Kumasi Nurses and Midwifery Training School
Former names | Kumasi Nurses' Training College |
|---|---|
| Motto | Before you learn to care, you must care to learn |
| Type | Public Tertiary Health Institution |
| Established | 1957 |
| Principal | Issac Amoasi |
| Location | , , 6°41′32″N 1°37′58″W / 6.6921015°N 1.63288594°W |
| Affiliations | Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital |
| Website | kgnursingcollege |
The Kumasi Nurses' Training College, now Kumasi Nursing and Midwifery Training College is public tertiary health institution in the Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1][2] The college is in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly.[3] The school is located at the premises of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi.
Brief History
Kumasi Nursing and Midwifery Training College was founded in 1957 by the Medical Mission Sisters of the Kumasi Church, NMTC has consistently maintained its identity as a Catholic institution to the present day. The college's commitment to discipline and academic excellence is reflected in its motto: 'Before you learn to care, you must care to learn.'[4] Currently, the school offers two Basic Diploma Programs, Nursing and midwifery. Affiliated to the second biggest health facility in the country, the college provides high standard theoretical and clinical coursework in all the aspects of diploma standard general nursing and midwifery. The activities of the institution is supervised by the Ministry of Education. The college now awards direct diploma Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery after students from the institution have successfully completed a three-year training programme. The institution is accredited by the National Accreditation Board.[5] The Nurses and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the main body that regulates the activities, curriculum and examination of the school. The Council's mandate Is enshrined under section 4(1) of N.R.C.D 117.[6]
Academic Programmes
The programmes offered in this institution are divided into three:
- Basic Programmes
- Post Basic Programmes
- Certificate Programmes
Basic Programmes
- Registered General nurse (RGN) Diploma
- Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) Diploma
- Registered Midwifery (RM) Diploma (females only)
- Registered Community Health Nurse (RCHN) Diploma
- Technical Officer Community Health, (Nutrition option) Diploma
- Technical Officer Community Health, (Disease control) Diploma
- Technical Officer Health Information, Diploma
- Technical Officer Medical Laboratory Technology, Diploma
- Technical Officer Environmental Health, Diploma
- Technical Officer Oral Health, Diploma
- Diploma in Community Medicine (Medical Assistants) Diploma
- Certificate in Community Health Nursing,(CHN)
- Certificate in Environmental Health (Environmental Health Assistants)
- Certificate in Community Health (Field Technicians)
- Certificate in Clinical Health Care (Health Assistants Clinical)
- Certificate in Clinical Health Care (Reproductive Health Option) females only
- Physiotherapy (Certificate)
- Certificate in Medical Laboratory[7]
Post Basic Programmes
- Community (Medical Assistants) Kintampo
- Ophthalmic Nursing – Korle-bu
- Peri- Operative Nursing – Korle-bu
- ENT Nursing – Korle-bu
- Public Health Nursing – Korle-bu
- Critical Care Nursing – Korle-bu
- Nurse Anesthesiology – Kumasi
- Community Oral Health – Kintampo[7]
Certificate Programmes
- Certificate in Community Health Nursing ()
- Certificate in Environmental Health (Environmental Health Assistants)
- Certificate in Community Health (Field Technicians)
- Certificate in Clinical Health Care (Health Assistants)[7]
References
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- ^ "Polytechnics in Ghana". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "List of Nursing Training Colleges". www.ghananursing.org. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "Ghana Schools Online". www.ghanaschoolsonline.com. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "Welcome to the Kumasi Girl's Nursing Training College". Kumasi Girl's Nursing Training College. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ^ "Public Nurses' Training Colleges 2". www.nab.gov.gh. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "GHANA TO TRAIN MORE NURSES FOR HER NEEDS AND EXPORT". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ a b c "Kumasi Nurses' Training College". Ghana Schools Online. Retrieved 19 August 2014. Cite error: The named reference "GSO" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
