UGONSA WRITES OAUTH, CALLING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNSHIP AND PROPER PLACEMENT.

Chief Medical Director,
ObafemiAwolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH),
P.M.B. 5538, Ile-Ife,
Osun State, Nigeria,
Attention:
Director of Administration,
&
Head of Nursing Services, OAUTH,
Sir/Madam,
IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNSHIP AND PROPER
PLACEMENT OF GRADUATE NURSES IN OAUTH
Complements of the season and Nightingales’ greetings
from members of the University Graduates of Nursing
Science Association (UGONSA), the professional association
of nurses with a minimum qualification of first degree in
nursing.
2. We write to request that you implement the graduate
nurses internship in your hospital and as well effect the
proper placement of those that are already in the service as
prescribed by the circular, REF No. HCSF/EIR/CND/S.100/
ST/97 dated 8th September, 2016 from the office of the
head of civil service of the federation (please refer Annexure
A).
3. The referred circular has made a one-year internship
training a compulsory part of nursing education for the
Bachelor of Nursing Science (B.N.Sc) degree as is
obtainable with the university education of other healthcare
disciplines with the implication that baccalaureate education
of nurses  is now  incomplete and void without the internship
training.
4. The opportunity of blending theory with clinical practice
offered by the internship training is not only most beneficial
to fresh graduate nurses but also to patients, especially as
nurses form the first line of client care, have the highest
visibility and number of hours spent with patients and
maintain a ‘round-the-clock’ interaction with patients in the
hospital.
5. Since the lives of people have been entrusted unto nurses’
care, it is imperative that they are adequately trained and
motivated to perform this special responsibility effectively
and efficiently hence our request for implementation of the
internship training and proper placement of graduate nurses
by your hospital.
6. For ease of implementation of our request we hereby avail
you the Federal Ministry of Health’s guideline for
implementation of internship and proper placement of
graduate nurses (please refer Annexure B) and other relevant
documents for your due guidance.
PRAYER
We passionately request that you
1. help fresh graduate nurses trained in Obafemi Awolowo
University and other universities across the country
complete their nursing education, vis-à-vis internship
training, by offering them opportunity to run internship
training in your hospital as is done for graduates of other
healthcare disciplines.
2. upgrade existing nursing officers, who were on CONHESS
07 (.i.e Grade Level 08) before the release of the circular, to
the new base of CONHESS 08 (Grade Level 09) effective
from 8th September, 2016 (being the date of release of the
circular REF No. HCSF/EIR/CND/S.100/ST/97 by the office
of the head of civil service of the federation) as prescribed
by the civil service circular, Ref No. B63279/S.7/II/T/273
dated 24th April, 2002 (please refer Annexure C).
3. Commence the employment of fresh graduate nurses on
CONHESS 08 and upgrade the existing nursing officers who
were wrongly employed on CONHESS 07 instead of
CONHESS 08 even after 8th September, 2016 (the date the
circular was released) to CONHESS 08 effective from the
date of their employment.
Kindly accept the assurances of our esteemed regards.
Signed:
CHIEF (HON.) S.E.O. EGWUENU NURSE G.I.
NSHI
 National President
National Secretary