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Internship: The Nurses Stolen Birthright- NursingWorldNigeria by Nobody: 3:57pm On May 19, 2016 |
Nursing which is a profession that involves the physical mental and psychological care of patients has seen dramatic changes in terms of training and practice. The training of nurses has shifted from a certificate based practical training to a university degree based on scientific principles aimed at producing scientific polyvalent nurses skilled in the different aspects of nursing that are ready to take on the challenge of improving the overall health of the human race. Nursing training in Nigeria has seen a great but incomplete improvement as nurses are now at par with any field in medicine in terms of knowledge, skill, competence and educational background, this has come to bare which the shift of nursing education to the university. This shift has led to production of better nurses equipped with the theoretical knowledge to improve the health needs of the nation. Of all the different professions within the health care system the nurse happens to be the one closest to the patient for example take a medical team consisting of pharmacist, lab scientist, doctors, radiologist, psychologist and nurses all of which provide input based on their expertise and knowledge but they all depend on the nurse for final execution of their advices and input. This has led to the need for the nurse to be competent enough to take on such a task which can only be achieved through strong theoretical and practical knowledge based training for nurses. Theoretically nursing training is adequate as can be attested by NUC in its various accreditation of departments of nursing across the nation but practically a whole lot more needs to be done because the nature of university training for nurses leaves little room for clinical experiences which is the soul of nursing practice, as a measure to correct this deficit progressive governments around the world developed an internship program for various categories of health care professionals as is practices by pharmacist, radiographers, doctors and lab scientist but not nurses why? The importance of internship to the training of nurses cannot be overstressed as this is the group of professionals that are closest to the patient 24 hours a day, providing the patient with the most basic of healthcare needs and determining how the other professionals influence the treatment of patients hence the need for the nurse to be practically competent to meet this enormous responsibility, this can be achieved through the internship program where fresh graduates are given a year to acquire practical clinical skills and to learn to apply the theoretical concepts learned in school under the supervision of experienced hands which would be to the benefit of the patients. Internship for nurses has become an issue the federal government has neglected and politicized with no obvious reason other than some other professionals who see nurses as a threat to them feel it would place nurses at par with them and would make nurses begin to demand for their rights. Also the nursing bodies i.e. the nursing and midwifery council of Nigeria [NMCN] and the national association of Nigerian nurses and midwives [NANNM] seem not to be doing enough to push the drive for the commencement of full internship for graduate nurses, this has left graduate nurses out in the cold in the struggle for the commencement of internship. Another reason for the non implementation of the internship program for graduate nurses is the monopoly in administration of healthcare delivery in Nigeria by medical doctors of which even the poor child who missed his immunization due to non availability of vaccine can attest to the fact that they are doing a bad job, this set of professional do not want anything that would threaten their monopoly of the system, internship for graduate nurses is seen as one of such threats as nurses would now be competent professionals and not zombies taking orders either good or bad. For the healthcare delivery system of Nigeria to achieve its full potentials a total overhaul of the system should the carried out and competence rather than tradition should be used in appointing health administrators, also all health professionals should be given a leveled playing ground and allowed to display their full potentials and achieve the zenith of their career. And also the report of the committee set up by the government on harmony in the healthcare sector needs to be revisited and implemented. http://www.nursingworldnigeria.com/2013/05/internship-the-nurses-stolen-birthright 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Internship: The Nurses Stolen Birthright- NursingWorldNigeria by Nobody: 9:19pm On May 19, 2016 |
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Re: Internship: The Nurses Stolen Birthright- NursingWorldNigeria by eleojo23: 6:57am On Jun 02, 2016 |
Move to health section.... |
Re: Internship: The Nurses Stolen Birthright- NursingWorldNigeria by InyinyaAgbaOku(m): 7:31am On Jun 02, 2016 |
Complete piece of crap. Nigerian nurses and their unprofessional way at saying things. So, one year of internship will make you a threat to the doctor and make you get as competent as he is, even make you to stop receiving orders from him? Shame to you people. No wonder other health fields go for internship except you |
Re: Internship: The Nurses Stolen Birthright- NursingWorldNigeria by TheArchangel(f): 8:32am On Jun 02, 2016 |
InyinyaAgbaOku:You sound so uneducated. Is that the only thing you can pick from the writeup.? You are not uncomfortable that these sets of professionals are churned out from the universities into the labour markets without the required internship training mapped out in their curriculum. An internship training program that has been approved but is waiting for implementation by FG. This is where they will gain the required experience under supervision of competent and experienced nurses. Your only grouse is their being a threat to the doctor's ego. Who are you to make such statement at the detriment of the lives of patients under their care. You are berating nurses about their unprofessionalism in your post and at the same time writing discouraging comments that will mar their ascent to a great professional height as is obtainable anywhere in the world. What a hypocritical country we are in. |
Re: Internship: The Nurses Stolen Birthright- NursingWorldNigeria by InyinyaAgbaOku(m): 11:49am On Jun 02, 2016 |
TheArchangel:The same piece of crap all over again. On what basis can a NURSE EVER be a threat to the doctor? One year of internship? 2 Likes |
Re: Internship: The Nurses Stolen Birthright- NursingWorldNigeria by TheArchangel(f): 5:11pm On Jun 02, 2016 |
InyinyaAgbaOku:You are not professionally and institutionally matured for this thread. |
Re: Internship: The Nurses Stolen Birthright- NursingWorldNigeria by InyinyaAgbaOku(m): 6:50pm On Jun 02, 2016 |
TheArchangel:Rubbish. Even experienced nurses are not threats to doctors not to talk of a graduate nurse doing internship. Is that one year going to make you reach your career zenith like you said? Do graduate doctors get to their zenith after housemanship? Of course, i was getting interested till you mentioned that doctor part. Was it necessary comparing doctors and nurses? You made the essay look like cowives debacle. 2 Likes |
Re: Internship: The Nurses Stolen Birthright- NursingWorldNigeria by idupaul: 7:02pm On Jun 02, 2016 |
It's only in Nigeria that Nurses are in unspoken competition with doctors. . Can tyre and engine compete at who is better ? |
Re: Internship: The Nurses Stolen Birthright- NursingWorldNigeria by TheArchangel(f): 8:06am On Jun 03, 2016 |
InyinyaAgbaOku:What is your beef with nurses? You started the doctor comparison and alluding on the threat to their ego when you first commented. We are talking about how nurses will be able to render competent services to the populace after graduating and you are involving things that has nothing to do with the subject of discourse. Graduate nurses needs the internship to be competent and be well rounded in their profession as other medical professionals ranging from the doctor, pharmacist, Med lab Scientists, radiographers, Physiotherapist etc also engages in the same internship too. This is what is embedded in their curriculum . So why are this other set of professionals not exhibiting the same type of ridiculous utterances as you? Why are they minding their businesses and facing their professional fronts while you resort to cajoling and ridiculing nurses from getting what is rightfully theirs? The growth of every core profession in Nigerian health sector revolves around the internship as skills including survival and decision making skills are acquired during this period while being supervised by competent hands. Honestly, I am not seeing your bone of contention here. @ Idupaul, nurses are not in any competition with any professional in the hospital. We are fighting for our rights, others has fought for theirs and seems to be making headway. We are not relenting, we are soaring now and anybody or professional that hinders the implementation of government instituted policies concerning nurses will be pushed aside. We want international best practices to be observed in our various hospitals and that can't be achieved with cranky nurses who are not well placed and remunerated. We need more graduates who are competent in handling the 24 hour round the clock nursing services we offer in our health institutions. |
Re: Internship: The Nurses Stolen Birthright- NursingWorldNigeria by InyinyaAgbaOku(m): 11:47am On Jun 03, 2016 |
TheArchangel: Nonsense. you are the one that introduced the concept of threats to doctors here and the ego stuff. Is that how others fought fought for theirs? Of course i agree you should go for internship but my grouse started when you felt doctors don't want u to get to your zenith whatever and become a threat to them. How come you guys didn't get it when other health sciences got? 1 Like |
Re: Internship: The Nurses Stolen Birthright- NursingWorldNigeria by TheArchangel(f): 11:59am On Jun 03, 2016 |
InyinyaAgbaOku:It has been approved but waiting for implementation. Who is hindering the implementation is our major grouse ![]() InyinyaAgbaOku:Go through your post again with the ' threat'. |
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