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Nursing and Nurses

Like every other field of discipline or profession in human life, Nursing evolved in various forms as an integral Read more >>

Some Classification

Additions Nurses: They provide service to patients seeking help with alcohol, drug, tobacco and other additions. Read more >>

Hazards of The Profession

Nursing, like all other professions, has its own hazards, especially in healthcare delivery institutions where Read more >>
Our History

How National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) Was Formed

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) is a professional-cum trade union organization recognized by the Trade Unions (Amendment) Act of 2005.  It is a non-governmental and non-profit organization authorized to organize all professional nurses and midwives who are trained, registered and licensed to practice Nursing Profession at all the levels of healthcare delivery system, namely primary, secondary and tertiary both in public and private sectors in the country.

The first organization of nurses in Nigeria is known as the Nigeria Union of Nurses (NUN), which was formed in 1938 and registered in 1943.  The union was said to be led by one Mr. Kuti (a nurse) as honorary Secretary General (SG). In 1944, the late Nathaniel Cole was appointed the first General Secretary of union.   Mr. Cole was later joined by Mr. S. S. O. Ekezie, Mr. Ayoola Adeleke and Mr. Clement Njoku.

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Key Functions and Activities

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) plays a crucial role in improving healthcare outcomes in Nigeria. Through its leadership, advocacy, and collaboration with global partners, NANNM is committed to equipping Nigerian nurses and midwives with the skills to deliver high-quality care, lead healthcare reforms, and tackle pressing maternal and newborn health challenges.

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Midwives

Midwifery and Midwives

Services include; Caring for women during childbirth including monitoring the mother and fetus during labor, assessing labor progress, managing complications, assisting with pain management, performing episiotomies if needed, and delivering the newborn and placenta

Duties of Midwives in Antiquity

Assigning in the process of childbearing and helping the doctor with regard to any medical problems relating to women any time such help was needed.
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Midwives In Later Historical Perspectives

In the 18th century, a division between surgeons and midwives arose, as medical men began to assert that their modern scientific processes were better for mothers
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Midwives in The Christian-Era Europe

Midwives, during this era, were said to be so important as to attract the regulation of the Roman Catholic canon law. Existing literature narrates that in medieval times,
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Who are Midwives

Midwifery and Midwives

Midwifery is a healthcare profession which developed from ancient times. It can, in fact, be said to have developed from the first time man became civilized enough to know the delicate nature of the organs and process of reproduction in the woman. That was when, consequently, the practice of traditional birth attendant developed, even if in its crudest form and process.

Over the ages, it grew as one of the most essential professions in the broad gamut of healthcare delivery, with its practitioners becoming specialists in the reproductive health of women in the safest obtainable clinical process. Both male and female practitioners of midwifery are known as midwives.

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