NURSING TOPICS

Background to the study

Breast feeding which is the act of feeding babies with breast milk. This is a universal cultural practice among human species of all races. However, there are commonly observable variations in the frequency and exclusiveness of application of breast milk in the feeding of babies. This is noted by Berg and Brenms (1989) who asserted that the question about breastfeeding is not whether it is being practiced or not, but the degree of practice. T...

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According to Canadian Nurses Association (2016), nursing code of ethics serves as a basis from which to advocate for quality practice environments with the potential to impact the delivery of safe, competent and ethical nursing care. According to the Association, ethical practice is influenced by decisions made at the individual, organizational, regional, national and international levels. In all the levels of decision-making,...

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The National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) (2018) defines CAM as “a group of various medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be an aspect of conventional medicine.” Complementary interventions are healthcare approaches used in conjunction with conventional interventions, whereas alternative medicines are used in place of conventional...

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Diversity is about more than just race and gender; it encompasses disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and veteran status, as well as differences in background, experience, education, and even thought. Diversity in nursing enables nurses to cultivate an awareness and understanding of the various beliefs and attitudes held by different patient populations (Majumdar, Browne, Roberts, & Carpio, 2015).

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According to Agha, (2016), the benefits of health Information Technology are clear in principle, but adapting the new information systems to healthcare has been relatively difficult and rates of use limited. In Nigeria, there have been genuine concerns about whether nurses use best scientific evidence in their practice. The paucity of research on use of evidence- based approach in clinical nursing care in the country has not o...

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According to Omoleke, Taleat (2017), pregnancy and childbirth-related conditions make up almost 45 percent of hospitalizations in the Nigeria with millions of births annually. In recent years, there have been major advances in technology as well as updated guidelines for prenatal care and childbirth such as high resolution sonograms, in-utero surgery, new prenatal and newborn screenings, and growing rates...

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Nurse staffing has been an important issue in terms of the quality of patient care and nurses’ working conditions. Adequate staffing is necessary to meet patient care needs and provide safe, quality nursing care. Recent empirical studies reported that staffing adequacy is related to patient outcomes, such as hospital mortality and ad- verse events (Aiken, Clarke, Sloane, Sochalski, & Silber, 2017; Cho, Ketefian, Bark...

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In Nigeria, nurses address complex ethical and human rights issues on a regular basis, the Nursing Practice first initiated the code of ethics for nurses in 1985 to delineate the code of responsibilities and conduct expected of nurses in their practice. Nurses are held responsible to comply with the standards of ethical practice and to ensure that other nurses also comply. The code was revised in 2001 to include issues of adva...

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Health-care systems across the world have become complicated and confronted with several multifaceted challenges including increasing workload, inadequate staffing and the rising cost of care (Alboliteeh, 2015). As the largest health-care professionals, nurses are often at the center of these issues. Consequently, health-care managers are constantly searching for the “best” approach to enhance both staff and patient outcomes amid th...

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Anaemia describes a situation in which there is a reduction of haemoglobin concentration in the blood of pregnant women to a level below 11g/dl. Anaemia is one of the most common nutritional deficiency diseases observed globally and affects more than a quarter of the world’s population (1). Globally, anaemia affects 1.62 billion people (25%), among which 56 million are pregnant women (4...

ABSTRACT:- This study was carried out to examine the information seeking behaviour and utilization of information communication technology among reproductive health professionals in general hospital. Specifically, the study assessed the impact of ICT among health professionals in general hospitals, examined the uses of ICT by health professionals in general hospitals, examined the problems encountered by health professionals when using ICT to assess informati...

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Breastfeeding is the process of feeding an infant mother's milk, either through direct nipple-baby mouth contact or by expressed breast milk. Breast milk is classified into two types: colostrum, which is the initial yellowish and sticky milk produced from the mother's breasts from 37 weeks of gestation to about seven days after delivery, and mature milk, which is whitish in color and is produced effectively from about...

Nutritional knowledge has been proven to play a very vital role in adopting optimal nutrition practices in the health of every expectant mother.As a matter of fact, health and nutritional status of the population of a nation is an important indicator of development of the country (Taleb, Kaibi, & Deghboudj, 2011). A nutrition survey carried out in India observed that the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating and infants is not satisfactory. According to L.M. (2010), this is probabl...

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Healthcare waste threatens the public health due to its contagious nature. Most healthcare facilities are located in the heart of the cities and therefore, healthcare waste that are not correctly managed can cause dangerous infection and pose potential threat to the nearby environment, health workers, patients and to the public (WHO, 2014). Dehghani, Azam, Changani and Fard (2008) noted that Healthcare Waste (HCW) if not approp...

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Infant feeding practices are a significant driver of infant nutritional status, which has an impact on infant morbidity and death. Breastfeeding is one of the most important feeding strategies since it is essential for an infant's growth, development, health, and survival. According to Diallo, Bell, Moutquine, and Garrant (2005), around 5.6 million newborns die each year due to inadequate nutrition. As a result, scientists an...