Iran has executed a nurse convicted of murdering a six-year-old boy, the judiciary’s official news agency reported on Sunday. The woman was found guilty of carrying out the murder in June 2016 while working for the boy’s grandmother at her home in Kelardasht city, in the northern province of Mazandaran. The nurse was sentenced to death a year later.
She confessed to the premeditated murder and said she did it out of “anger,” the prosecutor said, quoted on Sunday by the Mizan Online news agency. “The verdict was finalised as it was not appealed,” the prosecutor added. The executed woman was not identified in the report. She was in her early 40s.
Iran does not publish official statistics on the number of people it executes. But according to Amnesty International, while secretive China is the world’s “leading executioner”, Iran had the highest known figure in 2018 with at least 253 people put to death, down from 507 in 2017.
Two nurses abducted and killed last year by Boko Haram terrorists in
Borno have been awarded the Florence Nightingale medal, the highest
international award in the nursing profession.
Hauwa Liman and
Saifura Hussaina were abducted in Rann in March 2018, where they were
working as midwives for the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The
Nigerian Red Cross nominated both nurses for the medals, before a
decision was taken by the International Federation of the Red Cross and
Crescent.
The
parents of Liman and Hussaina received the medals their late daughters
were awarded posthumously at a ceremony led by president of the Nigerian
Red Cross Society, Bolaji Anani and Eloi Fillion, head of delegation of
the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Only 29 nurses considered outstanding from 19 countries have been awarded the medal worldwide.
A
statement from the ICRC said the award “immortalizes the outstanding
contribution and ultimate sacrifice in serving humanity” of Liman and
Hussaini.
At the time both women were abducted, Rann had been badly hit by the armed conflict.
Only
three health care centres were operational — and only a few midwives
were available to care for a population of nearly 80,000 people
affected. Since 1912, the Florence Nightingale award has remained the
highest in nursing.
It recognizes “exception courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster.”
Florence Nightingale is considered the founder of modern day nursing and helped victims of war in the 19th century.
New nurses have to take the Nightingale Pledge at induction and the International Nurses Day is marked on her birthday.
“The
devotion of Ms Hauwa Liman and Saifura Hussaini to their people, for
whom they gave their lives has profoundly moved thousands of people
around the world and deeply impacted the International Committee of the
Red Cross as well as the people the organization assists,” said the
ICRC.
French authorities rejected a nurse’s application to be naturalised, arguing that she works too much.
The prefecture in Val-de-Marne, near Paris, denied her application in June stating that she is “in breach of working time regulations”.
Widely shared on social media, the official letter — which the prefecture confirmed as legitimate to Euronews — details that on top of her job in a clinic, the nurse has also picked up a monthly average of 119 hours of shift work in two other medical institutions.
“You thus accumulate three jobs for a monthly duration of 271 working hours,” it states.
French law stipulates that employees cannot work over 48 hours in one week or a weekly average of 44 hours over a 12-week period.
For instance, an employee working 48 hours a week for 6 weeks and then 40 hours for the following six weeks, will have respected the law as that averages to a weekly 44 hours over 12 weeks.
A spokesperson for the prefecture told Euronews that her application has been postponed for two years “to give her time to comply with the legislation.”
[b]’Take my nationality away'[/b]
The decision has been widely condemned on social media, with centrist lawmaker Jean-Christophe Lagarde writing on Twitter: “In our country, the staunchest racists say foreigners do not work. But the State can do that?”
Union leader Jerome Marty, a doctor, also voiced his stupefaction at the decision.
“I work 60 to 70 hours a week like countless doctors, nurses…and I’m not even speaking of the interns who work up to 80 to 90 hours a week,” he wrote on Twitter
“Take my nationality away,” he added.
According to Eurostat, EU employees spent an average of 40.3 hours per week in their main jobs in 2016.
Full-time employees in the UK were found to spend the highest number of hours per week at their main job (42.3 hours) while French and Dutch workers spent a weekly average of 39.0 hours — just slightly above the EU’s shortest work week recorded in Italy with 38.8 hours.
Source: Euro News
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for
admission into the above named School for a 1-year course in
Perioperative Nursing beginning from November 2019 leading to licensing
by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria as Registered
Perioperative Nurse (RPON) The course is designed to equip Registered
Nurses (RN) with the theoretical underpinnings and skills required for
providing safe, effective and acceptable perioperative care to the
Nursing clients.
1. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must:
Be Registered Nurses (RN) with current practice license of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.
Have at least five (5) credit passes at not more than two (2)
sittings in English languages, Mathematics, Physics, Biology and
Chemistry from WAEC or NECO O’level examinations’.
Have at least one (1) year post qualification experience as a General Nurse.
Approval for one (1) full year of release from employers or other training Schools.
The course is offered as both residential and full time. The school
reserves the right to rusticate any student found to be involved in
another course or employment during training without refund of fees
paid.
2. METHOD OF APPLICATION
Application form is available beginning from Monday 3rd June, 2019 through the UCH SCHOOLS’ PORTAL at website https://portal.uch-ibadan.org.ng. Interested individuals are to do the following;
Make a payment of a non-refundable fee of Ten Thousand Naira
(N10,000.00) only through any commercial bank into University College
Hospital, Ibadan T.S.A. Account- Perioperative Nursing School. Teller to
be changed to receipt at UCH Accounts Department.
Make a
payment of Two Hundred Naira (N200.00) only into Oyo State Nursing &
Midwifery Committee Account, First Bank Plc. 2019704292.
Present both the UCH receipt and First Bank teller for the payment of
N200.00 at the Perioperative Nursing School to collect PIN (Personal
Identification Number) for login and online application submission.
Go to the portal on https://portal.uch-ibadan.org.ng,
download the Applicants’ User Guide and enter your PIN (Personal
Identification Number) to login and create your account. (v) Follow
instructions on the Applicants’ User Guide to input your data and submit
your application online.
Print 2 copies of your form and Photo card and submit for authentication at the Perioperative Nursing School.
3. METHOD OF SELECTION PLEASE NOTE:
Applicants shall be notified of the date, venue and time for Computer
Based (CBT) Entrance Examination through their e-mail addresses and
text messages.
Only candidates with authenticated (stamped and signed) Photo cards shall be allowed into examination venue.
Only candidates who attain acceptable standard at the examination
shall be invited for interview or considered for selection following
interview.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for
admission into the above named school for a 1- year fulltime course in
Occupational Health Nursing beginning from November 2019 leading to
certification of and licensing by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of
Nigeria as registered Occupational Health Nurse (ROHN).
The
course is designed to equip registered Nurses (RN) with the theoretical
underpinnings and skills required for becoming competent occupational
health nurses in conserving, promoting and restoring the health of
individuals and groups in diverse workplaces.
1. Admission Requirement
Applicants must:
Be registered nurses (RN) with current practice license of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.
Have at least five (5) credit passes at not more than two (2) sitting
in English languages, Mathematics, Physics, Biology and Chemistry from
WAEC or NECO O’level examinations.
Have at least one (1) year post qualification experiences as a general nurse.
Approval for one (1) full year of release from employers or other training schools.
The course is offered as both residential and full time. The school
reserves the right to rusticate any student found to be involved in
another course or employment during training without refund of fees
paid.
2. Method of Application
Application form is available beginning from Monday 3rd June,
2019 through the UCH SCHOOL PORTAL at website
https://portal.uch-ibadan.org.ng. interested individuals are to do the
following:
Make a payment of a non-refundable fee of Ten Thousand Naira
(10,000.00) only through any commercial bank into University College
Hospital, Ibadan T.S.A account school of Occupational Health Nursing.
Teller to be changed to receipt at UCH account department.
Make a payment of Two Hundred Naira (200) only into Oyo State Nursing
& Midwifery Committee Account, First Bank Plc. 2019704292.
Present both the UCH receipt and first bank teller for the payment of
N200 at the school of occupation health nursing to collect PIN
(personal identification number) for login and online application
submission.
Go to the portal on
https://portal.uch-ibadan.org.ng download the applicants’ user guide and
enter your PIN (personal identification number) to login and create
your account.
Follow instructions on the applicants’ user guide to input your data and submit your application online.
Print 2 copies of your form and photo card and submit for authentication at the school of occupational health nursing.
Method of Selection; Please Note:
Applicants shall be notified of the date, venue and time for computer
based (CBT) entrance examination through their e-mail addresses and
text messages.
Only candidates with authenticated (stamped and signed) photo cards shall allowed into examination venue.
Only candidates who attain acceptable standard at the examination
shall be for interview or considered for selection following interview.
A Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Programme for Nurses and Midwifery at Nigeria Navy Reference Hospital Ojo, Lagos Chapter is Scheduled as follows
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Facebook post went viral about a Filipino nurse who helped deliver a
healthy baby boy in the middle of a flight on Tuesday (July 9).
“Many
people think that what I did was a heroic act. But I only did what a
nurse should do when they are in a situation like this,” according to
Francis Dominic Mendoza, 25 years old.
Francis was on a flight en route to Manila. He was on his way home after working as a nurse in Ireland for a year.
He
noticed a commotion after a pregnant woman, 37 weeks in, went into
labor. There was no medical doctor on the plane, so they had to
improvise medical tools and prepared the first aid kit.
The
delivery was successful. The flight had to make an emergency landing in
Thailand to makes sure the mother and her son are in a safe condition.
“I
have never been so happy and fulfilled as a nurse! Assisting this woman
who bravely delivered a healthy baby boy inside the plane while we were
in the middle of the flight was just so AMAZING. Nothing more!”
according to Francis.—AAC
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has said that the government would do due
diligence in the posting of nurses to work abroad if the agreement with
partner countries is officially cemented.
“We would ensure that
only the best and most experienced of Ghanaian nurses are sent outside
as expatriates for healthcare services,” Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, the
Health Minister noted.
The government recently announced future
plans to export Ghanaian nurses abroad, arguing that the move was in
tandem with the vision to create more job opportunities for the health
professionals in foreign countries.
Mr
Agyemang-Manu, who was addressing staff and students of the Komfo
Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Nursing and Midwifery Training College,
Kumasi, hinted that currently, there were about ninety (90) nursing and
midwifery training institutions in the country.
The Minister is
in the Ashanti Region on a four-day working visit to keep abreast with
health development projects and programmes, as well as related
challenges.
The first day of the visit saw the Minister touring
facilities at the KATH, including the Oncology Directorate, where he
inspected the newly installed ‘Lican’ machine, ultra-modern equipment
for the treatment of cancer.
He was accompanied on a tour of the
facility by Dr Oheneba Danso, the Chief Executive Officer of KATH, and
Dr Emmanuel Tenkorang, the Regional Health Director.
Mr
Agyemang-Manu urged health workers to be committed to duty, saying, the
government would continue to work assiduously in improving their living
conditions. Source: Ghana Web
OET a healthcare-specific English language test for doctors, nurses and other health professional has finally begin in Nigeria after a long wait. The test assesses the language proficiency of healthcare professionals looking to register and practise in an English-speaking environment.
Is OET the right test for me?
OET tests internationally trained healthcare professionals from the following 12 professions:
Nursing
Medicine
Dentistry
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Dietetics
Optometry
Radiography
Pharmacy
Speech Pathology
Physiotherapy
Veterinary Science
Why should I take OET?
It’s the only English language test that’s specifically for healthcare professionals.
OET test materials reflect real healthcare scenarios so you’ll know what to expect and feel more confident on test day.
While preparing for OET you’ll be learning exactly the kind of language you’ll need for success at work.
OET is recognised as proof of English proficiency by healthcare
regulators in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, Namibia,
Singapore and Malta. Find out who recognises OET.
OET is also accepted for visa and immigration purposes in Australia and New Zealand.
It’s easy to prepare for the test using OET’s online Preparation Portal, which includes many hours’ worth of free practice resources.
What’s in the test?
OET covers all four language skills (Writing, Speaking, Reading and
Listening), with an emphasis on communication in a healthcare
environment.
Writing (45 minutes)
Speaking (45 minutes)
Reading (60 minutes)
Listening (50 minutes)
Writing a profession-specific letter of referral or discharge; or a letter to inform or advise a patient/ carer/ group
Role-plays with an interlocutor who plays the part of a patient/ relative/ carer.
Completion of a health-related summary paragraph and multiple-choice questions on a longer health-related text.
Note-taking on a recorded professional consultation and a range of questions on a health-related talk.
Your results will be released approximately 2 weeks after the test. Log in to your secure online profile to see them.
How is OET scored?
You will receive a numerical score for each of the four sub-tests
(Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking), ranging from 0 to 500 in
10-point increments (e.g. 350, 360, 370…) The numerical scores will be
mapped to a separate letter grade, ranging from A (highest) to E
(lowest). There is no overall grade for OET.
Chreso University Zambia is now accepting applications for the January 2020 intake. Below is the details and school fees
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING FULL TIME DURATION
1.1 TUITION FEES 8,420 PER SEMESTER ACCOMMODATION 3,000 MEDICAL FEES 100 PER SEMESTER (AMBULANCE SERVICES & BASIC MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR FIRST AID, INCLUDING CLINIC AT LOCAL UNIVERSITY CAMPUS) PROJECT FEE 700 ONCE ONLY EXAMINATION FEES 350 PER SEMESTER EVALUATION MANUAL 300 ONCE ONLY GNC INDEXING FEE 364 ONCE ONLY STUDENT ID 50 ONCE ONLY STUDENT UNION FEE 50 PER SEMESTER PAID TO THE UNION TOTAL 13,334 1.2 TUITION FEES 8,420 PER SEMESTER ATTACHMENT FEES 1,000 PER SEMESTER MEDICAL FEES 100 PER SEMESTER (AMBULANCE SERVICES & BASIC MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR FIRST AID, INCLUDING CLINIC AT LOCAL UNIVERSITY CAMPUS) EXAMINATION FEES 350 PER SEMESTER TOTAL 9,870 2.1 / 2.2 TUITION FEES 8,400 PER SEMESTER ATTACHMENT FEES 1,000 PER SEMESTER MEDICAL FEES 100 PER SEMESTER (AMBULANCE SERVICES & BASIC MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR FIRST AID, INCLUDING CLINIC AT LOCAL UNIVERSITY CAMPUS) EXAMINATION FEES 350 PER SEMESTER TOTAL 9,850
3. BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION – PART TIME ( EVENING) / FULL TIME a. Human Resource Management b. Finance
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