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Article: Perspectives on critical care nursing: Nigeria.(GLOBAL CONNECTIONS)
- Article from:
- Connect: The World of Critical Care Nursing
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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SUMMARY
* The first intensive care units were developed in Nigeria following successful management of cardiac patients at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu, Nigeria in 1973.
* Nigerian nurse intensivists are under the regulation of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives Nigeria and critical care units are based within departments of anaesthesia.
* The scarcity of trained nurse intensivists is made worse by the brain drain to the West.
* Intensive care nursing, in the Nigerian context, is demanding, carries a high workload, and is stressful for nursing staff.
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