Association Moves Against Quackery In Nursing Profession

Nurses in Nigeria under the aegis of Association of General Private Nursing Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPNPN) yesterday in Benin City, Edo State vowed to collaborate with other stakeholders in the health sector to fight quackery in the nursing profession.
National president of the association, Balogun Ajiboye, made the call at the opening session of its 12th AGM/Annual Scientific Conference where he also cautioned its members from being part of those training people outside conventional schools calling them auxiliary nurses.
He said, “Nursing is a profession and for anybody to practice nursing in Nigeria, he or she must be trained in an institution approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), he or she must also pass the prescribed examinations and be licensed by the council.
“Quackery in nursing has created an image dent in the profession. Quackery activities have sent many Nigerians to their early graves, it is like a cancerous tissue in the body that needs to be cut off immediately.