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Measures Utilized For Prevention Of Nosocomial Infection In The Labour Ward
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1.5 Research Questions
i.
How much do nurses in University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH),
Calabar know about nosocomial infection?
ii. What
nursing measures are utilized for the prevention of nosocomial
infections in the labour ward of UCTH, Calabar?
1.6 Hypothesis
There
is no significant relationship between thelevel of knowledge of
nosocomial infection and nursing measures utilized for the prevention of
nosocomial infection in the labour ward of UCTH, Calabar.
1.7 Scope of Study
The
study is focused on investigating the nursing measures utilized for the
prevention of nosocomial infection in the labour ward of UCTH, Calabar.
It will also look at the level of knowledge of nosocomial infections
among nurses in UCTH, Calabar.
1.8 Significance of the Study
The findings of this study will be of significance to the following categories of people;
Health Workers: They will find this study to be an important tool for counselling patients suffering from nosocomial infections.
Nurses
And Midwives: The findings in this study will aid nurses and midwives
with deciding the most suitable infection preventive measure for a
particular individual at a particular time. The findings in this study
will also provide nurses and midwives with more insight on nosocomial
infections, which will help them give comprehensive health talks on it
treatment and prevention.
Researchers: The findings in this study
will also serve as a resource material to researchers who wish to
embark on related researches in the nearest future.
1.9 Limitation of the Study
The
limitation encountered by the researcher was inability to distribute
the questionnaire to all the nurses in Calabar at the early stage of the
research. This was due to the three shift-duties of nurses (morning,
evening and night) in all the various hospitals in Calabar. However, the
researcher overcame it by distributing questionnaire during the morning
and evening shift, face to face, whereby she collected completed filled
questionnaire at the spot.
1.10 Operational Definition of Terms
The key terms in this research were defined as follows:
· Nosocomial: This simply is a disease originating in a hospital.
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Infections: This is referred to the process of infecting or the state
of being infected bacteria or fungi that generates to a disease while
being admitted in the hospital.
· Nurse: This simply means a person trained to care for people diagnosed of nosocomial infection.
· Prevention: This is simply the act of stopping nosocomial infection from happening or occurring.
Measure: This refers to a means of achieving a purpose of preventing the occurrence of nosocomial infections in labour ward
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