African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery

African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery ISSN 2198-4638 Vol. 2 (7), pp. 454-460, September, 2015. © International Scholars Journals

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Evaluation of cultural awareness of nursing curricula: A replicable model

*Kimberly O. Cebral, Matthew Fells and Anna Kate Sakauye

Department of Nursing Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, California. 

*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 9 August, 2015

Abstract

The nursing profession has acknowledged its responsibility to prepare all practitioners to provide culturally respectful care to diverse patient populations. A culturally competent academic and clinical teaching milieu is a strategy for shaping clinical nursing expertise. It is a vital link between theory and practice. This article presents a replicable model of the process in which one U.S. University School of Nursing engaged to assess the cultural competence of the nursing curricula at both undergraduate and graduate levels, the cultural awareness of faculty and students, and the perceptions of clients about the degree of cultural sensitivity demonstrated by program graduates.

Key words: Cultural competence, cultural sensitivity, nursing workforce diversity, strategic approach.

African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery ISSN 2198-4638 Vol. 2 (7), pp. 475-479, September, 2015.  © International Scholars Journals

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A study of the attitudes of women toward mode of delivery during postpartum period

*¹Çağatay Dink, Deniz Ben-Zvi¹ and Yitzhak Gezmiş²

¹Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

²Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 8 August, 2015

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the attitudes of the women toward mode of delivery during postpartum period. The descriptive study was conducted in 600 puerpera women at a private hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. We collected data with “attitudes toward mode of delivery” (ATMOD) form during face to face interview. The researchers prepared the ATMOD form according to the literature. The ATMOD was 14 attitude statements. Participants answered statements as agree (1), or disagree (2). We evaluated data using the SPSS program. Average age was higher in cesarean deliveries (CD) than vaginal deliveries (VD). 28.1% of women had an elective CD; 71.8% stated that they would advise other potential mothers to opt for a CD; and 82.3% would choose CD in case of another delivery. In the study, women’s overwhelmingly favored VD and regarded CD as an appropriate procedure for abnormal pregnancies. Nevertheless, it was found that participants opted for CD as they think it is easier and less painful. The prenatal training programs aim at assisting couples in choosing VD by attracting their attention on delivery and correct breathing and relaxation techniques and by helping them in feeling less pain.

Key words: Attitudes, childbirth methods, cesarean delivery, prenatal training program, postpartum vaginal delivery, women.

African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery ISSN 2198-4638 Vol. 2 (6), pp. 352-356, August, 2015. © International Scholars Journals

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A phenomenological study of the first sexual encounter by the adolescent

*Oscar R. Neymar, Fernanda P. Ambrosio and Thiago Diego Luiz

Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Londrina, Brazil.

*Corresponding author’s E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 13 July, 2015

Abstract

To uncover the meaning of the first sexual intercourse to the adolescent. Descriptive and qualitative study with a phenomenological approach guided by Martin Heidegger references. The background/scenario used is (was) the first response ambulatory specialty clinic at the Nucleus of Teenage Health Studies (Núcleo de Estudos da Saúde do adolescente or NESA) at Rio de Janeiro State University (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ). Data were collected in January and March of 2014. The subjects were 13 adolescents between the ages of 14 and 20. The project was approved by CEP/HUPE/UERJ, CAAE: 01270112.9.0000.5259. The analysis uncovered the facticity, the being-with, and revealed the in authenticity and awkwardness of being-adolescent at sexarche. Their first sexual experiences appeared to be steered by hearsay. The results lead to reflection on the integral care of the adolescent, because a new approach from the health services as well as a new stance/attitude from the professionals is needed, taking into consideration their sexual and reproductive rights.

Keywords: Sexual Behaviour, Sexuality, Adolescent, Nursing, Health Education.

African Journal of Nursing and Midwifery ISSN 2198-4638 Vol. 2 (7), pp. 450-453, September, 2015. © International Scholars Journals

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A study on the care and satisfaction of expectant mothers during labour, birth and lying-in period in Ghana

*Kwesi Terkper, Ahwoi Tettey-Enyo and Alexander Opuku

Department of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ashesi University, Accra, Ghana.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 9 August, 2015

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the care and satisfaction of expectant mothers during labour, birth and lying-in period in Ghana. Purposive sampling was employed to recruit participants, based on the needs of the study and on predetermined variables. Participants were second or third time mothers, who were admitted in the first stage of labour with a cervical dilatation of not more than 5 cm. They were those who had returned there for their two weeks post natal visits, who had no history of neonatal loss and who had normal vaginal deliveries, excluding forceps deliveries and vacuum extractions. Eight individual interviews were conducted with volunteering respondents within 48 h after delivery. This was followed by two focus group discussions two weeks after delivery. The groups were made up of three and four volunteering respondents. Data were inductively examined using content analysis, the process of first level coding, pattern coding and memoing. The respondents were between the ages of 22 and 37; they had limited educational backgrounds with the exception of two who were graduates from the university and teachers training college, respectively. All participants had two or three previous pregnancies and for at least one of these pregnancies, they have had experiences in the Mampong maternity hospital. The majority (seven) of them gave birth within 2 h of coming to the hospital. Findings from this study have established that: (a) multiple factors influence mothers’ satisfaction with their care in labour, birth and the lying in period; (b) maternal satisfaction during this period is determined mostly by the attitude of care givers; (c) dissatisfaction with care leads to non-usage of the hospital in future or using the hospital only as a last resort. It is recommended that (1) staffs of the hospital have frequent continuing education on communication and interpersonal relationship, (2) The code of ethics of the nursing profession should be strictly enforced, (3) Care givers need to fully understand the expectations that patient have for their care, and provide care that is consistent with those expectations.

Key words: Maternal, mothers, satisfaction, care, labour.