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EFFECTS OF “OPARANYA CARE SERVICES” IN IMPROVING SKILLED DELIVERY IN MALAVA COUNTY HOSPITAL KAKAMEGA COUNTY KENYA
(MMUST, 2018-10)is estimated that nearly 300,000 women die from pregnancy related complications and childbirth. Globally 34% of deliveries take place without skilled birth attendant. In Kenya more than 50% of deliveries are conducted ... -
FACTORS AFFECTING TREATMENT COMPLIANCE AMONG TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS ON FOLLOW-UP AT MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL
(MMUST, 2020-08-24)Best practice in management of chronic diseases including diabetes, requires long duration of treatment, multiple therapies and remains a major challenge in primary health care settings worldwide. Factors such as ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING EFFECTIVE CLINICAL HAND-OVER OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS IN WESTERN REGION OF KENYA
(2023)Handover involves transfer of health care providers’ responsibility and accountability for some or all aspects of care for a patient, or groups of patients, to another person, such as a clinician or nurse on a temporary ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING PATIENT WAITING TIME IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF KHUNYANGU SUB - COUNTY HOSPITAL, KENYA
(2023)Waiting time continues to be an essential indicator of the quality of health services. A hospital's emergency room is the most important portion of the facility. For patients who have an immediate need for hospitalization, ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING READINESS AMONG NURSING STUDENTS IN MEDICAL TRAINING COLLEGES IN SIAYA COUNTY, KENYA
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FRONTLINE HEALTH PROVIDERS COMPETENCE IN TRIAGING AT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH FACILITIES IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023-10)Triaging is characterized as assigning patients a priority based on the severity of their disease and giving the majority of patients the best treatment possible in the shortest amount of time feasible. Long waiting times ... -
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSES AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS DURING THE COVID – 19 PANDEMICS AT JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL KISUMU COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)promotion of well-being for all. However, COVID – 19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge to economies, livelihood, physical and mental well-being of people globally hindering the achievement of the goal. The purpose ... -
INVESTIGATION OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE NURSING STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN THE NURSING COUNCIL OF KENYA LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS IN KENYA
(2017-11)Kenya has seen a drastic growth in nursing education sector recording high rates of enrolment of students to training while their performance in Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK) examination remained variable. This study ... -
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICESOF NURSES IN PROMOTING ANTENATALPHYSICALEXERCISES IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-07-15)Antenatal physicalexercises have proven to be beneficial. Less than 50% of pregnant women worldwide meet exercise recommendations.Sixty-sevenpercent(67%) of deliveries in Kakamega County are conducted ... -
LYMPHEDEMA MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES AND THEIR DETERMINANTS AMONG PATIENTS TREATED FOR BREAST CANCER AT SELECTED HOSPITALS IN WESTERN REGION OF KENYA
(2023-11)Globally, 28% to 38% of breast cancer survivors develop lymphedema following breast treatment affecting one in five patients, Symptoms vary but include swelling, heaviness and pain, when severe, significantly impact the ... -
NURSE INTERNS’ COMPETENCE IN PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT FOR ADULT PATIENTS IN HEALTH FACILITIES IN WESTERN REGION OF KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-09)Physical assessment is an essential part of the overall health assessment which constitutes the first phase of nursing process. Physical assessment competence of nurse interns has been observed as insufficient in evaluation ... -
NURSING STUDENTS’ AND CLINICAL INSTRUCTORS’ PERCEPTION OF CLINICAL LEARNING AT MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL AND KAKAMEGA COUNTY HOSPITAL KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-09)One of the criteria for effective learning in nursing education is clinical learning experience by students. Clinical competence is the ability to effectively integrate cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills when ... -
PARENT-ADOLESCENT COMMUNICATION ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SIRISIA SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Adolescents are more than one billion worldwide and more than 75% are found in developing countries and frequently engage in risky sexual behaviors, which result in unprotected sex, unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted ... -
PATIENTS’ MANAGEMENT OUTCOME OF TRIAGED AND CODED PATIENTS AT ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL, KENYA
(2023)The goal of triage is to prioritize patients who require the most urgent care and increase efficiency when resources are insufficient to treat all patients as per their degree or grade of injury. An effective and efficient ... -
PERINATAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BIRTH ASPHYXIA AMONG NEONATES IN MATERNITY WARD KAKAMEGA COUNTY REFFERAL HOSPITAL, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Despite the important advances in perinatal care in the past decades, asphyxia remains a severe condition leading to significant mortality and morbidity. Perinatal asphyxia has an incidence of 1 to 6 per 1,000 live full-term ... -
PREDICTORS OF COVID-19 PREVENTION PRACTICES AMONG HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AT BUSIA COUNTY REFERRAL HOSPITAL-KENYA
(2024-01)SARS-COV-2 is a subgenus of the Sarbecovirus, a member of the Coronaviridae family, and an enveloped RNA virus. November 2019 saw the discovery of the first COVID-19 human case in China's Wuhan live market. The earliest ... -
PREDICTORS OF EXCLUSIVE BREAST-FEEDING AMONG WOMEN IN FORMAL EMPLOYMENT ATTENDING CHILD WELFARE CLINIC AT JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL
(MMUST, 2019-02)Breast-feeding lays the foundation for healthy growth and child development. Despite the documented benefits of exclusively breast-feeding, studies have found that several predictors influence the duration of breast-feeding ...
