Browsing by Author "Aaron Mumuni"
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    A Patient/Family Care Study on Peptic Ulcer Disease
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) Aaron Mumuni
    Nursing in the past four decades have brought emphasis on nursing research and the use of scientific data at the bedside. Nursing care has broadened from care of the sick to care of the people both in sickness and health and also extend to the patient’s family and community at large in all aspects regardless of the background. The patient and family care study are carried out by every final year student nurse as a partial fulfilment towards the award of license to practice as a Registered General Nursing. The patient and family care study entails rendering holistic and therapeutic nursing care to a patient and the family. It involves the interaction between the patient including his/her family and health team within a specified time frame until patient is discharged, as well as home visits to ensure care continuity until the care is finally terminated. The purpose of the study is to help the student nurse put to practice the theoretical knowledge acquired during training. The study also gives the student nurse a detailed understanding of the condition and the opportunity to render holistic care to the patient and the family based on the nursing process. To ensure confidentiality, initials of patient were used in the study.
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    Exploring the healthcare seeking behaviour among adolecents at Freeman Methodist Preparatory and junior high school in Berekum.
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-09-01) Aaron Mumuni ; Isaac Osei
    The health care seeking behaviour among adolescent is considered poor in the country. The main objective of the study is to assess the health care seeking behaviour among adolescents in the Freeman Preparatory and Junior High School in the Berekum municipality. The study design adopted was a descriptive cross-sectional study design to determine the Health seeking behaviour and among adolescents in Berekum East Municipality. The study population comprised of 80 adolescents aged10 -19 years attending Basic school at Freeman Methodist Preparatory and Junior High School, Berekum. A written questionnaire with both open and close ended questions was used in the exercise to collect information from the participants. 60% strongly agreed that negative attitude of health care providers discourages them from assessing health care when they are sick. Also 53% of the respondents agreed that the distance to health facility discourages them from accessing health care with a little of 6% strongly disagreeing with the statement. On the question of whether respondents get treatment when they are sick, 87% answered in the affirmative while only while 13% responded no. In conclusion, adolescents in the Berekum Municipality and for that matter those in Freeman Methodist Preparatory and Junior High School have challenges when it comes to health care which needs to be addressed. Most of them demonstrated positive attitude towards health in the midst of the challenges and barries.