School of Medicine and Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Factors influencing routine health management information use in public health facilities in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya.
(KeMU, 2016-07)Routine health management information systems are the foundations of all health systems which strengthen other five pillars hence, strengthening health systems performance. But despite their essential benefits, at the ... -
Factors Influencing Pursuance of Higher Academic Qualifications by Nurses at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya.
(KeMU, 2015-06)With an unprecedented growth in professional knowledge, rapid changes in health care system, changes in the nurse's role and emergence of new diseases, it is imperative for nurses to pursue higher academic qualification ... -
Factors Influencing Provision of Nutrition Education and Counselling To Pregnant Women by Nurses during Antenatal Care in Nairobi County.
(KeMU, 2016-06)Good maternal nutrition is essential for health, development and reproductive performance of the pregnant woman, and for the growth, survival and general health of the child. One strategy for ensuring pregnant women get ... -
Factors affecting clinical teaching for pre-service nursing education in Kenya medical training college, Nairobi campus.
(KeMU, 2015-06)Training of health workforce is an important element in ensuring delivery of quality health care services. New options for the education and in-service training of health care workers are required to ensure effective ... -
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Nursing Process Training In Improving the Quality of Nursing Care at Machakos Level Five Hospital.
(KeMU, 2015-05)Improvement of patient care in any hospital depends primarily on the quality of nursing care. The nurses using the phases of the nursing process can enhance the nursing care of the patient; this is because the nursing ... -
Evaluation of Mentor Effectiveness in Clinical Teaching of Diploma Nursing Students at Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya, Kenya
(KeMU, 2015-01)Mentoring in nursing education requires the trained professional to commit time, purpose and energy to the personal and professional development of nursing students. Mentoring nursing students is effective if the relationship ... -
Evaluation of Factors Influencing Implementation of Nursing Process among Nurses at Tenwek Hospital, Bomet County- Kenya
(KeMU, 2015-06)NP is an integral part of all hospital nursing service provision process that seeks to ensure patients are safely and adequately treated during hospitalization period. On implementation, NP is faced with different challenges ... -
Evaluation of Factors Contributing to Medication Errors among Nurses Working at Mbagathi District Hospital.
(KeMU, 2015-06)Kenya healthcare policies provide that patient's dignity be observed by ensuring medical safety practices are observed. In this case, medication errors are a concern for both healthcare professionals as well as patients. ... -
Factors Associated with Stunting among Children Aged 0-23 Months.
(KeMU, 2016)Globally, childhood stunting is one of the most significant impediments to human development, affecting approximately 162 million children under the age of 5 years (WHA Global nutrition target, 2025). Stunting, or being ... -
Evaluation of Effective Clinical Instruction to KRCHN Students by Nurses in Machakos Level-5 and Chogoria Mission Hospitals in Eastern Region, Kenya.
(KeMU, 2015-06)Clinical instruction remains a significant component and critical part of nursing education. Therefore the purpose of this study was to evaluate whether effective clinical instruction took place in Chogoria Mission Hospital ... -
Determinants of availability of tracer essential medicines in public health facilities in Nyeri County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2016-07)The goal of the health system is to improve health and health equity in ways that are responsive, financially fair and make the most efficient use of the available resources. This is supported by six Health Systems ... -
Diagnosing information culture among healthcare Service providers in Machakos county, Kenya
(KeMU, 2016)Good health services are those characterized by distinctive information cultures. It is unmanageable to systematically describe the information culture of an organization. This study was carried out to establish the ... -
Effectiveness of teaching methods on nursing students at kenya medical training college, Nairobi
(KeMU, 2015-06)One of the key priorities of pre-registration nurse education programs is to equip nursing students with the clinical skills and knowledge appropriate for the demands of the nurse's role, which entails safe practice and ... -
Drivers of Health Services' Sustainability in Selected Mission Hospitals in MT. Kenya
(KeMU, 2016-07)Mission hospitals were initiated by missionaries and were heavily subsidized. The situation has changed; donor support is no longer reliable and cost of providing services has increased tremendously. The subsidy which ... -
Diploma students' nurses’ perceptions of factors influencing their clinical learning experience at coast provincial general hospital Mombasa-Kenya
(KeMU, 2015-06)Globally clinical expertise is the knowledge and skills of the health care professional. The clinical expertise of the nurse depends on educational preparation, current knowledge and research. Nurse training has a theory ... -
Design, implementation and operation of health management information system at Kenyatta national hospital.
(2016-07)Embracing modern technology is one among very many ways of improving efficiency and reducing costs within Health care organizations. While the integration of information and health services potential benefits cannot be ... -
Data quality of routine health management information system.
(2015-12)Effective and efficient management of today's health system depends on well-functioning Health Management Information System (HMIS) in design and implementation. Good quality data are the foundation of health systems in ... -
Community health information system utility.
(2015-12)A wealth of data is available within the healthcare systems more so at community level. However, lack of effective use of information shared during dialoguing at the community level in Bungoma County posed a great challenge ... -
Critical review of training process towards strengthened service delivery in Dagoretti sub-county.
(2015-05)Human resources are the most important assets of any health system. Training is one of the principal means by which health professionals such as Nurses and Clinical Officers maintain, improve, and broaden the knowledge and ... -
Community based health insurance and utilization of health services.The case of Tanykina community health insurance plan, Nandi County, Kenya.
(2016-07)Health financing mechanisms aims to achieve universal coverage for all and protection against the financial burden during illness. Community Based Health Insurance is one of the alternative sources of health financing ...
