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    Determinants Of Contraceptive Use Among Adolescent (15-19 Years) In Kyerebaa, Berekum
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2002-09-01) Opoku Asare Savina ; Acheampomaa Philomina ; Konadu Hazel Anna Danquah
    The study assessed contraceptive use among adolescents (15-19-years) in Kyerebaa, Berekum. A cross-sectional research design was used to collect in-depth information for the study. The sample population was obtained using a convenience sampling technique. A total of 50 female adolescents were sampled for the study. The data for the study was collected by administering the questionnaire to the participants. The study found that majority (94%) of the respondents indicated they had ever heard of contraceptive. Most (46%) of the respondents indicated mass media as their commonest source of information on contraceptive followed by friends and family (32%) and health workers (22%). Nearly half (42%) of them mentioned Postinor-2 followed by Lydia (32%), Levon-2 (14%) and Secure (12%). Most (56%) of the respondents selected withdrawal method as the type of contraceptive method used followed by pills (46%), male condom (34%), injectables (inject plan) (18%) and female condom (14%). Over half of the respondents indicated religious norms (54%) and poor attitude of health care provider (52%) as barriers to contraceptive use. Exactly half (50%) of the respondents indicated social or cultural taboos (50%) as a barrier associated with contraceptive use. The study recommended that parents should try and educate their adolescents well on the use of contraceptives rather than shirking their responsibilities on the bases that the adolescents should not use contraceptives because they are not adults. The study concluded that respondents had good knowledge on contraceptives. The most common source of information on contraception for respondents was friends and family members. Most respondents obtained contraceptives from pharmacy/drug shops. The most known contraceptive among respondents was Postinor-2
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    The impact of school feeding programme on school enrolment, attendance, and retention of pupils in some selected public basic schools in the Berekum East Municipality
    ( 2020-06-01) Doris Aosmah
    ABSTRACT The Government of Ghana in its various developments of social intervention policies initiated the Ghana School Feeding Programme which was geared towards the fulfillment of Goal 1 and 2 of the Millennium Development Goals. Based on these goals, the immediate objectives of the programme were to increase school enrolment, attendance, and retention; reduce hunger and malnutrition, and boost domestic food production. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of Ghana School Feeding Programme on enrolment, attendance, and retention of pupils in some selected public basic schools in the Berekum East municipality. The study used a mixed research approach with descriptive designs to find answers to research questions. Both systematic and purposive sampling were used in selecting 102 respondents from Berekum Municipal Assembly and 10 public basic schools in the Municipality. Category of respondents targeted were pupils, head teachers, classroom teachers, cooks, and parents, School Implementation Committee, Municipal Implementation Committee and Municipal Education Director. The questionnaire which took the form of both open-ended and close-ended questions was the primary means of collecting data from these respondents. The study revealed that some remarkable improvements in school enrolment, attendance, and retention would not have been achieved without the introduction of the school feeding programme. Even though other driving forces were stimulating growth in school enrolment, attendance, and retention, school feeding programme emerged as the major condition that induced appreciable improvement in school enrolment, attendance and retention. However, provision of lunch without breakfast accounted for lateness among pupils which in turn led to a marginal positive effect on academic performance. Inadequate of funds was discovered as the major challenge leading to multiples of problems. It was recommended that the sources of funds for the programme should be expanded in order to ensure adequate funds to run the programme effectively for the assurance of sustainability.
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    A CLIENT/FAMILY CENTERED MATERNITY CARE STUDY ON MADAM BAAH PATRICIA BY BOAKYEWAA SANDRA
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2021-04-06) Sandra Boakyewaa
    A family centered maternity care is the care and supervision given to the expectant mother and family throughout pregnancy, labour and puerperium. It is based on a thoughtful understanding of the woman as a unique individual with peculiar needs which must be met within the context of the client’s family. The care is extended to the members of the client’s family as well as the community in which she lives. Family centered maternity care gives each family member the education and support the family needs to welcome the new baby. It helps to utilize all the skills and knowledge acquired from the various subjects taught in school to give care to meet the peculiar needs of the pregnant woman and her family. The care study also serves as a partial fulfilment of an academic requirement of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana to license a student midwife to practice upon completion other course.
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    The use of contraception among adolescents in the Biadan-Berekum municipality. 1
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2021-04-07) Salamatu Yakubu ; Frema Laticia ; Gyabaah Sakyiwaa Racheal ; Frimpong Elizabeth Yaa Asantewaa
    ABSTRACT This study sought to assess the use of contraception among adolescents in Berekum. To achieve this goal of the study, the descriptive design was employed. The simple random sampling technique was used to sample 100 adolescents. Questionnaires constituted the main data collection instruments which were analysed descriptively with the help of SPSS. The study revealed that the adolescents knew about at least one contraceptive method of which condoms were common. The sources of knowledge of contraceptive were pharmacies, chemical sellers, friends among others. The study further revealed the availability, the cost, the distance, unfriendly protocol and the lack of privacy as some of the barriers to contraceptive use. The study recommends awareness creation, use of youth-friendly centers where adolescents can confidently and conveniently go to seek contraceptive services, counseling regarding sex, sexuality, and pregnancy
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    A client/family centered maternity care study on Madam Alima
    (Holy family NMTC Berekum library, 2021-12-01) Agnes Yeboah Gyan
    The practice of midwifery in the past focused mainly on the client in an effort to meet the client’s needs. However, all the needs of client could not be met because they lacked family support. Again, Midwifery has undergone a lot of changes globally and nationally. These changes have brought the introduction of client and family centered maternity care concept. The concept of family centered maternity care is a systematic way by which a comprehensive maternity and nursing care is given to a pregnant woman and her family throughout pregnancy, labour and puerperium by the use of the nursing care process. The confidentiality of the client is ensured and client feels at ease to provide vivid history and discussions on confidential matters. This system gives the student midwife the opportunity to use all the knowledge and skills acquired during her training to give quality maternity care to the pregnant women and her family throughout the period of pregnancy, labour and puerperium. The study also enables the student midwife to identify and help clients solve their health problems. To achieve this, the student identifies the health problems, assess the client, set objectives, provide the necessary interventions, and evaluate the care to know if goals have been fully met at the end of the care. The care study forms part of the academic exercise from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana which serves as a partial fulfillment towards the award of a registered midwifery certificate.
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    Willingness of people doing voluntary counselling and testing for HIV/AIDS. a study in Biadan community, Berekum
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-04-08) ADAMS MUTIATU ; ADDAE BENEDICTA ; ADJEI REHAINA ; ANAAFI EUGENIA
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    Knowledge level and experience among mothers with babies between (7-15 months) at Senase community, Berekum Municipality.
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-04-08) Niah-Nkanbila Elsie ; M-muyuu M-moabila Margaret ; Osmanu Sandra ; Nyantakyiwaa Abigail
    ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge level and experience among mothers with babies between (7-15 months) at Senase community, Berekum Municipality. A descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted for the study. Simple random sampling was be used. Structured questionnaire was administered to nursing mothers of babies 7-15 months. Data was entered and analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (version 22; SPSS). The study found that when respondents were asked to indicate the recommended duration of exclusive breastfeeding, 82% (41) of the respondents indicated 6 months. 62% (31) of the respondents knew that breastmilk can be expressed, stored safely and given to the child in times of the mother’s absence and the remaining 38%(19) had no idea that breastmilk can be expressed and stored safely in times of the mother`s absence. On factors associated with practice of exclusive breastfeeding among respondents, 74% (37) of the respondents indicated that breastmilk was sufficient for the baby. The study concluded that there was high level of knowledge among breastfeeding mothers on exclusive breastfeeding. However, with experience on exclusive breastfeeding some of the respondents were not able to manage household chores and exclusively breastfeed (52%). Also, on the factors associated with the practice of exclusive breastfeeding, majority (74%) of the respondents had enough breastmilk to breastfeed.
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    First Aid
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-04-20) Questions and answers
    FIRST AID TEST Your check of the scene suggests that a victim has suffered an electrical shock. The first thing to do is.... a) Cover all burns with a dry loose dressing. b) Ask a bystander to help you move the victim C) Place the victim on one side with the head down. d) Make sure the power is turned off. A victim of a car accident has just vomited and now appears to be coughing up blood. He is breathing very quickly and his pulse is weak and fast. What is most likely wrong? a) He is having a seizure. b) He has internal bleeding. c) He is having a heart attack. d) He is having a diabetic emergency. You are caring for a victim with a burned hand. Put the hand in cool water if.... a) The burns are very deep b) There are burns with open blisters. c) The burns are minor with no open blisters. d) You should put the hand in cool water for all of the above. In general a splint should be.... a) Loose, so that the victim can still move the injured limb. b) Snug, but not so tight that it slows circulation, c) Tied with cravats over the injured area. d) None of the above. A victim has lost a lot of blood through a deep cut in his leg. He is breathing fast and seems pail and restless. He is probably.... a) Having a stroke. b) Having a heart attack. c) In shock. d) Choking.
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    Patient/Family Care study on Diabetes Mellitus
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) Gladys Agyeiwaa
    Nursing has undergone much improvement over the years. It owes much of its body of knowledge to the influence of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), a woman who pioneered and brought much respect to the profession through her vision. Nursing has basically moved from taking care of the sick to extending the care to include the family members and the community in general through the use of scientific methods and techniques which are employed to help solve problems. Quality assurance is a dynamic process through which nurses assume accountability for quality of care they provide. To ensure quality nursing care within the contemporary health care system, mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating care are under scrutiny. As the level of knowledge increases for a profession, the demand for accountability for its services likewise increases. Individuals within the profession must therefore assume responsibility for their professional actions and answerable to the recipients for their care. The changing scene of nursing care has brought into being, the patient/family care study, as a partial requirement by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana for the award of Registered General Nursing certificate. It is in this regard that I chose a patient with diabetes mellitus for the care study. The patient/family care study is an academic exercise written by final year students of nursing institutions and involves detail account of comprehensive nursing care rendered to a particular patient within a period of admission through to the day of discharge, there is a follow up to ensure a continuity of care.
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    A Patient and Family Care Study on Hydrocele
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) : FRIMPONG BERNICE
    Nursing is a profession within the health care sector that focuses on the care of individuals, families and communities so they may attain, maintain or recover optimal health and quality of life. The mother of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), was the woman who instigated and brought much respect to the profession through her visions. The ability to provide comprehensive nursing care rest on the ability of the nurse to assess the client’s condition, analyze, plan, implement and evaluate the effects of management on patient health status. The patient /family care study is a report of a nursing care given to a selected patient within a specific period to meet physical, physiological, spiritual and socioeconomic needs and help to attain maximum health. The patient/family care study is also a requirement as a partial fulfillment for the award of a license to practice as a Registered General Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for Ghana to the students pursuing diploma in nursing in the country. It also offers the student nurse an opportunity to put into practice the knowledge acquired at school to render an effective nursing care to client with reference to the patient’s condition. To add up to the above explanation, patient/family care study enables the student to obtain more knowledge about the cause, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment given to patient with specific condition using the nursing process concept.
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    A Patient/Family Care Study on Anaemia
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) AWINPOKA VICTORIA
    Nursing emerged as a profession in the mid-19th century. Historian’s credit Florence Nightingale, a well-educated woman from Britain, as the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale challenged social norms – and her wealthy parents – by becoming a nurse. Modern nursing is a profession that requires knowledge, skills and attitude. The ability to render comprehensive nursing care rests on the nurses’ ability to assess the client’s condition, analysis, plan, implement and evaluate the effects of management on client health status. The Patient/ family care study is a detailed account of nursing care rendered to the Patient and family to meet their needs. The study is designed to give a comprehensive nursing care to both patient and family from the time of admission till when patient is finally discharged to go home, as well as follow-ups or home visits for continuity of care. The study also involves the nursing process which involves assessment of patient/ family, planning of care to be rendered, implementing the plan and evaluating care rendered to patient/ family. The study is carried out to enable the student nurse put into practice the knowledge and skills acquired from the three years training period in school to ascertain how best the theoretical knowledge would be used to nurse patients who will come under his or her care in the near future. The study also forms part of the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana for the award of licence in General Nursing. In this study, initials of patient are used for confidentiality
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    A Patient / Family Care Study on Uterine Fibroid
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) ATTO YEDU OLIVIA
    Although the origin of nursing predate the mid -19th century, the history of professional nursing traditionally begins with Florence Nightingale. Nightingale, the well-educated daughter of wealthy British parents, defied social conventions and decided to become a nurse. The history of nursing first started to become more continuous and defined with Christianity when Christians cared for the sick, fed the hungry and buried the dead. Therefore, it was said that the history of nursing is tied to the church. When it became apparent that love and nurturing alone were not enough to cure disease, the need for a more educated frame work for nurses began to form. As a result of this, Florence nightingale in 1860, fulfilled her dream concerning nursing by establishing the Nightingale Training School for Nurses. It was the first formal, fully organized training program for nurses. In this 21st century, many nursing schools have been established to help build on the previous skills and experiences that were acquired through long years of housekeeping, assisting in child bearing and care of formal sick relatives. The Patient/Family Care Study is a detailed written report of nursing care rendered to an individual and family within a specific period of time. In the model of contemporary nursing care, every patient will have a nurse who is the primary decision maker when it comes to their care plan during their hospital stay and if it was readmission. It explores nursing rendered to patients from time of encounter to the termination of nurse-patient relationship. It gives an in depth description and explanation of how a patient’s response to a specified disease condition is diagnosed and given intervention. The Patient/Family Care Study involves a record of nursing care, identifying the problems of a nursing patient and how they are dealt with by the nurse in the course of finding solution to the problems. It provides a systematic way of collecting data, analysing information, and reporting the results of nursing care. Nursing care when rendered properly helps the patient to meet his physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. Currently, patients are nursed using the nursing process. The nursing process is goal-oriented method of caring that provides a framework to nursing care. The nurse ensures that the patient is assessed, diagnosed, and receives continuity of care across appropriate healthcare providers and departments. It involves six major steps which are assessment (what data is collected), diagnosis (what is the problem), outcome identification (objective/outcome criteria), planning (how to manage the problem), implementation (putting plan into action), and evaluation (did the plan work). This Patient/Family Care Study is based on the concept of holistic care, taking into account all factors affecting the health of the individual. It therefore involves the interaction between the patient, his family, the community in which he stays and the health team. It is done using the nursing process approach. Evidence-based practice is a conscientious, problem solving approach to clinical practice that incorporates the best evidence from well-designed studies, patient values and preferences, and a clinician's expertise in making decisions about a patient care. This care study is carried out in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of professional license by the Nursing & Midwifery Council of Ghana. It encourages learning by doing, development of analytical and decision-making skills as well as reporting skills. Based on the nursing process, the students become familiar with the use of the nursing process as a basis for practice thereby encouraging evidenced based nursing care. For the purpose of confidentiality and anonymity, initials of the characters are used instead of their real names.
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    A Patient/Family Care Study on Scrotal Hernia
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) TETTEH MARGARET
    Modern nursing is a profession that requires knowledge, skills and attitude. The ability to render comprehensive nursing care rests on the nurses’ ability to assess the client’s condition, analysis, plan, implement and evaluate the effects of management on client health status. Patient/family care study is a report of nursing care rendered to patient and her family. It involves interaction between patient/family, his community and members of the health team. This study is done in partial fulfillment of the award of professional certificate/diploma by Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana after a three-year basic nursing training. This study enables the nurse to use scientific advances to provide quality personalized human care base on the holistic care and patient centered approach of nursing care using the nursing process. The student nurse acquires advance knowledge and experience, he/she internalize this thinking process and develops an initiative grasp of patient’s situation. This approach forms the basis for learning nursing practice and for making decisions about nursing care. Nursing process is a deliberate and systematic way of identifying and solving client problems meeting the nursing needs of the client, that is, the holistic care of the patient using the nursing process. Patient/family care study forms part of the assessment of every final year nursing student. It is therefore a must for every candidate in order to partially fulfill the award of license to practice as a Professional Registered General Nurse. The patient/ family care study is a comprehensive account of the nursing care rendered to the patient and family from the day of admission through to the day of discharge, review and follow-up visits. Confidentiality is achieved by the use of patient/family initials instead of their full names. The comprehensive care rendered was made possible through the knowledge and skills in disciplines like Psychology, Public HealthNursing, Medical and Surgical Nursing, Pharmacology and Nutrition and Dietetics to meet the patient/family needs and the community at large.
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    A Patient/Family Care Study on Hypertension
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) ASARE FELICITY
    The patient/family care study is a detailed written report of a comprehensive nursing care given to a patient with a particular condition which is done individually. This comprises of the complete assessment of potential and actual problem and the nursing care given to the patient to meet his /her physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. Also it includes the interaction between the patient, his /her family, the community in which he/she stays and the health care team. This study is a learning experience for the student nurse to prove his/her ability to use the theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquired during his/her period of training to plan and care for a particular patient and family. It helps the student nurse to know more about the disease condition of the selected patient and to sharpen his/her interactive and problem-solving skills. This study uses the nursing process, which is a systematic guide to client- centered care with five sequential steps which comprises of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of all care given to patient and family for effective nursing care. The patient /family care study is also a requirement as a partial fulfillment for an award as a Registered General Nurse honored by the Nurses’ and Midwifery Council of Ghana to student pursing Diploma in Nursing in the country.
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    A Patient/ Family Care Study on Gastritis
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) Adu-Adjei Mispa Francisca
    Previously, nursing was just caring for the sick on the sick bed. The nursing profession began to change rapidly under the influence of Florence Nightingale. Nursing has changed from caring for the sick to include taking of medical history and conducting physical examination which was previously the duty of the medical doctor. According to Virginia Henderson, nursing is the process of assisting the individual either sick or well in the performance of those activities which contribute to health or peaceful death that he would have performed unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge and to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence and rapidly as possible. Due to modernization, nursing has been changed to a holistic and individual nursing care of a client by means of new techniques employed in the profession. To provide holistic and efficient nursing care to patient and family, the student nurse employs knowledge and skills in all areas of discipline, such as; psychology, sociology, surgery, pharmacology, public health and medicine to meet the needs of the client, family and community as a whole. Patient/Family care study is a written script on individualized nursing care rendered to a patient in relation to his disease condition at a specific period of time. The care is based on the theoretical and practical experienced acquired by the student nurse through the three-year training. The study forms part of the assessment of the student nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana for the award of Professional Diploma Certificate. The patient’s care was carried out making use of the scientific approach to nursing care which is the nursing process. The study helps the student to gain knowledge in all areas of medical science to care for clients as individuals. The patient and family care study starts from the day of admission to the time of discharge and continue in the community to ensure optimum health through home visit. For the purpose of confidentiality, the name of my patient and family relatives were stated using initials throughout the care study.
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    Patient/Family Care Study on Hypertension
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) SAASOR HAPPY
    Centuries ago, the nursing profession was just caring for the sick. From the day the profession started, it has undergone many changes throughout the years. Starting from the patient centered approach to a more complicated form of care which includes: the family and the community as a whole. Nursing became a profession when Florence Nightingale, in the nineteenth century provided and set a pattern which has become the basis of educating nurses today. Nursing care has moved from the physical care of patients to a more complex approach which includes the psychological, spiritual and intellectual needs as well as that of their family as a whole (Nursing process). To achieve ultimate goal, the nursing process requires the cooperation of the family, the patient and the community. Also, education is given to help prevent the disease and to help them to know their right. pertaining to their care. The patient and family care study entails rendering holistic care to the patient and family starting from the day of admission till discharge. Individualized nursing care is the area of interest in the study. The nursing process is a deliberate problem-solving approach for meeting a person’s health care and nursing needs. It consists of a sequence of steps in the following order; assessment, diagnosis, objective/outcome criteria, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The patient/family care study also offers the student nurse the opportunity to put into practice the knowledge acquired at school in giving effective nursing care to client with reference to the client’s condition. In addition to the above, the patient/family care study enables the student to acquire more knowledge about the causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment given to patients with specific conditions using the nursing process. The confidentiality of the patient/family was ensured by the use of patient/family members initials instead of full names. The patient/family care study is a requirement for the award of the license to practice as a Registered General Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana. The comprehensive care rendered was made possible by the employment of skills and knowledge in such disciplines as psychology, anatomy and physiology of the human system, public health nursing, medical nursing, surgical nursing, pharmacology and nutrition and dietetics
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    Patient/Family Centered Nursing Care Study on Gastroenteritis
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) AGYAPOMAA CYNTHIA
    The Nursing profession today has gone through evolutions to reach where it is now today. Nursing was not taught in the past, until the 1800's where it became an organized practice. In 1854, Nightingale had the opportunity to test her beliefs during the Britain’s Crimean War. The British Government asked Nightingale to take a small group of nurses to the military hospital at Scutari. Nightingale within days of arrival reorganized the hospital, scrubbing the walls for sanitation, windows opened for ventilation, nourishing food was prepared and served with medications and treatments administered efficiently. Death rates plummeted in weeks, with the graceful public knowing of the work done by the ‘’Lady with the Lamp’, who made night rounds giving comfort to the sick and wounded. Nightingale pushed for reform of hospital sanitation methods and invented methods of graphing statistical data. Nightingale’s work led to drastic changes in army medical care, the establishment of army Medical School and medical records, and ignited the growth of nursing as an organized profession. For these contributions, Nightingale is widely accepted as the founder of nursing. The nursing profession gained a lot of recognition and support from civilians during this time, as they realized the essential asset to medical care that nurses truly are. In the early 1900's, nursing education was received primarily from hospitals rather than colleges or universities. The training of nurses in diploma program, licensing of nurses, specialization of hospitals, diagnosis, and advanced degree programs, scientific and technological development are been offered today. This therefore has effectively improved upon the quality of health care delivered by the use of the nursing process. The nursing process is a series of organized steps designed by nurses to ensure a planned and quality of patient care. This helps to assess patient needs and to also derive various means of intervening. It provides an organized framework for the practice of nursing and the knowledge, judgments, and actions that nurses bring to patient care. The process requires effective thinking, activity and affective skills and abilities of the nurse. The patient and family care study is a comprehensive and extensive description of the entire nursing care rendered to a patient and the family during and after hospitalization period. This is to meet the physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual and social economic needs of the patient and her family within a specific period of time. This care study, forms part of the assessment of the final year student in the awarding of License to practice as a professional Registered General Nurse. The patient and family care study helps widen the scope of knowledge of the student nurse, helping the student nurse to put his theoretical knowledge and skills acquired through training together to give a comprehensive nursing care to patient and family. The patient and family care study also enhances the interpersonal relationship of the student nurse as he constantly communicates with the patient, relatives, friends and other health care team in the various units of the hospital in order to provide a comprehensive care for the patient. For the purpose of confidentiality and security reasons, my patient’s identity will be disclosed; A.H will be used to represent my patient’s name throughout the script. I also admonish students and readers to always try to read prefaces which are a way of expanding our scope of knowledge and understanding.
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    A Patient and Family Care Study on Uncomplicated Gastritis
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) Asare Pepertual
    Health care is undergoing drastic changes globally, posing challenges to all categories of health health care. In line with these challenges, Nursing has to be considered alongside the work of other health care professionals. Undoubtedly however, a range of nursing services is required to respond adequately to the health needs of all patients. Rather than treating the patient as a disease entity, the nursing process enable the nurse to give a holistic care to patient with reference to their physical, psychological, physiological, social and spiritual needs of the patient. Today’s Nurse Trainee should be equipped with requisite knowledge, skills and attitude for the new challenges of their role in society. The patient/family centered care study method is an opportunity for the Nurse Trainee to translate his theories of Nursing, especially the Nursing process concept into reality, in the clinical setting. The patient/family care study is a requirement by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana for every final year nursing student to undertake in. It is a script prepared by a final year student nurse on a patient. The study is to render a scientific based holistic care on the patient till his full recovery using the nursing process. The care study offers the best chance for a final year nursing student to show his/her competency in rendering care to a patient till his full recovery. It also gives the student nurse the chance to interact and co-ordinate with other members of the health team and for the promotion of optimal health to individuals and communities at large. It also helps to raise the standard of nursing education as it ensures a comprehensive and individualized care given to patient and community as a whole. I conducted this patient and family care study because as a final year student, it is a requirement by the nursing and midwifery council of Ghana to carry out such a study in partial fulfilment for the award leniency to parties as a registered general nurse in Ghana. For confidentiality to prevail, initials of the patient/family are used instead of their identity.
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    A Patient Care Study on Hypertension
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) Rita Naulesu
    Nursing is a profession that requires knowledge, skills and attitude. It owes much of its body of knowledge to the influence of Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910), a woman who pioneered and brought much respect to the profession through her visions. The ability to render comprehensive nursing care rests on the nurses’ ability to assess the client’s condition, analysis, plan, implement and evaluate the effects of management on patient health status. The patient and family care study is the account of a nursing care given to a selected patient within a specific period to meet physical, physiological, spiritual and socioeconomic needs and help to attain optimum health. The patient/family care study is also a requirement as a partial fulfillment for an award as a Registered General Nurse honored by the Nurses’ and Midwives’ Council of Ghana to student pursuing Diploma in Nursing in the country. It also offers the student nurse an opportunity to put into practice the knowledge acquired at school to give an effective nursing care to client with reference to the patient’s condition. In addition to the above, patient/family care study enables the student to acquire more knowledge about the causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment given to patient with specific condition using the nursing process concept.
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    A Client/Family Centered Nursing Care Study on Sickle Cell Disease
    (Holy Family NMTC Library, Berekum, 2022-08-01) FORIWAA MILLICENT
    The scope of nursing keeps changing with each passing day. The word nursing derives its meaning form the latin word “nutricus” which means nourishing. According to the Henderson (1960), nursing is defined as the unique function of the nurse, is to assist the individual either sick or well in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery or peaceful death that he or she would have performed unaided if he or she has the necessary strength, will or knowledge. Many people believed that Nursing started with Florence Nightingale, however nursing itself dates back to the beginning of motherhood when nurses were traditionally female. The history of nursing has its The history of nursing first started to become more continuous and defined with Christianity when Christians cared for the sick, fed the hungry and buried the dead. Therefore, it was said that the history of nursing is tied to the church. When it became apparent that love and nurturing alone were not enough to cure disease, the need for a more educated frame work for nurses began to form. As a result of this, Florence nightingale in 1860, fulfilled her dream concerning nursing by establishing the Nightingale Training School for Nurses. It was the first formal, fully organized training program for nurses. In this 21st century, many nursing schools have been established to help build on the previous skills and experiences that were acquired through long years of housekeeping, assisting in child bearing and care of formal sick relatives. In the olden days, nursing practice was based on intuitions, observations and experiences and was focused towards diseases and illness. Today, however, there is increasing recognition of people’s need for health care. This has placed nursing at a level where much emphasis is placed on research and the use of scientific data at the bedside. The patient family care study entails rendering nursing care to a patient and his/her family. It involves the interaction between the patient/family and health team with a specified time frame until patient’s care is terminated. The study is based on the nursing process which has the assessment, analysis, planning, implementation and evaluation to be its components which follows a systematic method and it works consistently. The study forms part of the academic requirement on obtaining the Registered General Nursing Certificate awarded by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana. For confidentiality sake patient’s name will be in initials. The study is designed to enable the student nurse to practically apply the nursing process in the care of the patient and apply the knowledge acquired in medicine, surgery, pharmacology, basic nursing, anatomy and all other field of health in the care of the patient. It helps broadens the knowledge of the student nurse in terms of a particular disease condition and its management, and build the confidence of the student nurse in the discharge of his/her duties. Finally, it builds a good cordial relationship between the nurse and patient /family as well as other members of the health team.