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Professional quality of life amongst nurses in psychiatric observation units
(OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)
Professional quality of life amongst nurses in psychiatric observations units may be affected by working conditions such as an overflow of mental health care users (MHCUs), a shortage of nurses, lack of specialised staff ...
A model of emotional support for student nurses working in mental health settings in the Western Cape, South Africa : a methodological perspective
(UNISA Press, 2015)
The mental health care environment is a stressful environment, especially
among student nurses. The purpose of the study was to develop a model
of emotional support for student nurses working in the mental health ...
Professional nurses' knowledge and skills in the management of aggressive patients in a psychiatric hospital in the Western Cape
(UNISA Press, 2015)
Aggression and violence by patients towards psychiatric nurses are a global issue. Professional nurses working in psychiatric hospitals are required to look after psychiatric patients who may become aggressive. They may ...
Application of Lazarus's cognitive transactional model of stress-appraisal-coping in an undergraduate mental health nursing programme in the Western Cape, South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)
This article describes how the cognitive transactional model of stress-appraisal-coping can be applied in the sense making process for students working in the challenging mental health care environment. Primary and secondary ...
Prevalence of burnout among nurses working at a psychiatric hospital in the Western Cape
(Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, 2020)
Nurses are exposed to stress when working in the mental health care environment. This may be because of nurses being frontline health care providers. They develop close interpersonal relationships with mental health care ...
A model of emotional support for student nurses working in mental health settings in the Western Cape, South Africa: A methodological perspective
(UNISA Press, 2015)
The mental health care environment is a stressful environment, especially
among student nurses. The purpose of the study was to develop a model
of emotional support for student nurses working in the mental health care
...
Clinical learning experiences of male nursing students in a Bachelor of Nursing programme" Strategies to overcome challenges
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Male nursing students are faced with more challenges in the clinical setting than their female counterparts. The ways in which male nurses are viewed and received by nursing staff and patients have an impact ...
Challenges of nurse tutors’ classroom and clinical performance when teaching
(Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP), 2015)
INTRODUCTION: Nursing is a dual profession that involves teaching both in class and at the clinical area. Nurse tutors meet a lot of challenges in their profession through their cognitive, affective and psychomotor nursing ...
The experiences of undergraduate nursing students working in mental health care settings in the Western Cape, South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)
The mental health care environment is perceived to be a stressful clinical learning environment for nursing students to work in due to a myriad of factors. These factors include amongst other, the physical environment, the ...
The perceptions and factors influencing the competency in newly qualified professional nurses working in private hospitals in the Western Cape, South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)
In our constantly changing healthcare system and with large numbers of staff shortages in hospitals, newly qualified professional nurses (PNs) are expected to be competent and work unsupervised in leadership capacities ...