Papers by Omoniyi Sunday Oluwafemi
Background: The magnitude of COVID 19 outbreak in Nigeria has posed serious psychological and soc... more Background: The magnitude of COVID 19 outbreak in Nigeria has posed serious psychological and social raucous on nurses and midwives. The unusual outbreak of the infectious disease and lack of PPE, and strategies for managing infected and uninfected patient simultaneously calls for future preparedness for pandemics. Objective: To determine the perception of nurses towards transmutability and psychosocial effects of managing patients during covid-19 pandemic. Specifically on the transmutability, nurse's perception, psychological and social effect outbreak epidemic. Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. Self-structure questionnaires were administered through an online google form and three hundred and six (306) were valid for analysis. Results: Almost (96.7%) of the participants perceived spread of COVID 19 correctly, as they point out that the virus can be contacted through hospital transmission and (94.4% of them perceived that it is also transmitted through contact routes. The psychological effect about COVID 19 (73.9%) them feel unprotected during this outbreak of COVID-19, and (73.5) experience feeling of anxiety while attending to patients during the pandemic. More than half (86.9) of the participants depict that their communal interaction was affected, and (70.3) attest that there was emotional distress during the outbreak. Conclusion: The studied participants in this study have correct perception about transmission of COVID 19. Feeling of unprotected, lack of PPE, lack of communal interaction, emotional distress and anxiety were the psychosocial challenges experience when managing patient during the outbreak. Effort should be strengthened to provide more isolation centres, procurement of PPE, personal hygiene utilities should be made available in the hospitals and adoption inclusive barrier nursing method. This perhaps will help to manage future epidemics.
American Journal of Health Research, 2015
It is universally acknowledged that nursing profession is guided by both ethic and legal principl... more It is universally acknowledged that nursing profession is guided by both ethic and legal principles as it is the tools for professional discipline which gives the nurse a broad idea of what is expected of her as she moves from the protective ambiance of school into the society. Social changes such as right to healthcare, increasing cost of healthcare and conflicting institutional policies create ethico-legal problems for the nurses. This study is a cross-sectional descriptive study designed to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing ethics and law among nurses at Federal Medical Centre, Bida. A total of 149 questionnaires were administered using simple random sampling technique. The main findings of this study established that the participating nurses possess considerably good knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing ethics and law. Majority (82.6%) of the participants obtained knowledge about ethical dilemma mostly (36%) through seminar/workshops followed by those (31%) who knew about it right from their respective schools of training. Three factors of professional progression in this study; professional qualification (p=.015), years of experience (p=.000) and rank (p=.002) had noticeable effects on knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing ethics and law among the participants. Several options were identified by the participants as remedies to reduce the incidence of ethical and legal issues in their practice area. These include; periodic workshops, adherence to nursing code of ethics, utilization of hospital policy and personal development. Although participants differedon whether providers should adhere to patients' wish at all times,they possess good knowledge on nursing ethics and law. The overall results of the study suggested that there is need for nurses to understand the relationship and limitations between ethics, hospital policy and legal issues as they relate to nursing practice.
Background: use of substances among Nigerian youth for nonconventional purpose and cocktails of i... more Background: use of substances among Nigerian youth for nonconventional purpose and cocktails of illicit substances have become a source of concern at various levels of the society. These substances include whitish end of lizard dung, hydrogen sulphide gas (sewer gas), seed of Zakami, Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), rubber solutions, nail polish cleaners, pawpaw leave and seed, Moringa (Zogale) leave, tear gas, gun powder, Mandara (Kafra) gutter from toilet. The use or abuse of such substances has devastating consequences on the individual health, family and society. Objective: To evaluate occurrence, pattern and effects of nonconventional substance use among youth in North-central, Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional research design was used to recruit eligible participants for this study with purposive and snowball sampling techniques. Data were collected with the help of research assistants (locators) using a structured questionnaire. Statistical software SPSS V20.0 (2010) was used to...
Background: The notion of preoperative visiting has been in existence since the 1960s and its val... more Background: The notion of preoperative visiting has been in existence since the 1960s and its value and worth in relation to healthcare delivery has been debated consistently since the term preoperative-visit is often confusing. However, little is known about knowledge, attitude and practice of preoperative visits among perioperative nurses in Nigeria. Objectives: The study sought to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of Nigerian perioperative nurses towards the practice of preoperative visits and to identify barriers militating against the practice. Design: This is a countrywide cross-sectional descriptive survey. Results: One hundred and forty six Nigerian perioperative nurses among the conferenceattendees gave consent to participate in this study. Half of the participants- 70(50%) of the participants worked with tertiary health facilitiesand 71(52.2%) were from the conference host region (Southwest, Nigeria).The majority (97.3%) of the participants possess good knowledge ...
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Papers by Omoniyi Sunday Oluwafemi