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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.) which led to development of guidelines in pain management, the W.H.O. analgesic ladder (W.H.O. 1996). […]
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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 precautions among nurses in health facilities in Sagamu, Ogun state, Nigeria. Methods. A cross-section […]
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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 case of non-responsible self-medication. This study was aimed at assessing the knowledge of risk facto […]
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This study aimed to assess the factors influencing abuse of nurses by patients and relatives at Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Specifically, it sought to determine the prevalence and types of abuse faced by nurses from patients' relatives, investigate the effects of such abuse, and explore preventive measures. The survey employed a survey design with simple random sampling among nurses at the hospital. A total of 57 respondents we […]
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This study aims to know the influence of shift work and marital status on occupational stress among nurses (a case study of federal medical centre Makurdi). A sample size of 200 was used for the study from the total population. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select the Respondents drawn from Federal Medical Centre. Structured research questionnaire was designed and administered on 200 randomly selected respondents. […]
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This study investigated the job satisfaction of professional nurses in public and private health sectors in Anambra State. A survey design was employed and a study population of 5903 comprising all professional nurses in private and public hospitals was used. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting a sample of 375 nurses for the study. Instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. Data […]
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This study was carried out to examine night shift and it’s impact on the quality of life of nurses and midwives in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala, Anambra State. The study was specifically carried out to examine determine the impact of night shift on the physical and mental health of nurses and midwives, determine whether night shift generates higher level of stress and fatigue thereby affecting nurses and midwives’ quality of li […]