Gloria Achempim-Ansong (Dr.)

Biography
Mrs.  Gloria Achempim- Ansong is a product of St. Louis Secondary School, Nurses’ Training College, Koforidua and University of Ghana. She is Registered Nurse of over twenty years of experience, holds BA nursing with psychology and M.Phil. Nursing and currently a PhD Candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Has worked at the Regional Hospital, Koforidua and the Mamprobi Polyclinic.
She is a Deputy Director for nursing services (DDNS), and hold the position of the Vice President for the Ghana chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). She is also a Fellow of the West African College of Nursing, a Foundation Fellow of the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives- GCNM, and currently the Faculty Chair for Emergency Nursing Faculty-GCNM.
She has attended international conferences in Indianapolis and Las Vegas as well as the West African Sub Region.
She was a tutor for twelve years at the Pantang Nurse’s Training College, a part-time lecturer at the Valley View University, and is currently a lecturer at the School of Nursing and midwifery, University of Ghana. She is married with four children and a Resource Person for Health Issues in various churches.

Research Grant
Faculty Research Committee Individual Grant, 2017. University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Courses Taught
Has been a nurse educator for fifteen (15) years - 2003 to date
Teaches both graduate and undergraduate students
Courses taught at the diploma, under graduate and graduate levels include:
• First aid and Bandaging
• Fundamentals of Nursing
• Theatre Nursing
• Ethics in Nursing
• Perspectives of Nursing
• Nursing practicum
• Foundations of nursing
• Trauma and emergency nursing
• Transition in nursing
• ICU Nursing
• Surgery and surgical nursing
• Advanced nursing
• Health assessment

Research Interest: 
Non- Communicable Diseases, 
Renal Disease and Renal Failure
Metabolic Syndrome (diabetes, hypertension, obesity)
Emergency Nursing

Ongoing Research Project:

Development and pilot testing of a metabolic syndrome intervention, among market women in Accra, Ghana

Publications:

1. The psychosocial and physical experiences of hemodialysis patients in Ghana - Published in Africa Journal of nursing and midwifery (AJNM), Vol. 14, No.1. 2012.

2. Assessing challenges of Clinical Education in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program in Ghana
Journal of nursing education and practice, Vol. 7, No.10. 2017

Professional Membership and Affiliations:
Vice President for the Ghana chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI).
Fellow of the West African College of Nursing
Foundation Fellow of the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives- GCNM