Faustina Oware-Gyekye Explained

Faustina Oware-Gyekye
Nationality:	Ghanaian
Alma Mater:	Nurses’ Training College, Kumasi Midwifery Training College, Korle-Bu University of Ghana Tufts University
Known For:	Leadership in nursing

Faustina Oware-Gyekye is a Ghanaian nurse leader who has taught at Mountcrest University College and the University of Ghana.

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.

In 1999, she obtained a post-graduate certificate in leadership and management from Tufts University.

Career

Oware-Gyekye taught at the Midwifery Training School, Korle-Bu between 1975 and 1987, and taught at the University of Ghana until 2008.

Between 2000 and 2008, she was a member of the Nurses and Midwives Governing Council of Ghana.

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.^{[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).

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

1. Web site: Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives Mrs. Faustina Oware-Gyekye (WACN Representative). 2022-02-22. www.gcnm.edu.gh.
2. Web site: 5 June 2016. Fresh qualified Nurses and midwives received News Ghana. 2022-02-22. News Ghana. en-US.
3. Web site: MARCH 2019 – 2021 – West African College of Nursing. 2022-02-22. en-US.
4. Web site: Visiting faculty from Ghana learn best practices at College of Medicine Penn State University. 2022-02-22. www.psu.edu. en.
5. 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 . 10.1186/1471-2393-14-281. 25132124 . 4147181 . 1471-2393 . free .
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.