Faustina Oware-Gyekye
Faustina Oware-Gyekye is a Ghanaian nurse leader who has taught at Mountcrest University College and the University of Ghana.
Faustina Oware-Gyekye | |
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Nationality | Ghanaian |
Alma mater | Nurses’ Training College, Kumasi Midwifery Training College, Korle-Bu |
Known for | Leadership in nursing |
She was the president of the Ghana chapter of the West African College of Nursing and has edited several nursing journals.
Early life and education
Oware-Gyekye attended Wesley Girl's High School in Cape Coast and was trained in nursing at Nurses’ Training College, Kumasi, and in midwifery at the Midwifery Training College, Korle Bu.[1]
She holds a diploma in nursing education, a bachelor's degree in nursing, and a master's degree in medical geography from the University of Ghana.[1]
In 1999, she obtained a post-graduate certificate in leadership and management from Tufts University.[1]
Career
Oware-Gyekye taught at the Midwifery Training School, Korle-Bu between 1975 and 1987, and taught at the University of Ghana until 2008.[1]
Between 2000 and 2008, she was a member of the Nurses and Midwives Governing Council of Ghana.[1]
Most recently, Oware-Gyekye worked as a senior lecturer at Mountcrest University College,[2] Accra and from 2019 to 2021 was the president of the Ghana chapter of the West African College of Nursing.[1][3][4] She also worked as a sub-editor of the West African College of Nursing journal, served as a member of the editorial board of Ghanaian Nurse (journal).[1]
Selected publications
- Gans-Lartey, F., O'Brien, B. A., Oware-Gyekye, F., & Schopflocher, D. (2013). The relationship between the use of the partograph and birth outcomes at Korle-Bu teaching hospital. Midwifery, 29(5), 461–467.[5][6]
- Oware-Gyekye, Faustina. "Pain management: The role of the Nurse." West African Journal of Nursing 19.1 (2008).[7][8]
References
- "Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives | Mrs. Faustina Oware-Gyekye (WACN Representative)". www.gcnm.edu.gh. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- "Fresh qualified Nurses and midwives received | News Ghana". News Ghana. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- "MARCH 2019 – 2021 – West African College of Nursing". Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- "Visiting faculty from Ghana learn best practices at College of Medicine | Penn State University". www.psu.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- Ollerhead, Elizabeth; Osrin, David (2014-08-16). "Barriers to and incentives for achieving partograph use in obstetric practice in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review". BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 14 (1): 281. doi:10.1186/1471-2393-14-281. ISSN 1471-2393. PMC 4147181. PMID 25132124.
- Bedwell, Carol, et al. "A realist review of the partograph: when and how does it work for labour monitoring?." BMC pregnancy and childbirth 17.1 (2017): 1-11.
- Chow, K. M., and Joanne CY Chan. "Pain knowledge and attitudes of nursing students: A literature review." Nurse Education Today 35.2 (2015): 366-372.
- Ojong, Idang N., Mary M. Ojong-Alasia, and Faith F. Nlumanze. "Assessment_and_Management_of_Pain_among_Surgical_Patients_in_Secondary_Health_Facility_in_Calabar_Metropolis_Cross_River_State_Nigeria/links/0046353032d9682dbf000000/NursesAssessment-and-Management-of-Pain-among-Surgical-Patients-in-Secondary-Health-Facility-in-Calabar-Metropolis-Cross-River-State-Nigeria.pdf Nurses’ assessment and management of pain among surgical patients in secondary health facility in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria." European Journal of Experimental Biology 4.1 (2014): 315-320.