Nursing and midwifery student placements suspended to allow qualified staff tackle Covid-19
More than 2,000 student nurses and midwives will be impacted by the placement suspension
All clinical placements for student nurses and midwives in Years 1-3 will be suspended for at least two weeks from January 18. File picture
Sat, 16 Jan, 2021 - 20:57
Liz Dunphy and Steve Neville
Nursing and midwifery student placements have been suspended to allow qualified staff to focus on fighting Covid-19.
As the surge in Covid-19 cases hits overstretched hospitals, the HSE has requested that experienced and qualified staff who currently support undergraduate training for students in Years 1-3 are released for redeployment as part of the pandemic response.
Student nurses frustrated at last-minute decision to redeploy teaching nurses to help with Covid-19 surge
Clinical placements for most student nurses and midwives – due to start tomorrow – have been suspended. By Gráinne Ní Aodha Sunday 17 Jan 2021, 1:17 PM Jan 17th 2021, 7:59 AM 46,175 Views 56 Comments
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Updated Jan 17th 2021, 1:17 PM
A TRADE UNION has said that some student nurses have been left frustrated and “furious” at a last-minute decision to redeploy student and nurse midwives who are in teaching or supervising roles to help the healthcare sector battle the Covid-19 surge.
Because of this redeployment, unpaid placements for students in Year 1-3 have been suspended for at least two weeks from tomorrow, but placements f
A senior staff of the National Commission on Higher Education (NCHE) has disclosed that despite the challenges limiting the performance of the commission for which its presence may not be felt in the public sapce, it made some strides in 2020 in line with its obligation.
James Andrew Lablah, Director of Quality Assurance (QA) at NCHE, said in the year under review, the commission drafted its first ever “Licensing Policy” which was endorsed by the Board of Commissioners for the first time since the establishment of the NCHE in 1989. The policy specifies standards for licensing and accrediting higher education institutions in Liberia. In past times, the NCHE had only operated on “frameworks” and “guidelines”. About 200 copies of the policy have been produced, pending launching by President George M. Weah.
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