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specifically on collaboration and teamwork. In general, nurses’ attendance to diabetes education
training is a factor that affects level of competence of nurses. Significant relationship exists on
attendance to training and seminars particularly to Advanced Cardiac Life Support and two areas
of nursing competence namely Personal and Professional Development and Collaboration and
Teamwork. Meanwhile, no significant relationship exists between age, sex, and length of service
and the difference areas of nursing competence.
The study concluded that the respondent-nurses are qualified and well-trained
professionals. The respondents are highly competence professionals who are assigned in the
emergency room. The hospital administrators/ officials know that best nurses are assigned to
the emergency room. There is no need for an enhancement program for the respondent-nurses
assigned to the emergency room. However, they should continue to attend to their “Continuing
professional Education Program”.
Based on the findings and conclusion, the following recommendations are offered: The
nurses assigned to emergency room should pursue continuing education such as enrolling the
nursing graduate studies and undergo more relevant training applicable to emergency nursing.
Staff nurses assigned to the emergency room should also be given an opportunity to be involved
in training other nurses in the emergency care nursing. The nurses assigned to the emergency
room should continue to attend the continuity Professional Education Program. Other studies
should be conducted in the other areas of the nursing care in hospital care service

MOTHER’S COPING MECHANISM TOWARDS CHILDREN WITH
HEALTH AILMENTS: A CASE STUDY
CRYSTAL O. BIALA

This study determined the mother’s coping mechanism towards children with heart
ailments. Specifically, on the profile of the respodents namely: age, civil status, highest
educationasl attainment, monthly income, case of the chid with heart ailments, age of the child
diagnosed with heart ailments, order of the child and number of children.
Further, it delat on the mother’s of coping mechanism namely: physical, psychological,
social, emotioanl, spiritual and economic coping. Likewise, the researcher also formulated a
proposed program to help mothers cope with carinf for their children with heart ailments.
The natyre of the study was mainly exploratory, descriptive and qualitative involving
ten (10) cases. The descriptive-case study method was employed in this study. The researcher
elicited an interview scchedule and an interview guided questionnaire as the main data
gathering tool. The frequency counts, and percentages were the statistical tools used to treat
the commonalities of data and come up with analysis and interpretation.
The findings revealed that: 1) Majority of the respondents were 31 years old and
above, mainly married, mostly college graduates who are roman catholics, most them has 3-4
children, their first and second child engaged to heart ailments and mostly diagnosed before

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