The Northern Zonal Executives (NZE) of the 2016 batch of the Nurse Assistant Clinical (NAC) and Nurse Assistant Preventive (NAP) has called on the President Akufo-Addo and the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu to ensure that they are posted to various health facilities within the country. The 2016 batch of NAC and NAP said they … Read more
There are stories of pregnant women forcefully delivering pre-maturely in order to sit an exam The Health Ministry has suspended a regulation barring pregnant students of Nursing Training colleges from taking examinations. The decision followed a meeting between the heads of the various health training institutions, and Nursing and Midwifery Council to review the code … Read more
The deputy Minister of Health, Tina Mensah, has assured the pregnant nurses who spoke against decision to bar them from taking their exams due to their conditions will not be victimised. The Nursing and Midwifery Council Tuesday ordered principals of nursing schools to allow pregnant students and nursing mothers to write their examinations. Over the … Read more
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has ordered principals of nursing schools to allow pregnant students and nursing mothers to write examinations. Over the last month, principals of two midwifery schools; the Pantang Midwifery School and the Gushegu Nursing training college have been in the news for preventing pregnant students from taking part in ongoing exams. … Read more
The Gushiegu Midwifery Training School in the Northern Region was thrown into a state of shock when a married student was prevented from taking part in the end-of-semester examination because she was pregnant. According to some teachers at the school, they were acting on a directive to prevent all pregnant students from taking part in … Read more
A nursing student who was removed from an examination hall because she is pregnant may be given a second opportunity to take the exam. The Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council announced this on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show following public outrage generated by the story. JoyNews reported Wednesday, May 10, 2017, that the … Read more
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has condemned the action of the principal of the Gushegu Midwifery Training School in the Northern Region who, on Wednesday, prevented a student from continuing with her examination because she was pregnant. According to the Council, nothing in its statutes prevents a pregnant woman from sitting for a paper. The … Read more
The Nursing and Midwifery Council, has launched its maiden journal dubbed: “The Numid Horizon, An International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery,” which features articles on health issues. The journal provides Nursing and Midwifery practitioners with continuing education in academic and clinical science to support informed decision making, and educate practitioners about the values and processes … Read more
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on Tuesday donated stationery and other items worth GHc 16,000 to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital. The items, which included bed sheets, adult diapers, cartridges, envelopes, tonners, A4 sheets among others aimed at augmenting the administrative services of the Hospital. Mr Felix Nyante, the Registrar of the NMC, who made … Read more
The Nurses and Midwifery Council has apologised to the St. Andrews College of Healthcare for labelling the college as an unaccredited institution. Public Relations Officer of Nurses and Midwifery Council, Nana Agyeman indicated that the Council had not released any list to the Daily Guide newspaper and therefore did not understand the motive for the … Read more