Childbirth experiences and satisfaction with birth among women in selected Nigerian healthcare facilities during COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed method.

Introduction: childbirth experiences are women´s personal feelings and interpretations of birth processes, which could be difficult to describe and explain. The outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) instilled tension and worries in all Nigerian citizens and could also affect the birth experiences and satisfaction of women. Thus, this study explored the experiences of childbirth and satisfaction with birth among women in selected Nigerian healthcare facilities during COVID-19 pandemic.

Flipped classroom model versus conventional teaching method: effects on nursing students' self-directed learning readiness in a research methodology course.

Introduction: the effectiveness of the flipped classroom model (FCM) method for building self-directed learning readiness (SDLR) in a research methodology course has not yet been scientifically researched. This study aims to assess the effect of FCM on SDLR among Nigerian nursing students enrolled in a research methodology course.

Methods: sixty-four 400-level nursing students from two government-owned universities in Southeast Nigeria were recruited for this quasi-experimental study.

Self-directed learning readiness and learning achievements of a flipped classroom model approach in research methods class: A quasi-experimental study.

Aim: This study sought to assess how the flipped classroom model of instruction affected self-directed learning readiness and learning outcomes among Nigerian nursing students enrolled in a research method class.

Background: Although the effectiveness of the flipped classroom model of instruction has been thoroughly and scientifically investigated in several fields, its potential to promote self-directed learning readiness and learning outcomes in a research method class has not yet been investigated.

Design: A quasi-experimental design was employed.

Knowledge and use of chorhexidine gel in umbilical cord care among postpartum women at Poly General Hospital, Enugu, Southeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Sepsis in the first week or two of life is a major cause of newborn deaths. People from diverse cultural backgrounds use different substances for umbilical cord care. Evidence-based umbilical cord care practices have a large potential to lower infant morbidity and mortality linked to infection.

Awareness, perceived efficacy, and utilization of assisted reproductive technologies among women attending fertility clinic in a Nigerian tertiary health institution: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: infertility is a source of distress for couples considering the high accolade placed on having children in family settings in Nigeria. Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) offer a chance for parenthood to couples. However, studies on knowledge of ARTs abound in Nigeria but no previous studies exist on the extent of utilization of assisted reproductive technologies.

Exclusive Breastfeeding Knowledge, Intention to Practice and Predictors among Primiparous Women in Enugu South-East, Nigeria.

Breastfeeding is considered as the most complete nutritional source for infants because breast milk contains the essential carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and immunological factors needed for infants to thrive and resist infection in the formative first year of life. Knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) among women is essential when promoting optimal breastfeeding practices. This cross-sectional descriptive survey assessed knowledge and intention to practice EBF and its associated factors during pregnancy among primiparous women in selected communities in Enugu State, Nigeria.