ABSTRACT The study was aimed at assessing the retirement preparedness among civil servants in State Health Board, Enugu. Four objectives and three hypotheses guided the study. A prospective descriptive survey design was used and the population of the study was 82 civil servants retiring between 2016 –2020 and they constituted the subject of the study. Responses were elicited from respondents using researcher’s developed questionnaire. The instrument was validated using face and content v...
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the Maternal Mortality and Perceived Challenges among Midwives at Midwives Service Scheme facilities in Benue State. The objectives of the study were to determine the recorded number of women that delivered at these facilities before and during the implementation of MSS between 2006 and 2014, the maternal mortality recorded in the MSS facilities before and during the implementation of MSS (2006 to 2009 and 2010 to 2014 respectively), the causes of maternal morta...
ABSTRACT Premarital sickle cell screening is a test done to screen intending couples in order to determine their genotype before marriage. This study investigated the knowledge and attitude of adult students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka as correlate of adherence to premarital sickle cell screening. A cross sectional descriptive research design was used for the study. A sample size of 370 adult students was drawn from an estimated population of 10,400 through a proportional, strati...
ABSTRACT Reports show that most maternal deaths occur during the post natal period, yet this is when coverage and programmes of maternal and child health are at their lowest along the continuum of care in the local government, state, country and African region at large. Therefore it is important to investigate postnatal care practices carried out by mothers to reduce the trend. The aim of this is study was to assess postnatal care practices with respect to, perineal wound care, breast-feedin...
ABSTRACT Teaching and learning activities are interesting when audio visual aids are used effectively and efficiently in a classroom teaching situation. A well planned and imaginative use of audiovisual aids in lessons should do much to banish apathy, and give students something practical to see and do, and at the same time helping to train them to think things out themselves. This study was carried out to investigate the availability and utilization of audio visual aids among the nurse educ...
ABSTRACT Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a neurological assessment tool that gives a reliable, objective way of recording the level of conscious state of a person. Assessment of consciousness level is considered a primary action of health care practitioners, including nurses, who care for the patients with neurological or neurosurgical problems. Growing evidence suggests that problem is encountered when completing some aspect of the GCS with the potential for performing an incorrect assessment. ...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to determine prevalence and patterns of Psychoactive Substance use among Senior Secondary School Students in Dala Local Government Area (LGA), Kano State Nigeria. The study adopted a cross sectional descriptive survey design. Simple random sampling procedure was used to select two Secondary Schools out of the ten Government Senior Secondary School in Dala LGA, of Kano State. Both Schools have a combined population of 2293 students made up 1202 boys and 1096 gi...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to assess knowledge, practice and factors influencing birth preparedness and complication readiness among couples in selected rural communities in Oji River. The objectives of the study were to determine knowledge of birth preparedness and complication readiness among couples in the communities studied, couple’s practice of birth preparedness and complication readiness, identify factors that hinder couples practices of birth preparedness and complication...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the knowledge and practice of screening tests for breast and cervical cancers among women in Uyo. Four specific objectives and corresponding research questions and hypotheses were used in the study. A descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted for the study. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 420 women aged 18 to 50 years from a population of 5,860. The data collected were analyzed using the International Business Machi...
ABSTRACT The study examined the toilet facilities of the public primary schools in Enugu Urban. The objectives of the study were to determine the availability of toilet facilities, types, sanitary conditions and utilization practices in the primary schools. The target population of study was teachers and pupils (primary 4 to 6) of public primary schools in Enugu urban. Sample size were 658 (379 pupils and 279 teachers) Instrument used for data collection were self developed questionnaire and ...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of patient teaching among nurses working in selected tertiary health institutions in Enugu. The objectives of the study were to determine the nurses’ knowledge of patient teaching, attitude towards patient teaching and practice of patient teaching. A cross-sectional descriptive survey design was used for the study in two tertiary health institutions in Enugu. Simple random sampling technique was used to s...
ABSTRACT Avoidable maternal mortality remains a huge burden more especially in sub-Sahara Africa. Expectant mothers are faced with life threatening complication which a birth preparedness and complication readiness plan helps to actively avoid. When a woman is adequately prepared for normal childbirth and possible complications, she is more likely to access the skilled and prompt care she needs to protect her overall health and possibly save her life and that of her baby. The study assessed ...
ABSTRACT Clinical teaching is a major component of nursing education. The training of Bachelor of Science Nursing (BScN) students entails clinical nurse instructors to help students translate theoretical knowledge into clinical skills and attitudes needed in the nursing profession. Over the decades employers have raised concerns about BScN nurses lacking adequate clinical skills and behavioral abilities required for safe patient care. In Kenya, there has been increasing concerns about BScN s...
ABSTRACT In recent decades, globally, nursing educators have tended to use innovative teaching strategies in the classroom rather than traditional teaching strategies. This is raid advance due to benefits such as increased self-confidence and competency levels. Despite there being ain technology, little is known about the teaching strategies being used by the nurse educators to prepare students for real life practice experience. Thegoal of the study was to determinethe classroom teaching str...
Globally, nursing process has gained popularity and is utilized in hospitals to offer quality individual nursing care to patients. It is utilized by nurses in clinical setup to offer quality nursing care to patients individually as unique and having special needs. Nursing process non-implementation can lead to poor nursing care to patients in healthcare institutions. This study therefore assessed barriers of nursing process implementation by Narok County Referral Hospital (NCRH) nurses. A des...