Purpose:Delivering quality health care requires effective communication between health care providers and their patients.Nurse-patient effective communication remains a challenge in Ghana,despite criticism and concern...Purpose:Delivering quality health care requires effective communication between health care providers and their patients.Nurse-patient effective communication remains a challenge in Ghana,despite criticism and concern expressed by the public.The study,therefore,aims to assess the effective nurse caregivers’communication practices among pediatric nurses at Pentecost Hospital,Madina.Methods:A qualitative exploratory and purposive sampling technique were used.Participants were engaged in Focus group discussions or face-to-face interviews.In all,4 focus group discussions were conducted with 7 participants in each group and 15 face-face in-depth interviews,with a total sample size of 43.The data was content analyzed.Interviews were taped recorded and transcribed verbatim.Results:The data analysis yielded 3 themes and 11 subthemes.The main themes were:effective communication practices,factors influencing effective communication,and attitudes towards effective communication.The study revealed how the participants communicated with patients who are deafmute,anxious,and those who refused treatment.In addition,participants reported how they used techniques such as silence,listening,and leading cues in communicating with patients and their relatives.Conclusion:Effective communication between pediatric nurses,patients,and their parents is ascertained to be a key tool in the delivery of quality health care.However,several factors are found to hinder this therapeutic communication.Hence,further studies are needed to improve effective communication skills among pediatric nurses and their patients to enhance health care for children.展开更多
It has come to notice that developments that take place in rural communities bring about a lot of challenges both positive and negative. However, people who try to manage these challenges use ＂text type＂ in books an...It has come to notice that developments that take place in rural communities bring about a lot of challenges both positive and negative. However, people who try to manage these challenges use ＂text type＂ in books and through other communication media （publications）, but the effect has scarcely been effective because, most of the people living in rural communities are illiterates. The purpose of this study was to use pictorial illustrations to create awareness on how socioeconomic development affects rural communities （Cape Three Points） and the extent to which its effect can be seen on human life within the local communities （fishermen, farmers, and fish mongers） in terms of their livelihood, attitudes, education and on the general environment. Interviews were mainly used to ascertain facts on how the situation was before the new developments started. Workshops were also organized for focus groups, through which the effect of pictorial illustrations on the people were ascertained. Again, how they should prepare for the foreseen changes that will emanate from any form of rural development was also discussed. At the end of the study, it came to light that many of our rural areas face significant challenges. These challenges as a matter of fact affect their cultural practices and the socio-economic development of the people in such rural communities and the country as a whole. It is believed that these challenges and many other related concerns that have emanated from this study would be critically recognized and managed if not solved by the powers that be. Results from this study will form a basis for further discussion of socio-economic effects of rural development on rural communities and any other related effects caused by any physical change on rural environment.展开更多
This paper seeks to investigate the presence of accounting among petty traders in Ghana. The methodology applied was the mixed method under the multiple methods choices. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques we...This paper seeks to investigate the presence of accounting among petty traders in Ghana. The methodology applied was the mixed method under the multiple methods choices. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used. The findings were that formal education is not a pre-requisite requirement to the operations of a petty trading business. However, the study revealed the presence of accounting in petty trading; thus confirming the assumption that accounting is a universal good and is present in the petty trading business. Findings on the three major factors that influenced the present or absent of accounting among petty traders revealed that： there were no state institutions or pressure groups in Ghana to influence or oblige private entrepreneurs （petty traders） to prepare financial statements; the literacy of the petty trader though was found to be a necessary factor, it was not sufficient to explain the accountancy presence or absence in the traders＇ businesses. The usefulness of the accounting information to the petty trader influenced the presence of accounting in the traders＇ business. Finally, the level of trust - social capital in the community, and its influence on the presence of accounting, was relatively insignificant in the context of urban Ghana. No study of this kind has been conducted in the field of accounting presence or absence in Ghana.展开更多
The influence that traditional Ghanaian norms, taboos, and folktales had in ensuring environmental protection and sustainability has been greatly minimized by the inroads of foreign cultures and religions such as Chri...The influence that traditional Ghanaian norms, taboos, and folktales had in ensuring environmental protection and sustainability has been greatly minimized by the inroads of foreign cultures and religions such as Christianity and Islam. Currently, modem methods of environmental protection and sustainability have not achieved the desired goals. As a result, Ghana is at the mercy of countless forms of environmental abuses to the extent that Ghana is ranked the seventh dirtiest nation and also second in open defecation worldwide. This paper examines how the incorporation of Humanist ethical principles to integrate with the traditional Ghanaian environmental taboos and modem technological methods to salvage the continuous and relentless environmental abuses in Ghana.展开更多
文摘Purpose:Delivering quality health care requires effective communication between health care providers and their patients.Nurse-patient effective communication remains a challenge in Ghana,despite criticism and concern expressed by the public.The study,therefore,aims to assess the effective nurse caregivers’communication practices among pediatric nurses at Pentecost Hospital,Madina.Methods:A qualitative exploratory and purposive sampling technique were used.Participants were engaged in Focus group discussions or face-to-face interviews.In all,4 focus group discussions were conducted with 7 participants in each group and 15 face-face in-depth interviews,with a total sample size of 43.The data was content analyzed.Interviews were taped recorded and transcribed verbatim.Results:The data analysis yielded 3 themes and 11 subthemes.The main themes were:effective communication practices,factors influencing effective communication,and attitudes towards effective communication.The study revealed how the participants communicated with patients who are deafmute,anxious,and those who refused treatment.In addition,participants reported how they used techniques such as silence,listening,and leading cues in communicating with patients and their relatives.Conclusion:Effective communication between pediatric nurses,patients,and their parents is ascertained to be a key tool in the delivery of quality health care.However,several factors are found to hinder this therapeutic communication.Hence,further studies are needed to improve effective communication skills among pediatric nurses and their patients to enhance health care for children.
文摘It has come to notice that developments that take place in rural communities bring about a lot of challenges both positive and negative. However, people who try to manage these challenges use ＂text type＂ in books and through other communication media （publications）, but the effect has scarcely been effective because, most of the people living in rural communities are illiterates. The purpose of this study was to use pictorial illustrations to create awareness on how socioeconomic development affects rural communities （Cape Three Points） and the extent to which its effect can be seen on human life within the local communities （fishermen, farmers, and fish mongers） in terms of their livelihood, attitudes, education and on the general environment. Interviews were mainly used to ascertain facts on how the situation was before the new developments started. Workshops were also organized for focus groups, through which the effect of pictorial illustrations on the people were ascertained. Again, how they should prepare for the foreseen changes that will emanate from any form of rural development was also discussed. At the end of the study, it came to light that many of our rural areas face significant challenges. These challenges as a matter of fact affect their cultural practices and the socio-economic development of the people in such rural communities and the country as a whole. It is believed that these challenges and many other related concerns that have emanated from this study would be critically recognized and managed if not solved by the powers that be. Results from this study will form a basis for further discussion of socio-economic effects of rural development on rural communities and any other related effects caused by any physical change on rural environment.
文摘This paper seeks to investigate the presence of accounting among petty traders in Ghana. The methodology applied was the mixed method under the multiple methods choices. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used. The findings were that formal education is not a pre-requisite requirement to the operations of a petty trading business. However, the study revealed the presence of accounting in petty trading; thus confirming the assumption that accounting is a universal good and is present in the petty trading business. Findings on the three major factors that influenced the present or absent of accounting among petty traders revealed that： there were no state institutions or pressure groups in Ghana to influence or oblige private entrepreneurs （petty traders） to prepare financial statements; the literacy of the petty trader though was found to be a necessary factor, it was not sufficient to explain the accountancy presence or absence in the traders＇ businesses. The usefulness of the accounting information to the petty trader influenced the presence of accounting in the traders＇ business. Finally, the level of trust - social capital in the community, and its influence on the presence of accounting, was relatively insignificant in the context of urban Ghana. No study of this kind has been conducted in the field of accounting presence or absence in Ghana.
文摘The influence that traditional Ghanaian norms, taboos, and folktales had in ensuring environmental protection and sustainability has been greatly minimized by the inroads of foreign cultures and religions such as Christianity and Islam. Currently, modem methods of environmental protection and sustainability have not achieved the desired goals. As a result, Ghana is at the mercy of countless forms of environmental abuses to the extent that Ghana is ranked the seventh dirtiest nation and also second in open defecation worldwide. This paper examines how the incorporation of Humanist ethical principles to integrate with the traditional Ghanaian environmental taboos and modem technological methods to salvage the continuous and relentless environmental abuses in Ghana.
