Assessing Follow-up Care For Discharged Psychiatric Patients By Mental Health Nurses In Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Rumuigbo, Rivers State

ABSTRACT  The study assessed follow-up care for discharged psychiatric patients by mental health nurses in Neuro-psychiatric hospital, Rumuigbo in Rivers State. Three objectives were set for the study. The study design was a cross-sectional descriptive survey. A sample of 124 participants which comprised of mental health nurses and discharged psychiatric patients were used for the study. Researcher developed questionnaires that were used as instruments for data collection. Data were subjected to descriptive statistics and analyzed using t-test and standard deviation. Tables were used for data …