NURSING PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 61. KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF ADOLESCENTS ON THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF TEENAGE PREGN...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study Teenage pregnancies are extremely common and have become a big challenge and a critical issue facing Africa. This point of view is supported by Msimanga (2006) cited in Gauteng Department of Education (2007) in her statement that teenage pregnancies have reached a threatening level in Africa as seeing that many teenagers fall pregnant at a very imma...Continue Reading »

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• 62. KNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPTANCE OF FAMILY PLANNING METHODS AMONGST WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIV...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Family planning is a way of thinking and living that is adopted voluntarily, upon the basis of knowledge, attitudes, and responsible decisions by individuals and couples, in order to promote the health and welfare of the family group and thus contribute effectively to the social development of a country (Park, 2013). The availability of family p...Continue Reading »

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• 63. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PREFERENCE OF ALTERNATIVE THERAPY TO ORTHODOX MEDICINE A...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY The present unprecedented global upsurge of interest in alternative medicine (herbal) is perhaps a measure of more realistic perception of the limitations of orthodox medicines in terms of cost, accessibility, effectiveness and safety. There is this widely held view that over 80% of people in developing countries use herbal medicine as their first line ...Continue Reading »

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• 64. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ATTITUDE OF MOTHERS TOWARD IMMUNIZATION A CASE STUDY OF ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Immunization can be defined as the process of protecting an individual from disease through the introduction of a live, killed or partial component of the invading organism into the individual’s system (Standhope and Lancaster, 2009). A person who is immune to a disease is one who is protected against that disease by means of antibodies circul...Continue Reading »

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• 65. FACTORS AFFECTING THE PRACTICE OF EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING IN MOTHERS ATTENDING M...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Breast feeding is a physiological process through which all mammals feed their babies. Hor nby (2000) defines breast feeding as an act of feeding from the breast. According to Makanjuola (2006) breastfeeding is the best type of feeding for infants particularly during the first six months of the child’s life; because it provides the baby with t...Continue Reading »

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• 66. EFFECTS OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS OF PARENTS ON WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN BELOW 5-YEA...

  » CHAPTER ONE Introduction Background of the Study Socioeconomic status (SES) deals with the economic and sociological combined total measures of person work experience or family economic and social position in relation to other based on income, education, and occupation. SES is broken down into three classes; high class, middle class and low class. These categories can be assessed using parents var...Continue Reading »

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• 67. EFFECT OF TRAINING MIDWIVES ON THE UTILISATION OF PARTOGRAPH IN GENERAL HOSPITAL...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Globally, labour has been defined as a physiological process characterized by an increase in myometrial activity resulting in cervical effacement and dilatation; followed by the expulsion of the foetus from the uterus to the outside world. It is therefore imperative for midwives to monitor the woman in labour utilising a partograph in order to have ...Continue Reading »

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• 68. EATING PATTERNS AMONG NURSING STUDENTS IN AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSTIY EKPOMA, EDO ST...

  » CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Most of the fundamental health problems afflicting the contemporary world are cardiovascular diseases (CVD), diabetes and obesity; these being prime examples of non communicable diseases. Some of the well recognized steps to take to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease are to acquire appropriate dietary habits and a sufficient level of physical exercise. Ra...Continue Reading »

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• 69. AWARENESS OF THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH NURSING CARE AND IT...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of Study and Definition of Terms In many hospitals in the world, there seem to be no form of organized occupational health program for health workers and many of the workers may not be so conscious of the magnitude of their professional hazards and risk to their health and survival (Georgia, 2010). Occupational health has been defined as all activities aimed at ...Continue Reading »

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• 70. AWARENESS OF THE HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH BODY PIERCING AND TATTOOING AMONG ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of Study Body piercing and tattooing or skin art as it is commonly called seems to be the latest fashion trend worldwide (Montgomery and Parks, 2007). Skin art dates back to biblical times when God gave mark to Cain. Studies showed that tattoo served a variety of purpose like distinguishing mark of a slave or a ruler, also in Prison Camps where complex languages...Continue Reading »

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• 71. AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES BY STUDENT NURSES OF AMBROSE AL...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY Good health is the basis on which social progress is built. A nation needs to promote good health status of her citizens in order to be productive and contribute positively to its development and progress of the country. In order to protect and promote the health of the individual, there should be utilization of Healthcare Services for the protection, p...Continue Reading »

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• 72. AWARENESS AND USE OF ANTENATAL SERVICES BY PREGNANT WOMEN IN ESAN WEST LOCAL GOV...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study Globally, the number of women dying due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth decreased by nearly 50% from 1990 to 2013 but the number of deaths remain unacceptably high especially in low income countries where 99% of these deaths occur (Bustreo, Say, Koblinsky, Pullum, Temmerman, Pablos Méndez; WHO, 2014). The SDG goals include re...Continue Reading »

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• 73. AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE OF CAESAREAN SECTION AMONG EXPECTANT MOTHERS’ ATTENDI...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Caesarean section (C Section) is the delivery of a baby through an incision in the mother’s lower abdomen and the uterus. It is the most common method of in the United States and some parts of the world. Caesarean operation is the most common hospital based operative procedure accounting for more than 25 per cent of all live births, the increase has been attribut...Continue Reading »

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• 74. ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMME BY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Research and evaluation have demonstrated that school based health centres represent cost effective investment of public resources. A study conducted by John Hopkins University School of public health attributes a reduction in medical expenditure related to inpatient drugs and emergency department to the use of school based health centre. School health program deals wi...Continue Reading »

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• 75. ASSESSING KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE AND FACTORS INFLUENCING BIRTH PREPAREDNESS AND COM...

  » CHAPTER ONE Background to the Study It is true that the birth of a baby precedes celebration but it equally poses a source of concern as pregnancy and childbirth is sometimes a perilous journey especially in developing countries, where the risk of a woman dying from pregnancy and related complications is almost 40 times greater than that of her counterparts in developed countries (Benson & Yin...Continue Reading »

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• 76. ANALYSIS ON THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE REGARDING IMMUNIZATION OF UNDER...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Immunization is a modern miracle, it has saved millions of lives worldwide and its origin dates back ancient Greece. In the 14th century the Chinese discovered and used a primitive form of vaccination called variolation. The aim was to prevent small pox by exposing healthy people to tissue from the scabs caused by the disease this is the first recor...Continue Reading »

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• 77. ADOLESCENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN SELECTED PUBLIC SC...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Sexual violence is a major dehumanizing and serious emerging public health problem. It is also a social problem that affects thousands of people each year throughout the world, and adolescents seem to be the most affected victims due to their vulnerability (Center for Disease Control, 2011). About one hundred and fifty million girls below the age of...Continue Reading »

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• 78. A RESEARCH STUDY ON ATTITUDE OF NURSES TOWARDS RELAPSE PREVENTION AMONG PSYCHIAT...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Background of Study Psychiatric illness has fascinated and confounded healers, scientist and philosopher for centuries, it symptoms have been attributed to possession by demons considered to be punishment by the gods for the evil done or accepted as evidence of the inhumanity of its sufferers victims. Thus explanation resulted in enduring stigma for those whose were diagnosed with ...Continue Reading »

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• 79. THE INFLUENCE OF STRESS ON WORK BEHAVIOR AMONG NURSES IN FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE ...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND STUDY Every work environment especially within a hospital setup needs to be conducive, friendly, and stress free to promote quality care and the wellbeing of health care workers whose job demands are increasing day by day. This is as a result of advancement in technology and patient’s demand for quality in response to increasing health care costs. ...Continue Reading »

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• 80. THE EFFECT OF DOCTOR-NURSE RELATIONSHIP ON PATIENT CARE (CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL M...

  » ABSTRACT This study seeks to examine the effect of doctor nurse relationship on patient care in Federal Medical Centre Owerri, Imo State. The null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. They are: Medical teamwork; hospital administrative structure; and doctor nurse value orientation. In order to generate data for testing these hypotheses, a 42 item questionnaire was developed by the resear...Continue Reading »

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