Effect of Workload on Job Stress of Ghanaian OPD Nurses: The Role of Coworker Support.

Background: Although the concept of workload is important to nursing practice, only a few nursing researchers have focused on the issue of workload within the nursing context. Knowledge of how the dynamics of workload affects the job stress of nurses working in a specific unit or department in a hospital setting, and the influence of coworker support on this relationship, still remains limited. This study, therefore examined the effect of workload on job stress of Ghanaian outpatient department nurses and the moderating effect of coworker support on this relationship.

[The circumcision in newborn and infant in the operating room of the Lomé Teaching Hospital: technique using Gomco clamp versus technique using only the grips].

Objectives: To describe the various techniques used for the circumcision in newborns and infants in the operating room of the Lomé Teaching Hospital (Togo) and to compare their results.

Patients And Methods: It is about a prospective study carried out in the operating room of the Lomé Teaching Hospital from June 15th, 2007 to December 15th, 2008 (18 months). It concerned newborns and infants circumcised according to two techniques: the technique using grips only (group A: n=138; 69%) and the technique using Gomco clamp (group B: n=62; 31%).

[The circumcision: why and how is it practiced in the newborn and the infant in the Lomé teaching hospital?].

Objective: To identify the different indications, to analyze the conditions of realization of the circumcisions and to evaluate the results.

Patients And Method: It is about a prospective survey study done in the operative room of the Tokoin teaching hospital (Lomé) and on a period of 12 months (15th June 2007 to 15th June 2008). It was about newborns and infants circumcised in the operative block by a pediatric surgeon.