NAUTH churns out 567 graduate nurses

The management of school of nursing, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, on Tuesday issued certificates to 567 nurses who graduated from the institution.
The Principal of the school, Mrs Nnoye Onyejiaka in her address during the maiden convocation ceremony held at the Gilbert Metu Uzodike Auditorium, NAUTH, Nnewi auditorium, commended the nurses for their excellent performance.
She announced that the nurses had in the past 14 years performed very well at the terminal qualifying examination for nurses, and counseled the graduands to always show love and care to patients in the course of doing their work.

She said, “since the then Minister of health, Dr Tim Menakaya commissioned the school in July 2000, the school of nursing, NAUTH, Nnewi had maintained record of 100 percent in the examination conducted by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.
“The school received an award for outstanding performance in the final qualifying examination in 2008, 2009. In the year 2012, the school had 100 percent with 12 credits, and last year November, it equally had 100 percent with seven credits”.

She also announced the list of eleven students who received awards for excellent performances from 2003 to 2013, including Anedu Chioma C, who was over all best graduating student.
Earlier, the Chairman, NAUTH management Board, Prof Ivara Esu in his speech, reminded students and staff that the focus of his administration is to offer prompt services to patients and build cordial relationship with the host community and the catchment areas.
Prof Esu cautioned graduands that the mark of service must be their watch word wherever they find themselves, even as he warned staff, particularly nurses that the era of treating patients carelessly and exhibiting intolerance was over.

Also speaking, the Chief Medical Director, (CMD), Prof Anthony Igwegbe related the academic success to the quality of staff paraded by the school of Nursing , assuring that management would continue to maintain the tempo, and urged the graduands to keep the flame burning.