PATIENTS

EFFECT OF NURSE-LED TRAINING ON SELF-MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES AMONG DIABETIC PATIENTS ATTENDING MEDICAL OUT-PATIENT CLINIC IN GENERAL HOSPITAL ODAN LAGOS STATE

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  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease in which glucose level in the blood is high over extended periods (World Health Organization, 2014). DM results when the pancreas is unable to produce insulin or cell of the body is not responding to insulin produced  (Shoback, 2011). … Read more

PSYCHOSOCIAL CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED BY PATIENTS AT TERMINAL STAGE OF ILLNESS AND THEIR PERCEPTION OF PALLIATIVE NURSING CARE IN TERTIARY HOSPITALS IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

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ABSTRACT Terminal illness is the term used to describe disease conditions which progressively deteriorate and lead to the death of the patient. Such conditions include cancer and full blown AIDS, among others.  The diagnosis of terminal illness in a person evokes lot of both physical and psychosocial challenges. The physical challenges are easily observable by … Read more

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