Category: Nursing

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION  Background to the Study Psychoactive Substance use and dependence cause a significant burden to the individuals and societies throughout the world. The World Health Report (2010) indicated that 8.9% of the total burden of disease comes from the use of psychoactive substances. The report showed that tobacco accounted for 4.1%, alcohol 4%, […]

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study Cancer is a group of diseases that cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer cells eventually form a lump or mass called a tumour, and are named after the part of the body where the tumour originates (American Cancer […]

POSTPARTUM HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF MOTHERS AT 12 WEEKS AFTER VAGINAL AND CAESARIAN DELIVERY IN SELECTED HOSPITALS IN ENUGU NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Childbirth is an experience full of change, enrichment, and challenge for couples and the family unit (Bloom, 2014). Childbirth takes not just one’s mind and body through […]

ABSTRACT There is increased demand for nurses with higher degree to man the existing Department of Nursing to meet both the National University Commission and the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria student teacher ratio of 1:10 and 1: 6 for basic and post basic Nursing programmes. However, the completion rate required to meet these […]

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page                                                                                                                                i Approval Page                                                                                                                                    ii Certification                                                                                                                            iii Dedication                                                                                                                              iv Acknowledgement                                                                                                                  v Table of Contents                                                                                                                   vi List of Tables                                                                                                                          ix List of Figures                                                                                                                         x Abstract                                                                                                                                  xi   CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Background to the study                                                                                                        1 Statement of the Problem                                                                                                       […]

PERCEIVED PROBLEMS AND ACADEMIC NEED ACHIEVEMENT  MOTIVATION AMONG STUDENTS IN SCHOOL OF NURSING UCTH CAPLABAR IN CROSS RIVER STATE NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE  INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Schools, colleges and universities have no worth without students. Pitt, Powis, Jones and Hunter (2012) explains that students are most essential assets for any educational institute as the […]

PERCEIVED FACTORS AFFECTING NON STAY OF HEALTH WORKERS IN RURAL AREAS OF ENUGU STATE TABLE OF CONTENT Page Cover page                                                                                                                              i Title page                                                                                                                                ii Approval                                                                                                                                 iii Certification                                                                                                                            iv Dedication                                                                                                                              v Acknowledgement                                                                                                                  vi Table of content                                                                                                                      vii List of tables                                                                                                                           viii List of figures                                                                                                                         ix List of appendix                                                                                                                      x Abstract                                                                                                                                  xi […]

ABSTRACT This study was designed to determine the Occupational Stressors and Coping strategies of nurses in Tertiary Hospitals in Enugu State. The study sought answers to four research objectives and tested seven hypotheses. The population of study consisted of four hundred and twenty-two nurses in tertiary hospitals in Enugu state. They were sampled using stratified […]

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the common conditions seen in primary health care. Chinenye, Uloko, Ogbera, Ofoegbu, Fasamande and Ogbu (2008) stated that DM is the commonest endocrine-metabolic disorder in Nigeria as well as in other parts of the world. It is a challenging chronic disease which […]