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Ms Hannah Akua Oparebea Acquah, Rector of the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives (GCNM) has advised the Graduating class of 2022 Nurse Assistant Clinical programme of the Family Health Nursing and Midwifery School to aspire to the utmost level in nursing.

She said higher education was of the essence for practice in today’s complex healthcare system.

Speaking on the theme, “The Ideal Nurse for the 21st Century Ghanaian Healthcare System”, at the 2022 Matriculation and Graduation ceremony for the Family Health Nursing and Midwifery School, the Rector enumerated a number of attributes that an ideal nurse should exhibit in her line of duty.

He mentioned Care, empathy, commitment, critical thinking, effective communication skills, professionalism among other attributes as the traits ideal for the 21st Century nurse.

 She also admonished both Matriculants and Graduands to embrace mentorship and supervision from their predecessors and other senior colleagues in the nursing profession.

Ms Oparebea Acquah reminded them to manage their time and resources well and to take their studies seriously by actively participating in both theoretical and clinical sessions.

In her welcome address, the Ag. Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Dr. Patience Aniteye, congratulated the graduands and encouraged them to give off their best in the service to humanity.

 To the Matriculants, Dr Aniteye admonished the students to brace themselves for the journey ahead and to take advantage of the human and material resources available to facilitate their learning.

She was grateful to Management for the additional infrastructure, including lecture halls, offices for staff, and a conference room to accommodate the increasing population of the School which now stands at over four hundred (400) with almost seventy percent 70 per cent offering Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Midwifery.