EC Nursing and Healthcare

A retrospective review of the implementation of nursing process in Akwa Ibom State hospitals was carried out with particular focus on the university of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. This review was done using unstructured interview and interface with the various cadre of nurses. The review centred on the acceptability and level of implementation of nursing process tool in the hospital by the nurses working in the hospital. The findings showed that so many nurses were still reluctant in the implementation and not willing to adapt readily to the changes of using nursing process as a tool for nursing care because of various reasons sited by the nurses. The factors elicited from the nurses as major constraints include the following: that it is too cumbersome, time consuming and moreover there is lack of enough manpower and lack of adequate support from hospital management amongst others. It is recommended that the heads of nursing services in the various hospitals should organise mandatory workshops and seminars on nursing process implementation for their nurses aimed at updating their knowledge regularly. Similarly, management of all health institutions in the state should also provide necessary support needed to successfully implement the nursing process in the various hospitals in the state. Reward mechanisms and incentives should be introduced to further motivate the nurses in the adoption of nursing process implementation as a tool in the hospitals.

Keywords: Review; Nursing Process; Implementation; Hospitals; Uyo; Nigeria

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