The Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Korle Bu (NMTC Korle-Bu), the premier institution in

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for

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, is located in Korle Bu in

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. The establishment of the college in 1945 was supervised by

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, West Africa's first woman doctor. The college is a

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training institution, and it is supervised by the Ministry of Health, Ghana (MoH). The

Nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

and

Midwifery Midwifery is the health science and health profession that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn), in addition to the sexual and reproductive health of women throughout their lives. In many cou ...

Training College, Korle Bu is affiliated with the

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) , mottoeng = The knot of wisdom is untied only by the wise , established = 1952;

and it is accredited by the National Accreditation Board (NAB). The Nursing and Midwifery Council (N&MC), Ghana, is the main body that regulates the activities,

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and

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inations of the college that lead to the award of

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. The council's mandate is derived from part III of the Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act 2013 (Act 857). Until the passage of this Act, the council operated under NRCD 117 of 1972 and LI 683.

Academics

There are two main programmes run at NMTC Korle-Bu, namely the Registere
General Nursing
(RGN) programme and the Registered Midwifery (RM) programme. There are various departments under each faculty. The departments under the RGN programme include: *

Medical-Surgical Nursing Medical-surgical nursing is a nursing specialty area concerned with the care of adult patients in a broad range of settings. The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) is a specialty nursing organization dedicated to nurturing medical-surgical ...

Public Health Nursing Public health nursing, also known as community health nursing is a nursing specialty focused on public health. The term was coined by Lillian Wald of the Henry Street Settlement, or, Public health nurses (PHNs) or community health nurses "integra ...

* Obstetrics Nursing * Paediatrics Nursing *

Psychiatric Nursing Psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing is the appointed position of a nurse that specialises in mental health, and cares for people of all ages experiencing mental illnesses or distress. These include: neurodevelopmental disorders, schizoph ...

and * Allied Nursing The departments under the RM programme include: * Obstetric Nursing * Medical-Surgical Nursing * Neonatal paediatric Nursing *

Family Planning Family planning is the consideration of the number of children a person wishes to have, including the choice to have no children, and the age at which they wish to have them. Things that may play a role on family planning decisions include marita ...

* Prenatal Nursing * Labour *

Puerperium The postpartum (or postnatal) period begins after childbirth and is typically considered to end within 6 weeks as the mother's body, including hormone levels and uterus size, returns to a non-pregnant state. The terms puerperium, puerperal perio ...

and * Allied Midwifery

RGN programme

NMTC Korle-Bu's curriculum has continued to evolve in response to the changing health needs of society. The RGN programme is for six semesters, leading to the award of a Diploma in Registered General Nursing. The programme demands a continuous assessment of students throughout the semesters. Students are assessed on their performance in class tests, mid-semester and end of semester examinations in both theory and clinical practice.

RM programme

The Registered Midwifery Programme is a Diploma Programme open only to female students. The RM programme is arranged semester by semester. It is also a six-semester course structure.

Goal

The goal of the college is to produce qualified professionals through excellent teaching, research, and the dissemination of knowledge.

History

The Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Korle Bu, is the premier institution in Ghana for nursing education and was established in 1945.

, the first West African woman medical doctor, supervised the establishment of the Nurses' Training School at Korle Bu, where a nurses’ ward is named after her. The college's first batch of trained midwives took their final examination in 1930. Until January 2, 2008, NMTC Korle-Bu operated as separate training institutions, that is, Nurses’ Training College and Midwifery Training School, with two principals. On January 2, 2008, in line with a Ministry of Health Policy, the two institutions were merged with one principal as the administrative head.

References

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