The students receiving their certificates
Mary Aboagye, Principal of Health Concern Ghana, a health training institution in Accra, has urged nursing assistants to exhibit the spirit of excellence in their work.
Speaking at the school’s graduation ceremony for 358 students who had successfully completed their two-year study in Nursing Assistant Clinical programme, Mrs Aboagye said excellence was a critical component to the success of the noble profession.
“Nurses who deliver excellent nursing care implement nursing in a professional and competent manner demonstrate a holistic approach to caring, possess certain personal qualities which enhance practice and relate to patients in a competent manner,” she stated.
She further encouraged the graduates to practise the skills they had acquired through demonstrating an excellent spirit in the assistance they give their patients who are mostly at their most vulnerable state.
“We need to care for our patients with love and compassion, we need to empathise with them and put ourselves in their shoes and to give out our best because life is very important,” she told the graduates.
She was optimistic the training the students received at Health Concern Ghana has laid the firm foundation for them to progress in their nursing career.
Dr Mary Ani-Amponsah, special guest of honour in her speech, called on the students to move out of their comfort zone and have a personal drive to achieve something great in life.
She mentioned that one cannot claim excellence without making reference to their breadth of knowledge in an area of clinical practice, development of creative approaches that contribute to quality care, improvement of patient health outcomes, and promotion of standards of practice.
“To achieve excellence, we need to master our skills, develop our knowledge and improve our attitude in clinical practice, leadership positions, care and outlook in life,” she stated.
Florence Hutchful, Managing Consultant, 2MB Consulting Services Limited, addressing the gathering, advised the management of Health Concern Ghana not to rest on their achievements but strive to be the standard for excellent healthcare training in the country.
Deserving students and teaching staff were recognised for their contribution to quality healthcare training at the ceremony which also coincided with the 10th anniversary of the Nursing Assistant Clinical programme of the school.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri