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Dr. Atswei Adzo Kwashie

Senior Lecturer

Contact Info Email: aakwashie@ug.edu.gh

About

Dr. Atswei Adzo Kwashie is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Research, Education, and Administration, School of Nursing and Midwifery. She has a wealth of experience in teaching nursing and has engaged in clinical supervision of student nurses in the clinical area at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Kwashie has interests in nursing/midwifery ethics and standards. She is passionate about socialization of student nurses and midwives into the nursing/midwifery profession. She has contributed significantly to curriculum development and review processes at the School of Nursing and Midwifery. She has published in peer-reviewed journals. She is currently the Head of Department

Education and Qualification

Dr. Atswei Adzo Kwashie holds a BSc Nursing, MPhil Nursing, and PhD Adult Education. She has an SRN certificate and is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana

Research Areas

  • Clinical learning environment
  • Nursing education
  • Clinical and administrative supervision
  • Transition experiences 
  • Patient safety
  • Stress and coping

Research Projects

Ongoing Project 

Member, Midwifery Research & Education Development Project (MIDRED)- ongoing

Publications

  1. Acheampong, A. K., Naab, F., & Kwashie, A. (2017). Qualitative exploration of psychological reactions and coping strategies of breastfeeding mothers living with HIV in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. International Breastfeeding Journal, 12, 1–8.
  2. Acheampong, A. K., Naab, F., & Kwashie, A. (2018). The voices that influence HIV-positive mothers’ breastfeeding practices in an urban, Ghanaian society. Journal of Human Lactation, 34(1), 176–183.
  3. Achempim-Ansong, G., Kwashie, A. A., & Ansah Ofei, A. (2021). Exploring the benefits and challenges of administrative clinical supervision in nursing and midwifery. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 12(1), 14–24.
  4. Ackah, V. A., & Kwashie, A. A. (2023). Exploring the sources of stress among operating theatre nurses in a Ghanaian teaching hospital. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 18, 100540.
  5. Agyepong, E. B., & Kwashie, A. (n.d.). Continuing Formal Education for Non-Professional Nurses in Ghana: Exploring the Motivational Factors.
  6. Alhassan, S., Kwashie, A. A., Paarima, Y., & Ansah Ofei, A. M. (2022). Assessing managerial patient safety practices that influence adverse events reporting among nurses in the Savannah Region, Ghana. Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management, 27(5), 218–228.
  7. Ansah Ofei, A. M., Paarima, Y., Barnes, T., & Kwashie, A. A. (2021). Staffing the unit with nurses: The role of nurse managers. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 35(5), 614–627.
  8. Asirifi, M., Ogilvie, L., Barton, S., Aniteye, P., Stobart, K., Bilash, O., Eliason, C., Achempim-Ansong, G., Kwashie, A., & Aziato, L. (2019). Reconceptualising preceptorship in clinical nursing education in Ghana. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 10, 159–166.
  9. Asirifi, M., Ogilvie, L., Barton, S., Aniteye, P., Stobart, K., Bilash, O., Eliason, C., Ansong, G., Aziato, L., & Kwashie, A. (2017). Assessing challenges of clinical education in a baccalaureate nursing program in Ghana. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 7(10), 109–118.
  10. Asirifi, M., Ogilvie, L., Barton, S., Bilash, O., Stobart, K., Aniteye, P., & Kwashie, A. (2022). Reflections on change theory and community-based participatory action research: Congruent, similar or different?
  11. Boakye, D. S., Kwashie, A. A., Adjorlolo, S., & Korsah, K. A. (2024). Nursing Education for Sustainable Development: A Concept Analysis. Nursing Open, 11(10), e70058.
  12. Kwashie, A. A. (2014). The Newly Qualified Graduate Nurse: Workplace Experiences and Challenges from the Ghanaian perspective. Footprints of the Nursing Profession: Current Trends and Emerging Issues in Ghana, 17.
  13. Kwashie, A., & Naab, F. (2018). ‘I don’t experience any insults, but my wife does’: The concerns of men with infertility in Ghana. South African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 24(2), 45–48.
  14. Ofei, A. M. A., Kwashie, A. A., Asiedua, E., Serwaa, N., & Akotiah, A. N. (2018). Stress and coping strategies among nurse managers at three district hospitals in the eastern region of Ghana. NUMID HORIZON: An International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2(1), 1–13.

  15. Ofei, A. M. A., Paarima, Y., Barnes, T., & Kwashie, A. A. (2019). Planning practices of nurse managers in Ghana. IJRDO-Journal of Health Sciences and Nursing, 4(10), 1–23.

    Click on the link for more publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=H0oZziAAAAAJ&hl=en 

Courses Taught

  • Nursing and Midwifery Perspectives
  • Nursing Research
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Tools and Methods of Teaching Nursing/Midwifery
  • Teaching Practice
  • Instructional Methodologies and Evaluation
  • Independent Study II
  • Philosophical Perspectives of Nursing