The political devaluation of nursing in Ghana

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• Aminu Abdul-Rahim 9 years ago

  THE HARD TRUTH......
  ITS TIME WE TAKE OUR DESTINY INTO OUR HAND...
  
  TOO MUCH POLITICS EVERY WHERE.

  THE HARD TRUTH......
  ITS TIME WE TAKE OUR DESTINY INTO OUR HAND...
  
  TOO MUCH POLITICS EVERY WHERE.

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• mustapha 9 years ago

  wat a hard truth!

  wat a hard truth!

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• Abednego 9 years ago

  I don't understand this government. There are shortage of nurses in the system, yet graduate nurses are left in the house unemployed.

  I don't understand this government. There are shortage of nurses in the system, yet graduate nurses are left in the house unemployed.

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• Johnnie UE 9 years ago

  Please reasses ur article.U are rather silently pushing a political agenda.
  As nurses we shd not deny the fact that;
  -Nursing (healthcare) Assistants are important to our work.
  -Nursing Assistants have always been in exist ...
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  Please reasses ur article.U are rather silently pushing a political agenda.
  As nurses we shd not deny the fact that;
  -Nursing (healthcare) Assistants are important to our work.
  -Nursing Assistants have always been in existance (And not only in GH)
  -The nurse: patient (ratio) had always been wide but the need to appreciate its narrowing within th last decade (Anecdotal based on observation of number of nurses in various facilities)
  -Its also worth knowing that gov't is not the only employer.The private sector exist and and dont risk telling me nhiavcollapsed de private.
  -Govt nurses cant be targeted at nursing coz other modules were designed to assist other professionals/agency workers.I do not know ur appreciation of work at de lower levels of healthcare especially in rural ghana as this cadre of staff are helpful coz those facilities cant employ support staff burddening nurses
  -I however find difficulties in accepting any reasons why GRNMA has been too quite over this allowance bullshit by govt.I suggest we cut their allowances too for them to feel it too .
  -Previous GNMTA Executives between 2007-2010 were a part of de antecedents of this allowa nonsense coz of their private interest n deals at M.
  In summary Halidu de percived govt nurses are not and cant be used to devalue nurses nether is de govt.
  Devaluation of de profession is due to actions n inactions of GRNA n most nurses.
  gracias

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• Scorpio 9 years ago

  Please graduate nurses blame yourselves. Most of you feel too big in the wards. You wear your degrees on your shoulders,have no sympathy for patients and often times speak rudely to them. Ghana was not ready for degree nurs ...
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  Please graduate nurses blame yourselves. Most of you feel too big in the wards. You wear your degrees on your shoulders,have no sympathy for patients and often times speak rudely to them. Ghana was not ready for degree nursing but your leaders called for it because of remuneration. Our people need" in ward nurses " Your stance against this id why community nursing came up.Change your attitude and you will get jobs.

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• Nana K 9 years ago

  Man I can't believe you made that comment.That Ghana was not ready for degree nurses.If you had the opportunity I don't think you will opt for diploma over the degree.Your comment and stand on this issue is the reason why the ...
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  Man I can't believe you made that comment.That Ghana was not ready for degree nurses.If you had the opportunity I don't think you will opt for diploma over the degree.Your comment and stand on this issue is the reason why the writer described our profession as jealous in the article.Change your mentality or else you can never progress in life with this behaviour.

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• Glorine 9 years ago

  I wonder why people still have these achaic mindset that nursing should only be diploma. Over the years some people have decided to create bad impression about degree nurses. Scorpio how did u arrive by this conclusion about ...
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  I wonder why people still have these achaic mindset that nursing should only be diploma. Over the years some people have decided to create bad impression about degree nurses. Scorpio how did u arrive by this conclusion about degree nurses? What is through a research or one degree nurse mishaves and u generalized. We have bad diploma nurses as well. So don't get generalized. The diploma nurses insulting the degree nurses are the same people who rush to private universities to get degrees. My question is if degree nursing is all bad why are u all diploma nurses rushing to do your degrees. When alot of countries are making nursing degree throughout we in Ghana are rather ignoring them with some stupid midset. Mediocrity in ghana is too much.

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• Abena 9 years ago

  Employ graduate nurses,we have alot to offer to citizens of Ghana

  Employ graduate nurses,we have alot to offer to citizens of Ghana

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• Rangie 9 years ago

  I think ur article is insightful. however I think ur should be blunt enough to say it with no equivocation that it's the government n not politics. politics merely has to do with the scramble for power. what u do with that po ...
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  I think ur article is insightful. however I think ur should be blunt enough to say it with no equivocation that it's the government n not politics. politics merely has to do with the scramble for power. what u do with that power has to do with governance. bad governance is what has led us to this point n not bad politics. #myopinion

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• kk 9 years ago

  I now know why my friend was saying Ghana will soon be suffering from medical terrorism. You train a lot and you refuses to employ them. What do you want them to do? To stay idle with that knowledge. Hell no! Just thinking ...
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  I now know why my friend was saying Ghana will soon be suffering from medical terrorism. You train a lot and you refuses to employ them. What do you want them to do? To stay idle with that knowledge. Hell no! Just thinking loud

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• Riis 9 years ago

  This government is not serious. We can not trust them with our future and that of our children. He has given us every course to believe that we made a mistake entrusting the country in his hand. But we can correct our mistake ...
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  This government is not serious. We can not trust them with our future and that of our children. He has given us every course to believe that we made a mistake entrusting the country in his hand. But we can correct our mistake on 7th December

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• Kkd 9 years ago

  Those of us in the region's sarfo marfo said we are useless will teach the npp a lesson. We won't vote for the npp let alone to vote for a cancer infested pensioneer. We will vote for people who respect the Gas the Ewes ...
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  Those of us in the region's sarfo marfo said we are useless will teach the npp a lesson. We won't vote for the npp let alone to vote for a cancer infested pensioneer. We will vote for people who respect the Gas the Ewes the northerners and every Ghanaian from north to south. Npp is divisive n abusive.

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