ABSTRACT Men living with indwelling urethral catheters encounter lifestyle changes that affect their perception of quality of life. This study sought to explore the quality of life of men living with an indwelling urethral catheter, The Response Shift Model of Sprangers and Schwartz (1999) was the organizing framework for this study an explorative descriptive design was employed. A purposive sampling technique was used and data was gathered from 13 participants using a semi-structured interv...
ABSTRACT Maternal mortality remains a major Public Health challenge although various interventions have been devised by the international community to reduce it. Most of these deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa for which Ghana is no exception. The use of maternal health care services has been documented to reduce maternal deaths. However, utilisation of antenatal care has been declining. The study sought to examine the determinants of utilisation of maternal health care services among pregna...
ABSTRACT Clinical Supervision (CS) is considered as a form of professional support and learning activity that takes place between a supervisor and a supervisee. CS helps nurses to adapt to their new roles, improve their skills, knowledge and improve their decision making abilities. Although a large amount of theoretical literature exists in the areas of CS, little research has been conducted in the area of nurse supervisee’s perception about the concept. Some nurse supervisees complain abou...
ABSTRACT In most endemic areas of the world, pregnant women are the main adult risk group for malaria. They are four times more likely to suffer attacks of symptomatic malaria than other adults. Malaria in pregnancy increases the risk of severe maternal anaemia, low birth weight and death. Studies have shown that Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine prevents malaria in pregnancy and improves maternal haemoglobin and infant birth weight. The study investigated the use of Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine in th...
ABSTRACT Mentorship is a critical process that supports mentee learning and skills acquisition during clinical practicum. It has been adopted by many high-income countries to assist students in clinical placements. The number of experienced midwives continue to diminish while the midwifery student who is the future frontline health worker is left to stand alone. Benefits of mentorship which include knowledge and skills acquisition and career satisfaction, prepare the student for the delivery...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to establish patients/family and healthcare practitioners’ perception on palliative care as alternative to dialysis in the treatment of End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) in Kumasi Metropolis. A descriptive qualitative with phenomenological overtone research design was used for this study. A purposive sampling technique was used to obtain 17 participants (8 health care practitioners, 6 patients and 3 family members) out of 30 healthcare practitioners and...
ABSTRACT Turnover intention is the conceived idea by nurses to leave one hospital for another or to quit the nursing profession for another job. The shortage of nurses in healthcare organizations is a global concern. Retention of nurses can be ensured with effective leadership and managerial practices resulting in quality health care delivery. This study investigated the leadership styles of Nurse Managers and its influence on the turnover intention of nurses in Hospitals in the Brong Ahafo R...
ABSTRACT Leadership is a critical determinant of success in any field of endeavour. Nursing is a peoplecentred profession and therefore the issue of leadership is crucial for success. Nurse Managers‘ leadership styles are believed to be important determinant of nurses‘ job satisfaction, retention and productivity. In the wake of a global nursing shortage, maldistribution, increasing healthcare cost and expanding workload, it has become imperative to examine the role of Nurse Managers‘ ...
ABSTRACT The study explored the attitudes, knowledge and experiences of the youth regarding HIV counseling and testing in the Jirapa district of the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study aimed at finding out the knowledge of the youth about HIV infection, transmission, the beliefs and attitudes toward undergoing HIV test and their experiences at the HIV counseling and testing centres. An exploratory qualitative design was used to explore the youth experiences. The sampling method employed w...
ABSTRACT The experiences of women who developed obstetric fistulae as a result of complication of labour at the Bawku District Hospital were investigated. An explorative descriptive research methodology was employed to conduct in-depth one -on -one interview with the ten participants between the ages of 20 and 70 years, recruited by purposive sampling. The interv iews were audio taped and transcribed verbatim, after which systematic content analysis was done to identify the themes and their c...
ABSTRACT The clinical learning environment (CLE) is beneficial to the trainee nurse in acquisition of the requisite skills, attitudes and values for future professional practice. Students’ satisfaction with the CLE makes the student dedicated, motivates them to learn and also prepares them adequately for future professional practice. Satisfaction assessment has been linked with graduate competency and student retention in the nursing programme. Using the Expectancy Disconfirmation Model as ...
A B S TR A C T The main purpose o f th is re tro s p e c tiv e com parative stu dy o f random ly selected women was to assess the partograph as an aid to p a rtu ritio n and to p ro vid e fu rth e r inform ation to s u p p o rt more w idespread use o f th is instru m ent and id e n tify any areas w here im provem ent could be made. Two g ro up s o f women expecting th e ir f ir s t babies were stu die d. The p re -p a rto g ra p h group comprised 65 women who d elivered in 1988 before the p a...
ABSTRACT Women who test positive for HIV during pregnancy continue to increase in Ghana. The experiences of pregnant women diagnosed with HIV during antenatal clinic visit were explored. The descriptive qualitative design was used to obtain narrative accounts on test experiences, coping strategies and availability of support for HIV positive pregnant women. Respondents were purposively selected from Ridge Hospital in Accra. Required data saturation was attained with a sample size of 10 res...
ABSTRACT Breast Cancer is the leading cause of death and most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. The most common treatment is surgery in the form of mastectomy. Breast Cancer (BC) and mastectomy does not affect the well-being of only the woman but also that of the husband or partner. Breast cancer is therefore referred to as a couple‟s disease. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of spouses of women with mastectomy as a result of their wives‟ BC in the Accra Metropol...
A B S TR A C T The main purpose o f th is re tro s p e c tiv e com parative stu dy o f random ly selected women was to assess the partograph as an aid to p a rtu ritio n and to p ro vid e fu rth e r inform ation to s u p p o rt more w idespread use o f th is instru m ent and id e n tify any areas w here im provem ent could be made. Two g ro up s o f women expecting th e ir f ir s t babies were stu die d. The p re -p a rto g ra p h group comprised 65 women who d elivered in 1988 before the p a...