Abstract

A quantitative descriptive study was conducted to measure whether HIV medical supply shortages relate to the resiliency levels of healthcare workers in Nigeria who care for HIV patients. Data were collected using the Resilience Scale (RS) from nurses and doctors caring for HIV and AIDS patients, in addition to reviewing archival supply requisitions and supplies received records for a ten-month period from January to October 2014 in eight hospitals in the Delta State of Nigeria. Univariate analysis was used to evaluate the data on the resiliency level of nurses and doctors and the rate of the medical supply shortages. Bivariate analysis was also used to measure the relationship between the resiliency level among nurses and doctors and the HIV medical supply shortages. The analysis revealed that nurses and doctors in Delta State exhibit moderate resilience in the face of shortages and that a wide variation in the level of supply shortages exists across hospitals. The bivariate analysis revealed a non-significant correlation, indicating no evidence for a relationship between resiliency levels and the medical supply shortages. In summary, the magnitude of the correlation indicates that if the sample size for the hospitals were greater, a relationship may have been detected. It is therefore recommended that further study on this topic should consider increasing the sample size for the hospitals.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10116188; ProQuest document ID: 1802295377. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Ediri Y. Okiti, DHA, MSN, BSN, RN

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Medical Supply Shortage, HIV, AIDS, The Delta State of Nigeria, Resiliency Levels

Advisor

Randall Medeiros

Second Advisor

Patricia Parham

Third Advisor

Chizoba Madueke

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

University of Phoenix

Degree Year

2016

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None: Degree-based Submission

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Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-10-26

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