NURSING PRACTICES AT THE BUEA REGIONAL HOSPITAL THAT PREDISPOSE CESAREAN SECTION PATIENTS TO POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

Samuel Nambile Cumber; Njodzeka Bernard Wirndzem; KanjoMireille Nuhow; NgundePalle John; Rosaline YumumkahKanjo Cumber.

doi:10.21474/IJAR01/4073

15 May 2017 Vol. 5 (05) pp. 18-25 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4073

NURSING PRACTICES AT THE BUEA REGIONAL HOSPITAL THAT PREDISPOSE CESAREAN SECTION PATIENTS TO POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

Samuel Nambile Cumber, Njodzeka Bernard Wirndzem, KanjoMireille Nuhow, NgundePalle John and Rosaline YumumkahKanjo Cumber.

Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Department of Nursing & Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Under Privileged Children and Women Assistance (UPCAWA-SWEDEN), Buea, Cameroon.
Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon.
Department of Political Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

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Abstract

This study was limited to nurses working in the maternity and theatre and to hospitalized postoperative cesarean section patients in the Buea Regional Hospital. Incidental sampling method was used. The entire cohort was targeted as well as medical past records concerning birth from January to May 2014. A questionnaire and check list was used to collect data. The study involved 24 nurses, 10 post-operative cesarean section patients and 453 past medical records. Data was processed using SPSS 17.0, Microsoft word and excel 2010. Data was presented using percentages, tables and charts. The rate of cesarean section in the BRH is 20.3%. Post-operative complication was dominated by 8.7 % for surgical site infection, 3.3% each for hemorrhage, respiratory difficulties and bladder puncture. 13.04% and 6.5% of the patients post-operatively developed severe epigastric pain and an offensive lochia respectively. The results showed that ?nurses at the BRH have lapses in their nursing care practices that predispose cesarean section patients to post-operative complications?. Seminars should be organized on the management of pre- and post-operative cesarean section patients.

Keywords

Nursing; Practice; Cesarean; Patient; Complications

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Samuel Nambile Cumber, Njodzeka Bernard Wirndzem, KanjoMireille Nuhow, NgundePalle John and Rosaline YumumkahKanjo Cumber. (2017); NURSING PRACTICES AT THE BUEA REGIONAL HOSPITAL THAT PREDISPOSE CESAREAN SECTION PATIENTS TO POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS, International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 5 (05), 18-25, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4073

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Samuel Nambile Cumber
Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Department of Nursing & Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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