ENDOTRACHEAL SUCTIONING KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE AMONG CRITICAL CARE PRACTITIONERS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS IN UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR TEACHING HOSPITAL, CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to determine endotracheal suctioning knowledge and practice among critical care practitioners in intensive care units of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. The objectives of the study were to identify critical care practitioners’ knowledge of endotracheal suctioning, evaluate adherence to  procedure in endotracheal suctioning, assess their competence in performing endotracheal […]

EFFECT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON FOOD HYGIENE PRACTICES OF FOOD VENDORS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLSEFFECT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON FOOD HYGIENE PRACTICES OF FOOD VENDORS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS

ABSTRACT The study examined the effect of health education on hygiene practices of food vendors in public secondary schools at Oshimili south local government area in Delta state. The purpose of the study is to assess the practice of food hygiene and effect of health education on hygiene practices of food vendors in the schools. […]

EFFICACY OF TELEPHONE CALL REMINDERS IN IMPROVING RATES OF ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION SERVICES UPTAKE BY MOTHERS IN TARABA STATE

ABSTRACT The need to improve uptake of routine immunizations by mothers using reminder and recall strategies so as to prevent childhood vaccine-preventable diseases is a global public health concern. Globally, about 1.5 million children still die yearly from vaccine-preventable diseases. In Nigeria, 62.8% children are not immunized while 36.4% of children were partially immunized due […]

ECONOMIC BURDEN, PAYMENT STRATEGIES AND PAYMENT COPING MECHANISM AMONG TYPE2 DIABETIC PATIENTS ATTENDING A TERTIARY HEALTH INSTITUTION IN ABIA STATE, SOUTH EAST NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Diabetes is a chronic life- long illness that affects the quality of life, requiring close monitoring and control. Diabetics have high risk for high economic burden (direct and indirect health costs) and catastrophic expenditure where healthcare costs are paid out of pocket. This study determined the economic burden and assessed the payment strategies and […]

COPING STRATEGIES OF PARENTS WITH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN

ABSTRACT The Purpose of this study was to examine the coping strategies utilized by parents who have physically or mentally challenged children in Enugu Urban. The study surveyed 154 consenting parents who have children enrolled in Therapeutic Day Care Center Enugu and Government School for the Deaf and Dumb Ogbete Coal Camp, Enugu using descriptive […]

CONFLICT RESOLUTION STRATEGIES USED BY NURSE MANAGERS IN TEACHING HOSPITALS IN ANAMBRA STATE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Conflict is a normal part of any healthy relationship (George, 2011). After all, two people cannot be expected to agree on everything, all the time. Although there is no universal definition of conflict (Kelly, 2006; Patton, 2014), it can be described as a process in which one party […]

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS’ AND NURSES’ PERCEPTIONS OF NURSE CARING BEHAVIOURS IN TWO TERTIARY HOSPITALS IN JOS

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to comparatively assess patients’ and nurses’ perceptions of nurse caring behaviours in Jos University Teaching hospital (JUTH) and Plateau State Specialist Hospital (PSSH) Jos. A cross-sectional descriptive survey design was employed to study 332 patients and nurses.  No sampling was done as all the subjects who met the […]

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHILDBIRTH EXPECTATIONS BETWEEN PRIMIGRAVIDAE AND MULTIGRAVIDAE WOMEN IN SOME SELECTED HOSPITALS IN ENUGU STATE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Pregnancy is a time of excitement, anticipation and planning interspersed with periods of anxiety, fear and stress all of which are quite normal (Tiran, 2010). Generally, expectant mothers spend the early pregnancy coping with various physiological discomforts like early morning sickness and backache while trying to continue with […]

CAREGIVERS KNOWLEDGE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF RELAPSE IN SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS AT FEDERAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL NEW HAVEN ENUGU STATE

CAREGIVERS KNOWLEDGE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF RELAPSE IN SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS AT FEDERAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL NEW HAVEN ENUGU STATE   CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Schizophrenia the most common type of mental illness is a chronic and disabling psychiatric illness that affects approximately 1% of the world’s population. It is […]