Challenges Of Nursing Care In Nigeria And The Way Forward

Background: Pain is the most devastating symptoms in cancer and may occur right from time of diagnosis to the end of life. It adversely affects the quality of life especially the physical component leading to disability. Pain remains a major challenge in cancer management despite the great efforts by World Health Organization (W.H.O.) wh […]

Background. Health-care providers are at major high-risk for contracting blood-borne infections during the discharge of their duties in health-care facilities now than ever before. This study aimed to assess how these three factors (information, motivation and behavioural skills) can serve as predictors of the utilization of universal pr […]

Commercial motorcycling emerged, and has become established, as a popular means of transportation in Nigeria due to the inadequacy of the conventional modes of mass movement to meet commuters’ expectations and demands. Unfortunately, motorcycle crashes continue to escalate the already grim statistics of road traffic morbidities and fatal […]

Despite growing awareness of the impact of maternal depression on the health and well‐ being of children, mothers, and health care, providers continue to ignore mental disorders in the perinatal period. Since nurses and midwives are in constant contact with women during pregnancy and during the first year after birth, they need to be abl […]

Nurse burnout is a pervasive issue in healthcare settings, with detrimental effects on both nurses' well-being and patient care outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and severity of burnout among nurses across diverse healthcare settings, as well as the factors influencing burnout risk. Through quantitative analyses, i […]

Self-medication is defined as the selection and use of medicines by individuals (or a member of the individuals’ family) to treat self-recognized or self-diagnosed conditions or symptoms. Several benefits have been linked to appropriate self-medication; self-medication is far from being a completely safe practice, in particular in the ca […]

The utilization of health services by individuals has been reported to be low and not much is known about health seeking behaviour toward snake bite treatment in Bikwin community as it affects the overall health outcome, hence the study on the the health seeking behavior toward snake bite treatment in Bikwin community, Karim-Lamido LGA, […]