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Early growth in preterm infants after hospital discharge in rural Kenya: longitudinal study
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2016-06-22)
Prematurity is the single most important cause of mortality during the neonatal period. The early growth of these infants has been
shown to be a predictor of their later growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes. The objective ...
Using Podcasts to Help Students Apply Informatics Concepts: Benefits and Unintended Consequences. CIN: Computers, Informatics Nursing
(2012-03)
Despite requirements for robust health informatics education, a multitude of educators and policy analysts report that programs are not adequately preparing nurses to handle the bevy of technologies that will be a part of ...
Kenya and distance education: a model to advance graduate nursing
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012-08)
Africa is faced with a myriad of challenges, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and a variety of political and historical complications that have affected the educational system for advanced nursing practice. In ...
Values of Caring and Knowing: A case of Malaria
(2016)
Health care is a universal right for all human beings; individuals or families or communities. Care is
a universal need for all humans. The relationship between caring and knowing is complex and
involves ...
Factors Contributing To Abortions among Youths Aged 18 -25 in Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital Nakuru
(2016)
Background
Worldwide, unsafe abortion persists as a serious and continuing public health challenge (WHO, 2011). Unsafe
abortion mainly endangers women in developing countries where it is highly restricted by law and ...
Implementation of Nursing Process among Nurses Working In In-Patients Wards in Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital, Nakuru County, Kenya
(2016)
BACKGROUND
The nursing process has been described as a theory of how nurses organize the care of
individuals, families and communities and implement this using a nursing care plan (NCP). The
extent of implementation of ...
Perceived Social Support Among Clients Using Alcohol and Illicit Drugs at the Comprehensive Care Centre at the Coast General Hospital Kenya A Descriptive Cross Sectional Study.
(International Journal Of Advanced Research (IJAR), 2017-11)
Poor social support coupled with poor coping mechanisms among
people with HIV infection may drive them to alcohol and illicit drug
use to cope with the significant psychological challenges that HIV
infection presents. ...