Non-adherence to treatment regimen is a great concern to many players in the health industry. Especially in the case of antimicrobials, it may lead to antimicrobial resistance or make common or life-threatening infections more difficult or sometimes impossible to treat. …
It isn’t quite long when the story of a missing nurse took centre stage on social media trends and some traditional media outlets. Lots of nurses shared the story on their social media handles to help save their colleague from …
Basic professional nursing education in Ghana takes either three or four years of intensive classroom and clinical training. However, after successfully going through the training, graduates are required to go through one-year mandatory clinical experience (popularly known as Rotation) in …
On Wednesday 7th April 2021, experts at MSSI Ghana will organize an online training on the topic ‘Management of Eclampsia in Pregnancy’. This training has been scheduled to take place at
In preparing lukewarm water, the correct way to determine the temperature of the water is to use a thermometer. However, this is not handy in many homes and hospitals, making it challenging to prepare one at the right temperature. The traditional way of testing the temperature of lukewarm water is to run the water over the
Proper management of the staffing needs of every healthcare organization plays a significant role in improving employee satisfaction, and to a large extent, better patient outcomes. However, the complex nature of staffing schedules for many hospitals and large organizations, makes …
Now that we know what employers do not want or need, I believe we can move into what employers really want. Behind the mind of every employer are three things; experience, cheap but competent labour and an extra competency.
In the mind of the employer, what does he really want? I often ask myself this mystifying question. After my university education, I was faced with the challenge of finding an answer to this same question, ‘What does the employer really want’?
Nurses in Ghana spend up to 4years in training and after successfully passing their licensure exams, they undergo mandatory one-year internship in a hospital (rotation), before they are issued a license to practice in Ghana.
In this series, Starting A Career In Nursing, Ghana Nurse shares exciting fact about nursing.