ABSTRACT Caring for children who live with epilepsy can be very demanding, difficult and stressful burden for parents. Caregiver crisis and coping strategies adopted by parents of children living with epilepsy was explored to ascertain the crisis parents faced, the meaning they ascribed to epilepsy and caregiving and the resources at their disposal using the ABC-X family stress model as a guiding framework. A qualitative descriptive-exploratory approach was adopted for the study. Participants...
Abstract Breast cancer is a major public health concern across the world and has attracted the attention of policy makers and various health care professionals. The most common treatment in Ghana is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy brings about unpleasant and traumatic experiences due to the effects of the drugs. Even though several studies have highlighted the negative results of chemotherapy among cancer patients, recent literature show an improvement in breast cancer survival rate. The purpose o...
ABSTRACT The pivotal role nurse managers’ play in hospitals cannot be overemphasized and as with most roles of similar nature, a great deal of knowledge and skill is needed for effective and efficient outcomes. Many nurse managers however, assume managerial positions without adequate formal preparation due to the absence of clear cut lines of succession and are therefore, faced with numerous challenges which affect patient outcomes and staff satisfaction. This study hence sought to explore ...
ABSTRACT Controlling the enormous health impact associated with malaria has become a global priority. Despite the fact that malaria is a completely preventable and treatable disease, it still stands tall as one of the leading health problems in Ghana. Malaria in pregnancy is associated with negative outcomes for the mother, foetus and the neonate. The study investigated pregnant women‟s perception of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria using Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine the drug us...
ABSTRACT Caesarian Section is chosen as a birth method particularly when difficulties arise during delivery. Despite this, women are not willing to take up the caesarian section as a birth method because they are afraid of what their significant others will say about them. However, literature on how women construct the Caesarian section in Ghana is scanty. This study, therefore, focused on understanding the meaning given to caesarian section among women after surgical intervention in the Tam...
ABSTRACT Background: Caregivers‟ competence in nutrition is significant in preventing iron deficiency anemia to children. Unfortunately, most caregivers lack competence on nutrition and its role in prevention anemia to under-five children. The aim of this study was determine the level of anemia and determinants of nutritional competence on the prevention of anemia among caregivers of under-five children in Zanzibar. Method: A cross-sectional study design using quantitative approach was un...
ABSTRACT Background Students‟ satisfaction in clinical learning is important to achieve clinical competence with perceived performance exhibited by the nursing students through their ability to conduct procedures in clinical learning. Objective: This study intended to determine factors influencing satisfaction and perceived performance in clinical learning among nursing students practicing in teaching hospitals of the Dar-es-Salaam region. Methodology: Analytic cross-sectional study with...
ABSTRACT The quest for pain relief has been the reason why casualties visit the emergency department to seek appropriate intervention. The aim of the study was to explore pain management by nurses among Road Traffic Accident casualties at the 37 Military Hospital. A qualitative descriptive design guided by the caregiver aspect of the Social Communication Model of Pain (Craig, 2009) was used in the study. Purposive sampling technique was employed to recruit thirteen nurses from the trauma surg...
ABSTRACT Chronic pain among advanced cancer patients (ACP) has several devastating effects on the patient’s quality of life and need to be understood for effective pain management. However, there is lack of literature on chronic pain experiences among ACP in Ghana. This study aimed to explore and describe chronic pain experiences among ACP in the Accra Metropolis. A qualitative approach with exploratory-descriptive design was used for this study. The Multidimensional Model of Cancer Pain wa...
ABSTRACT Hypertension is a global public health problem in high, middle and low income countries. Management of hypertension involves both pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches. Self-management is an important non-pharmacological approach that facilitates blood pressure control. Self-management practices in hypertension include medication adherence, lifestyle modifications and self-monitoring of blood pressure. There is paucity of literature on self-management practices among hyp...
ABSTRACT Substance abuse is a maladaptive use of a drug, resulting in impairment of functioning or distress, as manifested by a failure to perform adequately at home, school or work. In Nigeria, a large number of the population mostly the youth buy drugs without any physician‟s prescription. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of the youth on the substances they abused in Gawon Nama area of Sokoto, Sokoto state, Nigeria. An exploratory descriptive qualitative design was use...
ABSTRACT Prostate Cancer (PCa) is a serious public health problem, with high rates of incidence and mortality in the male population across the world. Globally, the burden on the cost of survival and living with cancer diseases is on a higher rate in recent times, with PCa being the commonest cancer among men. In the Ghanaian context, there are limited studies on unmarried men with PCA, hence, this study sought to explore the wellbeing of unmarried men with PCa in the Accra Metropolis using ...
ABSTRACT Breastfeeding is one of the main modes through which HIV is transmitted from mothers to their infants. Although the rate of transmission is drastically reduced when the breastfeeding mother is managed on anti retroviral therapy, there is still a probability of transmission. This puts a considerable level of strain on breastfeeding HIV positive mothers. The purpose of this study was to explore the psychosocial experiences of breastfeeding HIV positive mothers in the Tema metropolis. T...
ABSTRACT Pain experienced during burns has been linked to discomforts, preventing patients from fully participating in their care. Inadequate burns pain assessment and management has also been associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The nurse has a professional and legal responsibility to promptly assess and manage pain as well as administration of prescribed analgesics and other pain relief methods to facilitate recovery. This research sought to explore the nurses‘ experiences w...
Abstract Chronic neurological conditions impose psychosocial problems on caregivers. The objective of this study was to survey and describe caregivers’ psychosocial experiences; beliefs and effects neurological illness have on the family and social life. A purposive sample of 160 parents enrolled using a standard questionnaire to obtain socio-demographic information, beliefs and psychosocial experiences. Data analysis demonstrated that mean stress reported by the caregivers was 69.7 and sta...