Oluwadamilare Akingbade: Commitment to mentoring Nurses and nursing students in research and scholarly endeavours
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Tell Us About Your Work
My commitment to mentoring Nurses and nursing students in research and scholarly endeavours culminated in establishing the Institute of Nursing Research Nigeria in 2016, when like-minded Nurses at the Fellowship of Christian Nurses Southwest Zone worked to birth the organisation.
Over the past six years, we have been committed to building the competencies of nurses in scholarly endeavours. Our members have been able to conduct rigorous research while publishing their findings in peer-reviewed journals. Many of our members have secured funding for postgraduate programmes in nursing in high-ranking institutions worldwide.
Recently, as part of my PhD program, I developed an mHealth psychoeducational intervention and a mobile application -the ChEmo Nurse Breast cancer Application (CENBA). I am currently conducting a randomised controlled trial to test the effect of the intervention on psychological issues of Nigerian women diagnosed with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy.
Tell Us About Your Recent Projects
In November 2021, we hosted an international conference at INR Nigeria, where we hosted global nurse leaders like Professor Patricia Davidson, the vice-chancellor of the University of Wollongong, Australia and Howard Catton, the CEO of the International Council of Nurses.
As part of our commitment to impacting communities, we collaborated with Optimal Health African Initiative in May 2022 to launch ‘Pad a Girl Campaign’, where we reached out to over 1,800 girls through menstrual hygiene education and distribution of menstrual pads.
Recently, our Director of Research and Statistics, Dr Yetunde Tola, bagged a PhD Nursing degree from the Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the 16th nursing institution in the world (QS World University Rankings by subject, 2022).
At INR, we are welcoming the 5th Cohort of our Journal Club. This club which started operation in 2020, has successfully trained four cohorts of nurses and nursing students in research and publications with sound research output among the members.
Who Is Damilare?
Oluwadamilare Akingbade is a dynamic community health nursing specialist passionate about impacting families and communities through research while building the capacity of nurses in scholarly endeavours. He graduated from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso in 2011, where he was certified as a nurse, midwife, and public health nurse. He proceeded to the University of Ibadan, where he bagged a master’s degree in Community Health Nursing in 2017. He is currently running a fully-funded PhD Nursing programme at the Nethersole School of Nursing University, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
A nurse-clinician, Damilare practised at different clinical facilities from 2012-2017. A nurse administrator, he was seconded to the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria by the Lagos State Government in November 2017. He contributed his quota to upholding nursing education and practice standards in Nigeria until July 2020 before proceeding on his PhD programme. A lover of research, Damilare and other like-minded nurse-researchers at Fellowship of Christian Nurses founded the Institute of Nursing Research, Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation passionate about building nurses' capacity in research and disseminating findings. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the institute and a resource person at the institute’s journal club. A writer to the core, he has several publications in peer-reviewed journals to his credit. His research interests include telehealth, oncology, infectious diseases, and maternal and child health.
Damilare is highly committed to mentoring and inspiring nurses, a role he has played for over a decade from his days as a leader at Fellowship of Christian Nurses South-West Zone Nigeria and his current role as a lecturer at the Department of Nursing, Chrisland University, Nigeria and project manager at Focusing on Young Nurses Initiative.
An award-winning nurse, Damilare was named one of the top ten most inspiring male nurses in Nigeria in 2017 by Fellow Nurses Africa. He has won the best presentation awards at many conferences. A nurse leader, Damilare recently graduated from the Global Nursing Leader Institute (GNLI), a strategic policy leadership programme organised by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) for senior nurse leaders worldwide.
He received an award to be part of the 2021 cohort from August 2021 to June 2022.
"I believe that in every Nurse lies a great potential to do exp[loits if only they can try"
How Do You Stay Motivated?
My motivation comes from God. Similarly, i believe that in every Nurse lies a lot of potentials. I love to support and mentor them, that is very inspiring to me.
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