General News of Thursday, 2 May 2019Source: starrfm.com.ghLicensure exams failure sending nurses into depressionCandidates who pass all components of the examination are issued Professional Identification NumberHundreds of trained community Nurses at Oda Community Nursing Training school are reportedly going through some hard emotions over a mass licensure examination flunk. The Licensing Examination for the various Programes are held in February /March ,June/July, August and November/December every year. Candidates who pass all components of the Examination are issued Professional Identification Number (PIN) or Auxiliary Identification Number (AIN) depending on the professional course pursued. However, for the past 2 years, the Oda Community Health Nursing School has been recording high rate of failure among their students. In 2017 ,only 50% of the Students passed the Nursing and Midwifery Council licensing Examination while in 2018, the number of students who passed dropped to 48%.

Source: GhanaWeb May 02, 2019 13:07 UTC