Faustina Oware-Gyekye is a Ghanaian nurse leader who has taught at Mountcrest University College and the

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. She was the president of the

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chapter of the West African College of Nursing and has edited several nursing journals.

Early life and education

Oware-Gyekye attended Wesley Girl's High School in Cape Coast and was trained in nursing at Nurses’ Training College,

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, and in midwifery at the Midwifery Training College, Korle Bu. She holds a diploma in nursing education, a bachelor's degree in nursing, and a master's degree in medical geography from the

. In 1999, she obtained a post-graduate certificate in leadership and management from

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Career

Oware-Gyekye taught at the Midwifery Training School, Korle-Bu between 1975 and 1987, and taught at the University of Ghana until 2008. Between 2000 and 2008, she was a member of the Nurses and Midwives Governing Council of Ghana. Most recently, Oware-Gyekye worked as a senior lecturer at Mountcrest University College,

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and from 2019 to 2021 was the president of the Ghana chapter of the West African College of Nursing. She also worked as a sub-editor of the West African College of Nursing journal, served as a member of the editorial board of ''Ghanaian Nurse'' (journal).

Selected publications

* Gans-Lartey, F., O'Brien, B. A., Oware-Gyekye, F., & Schopflocher, D. (2013)
''The relationship between the use of the partograph and birth outcomes at Korle-Bu teaching hospital''
''Midwifery'', ''29''(5), 461–467. * Oware-Gyekye, Faustina.
Pain management: The role of the Nurse
" ''West African Journal of Nursing'' 19.1 (2008).Ojong, Idang N., Mary M. Ojong-Alasia, and Faith F. Nlumanze.
''Assessment_and_Management_of_Pain_among_Surgical_Patients_in_Secondary_Health_Facility_in_Calabar_Metropolis_Cross_River_State_Nigeria/links/0046353032d9682dbf000000/NursesAssessment-and-Management-of-Pain-among-Surgical-Patients-in-Secondary-Health-Facility-in-Calabar-Metropolis-Cross-River-State-Nigeria.pdf Nurses’ assessment and management of pain among surgical patients in secondary health facility in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria''
" ''European Journal of Experimental Biology'' 4.1 (2014): 315-320.

References

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