NAPON Lists Recipe To Successful Surgery

The National Association of Preoperative Nurses of Nigeria (NAPON), says training of its members in modern surgical techniques is the only way to achieveing   a successful  surgical operation.

The Rivers State Chairman of the Association Mrs Bridget Ogbanga stated this in her address at the 12th National Seminar/Scientific Conference  of NAPON in Port Harcourt.

She explained that perioperative nurses are nurses who prepare patients for surgery and help the surgeon to operate in the theatre and emphasized that training would give them the opportunity to serve their patients better and put them at par with their international counterparts.

Mrs Ogbanga used the opportunity to appeal  to the state government to provide opportunities to perioperative nurses to receive training abroad in special areas, relevant to their trade.

She lauded the giant strides of the Amaechi-led government, especially in the area of health,  and outlined the areas of medical practice where NAPON members in the state would need to be trained to include Laparoscopic surgery, hip and knee joint Arthroplasty, spinal surgery, as well as endoscopic surgery (prostrate and ambiguous genetalia) among others.

Earlier the state chairman had listed achievements, already recorded in the health sector in the state, but noted that the issue of man power development, both locally and internationally has remind a challenge, owing to the trend in the growth of scientific technologies in perioperative nursing practice.

She also noted the need to equip hospital theatres in the state with the latest facilities that would enhance effectiveness in managing patients during and after surgery.

In his address, the national chairman of the group,Comrade Babatunde Adeyemi noted that the theme of the year’s conference “Advancing The Scope Of Perioperative Nursing in Nigeria; A Pivot To Surgical Patient-Centred care,” was apt and carefully chosen to meet the hunger of their members.

In his address, Chairman of the occasion, Consultant Surgeon, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Dr Rollings Jamabo, stated that “good nursing practice requires appropriate documentation of nursing care”.

Additionally, he stated that, “accurate documentation is required to satisfy the increasing demands for professional accountability by consumers.”