Comparative Analysis of Nurses’ Knowledge in the 2018 Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Programme(MCPDP) in Ogun State

Theupdate of professional knowledge is important in clinical practice. The aim of the study is to compare nurses’ knowledge in the 2018 MCPDP. A descriptive prospective of pre and post one shot designed was used for the study in Ogun state, Nigeria. The population for the study were841 participants(nurses). The instrument was pre and post tests records. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Kendall’s Tau correlation coefficient was used to state the strength of the relationship in the participants’ knowledge. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ogun State Ministry of Health Committee on MCPDP. The result revealed a significant difference between the entry knowledge and exit knowledge of the participants (P (0.00) <0.05; r=0.463). More than half of the respondents (53.5%) had good grade at the Pretest, while majority had Excellent grade at the post test. Mental health/Psychiatric nursing module had the highest knowledge based with 61.5% at the Pre-test and 90.7% at the Post test. However, Medical-surgical nursing recorded 100% lowest knowledge based in both Pre and Post tests. The study suggest exploration of other teaching methods and motivation for learnersin Medical surgical nursing module

Perceived quality of life and life style modification of cancer patients undergoing varied treatments in a tertiary health institution, Ekiti State, Nigeria

Introduction:&nbsp;cancer is viewed in the African context as a death sentence. Its effect can be overwhelming to both the patient and their support system. The objective of the study was to assess the perceived quality of life of cancer patients undergoing varied cancer treatments in a tertiary health institution in Ekiti State and to determine the life style modification of cancer patients undergoing varied treatments in the same health facility. Methods:&nbsp;the study employed a descriptive cross-sectional design. A consecutive sampling approach was utilized to select 80 respondents among the cancer patients who attended the cancer registry within the study time frame. Data was collected from these cancer patients by using structured and validated questionnaire. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics with level of significance set at p &lt; 0.05. Results:&nbsp;respondent´s ages ranged from 20 - 61 years with a mean age of 50 ± 18.3 years. Only 7.8% are not dependent on medications to function in their daily life. Most of the participants reported that their sex life has been affected (61.1%) and 77% of the respondents reported fatigue. About 76% of respondents need varying measure of medical treatment to function in their daily life. Overall, 44.8% have poor quality of life, while 55.1% had good quality of life in this current study. Moreover, a significant relationship was found between quality of life and self-assessment of patient´s health (p &lt; 0.001). Multivariate analysis predicting factors affecting quality of life of respondents revealed that self-assessment of respondents (AOR: 3.389; 95% CI: 1.897-6.054) remained a significant and more likely predictor of quality of life while respondent´s age (AOR: 0.244; 95% CI: 0.068-0.876) and level of education (AOR: 0.054; 95% CI: 0.005-0.546) were less likely predictors. Conclusion:&nbsp;one quarter of the participants have poor quality of life and majority of the participants need varying measure of medical treatment to function in their day to day life. Management of cancer patients should be geared towards improving/ameliorating symptoms and improving quality of life of cancer patients