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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808332603321

Titolo

Footprints of the nursing profession : current trends and emerging issues in / / editor, Lydia Azlato

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Legon, Accra, Ghana : , : University of Ghana, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

9988-647-18-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Clinical sciences series ; ; no. 2

Disciplina

610.730711667

Soggetti

Nursing - Study and teaching - Ghana

Nursing - Ghana

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"University of Ghana 65th anniversary reader project."

"School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Preface -- About the contributors -- Nursing education in Ghana : an insight into undergraduate and graduate programmes / Ernestina S. Donkor -- The newly qualified graduate nurse : workplace experiences and challenges from the Ghanaian perspective / Atswei Adzo Kwashie -- Planning : the role of nurse-managers at the unit level / Adelaide Maria Ansah Ofei -- The concept of pain and trends in post-operative pain management : implications for nursing practice in Ghana / Lydia Aziato -- Road traffic injuries (RTIs) in Ghana : challenges to nursing care / Lillian Akorfa Ohene -- A historical description of the emergence of HIV/AIDS in Ghana / Prudence P. Mwini-Nyaledzigbor -- Implementation of the national breastfeeding policy in Ghana : challenges and future prospects / Comfort K. Affram & Ernestina S. Donkor -- Female infertility and its management in Ghana : emerging concerns and strategies / Florence Naab & Ernestina S. Donkor -- Curbing unsafe abortions in ghana : policy implications and stakeholders' concerns / Patience Aniteye -- Trends in the management of diabetes mellitus : nurses' perspectives / Kwadwo Ameyaw Korsah -- Trends in stroke : roles of nurses and family caregivers / Cecilia Eliason & Patricia Aradu -- Nursing research : a focus on qualitative orientation and application / Lydia Aziato & Kwadwo Ameyaw Korsah.



Sommario/riassunto

The Reader contains educative and exciting chapters centred on the nursing profession and research areas of faculty members in Ghana. The target readers are nursing students of all categories, nurse educators, administrators, clinicians, and researchers locally and internationally.