Dorothy’s May Status Report

The month of May is normally a busy month for the scholars as it when the scholars have to prepare for exams and at the same time they have to carry out practical clinical training with the different hospitals like Mulago and Naguru.

TGF has 4 scholars who will be completing their 4 year Nursing course at the International Health Sciences University. Three of the scholars are from Gulu and one is from Katakwi district. The scholars have to undertake research proposal writing as part of the requirement for award of a degree in Nursing.

We felt it appropriate to share with you the research topics of the scholars and are extremely proud of the 3 scholars from Gulu who have decided to carry out their research with in Gulu!

Janet BNS 4: her research topic is "Assessment of knowledge attitudes and practice towards prevention of Hepatitis viral infection among people of Gulu”

Jennifer BNS 4: her research topic is "Factors influencing partograph use among midwives in Lacor hospital and Gulu regional referral hospital”

James BNS 4: his research topic is "Knowledge and attitude and practice of medical workers towards medical waste management in Gulu regional referral hospital”

Agnes BNS 4: her research topic is "Knowledge and attitudes towards obstetric fistulas among the categories of the population of international health sciences university”

The scholars are expected to begin serving the internship alongside the agreed bonding as per the terms of the scholarship immediately after graduation. We will be updating you on how the scholars will be faring during this new phase in their life. One would expect the job market for Nurses in Uganda to be an easy one, since the demand for health services in this country is high. On the whole, the past TGF scholars have all managed to get placement with different hospitals. However one of our scholars Immaculate has not been so lucky she is still on the job hunt and remains hopeful that she will get placement and finally be able to practice nursing.

TGF Note: We’d like to stress the importance of our scholar’s commitment to work in the northern town of Gulu. The north was the epicenter of Kony’s Lords Resistance Army’s reign of terror for over 22 years. Kony has left this region but the horrible scars remain.