Achieving Excellence in Healthcare through Nursing and Midwifery Education and Research in Contemporary Times: A Review of Literature

Abstract

The government of Ghana and the International Community are becoming more aware of the importance of human resources in the health sector as a fundamental prerequisite for delivering high-quality healthcare services as a result of the new health issues that are emerging today. In addition to having enough health workers, nurses and midwives need to be well-educated in order to deliver high-quality treatment that addresses the community's complex and multifaceted requirements.

The topic of achieving excellence in healthcare through nursing and midwifery education and research is aimed at asserting how excellence in healthcare can be achieved through nursing and midwifery education and research in the practice and academic advancement of the nurse/midwife in contemporary times. A review of the social sciences and nursing and midwifery literature as well as a search for existing education excellence revealed an apparent dearth of evidence specific to excellence in nursing and midwifery education and research. Nursing is grounded in the ethic of caring which is linked to a teaching philosophy intimately fundamental to the discussion on this topic. Clear program standards, well-prepared faculty, qualified students, well-prepared administrators, evidence-based programs and teaching/evaluation techniques, quality and adequate resources, acknowledgment of expertise, and student-centered, interactive, and innovative programs and curricula are the eight essential components needed to achieve and maintain excellence in educational programs, according to the Nursing Education Model.