N&MC Ghana Exam case studies
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana (N&MC) licensure examination is the gateway assessment that candidates from accredited nursing and midwifery training institutions must pass before they can be entered on the Council's professional register. The Council describes registration as "a periodic process of updating the register of Nurses and Midwives who have qualified by passing their licensure exams in their respective fields," and it operates under the Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act 2013 (Act 857), with a mission to secure "in the public interest, the highest standards of training and practice of nursing and midwifery in Ghana." The examination is delivered as an online, computer-based test; the Council held its first online examination in September 2018 for the Registered Mental Nursing Programme, and it now runs online licensing examinations for the basic programmes. The N&MC Ghana Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 4,697 words.
1Day-two laparotomy patient at 02:00 on a district ward
Mr A., 58, is on his second night after emergency laparotomy for a perforated peptic ulcer in a district hospital. At 02:10 the enrolled nurse reports: pulse 124, BP 94/56, respirations 28, temperature 38.6 °C, SpO2 92% on room air, urine 40 mL in the last three hours via catheter, abdomen distended and tender, wound dry, and he keeps asking where he is.
866 words, about 4 min2A 15-year-old asking for contraception and then disclosing abuse
A 15-year-old girl comes to a CHPS compound with a friend and asks for "the injection to stop pregnancy". She is 15 years and 4 months, in JHS 2, and has come without a parent.
956 words, about 5 min3Primary postpartum haemorrhage ninety minutes from blood
A 24-year-old woman, para 3, delivered a live 3.4 kg baby 45 minutes ago at a health centre. The placenta was complete.
907 words, about 5 min4A malnourished child with diarrhoea and lethargy
A 13-month-old boy is brought to a health centre by his grandmother with four days of watery diarrhoea and vomiting. He weighs 7.1 kg, MUAC is 11.0 cm, and there is no oedema.
945 words, about 5 min5A man with untreated psychosis, a frightened family and a four-hour road
A 34-year-old man with a known diagnosis of schizophrenia is brought to a CHPS compound by his two brothers. He stopped his antipsychotic three weeks ago when his NHIS card expired and he could not pay for the medicine.
1,023 words, about 5 min