted a purely quantitative approach, using the explanatory research des...
We purposefully sampled and interviewed thirty-five nurses and midwives at the Tamale Teaching in Ghana from September 2018 to May 2019. Results The data analysis revealed five main categories; professionally developed, diverse implementation, insufficient resources, applied opportunities, and threatening ...
Can performance-based incentives improve motivation of nurses and midwives in primary facilities in northern Ghana? A quasi-experimental studyGifty Apiung AninanyaNatasha HowardJohn E WilliamsBenjamin ApamHelen PrytherchSvetla LoukanovaEunice Karanja Kamara...