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The Ghana Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has asked all Nursing and Midwifery training institutions to upgrade their diploma training to undergraduate programs.
Council Registrar Felix Nyante said the update would improve nursing and midwifery care to meet the public’s changing health care needs.
He spoke at an accreditation forum held by the Council to assess and validate the operational standards of training institutions before accrediting them.
Mr. Nyante said that accreditation helped determine the issues to be addressed in the institutions and promoted the implementation of quality improvement mechanisms.
Plans were in place to categorize nursing and midwifery training institutions and universities, he said, to introduce healthy competition and challenge them to strive for excellence.
A five-member panel at the forum evaluated Catholic University College; and the FLOSAM Institute of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Sciences.
Issues identified included expanding their computer labs, providing students with more spacious classrooms, and providing adequate office cabinets for tutors.
