About

Dr. Oboshie Anim-Boamah is a trained nurse for over 20 years and has been in academia for 17 years. Currently, a senior lecturer who teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Research, Education and Administration, University of Ghana, Legon. She has supervised over twenty undergraduate and ten postgraduate research projects. She is an external examiner and supervisor for external universities. The research interests include procedural pain management in children, clinical competency skills in nursing education. She has expertise in qualitative research, qualitative document analysis, scoping reviews and design and development research. She has published in peer-reviewed journals. She serves as an external examiner for some universities in Ghana and a reviewer for journals such as Nursing Open, PlosOne, and others.

Education and Qualification

PhD, MPhil, MEd, PGDE, BA, RN

Research Areas

1. Procedural pain management in children
2. Clinical competency skills in nursing education

Research Projects

Ongoing Project 

Nurse educators’ and clinicians’ perceptions of soft skills training and use of technology in Ghana (Co-Principal investigator), (2023 to date).

Publications

 Anim-Boamah, O., Ani-Amponsah, M., Laari, L. & Aziato, L.  (2024). Pharmacological management of invasive procedural pain in children: Facilitators and barriers. Douleurs, 25, 1-10, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.douler.2023.11.005.

  Laari, L., Anim-Boamah, O., Nyame, M.  (2024). Defining soft skills: a concept analysis. Frontiers of Nursing, 11 (3), DOI: 10.2478/FON-2024-0023

1. Barnes, T., Anim-Boamah, O., & Abekah-Nkrumah, G., Sefogah, P. E., (2024). Legal and ethical challenges of Assisted Reproductive Technology Practice in Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal, 58 (1), 78-85, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v58i1.11
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3. Laari, L., Anim-Boamah, O. & Boso, C. M. (2022). Soft Skills, the matchless traits and skills in nursing practice: An integrative review, Nurse Practice Today, 9, (4), 267-278, DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/npt.v9i4.11199

Ajinkpang, S., Anim-boamah, O., Bimpong, K. A., Kanton, F. J., Pwavra, J. B. P., & Abdul-mumin, A. (2022). Sickle Cell Disease in Children : Knowledge and Home-Based Management Strategies among Caregivers at a Tertiary Facility in Northern Ghana. BioMed Research International, 2022, 1–6. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1155/2022/3384813

Anim-Boamah, O., Christmals, C. Dela, & Armstrong, S. J. (2021). Clinical nursing competency assessment: a scoping review. Frontiers of Nursing, 8(4), 341–356. https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0034

Anim-Boamah, O., Christmals, C. Dela, & Armstrong, S. J. (2022). The Clinical Nursing Competency Assessment System of Ghana: Perspectives of Key Informants. SAGE Open, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221089960

Anim-Boamah, O., Aziato, L., & Adabayeri, V. M. (2017). Ghanaian nurses’ knowledge of invasive procedural pain and its effect on children, parents and nurses. Nursing Children and Young People, 29(7). https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2017.e795

Anim-boamah, O., Christmals, C. Dela, & Armstrong, S. J. (2021). Nursing Students ’ Experiences on Clinical Competency Assessment in Ghana. Nurse Media Journal of Nursing, 11, 278–293. https://doi.org/10.14710/nmjn.v11i3.39079

Anim-Boamah, O, Aziato, L., & Adabayeri, V. M. (2016). Nurses ’ attitudes and approaches to procedural pain management of children in Ghana : The case of Koforidua Regional Hospital. NUMID HORIZON International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 1(1), 29–37.

Dennis-Antwi, J. A., Ohene-Frempong, K., Anie, K. A., Dzikunu, H., Agyare, V. A., Boadu, R. O., Antwi, J. S., Asafo, M. K., Anim-Boamah, O., Asubonteng, A. K., Agyei, S., Wonkam, A., & Treadwell, M. J. (2018). Relation Between Religious Perspectives and Views on Sickle Cell Disease Research and Associated Public Health Interventions in Ghana. Journal of Genetic Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-018-0296-7

Courses Taught

• Master’s Programme

NURS 603: Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing

NURS 604: Curriculum Development in Nursing 

NURS 606: Teaching Methodologies and Evaluation

• Undergraduate programme

NURS 113: Therapeutic Communication 

NURS 237/MIDW 203: Theoretical foundations in Nursing and Midwifery 

NURS 461: Nursing Seminar 

NURS 452: Curriculum development in Nursing 

NURS 456: Teaching Practice