15May 2017

NURSES PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT IN CLINICAL SETTINGS; THE CASE OF NURSES AT THE BAMENDA REGIONA HOSPITAL

  • St Louis University Institute of health and Biomedical Science Bamenda, Cameroon.
  • Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Department of Nursing & Public Health, College of Health Sciences/
  • Department of Political Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban South Africa.
  • Under Privileged Children and Women Assistance (UPCAWA-SWEDEN), Buea, Cameroon.
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The use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has been widely documented but not in Cameroon. The aim of this study was to find out the various CAMs known by nurses, the proportion of nurses who recommend CAM to patients and nurses? perception on CAM use in clinical settings. Was a descriptive cross sectional hospital based study which included 45 nurses who had worked for at least a year. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The study had female (66.7%) and had averagely worked for 1-4years. The results revealed that (51.4%) used traditional medicine, followed by (27.0%) who used traditional medicine + spiritual healing, while (8.1%) used message. Also (57.8%) had recommended CAM to their patients in disease conditions like typhoid (42 %), Pain management (19.2%) and incurable diseases (19.2%). Participants (82.2%) stated that they had frequently encounter patients in the clinical setting who enquired about CAM, though some nurses had reduced attention (16.2). Nurses (66%) stated that they will accept CAM use in clinical setting. Nurses (88.9%) had a positive perception about CAM use in clinical setting. Majority of nurses know types being traditional medicine and spiritual healing.

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[Nancy Bongkiynuy, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Shalom Jaila, Rosaline YumumkahKanjo Cumber and Emmanuel N. Tufon. (2017); NURSES PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT IN CLINICAL SETTINGS; THE CASE OF NURSES AT THE BAMENDA REGIONA HOSPITAL Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (May). 33-40] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

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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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4075      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4075

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