Nurses and Midwives globally forms close to 70 %  of the health workforce and their contributions to the development of the world has being very immense yet almost always neglected when it comes to recognition of their valuable contributions to good patient outcome. Your quest and passion for the sick is recognized and clearly seen in your dutifulness and love for professional development in tandem with best nursing practices globally. In this special edition, we say big congratulation to you sir, your good works has hit the limelight and we say ayekoo!!!  My Guest is Mr.  Gideon  Asante : He   completed his basic and secondary school education in the Ashanti

region at Ejisu and Juaben secondary school (JUASS) in 1998 and 2001 respectively.

After an injury in1997 and subsequent admission at KATH, he experienced the pivotal

roles nurses play in hospitals.This heightened  his likeness for the nursing profession

although he had doubts about males being nurses.His love for the profession grew

stronger during secondary school after knowing men could be nurses.He moved on

to enroll at Tamale NursesTraining college after  Senior High School  and completed in 2009.

After four years of service at Tamale Teaching Hospital, Gideon continued his

professional development at the University for Development Studies (UDS) and

graduated with second class upper due to his zeal and passion to be among the best

and serve where he is needed most. With a passion for cancer care and its management

being a global challenge, he embraced the odds,  leading to him seeking higher

education as a resident of Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives (GCNM) in pursuit of

being an Oncology nurse specialist. Are you fulfilled as a Nurse? 

To say am  fulfilled is to say problems confronting nursing has ceased to exist.

Globalization and proliferation of the  internet has made health information accessible and

influenced health seeking behaviour of society ,hence the need to seek continuous

specialised professional development to meet the demands of patients at GCNM.

Achievement : Gideon believes in the saying that,“success is not measured by the

amount of dollars you make, but the amount of lives you impact”. His focus has being to

be the voice that always advocates for clients and their relatives, make them have a

positive outlook of the nursing profession whilst demystifying certain prejudices they

hold. He is gratified based on the feedback received from clients and their relatives as

well as colleagues at work.

 Any contribution made : Though relatively young in the profession, he found himself in privileged

positions and did not fail utilizing his knowledge positively in contributing to the

profession.He helped in the establishment of the Accident and Emergency center of the

tamale teaching hospital, mentored and invigilated upcoming nurses during licencial

exams on many  occasions.

Leadership positions: Positions he held in the past and current include but not limited

to the following:

 President of Ghana Methodist students’ union (GHAMSU), JUASS,2000-2001

 House prefect, JUASS,2000-2001

 Electoral commission chairperson, Tamale nurses’ training college,2008-2009

 Southern students’ president, Tamale nurses’ training college,2008-2009

 Cohort rep for 2017/2018 year group, GCNM

 Course rep for the oncology faculty for 2017/2018 year group, GCNM

Achievement in life: Being in the residency program at Ghana college of nurses and

Midwives (GCNM) serves as a great start to his professional achievement.

 Are the efforts of Nurses recognized?   Nurses play a pivotal role in our health care delivery

system, but comparatively do not get the recognition they deserve,  instead nursing has

been in a state of lampoonery.

 What is the greatest challenge you see in Nursing today?  The training and proliferations of low caliber nurses as they do not

appreciate the concept of professional nursing.The way forward is that training and

certification of nurses should start from first degree.

Advice: His advice to young nurses is to strictly adhere to the professional ethics of

nursing and also embrace continuous professional development.

Acknowledgement :  profound gratitude goes to the almighty God

for the gift of life, his supportive family, nursing management and colleagues of Tamale

Teaching hospital and the able leadership of GCNM.

    As we read and share these stories, we seek to project the ideals and values expected of health professionals in Ghana, inspiring young and upcoming professionals to live up to expectation and contribute to the developemental agenda of Ghana. Share, comment and like as we inspire health workers to live up to expectation.

Rev.Jefferson Agbotro

MSC OD

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