MONROVIA, LIBERIA-The Liberian Board for Nursing and Midwifery is the ultimate authority in regulating the nursing and midwifery professions in the Republic of Liberia.
It endeavors to lead nursing and midwifery development to its highest level of excellence for the health and safety of the public.
On Friday, February 10, 2023, the Board, in collaboration with the West African Post Graduate College of Nurses and Midwives, hosted a one-day National Accreditation Orientation Workshop for thirty Assessors of nursing and midwifery schools and hospitals across the Country.
The daylong training was held at the Carey Street Head Offices of the Liberian Board for Nursing and Midwifery in Monrovia.
The Registrar of the Liberian Board of Nursing and Midwifery, Cecelia C. Kpangbala-FLOMO, told reporters that the training is an annual event that creates a pathway for rigorous assessments of all nursing/midwifery schools and hospitals (Clinical Sites) in the Country.
“Today’s event is an annual event that is hosted by the Board every January. The Liberian Board for Nursing and Midwifery vet members who are from high education of nursing/midwifery to train and arm them with the necessary assessment skills to assess nursing and midwifery schools”, Madam Kpangbala-Flomo stated.
Madam Kpangbala-Flomo stated that the assessors have been exposed to the tools and ethical processes that surround the assessment of the Liberian Board for Nursing and Midwifery.
According to her, the assessors were being trained in the basic knowledge of verifying and detecting fake credentials and sub-standard nursing and midwifery schools.
Also speaking, the Board Chairman, Humphrey Gibbs Loweal, said the Nursing and Midwifery Board has worked over the years to ensure the nursing/midwifery profession in Liberia is free of maleficence and also regulated up to international standards.
“I stand to be corrected; the Nursing/Midwifery Board is one of those regulatory bodies that have control over her activities especially when it comes to regulating practice in this Country. Today’s training is exemplary of what the Board does annually by inviting Board members and stakeholders to train or sharpen their skills ahead of a rigorous assessment process”, Mr. Loweal ended. Meanwhile, participants have lauded the Liberian Board for Nursing and Midwifery for organizing the Orientation Workshop.
According to him, the training was necessary in their quest to weed out nursing and midwifery schools that are not up to standard.
One of the participants, Madam Sarah G.B. Kollie, said the method they were been taught to inspect nursing/midwifery institutions is internationally accepted.
Madam Kollie urged her colleagues to uphold the standard of the assessment as they begin inspecting nursing/midwifery schools and hospitals offering nursing/midwifery trainings.
For her part, Madam Ramatta Kogar of the West African Post Graduate College of Nurses and Midwives said the training is in line with international best practices.
The National Accreditation Orientation Workshop will follow a rigorous nationwide assessment soon.
