Nursing

LAMB aims to provide compassionate and skilled nursing and midwifery services, to the hospital and to the community. LAMB supports increasing the status for the vital role played by nurses and midwives in health care.

The Nursing Department has approximately 103 staff, made up of senior nurses, midwives, aid nurses, and housekeeping. Senior nurses are Government qualified and receive an additional orientation on joining LAMB. With regular in-service training every month we maintain LAMB’s high standards of nursing care. Senior nurse-midwives also undergo an additional 6 months Advanced Midwifery course.

Our aid nurses do not have formal external qualifications, but receive 3 months full time training at LAMB. They carry out routine, less technically skilled nursing tasks.

LAMB nurses provide 24/7 coverage for all hospital wards and cover the Antenatal Clinic and Central Supply Room on weekdays. Their cross-cutting skills support hospital staff with research data collection and administration too.

Anesthesia/ Resuscitation

We train nurses and Medical Assistants for scrub, operation theatre support, and anesthesia administration to cover the Operating Theatre for scheduled or emergency procedures. Several LAMB nurses have been in the UK for informal training in anesthesia, recovery, and other related areas.

Networking and Dissemination

Members of the Nursing Department are active in national associations relevant to their work.

Two of LAMB’s Safe Motherhood staff were members of a team writing a Bangla Midwifery textbook to be used in the Government Nursing Institutes.

Our nurses have presented at national scientific forums in the areas of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and recognition of low-birth weight infants by non-literate individuals.

Emotional and Spiritual Focus

A small group of LAMB nurses meets weekly for prayer, encouragement and Bible study. This group started a national organisation (Nurses’ Christian Fellowship in Bangladesh, NCF-B) that hosts a bi-annual conference in Bangladesh.

Recognising the importance of social, emotional and spiritual health, nurses are available to interact with patients and their families regarding social, emotional and spiritual needs.