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Gwendolyn Patience Mensah (Dr.)

Gwendolyn Patience Mensah (Dr.)
Senior Lecturer
gpmensah@ug.edu.gh

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Dr. Gwendolyn Patience Mensah is a senior lecturer at the Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery (SoNM), College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana. She is the coordinator for graduate and Doctoral(PhD) programmes for the SoNM.

She graduated in April 2017 with a PhD in Nursing from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), now Nelson Mandela University (NMU), Port Elisabeth (Gqeberha), South Africa. Gwendolyn was trained as a State Registered Nurse (SRN) and a Registered Midwife (RM) in 1992 and 1996 respectively. She had her BA in Nursing with Psychology in 2007 and MPhil in Nursing in 2012 from the SoNM, University of Ghana, Legon.

She has been a nurse/midwife for 30 years and has trained and mentored a number of nurses and midwives. She was in clinical practice/tutorship for 26 years and rose to the rank of Deputy Director of Nursing Services (DDNS) in 2014 before joining the SoNM faculty in 2018. She has special interest in qualitative research. She is the editor for the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives (GCNM) and a reviewer for a number of peer reviewed journals.

Her research interest is in Gestational Diabetes, particularly the experiences of women with the history of Gestational Diabetes, and the postpartum management of these women and their children.  She is also interested in the nursing management of women with Gestational Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, holistic care of the mother and child (Maternal and Child Health).

Dr Gwendolyn Mensah is a Queen Elizabeth Scholarships – Advanced scholar (QES – AS).

Courses Taught

  1.  Undergraduate
  • NURS 126: Introduction to Medical Nursing
  • MIDW101: Introduction to Medical Nursing
  • NURS 232: Medical conditions of integumentary, Gastrointestinal and endocrine systems
  • NURS 254: General Medical Nursing
  • MIDW 201: Obstetric Anatomy
  • MIDW 207: Medical Nursing
  • NURS 331: Medical conditions of respiratory, cardiovascular and genito-urinary system
  • NURS 332: Medical conditions of the nervous, musculo-skeletal and sensori-neural organs
  • MIDW 301: Normal Labour
  • MIDW 302: Abnormal Labour
  • MIDW 314: Abnormal Puerperium
  • GNUR 302: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Medical Nursing
  • GNUR 402: Orthopaedic and Neurological Medical Nursing
  1. Post-graduate
  • NURS 606: Instructional Methodologies
  • NURS 609: Independent study 1: Clinical theory
  • NURS 610: Seminar Presentation I
  • NURS 620: Seminar II
  • NURS 632: Qualitative Research
  • MIDW 610: Seminar Presentation I
  • MIDW 605: Child birth and the community
  • NURS 710: Seminar 1: Research Proposal
  • NURS 702: Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
  • NURS 705: Health Policy Analysis and Development
  • NURS 712: Nursing education for sustainable development

 

Research Interest

  1. Gestational Diabetes
  2. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  3. Maternal and child

 

Publications

Published Book chapters:

  1. Puplampu, G.L, Fenny, A.P & Mensah, G. (2019). Consumers and consumer behaviour in Hinson et al. ed. Health Service Marketing Management in Africa, Chapter 6 (pp57-70), New York: Productivity Press, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429400858

Published Journal articles:

  1. Opoku-Addai, K., Korsah, K.A., & Mensah, G.P. (2022). Nutritional self-care practices    and skills of patients with diabetes mellitus: A study at a tertiary hospital in Ghana. PLoS ONE 17(3):e0265608 -  (corresponding author).  

http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265608                            

Impact Factor: 3.240

  1. Adjorlolo, S., Mensah, G., & Badzi, C. D. (2022). Psychosis risk among pregnant women in Ghana. PloS one, 17(2), e0263011.

http://doi.org/10.1371/jpurnal.pone.0263011

Impact factor: 3.240

  1. Tetteh, L., Aziato, L., Mensah, G. P., Kwegyir-Afful, E., & Vehviläinen-Julkunen, K. (2021). Nurses' perceptions on pain behaviours among burn patients: a qualitative inquiry in a Ghanaian tertiary hospital. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 15, 100323. (Database – Scopus, MEDLINE/PubMed) - (Corresponding author).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2021.100323

Impact Factor: 1.3

  1. Tetteh, L., Aziato, L., Mensah, G. P., Vehviläinen-Julkunen, K., & Kwegyir-Afful, E.   (2021). Burns pain management: The role of nurse–patient communication. Burns, 47(6), 1416-1423.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2020.11.011

(Database – Scopus, MEDLINE/PubMed)   Impact Factor: 2.744       

  1. Mensah, G. P., ten Ham‐Baloyi, W., van Rooyen, D., & Jardien‐Baboo, S. (2020). Guidelines for the nursing management of gestational diabetes mellitus: An     integrative literature review. Nursing open, 7(1), 78-90.                     https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.324

(Database – Scopus, MEDLINE/PubMed, Web of Science)

        Impact Factor: 1.762

  1. Mensah, G. P., van Rooyen, D. R., & ten Ham-Baloyi, W. (2019). Nursing management of gestational diabetes mellitus in Ghana: Perspectives of nurse-midwives and women. Midwifery, 71, 19-26.

        https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2019.01.002

(Database – Scopus, Scienceirect, MEDLINE/PubMed)

Impact Factor: 2.372

  1. Mensah, G.P., Afraam, C.K., Richter, S., Banful, R. (2017). Experiences of Mothers with Gestational Diabetes in Ghana. Journal of Research in Nursing and Midwifery (JRNM) Volume 6(2), 025-032. http://dx.doi.org/10.14303/JRNM.2016.011.

(Database: EuroPub).                                         

Impact Factor: 0.69

Manuscripts Under Review

  1. Opoku-Addai, K., Korsah, K.A., & Mensah, G.P. (under review). Knowledge on Nutritional Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Ghana: Perspectives of Patients with Diabetes. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences.             (corresponding author), Impact Factor: 1.3
  2. Mensah, G.P., ten Ham‐Baloyi, W., van Rooyen, D.R.,   Screening and nursing management of gestational diabetes in Ghana: Evidence-based recommendations. Journal of Midwifery. Impact Factor: 2.388       

 

Conference Presentation

  1. Experiences of mothers with Gestational Diabetes in Ghana. Presented at a Clinical conference of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dept. of the 37 Military Hospital in October, 2017.
  2. Experiences of mothers with Gestational Diabetes in Ghana. Scientific presentation at Chi Omicron, a chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) at the induction ceremony of new Ghanaian members at University of Ghana, Legon, 21st June 2018.           
  3. Experiences of patients with co-morbid Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease: Lessons for patient care. 3rd Biennial scientific Conference of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon. 27th September 2018
  4. Managing Women with Gestational Diabetes: Clinical Realities in GhanaSchool of Nursing and Midwifery 3rd Public Seminar series. 30th October 2018.
  5. Managing women with Gestational Diabetes: Clinical realities in Ghana. Oral/poster presentation. 5th Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives’ conference. 6th-7th March 2020.

 

Professional Membership and Affiliation

  1. Member, University Teachers Association of Ghana.
  2. Member, Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association of Ghana
  3. Fellow, Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives
  4. Member, Alumni Association of the Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  5. Honour Society of Nursing (Sigma Theta Tau), Chi Omicron-at-large Chapter
  6. Foundation for the Mentally Challenged (FMC).

 

Keynote and Invited Presentations

  1. Guest speaker at the Students Representative Council (SRC) week celebration of the Nursing and Midwifery Training College, 37 Military Hospital, Accra, 20/11/2017. Documentation: A Vital Aspect in Nursing Care – A Care Not Documented is Equated to A Care Not Rendered.
  2. Experiences of mothers with Gestational Diabetes in Ghana. Scientific presentation at Chi Omicron, a chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) at the induction ceremony of new Ghanaian members at University of Ghana, Legon, 21st June 2018.         
  3. Experiences of patients with co-morbid Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease: Lessons for patient care. 3rd Biennial scientific Conference of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon. 27th September 2018
  4. Managing Women with Gestational Diabetes: Clinical Realities in Ghana  School of Nursing and Midwifery 3rd Public Seminar series. 30th October 2018.
  5. Managing women with Gestational Diabetes: Clinical realities in Ghana. Oral/poster presentation. 5th Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives’ conference. 6th-7th March 2020.