About Ghana College Of Nurses & Midwives GCNM

OUR MISSION

To promote specialist education, continuous professional development and postgraduate nursing, midwifery and related programmes and contribute to the formulation of policies to improve health outcomes.

Our Vision

Producing cadres of committed, intellectually and skillfully competent, contemporary nurses and midwives with specialized education providing quality improved care.

Our Goal

To develop a cutting-edge cadre of nurses and midwives with higher level education, who are motivated in leading and developing the future of nursing and midwifery as specialist clinicians, academicians, researchers and managers in Ghana, Africa and beyond.
We aim to build upon foundations set and strengthen competencies through:

academics
clinical care
sense of professionalism
research and
leadership and management drive

Our Philosophy

We believe that:

Qualified professional nurses are the most appropriate care givers to the sick and well persons.
Qualified professional midwives are the most appropriate care givers to attend to adolescents and women through their sexual and reproductive life cycle and beyond.

Higher professional education is:

A privilege for accessing true education
An opportunity to :
- Further serve humanity and profession in humility at all levels of care
- Lead and drive change
- Share and build competencies through role modeling and mentoring
- Advocate for improved care

Belief: “Intelligence plus character is the goal of “True Education”.

Our Values

GCNM stands for C.R.E.A.T.E:
C – Change through leadership, role-modeling and mentorship
R – Results oriented and research focused
E – Engagement for teamwork in health care
A – Accountability
T – Thinking strategically
E – Ethics for optimal, efficient professional conduct

Our Motto: Integrity, Professionalism & Excellence

We believe that:

Integrity: Good character, moral soundness reliability and trustworthy professional.
Professionalism: Sustained act or reflection of the true and positive ideals of nursing and midwifery. It is also a portrayal of a sense of competency in performance of licensed duties and commendable representation of Nursing or Midwifery at all times and places.
Excellence: High quality services: Attitude of high degree of quality care and services.

The Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives (GCNM) is a body corporate with perpetual succession established by the provisions of the SPECIALIST HEALTH TRAINING AND PLANT MEDICINE RESEARCH ACT 2011, PART THREE (ACT 833).

Our Mandate

To:

Promote specialist education in nursing, midwifery and related disciplines
Promote continuous professional development in nursing, midwifery and related disciplines
Promote postgraduate nursing, midwifery and related disciplines for the College
Contribute to the formulation of policies to improve health outcomes and public health generally.

Our Functions

The Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives is established to:

Organise and supervise specialist training, continuous professional development and support postgraduate or post diploma research in nursing, midwifery and related disciplines
Conduct and organise specialist examinations in nursing, midwifery and related disciplines
Publish journals and pamphlets
Award diplomas and certificates on completion of specialist training and confer professional distinctions
Foster cooperation with other institutions with similar objectives
Initiate and participate in actions and discussions aimed at improving health outcomes, and formulation of public health policies in collaboration with other relevant institutions
Perform other functions that are ancillary to the objectives of the College

The professional academic institution aims at further nurturing a cohort of nurses and midwives with a capacity to provide specialist services for health improvements in Ghana and beyond.
The details below describe the criteria for the categories of potential members of the College and their eligibility criteria.
The descriptions take cognisance of the various levels of training of nurses and midwives in Ghana and their rights to access to career advancement through academic structures that recognise previous learning.
Also described are the emblems and colours of the College and their significance; backgrounds to the College and interlinkages.

Governing Council

The GCNM by the provisions of ACT 833 has a Governing Council comprising a Chairperson, President of College and representations from educational, regulatory and leadership arms of Nursing, Midwifery and related professional backgrounds with the core responsibilities to ensure proper and effective performance of the functions of the College.

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