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Student midwives' knowledge, skills and competency in relation to the active management of the third stage of labour: A correlational study
(Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, 2020)
BACKGROUND: Lesotho has been experiencing health challenges as indicated by its high maternal mortality ratio of 620 per 100 000 live births for the year 2010, which has been linked to its limited human resources. OBJECTIVES: ...
Academics’ knowledge and experiences of interprofessional education and practice
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)
BACKGROUND. Interprofessional education (IPE) can be seen as the vehicle to address the health and social problems of society through collaborative
approaches. Since IPE should be facilitated by educators who are skilled ...
The meaning of self-leadership for nursing academics in the context of a leadership programme at a higher education institution in South Africa
(Unisa Press, 2015)
A self-leadership development programme was created in 2012 for ten nursing academics with the aim of empowering them to embark upon research projects, write for subject matter publications, and develop as leaders at a ...
Piloting of a service-learning pedagogical model: student perceptions of the gender based violence service-learning module at a school of nursing in the Western Cape
(African Association for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 2015)
Research indicates that most higher education institutions in South Africa fail to establish a standard practice for service-learning (SL) in the formalised systems of their respective academic programmes. An intervention ...
The meaning of self-leadership for nursing academics in the context of a leadership programme at a higher education institution in the Western Cape
(UNISA Press, 2015)
A self-leadership development programme was created in 2012 for ten nursing
academics with the aim of empowering them to embark upon research projects,
write for subject matter publications, and develop as leaders at a ...
Service learning: A creative means of teaching nursing
(Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This article is informed by a retrospective study conducted by the first author, and a limited literature review on service-learning in South Africa. It attempts to give the reader a clearer understanding of service-learning ...
Professional nurses’ attitudes and perceptions towards mentally ill in an associated psychiatric hospital
(African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (AFAHPER-SD), 2014)
Research indicates that professional nurses with additional training in mental health nursing demonstrate more positive attitudes and perceptions towards mentally ill patients compared to those with less training. The aim ...
The development of an implementation framework for service learning during the undergraduate nursing programme in the Western Cape Province
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Service-learning (SL) is a contested field of knowledge and issues of sustainability and scholarship have been raised about it. The South African Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) has provided policy ...
Environmental and nursing-staff factors contributing to aggressive and violent behaviour of patients in mental health facilities
(Aosis openJournals, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Aggressive and violent behaviour of inpatients in mental health facilities
disrupts the therapeutic alliance and hampers treatment.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to describe patients’ perceptions of ...
Nurses’ experiences and understanding of workplace violence in a trauma and emergency department in South Africa
(Aosis openJournals, 2013)
Violence in South African society has reached epidemic levels and has permeated the
walls of the workplace. The aim of the study was to gain a deeper understanding of how
nurses experience and understand workplace violence ...