Govt to recruit 200 nurses this year
Desperate unemployed nurses may have a reason to heave sighs of relief following the government’s decision to recruit more than 200 nurses by the close of this year.
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Additionally, it has initiated a process to employ student nurses after their graduation from the various nursing schools in the country.
The Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, gave an assurance at an induction ceremony for 2016 qualified nurse assistants, nurses and midwives in Accra last Monday.
He further assured graduates of nursing schools who are yet to be inducted of being recruited next year, saying the government was determined to make the issue of nurse unemployment in the country a thing of the past.
Composition of inductees
The inductees were drawn from various nursing and midwifery training colleges and allied health training institutions in the Volta, Eastern and Greater Accra regions.
They included Registered Midwives, Registered General Nurses, Registered Mental Nurses, Assistant Clinical Nurses, Registered Community Nurses and Assistant Preventive Nurses.
At the same event, the head office building of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) was inaugurated and a bust of Florence Nightingale unveiled.
The minister said the government was committed to providing Ghanaians with adequate and efficient healthcare services, while it was also committing resources into training nurses and midwives.
“In return, what the government requires from you is a positive attitude to work to properly guide patients on the right pathways to wellness. I believe we can achieve this if we embrace therapeutic communication in our professional delivery,” he told the inductees.
Don’t be rude
The Dean of the School of Languages of the University of Ghana, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, urged the nurses not to be rude to patients and members of the public in the course of discharging their duties.
“Do not be rude but be motivational to make a difference. Your dress code, which stands you out in the midst of others as a nurse or midwife, is only a symbol; what is most important is your conduct and attitude,” she added.