Dr. Joseph Olawale, the National
President of the Association of
General Private Nursing
Practitioners, on Friday said nurses
have the legal rights to run private
clinics and maternity homes.

Olawale disclosed this at the closing
ceremony of a Three-Day
Professional Development Workshop
for private nursing practitioners in
Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The workshop was organised by the
Oyo State Chapter of the association.
The theme of the workshop was:
“Promoting Private Practice in
Nursing Profession in Nigeria.”

Olawale said there was adequate
legislation backing the establishment
and running of private clinics by
nurses.
Quoting extracts from the Act, he
said: “The Nursing and Midwifery
(Registration etc) Act (hereinafter in
the decree referred to as ‘the
principal Act’) is hereby amended as
set out in this Decree. – Amendment
of Cap 332 LFN.
“Deleting the existing Section of 23 of
the Principal Act and substitute
therefore, the following new section
as follows, that is, Nursing and
Midwifery duties.

“23- (1) A nurse or midwife
registered under this Act shall be
entitled to carry out nursing or
midwifery care, as provided for in the
training curriculum prescribed and
approved by the Council.”
Olawale said other conditions
included that the nurse must be a
qualified registered nurse and must
have spent at least five years in a
recognised health establishment as
a Registered Nurse.

Other conditions of the council,
according to him, were that the nurse
must have unhindered access to a
practicing
obstetrician and gynaecologist or an
experienced medical practitioner.
Bola Fagbadegun, the AGPNP
Chairperson in Oyo State, said the
issue of who is a qualified nurse was
the greatest challenge being faced by
the association.

Fagbadegun said: “A true trained
nurse cannot be easily identified
because any person can put on the
nurses white dress and parade
herself in the market as a nurse and
innocent persons will patronise her.

“The Nursing and Midwifery
Committee of Oyo State have
mandate to monitor and inspect
health establishments.”
Fagbadegun said there was hope for
the association of private nursing
practitioners to overcome the
problem of quacks in the state.
She said the issue of quacks had
been a nagging challenge to the
association, adding that every
Traditional Birth Attendant and
auxiliary nurse wants to run a clinic.
She said: “They have really
bastardised the good image of a true
trained nurse and we hereby call on
all regulating bodies and government
to help in finding a long lasting
solution to the issue of quacks
nurses running private clinics.”

Also, a lawyer, Temitayo Oladele,
said most of the nurses in Nigeria
were ignorant of the law on the issue
of running their own private clinics.
Oladele said: “The nurses are
ignorant of their legal backing when
they decide to establish and run
private clinics and maternity homes.
“Seventy per cent of nurses and
midwives don’t know that they have
the right to start their own clinic as
stipulated by law.

“Intimidation by law enforcement
agents is another issue that the
nurses need to get enlightened upon,
adding: “No policeman would visit a
clinic if they did not have a tip-off of
something criminal happening
there.”

The communiqué issued at the
workshop recommended for a review
of the law regulating the
establishment of private health
facilities by nurses.
The communiqué also recommended
that nurses should be encouraged to
penetrate rural areas in order to
extend healthcare delivery to rural
dwellers.

“This will enhance the reduction in
maternal and child mortality and
morbidity rate in Oyo State and
Nigeria in general,” it stated.



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lalasticlala

Pls open your clinics fast and ensure only your relatives are treated there pls

In Nigeria, any nonsense is possible

emeka2847:
In Nigeria, any nonsense is possible

is it not your gutter !! sorry mouth? you can use it any how.keep wallowing in ignorance bro

1forall , CrazyMan , seun, lalasticlala

omogin:
Pls open your clinics fast and ensure only your relatives are treated there pls

Like seriously they should just get on with it and let's have peace.
Hian, everyone sees the doctor as an eternal rival.

Following

Oga nurse, traditionally and in modern times, the doctor leads not just the health team but the society. I may not be a health worker but I know this.
So you go abuse me tire.

chuksbogus:


is it not your gutter !! sorry mouth? you can use it any how.keep wallowing in ignorance bro

emeka2847:
[s]Oga nurse, traditionally and in modern times, the doctor leads not just the health team but the society. I may not be a health worker but I know this.
So you go abuse me tire.[/s]

Haba nah!

Nurse wan open clinic.
Were you trained to see patients or assist the health team.
Did you do any posting where you were trained to evaluate and admit patient.
Do you have a medical license.
You can admit in a 5th world country, not Nigeria or any sane country
The so called leader you quoted na Doctor.
Confused souls, open hospital, treat your relative, surgeons or physician no need.
Kwontinue

kennylawal:
Nurse wan open clinic.
Were you trained to see patients or assist the health team.
Did you do any posting where you were trained to evaluate and admit patient.
Do you have a medical license.
You can admit in a 5th world country, not Nigeria or any sane country
The so called leader you quoted na Doctor.
Confused souls, open hospital, treat your relative, surgeons or physician no need.
Kwontinue

Obviously you know very little about nursing training

Muthafhucker say what!!!!




Nurses open hospital to do what?


What kind of hospital? Can they prescribe medication? Sanction tests and shiit?

Na like this e take start, now OND and HND want their degrees to be equated to BSC and MSc. Next thing now Nurses will say they should be equated to doctors and allowed to perform surgery and shiit.








Lalasticlala come see o!!

dicefrost:


Obviously you know very little about nursing training

Yeah, ask the OP. All those are his post reply.
Educate people and stop confusing people.
This one said some doctors employ nurses to consult for them

When you hear that nurses want to do this and that, please dn't feel threatened because a real and true professional knows his or her jurisdictions. only a fool wants to do all but master non. After all, not every doctors are surgeons.
A nurse is a nurse and a doctor is a doctor. When one tries to become another, he or she automatically becomes a quack. There are things accepted or not accepted by the law even though Nigeria law has a clause.
So, let's mind our various businesses and allow or asist each other to grow.

"other condition include unlimited assess to OBS./gyn or experienced medical practitioner."

Lol
Keep deceiving yasef

Many maternity homes are run by nurses. Midwives can take deliveries so long as they know when to refer.

Many traditional birth attendants are mere auxiliary nurses who trained with some quack somewhere.

Only problem I've got with this whole agitation from all these allied health workers is their half knowledge. They know little about everything but healthcare is all or none. A doctor can't lay veds or serve medication for instance, cos he wasn't trained to do so.
Let everyone just mind their businesses and work within their jurisdiction