Table of contents

Title page                                                                                                    i

Approval page                                                                                           ii

Declaration                                                                                                 iii

Dedication                                                                                                  iv

Acknowledgment                                                                                        v

Table of contents                                                                                    vii

Abstract                                                                                                    x

CHAPTER ONE:         INTRODUCTION

Background of the study                                                                                      1

Statement of the problem                                                                           3

Purpose of the study                                                                                  3

Significance of the study                                                                                      4

Research questions                                                                                               5

Scope of the study                                                                                               6

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Concept of occupational conflict                                                                7

Working relationship of Nurse Educators and Nurse Clinicians                          13

Factors affecting work relationship in an organizations                                       11

Societal factors affecting working relations among workers                       21

Working environment factors that influence workers

health provider performance                                                                      23

Ways to improve employee relations                                                                   29

Related empirical studies                                                                            31

Summary of review of related literature                                                     33

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY

Design of the study                                                                                     34

Area of the study                                                                                        35

Population of the study                                                                              35

Sampling and sampling technique                                                              35

Instrument for data collection                                                                     36

Validation                                                                                                   36

Reliability                                                                                                   37     

Method of data collection                                                                           37

Method of data analysis                                                                                       38

Decision rule                                                                                               38

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

Research Question 1                                                                                   41

Research Question 2                                                                                   42

Research Question 3                                                                                   43

Research Question 4                                                                                   44

Research Question 5                                                                                   45     

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Re-statement of the procedure used                                                            47

Summary of procedure                                                                               47

Major findings                                                                                            48

Discussion of findings                                                                                49

Implications of the study                                                                            53

Conclusion                                                                                                 53

Recommendations of the study                                                                            54

Limitations of the study                                                                                       55

Suggestions for further studies                                                                             55

References                                                                                                  56

Appendix                                                                                                   58

ABSTRACT

The study sought to appraise the working relationship between Nurse Educators and Nurse Clinicians in College of Nursing and Midwifery Birnin Kudu, Jigawa state. Among the specific purposes of the study were to ascertain the working relationships between Nurse Educators and Nurse Clinicians, determine the environmental factors that affect the working relation between Nurse educators and Nurse clinicians, determine the societal factors that affect working relationship between Nurse educators and Nurse clinicians, determine the academic factors that affect the working relationship between Nurse educators and Nurse clinicians and determine the strategies to be adopted to improve the working relationship between Nurse educators and Nurse clinicians in College of Nursing and Midwifery Birnin Kudu, Jigawa state. The study adopted descriptive survey research design and the area of the study is College of Nursing and Midwifery Birnin- kudu, Jigawa State. The population was 61 respondents, while stratified random sampling technique was employs to draw a sample of 50 respondents made up of 40 Nurses Educators and 10 Nurse Clinicians. The instrument for data collection is a 45 item structured questionnaire designed to elicit responses to answer the research questions that guided the study. The instrument was validated by three experts in terms of face and content validity while test re-test was use to establish the reliability coefficient of the instrument which yielded a coefficient of 0.84. Data for the study were personally collected by the researcher and 3 trained research assistants while mean statistics was employed to analyzed the data relating to research questions 1-5. Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendation were made: Production of competent polyvalent nurses and midwives will enhance effective nursing care, Conflict should be resolved by providing effective instruction and training of both clinicians and educators, Good interpersonal relationship should be promoted as it will effectively reduced conflict, Regular workshop for both Nurse Clinicians and Nurse Educators should be regularly organized, Nurse Clinicians should be involve in the setting and marking students examination and always carried along among others.