Background and Objective: This study was undertaken to assess the levels of job satisfaction and its correlates among nurses and doctors in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH); and to compare the levels of job satisfaction between nurses and doctors.   Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 350 nurses and doctors in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital were surveyed. Socio-demographic data, employment ...

Abstract Introduction Feedback from junior doctors highlighted dissatisfaction with the educational value of their orthopaedic job. Surveys showed that none had a formal departmental induction, only 33% felt confidence improved during placement and 50% reported having adequate opportunities to complete workplace-based assessments. Nurses, overall, were dissatisfied relationship ward-based docto...

Liebe RE-Interessierte, das Fachgruppentreffen 2007 hat wieder sehr erfreuliches Interesse verzeichnet: Am 29/30.11.2007 trafen sich über knapp 40 TeilnehmerInnen in den Räumen der Fraunhofer FIRST. Die Organisation, die von Dr. Ramin Tavakoli von der TU Berlin übernommen wurde, war hervorragend. Das gemeinsame Abendessen in den „12 Aposteln“ wurde rege zum fachlichen und nicht-fachlichen Austa...

background: to find out the knowledge, attitude and compliance with standard precautions among doctors working in a terti­ary care hospital. methods: the cross sectional study was conducted during october 2006 in the form of self reporting questionnaire. the question­naire included question about duration of clinical experience, hepatitis b virus vaccination and its antibody titer, knowl­edge a...

Fucus zygotes polarise and germinate a rhizoid before their first asymmetrical division. The role of microtubules (MTs) in orienting the first division plane has been extensively studied by immunofluorescence approaches. In the present study, the re-organisation of MT arrays during the development of Fucus zygotes and embryos was followed in vivo after microinjection of fluorescent tubulin. A d...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of a chest-pain guideline on clinical decision-making and medium-term outcomes of patients presenting to a hospital emergency department (ED) with non-traumatic chest pain. DESIGN Before-and-after guideline implementation study. SETTING Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, NSW (454-bed metropolitan teaching hospital), in the six-month periods before and afte...

Materials management function is always a major concern to the management of any industrial organisation as high inventory and an inefficient procurement process affect the profitability to a great extent. Problems multiply due to a very current business environment in India. Hence, existing materials planning and procurement processws and inventory management systems require a re-look with res...