CLINICAL POSTINGS FOR STUDENTS WARDS/CLINICS/ ESTABLISHMENTS.
The students are exposed to two types of clinical postings during their course of study.
- General postings
- Specific postings
General Postings
Each student is exposed to thirty three (33) weeks of general clinical posting during the three years of general nursing training. The wards/clinics used for the posting are the various wards of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital and they are grouped as follows:
- A. Medical/Surgical unit
- Male Medical Ward (MMW)
- Female Medical Ward (FMW)
- Male Surgical Ward (MSW)
- Female Surgical Ward (FSW)
- Accident and Emergency (A/E)
- Children Emergency Ward (CHER)
- Children’s Ward (CHW)
- Paediatric extension ward (PAED. EXT.)
- B. General Outpatient Department (GOPD)
- Children Outpatient (CHOP)
- Medical Outpatient Unit (MOP)
- Surgical Outpatient unit (SOP)
- C. CLINICS
- Heart to Heart clinic
- Direct Observed Therapy Short Course (DOTS)
- Retroviral Disease Paediatric (RVD Paed.) clinic
- Retroviral Disease Adult (RVD Adult) clinic
- D. Obstetrics and Gynaecological Department
- Labour ward
- Lying in ward
- Antenatal Clinic
- Health visiting Unit
- Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU)
- E. Theatre/Oncology unit
- Theatre (main)
- Anaesthetic department (Main)
- Theatre OBA
- Recovery Room unit (Rec. Rm) unit.
SPECIFIC POSTING
- Obstetrics and Gynaecological posting
Duration – 3 weeks
Wards/clinics – Antenatal clinic (ANC)
– Labour ward (LW)
– Health visiting unit (HVU)
– Lying in ward
– Special care baby unit.
- 2. MENTAL HEALTH ORIENTATION POSTING
Duration – 8 weeks
VENUE – Neuropsychiatric Hospital Nawfia
Njikoka LGA Anambra State.
- Orthopaedics, Burns and Plastic Surgery Orientation posting
Duration – 3 weeks
Venue – National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu
- Community Posting/Experience
Duration – 3 weeks
Venue –Different health Centres in Ekwusigo Local Government Area
They include
- Awor Primary Health Centre
- Nza Health Center, Ozubulu
- Referal Health Center, Ihembosi
- Ibollo Health Center, Oraifite
- Isingwu Health Center, Oraifite
- Model Primary Health Center, Ihembosi
- Egbema Primary Health Center, Ozubulu
- Afor Ilo Health Center, Ozubulu
- Referal Primary Health Care center, Ichi