The University graduates of Nursing science association UGONSA had demanded the immediate advertisment for the post of nursing interns and proper placement of already employed graduate nurses

 

The Nurses body made this call thru its National president Chief S E Egwuenu in a letter dated 17th october 2016 to the chief medical director of the federal teaching hospital abakaliki 

 

UGONSA informed the FTH Abakaliki management of the recent silver of justice for the nursing profession following thier age-long tortuous struggle for internship and proper placement of nurses with the bachelor of Nursing science degree. 

 

The memo continues: This is sequel to the circular, Ref no. HCSF/EPO/E1R/CND/100/ST dated 7th September 2016, from office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF) directing immediate commencement of internship training for the graduate nurses 

 

Pursuant to this, we passionately request that you kindly advertise for the post of Nurse Intern and commence the rectification of the placement of the already employed graduates of B.N.Se degree that where underplaced on CONHESS 07 against the CONHFSS 09 their counterparts in other core healthcare disciplines were placed on upon employment in the Civil Service post-NYSC. 

 

As the circular rightly stipulated that the Graduate Nurses be placed on level 08 during internship and on level 09 post-internship, we demand in all honesty that the Graduate Nurses who were aberrantly under placed on CONHESS 07 at their point of employment be properly placed on CONHESS 09 like their counterparts in other core healthcare disciplines for the sake of justice and fairness. 

 

Bridging the two-grade levels gap between them and their counterparts in other core healthcare disciplines such as Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Medical Laboratory Science. Optometry, etc, shall restore the parity they have with them and wipe away the tears of the burden of injustice they have suffered over the years especially their unjustifiable demeaning underplacement to the tone of two grade levels below par. 

 

Their inexplicable underplacement had hitherto erroneously portrayed them as subservient to their counterparts in the aforementioned healthcare disciplines, who they shared similar entry requirements and course duration in the university with. As there is no injustice that traumatizes the mind more than the injustice of deliberately making two equal things to appear unequal, we hops that you find this circular a veritable opportunity to add your good name to the list of people of good and living conscience that arduously worked to enthrone justice where injustice formerly reigned supreme.

 

This upgrade with compensatory two grade levels is expected to be across board irrespective of whether a graduate nurse has been promoted before or not. For exarnple, we expect those on CONHESS 07 to be upgraded to CONHESS 09 and those on CONHESS 08 to CONHESS to. 

 

We hope to see the effective implementation of this request within the shortest possible time. 

 

Please accept the highest regard of members of this association that comprise nurses with minimum of first degree in Nursing Science.