Browsing School of Nursing by Subject "South Africa"
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The academic transitional experiences of masters’ students at the University of the Western Cape
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)Transition has been a major focus of educational institutions. However, most of the research into student transition focuses on the challenges related the transition from high school to university. Not much emphasis has ... -
Affirmative action in South Africa: Are we creating new casualties?
(Wiley, 2013)Affirmative action policies in South Africa and other countries have been designed to address inequity and discrimination, and to manage a wide range of diversity in all spheres of life, particularly after the end of ... -
Association between selected food purchase practices, physical activity and sociodemographic factors among people living in a low socioeconomic periurban and rural area of South Africa
(Bentham, 2020)This study examined the association between sociodemographic factors, Physical Activity (PA) engagement, and the selected Food Purchasing Practices (FPP) among people living in a low socioeconomic peri-urban and rural ... -
Clinical supervisors’ understanding of spirituality and spiritual care in nursing: A South African perspective (part 2)
(Elsevier, 2021)The article provides findings of understanding of clinical supervisors (CSs) on spirituality and spiritual care in nursing practice. These participants who taught nursing skills to nursing students who were registered for ... -
Community service nurses in primary healthcare clinics: Experiences of supervision and support from professional nurses
(AOSIS, 2022)Background: Newly qualified nurses in South Africa are required to undertake a compulsory 1-year community service (CS) in a public healthcare facility. They are not yet competent to work alone and require supervision ... -
Designing theoretical assessments at nursing higher education institutions: A scoping review
(Stellenbosch University, 2022)Assessment in higher education remains one of the most reliable forms of assessing the effectiveness of the learning and teaching (L&T) process. Excellence in theory assessment design is, therefore, a pivotal element of ... -
Developing telepsychiatry services in KwaZulu-Natal - an action research study
(OMICS Publishing Group, 2012)OBJECTIVE: In 2009, the Departments of Psychiatry and Telehealth of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) initiated a three year project to develop telepsychiatry services in KwaZulu-Natal. This paper describes the ... -
An educational intervention to update health workers about HIV and infant feeding
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)Clinical guidelines are used to translate research findings into evidence-based clinical practice but are frequently not comprehensively adopted by health workers (HWs). HIV and infant feeding guidelines were revised by ... -
Effectiveness and feasibility of telepsychiatry in resource constrained environments? A systematic review of the evidence
(OMICS Publishing Group, 2012)OBJECTIVE: A review of systematic reviews of the effectiveness and feasibility of videoconference-based telepsychiatry services for resource constrained environments was conducted. Specifically with the aim of producing ... -
Factors influencing the infant feeding choices of HIV-positive mothers at a level two hospital in Cape Town
(Mark Allen Healthcare, 2015)BACKGROUND/AIMS: Following the decision by the South African Department of Health in 2012 to withdraw the provision of free infant formula milk to HIV-exposed infants, policy makers have grappled with the need to develop ... -
Health literacy knowledge and experiences of nursing students at a South African university
(UNISA PRESS, 2019)A worldwide high prevalence of low health literacy has been reported, and despite the emergence of health literacy as a better determinant of health than socio-economic status, it is alarming that little ... -
Identification of HIV and AIDS-related competencies for nurse graduates in South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)Three decades after the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the global community has not been able to halt the epidemic of HIV infection. Various organisations have devised a number of policies and guidelines ... -
Investigating the resurgence of malaria prevalence in South Africa between 2015 and 2018: A scoping review
(Bentham, 2020)Malaria remains a serious concern in most African countries, causing nearly one million deaths globally every year. This review aims to examine the extent and nature of the resurgence of malaria transmission in South Africa. ... -
Knowledge, beliefs and mental treatment seeking practices of Black African and Indian outpatients in Durban, South Africa
(African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2015)Mental illness is a major contributor to the global burden of disease in the world. Patients’ knowledge of mental illness and their treatment options play an important role in the effectiveness of service delivery and ... -
Male students' motivations to choose nursing as a career
(South African Medical Association, 2020)Men comprise approximately 11% of the nursing population globally, and 9.1% of the South African (SA) nursing workforce. Nursing workforce shortages require strategies for recruiting new nurses, including more males. A ... -
Mild cognitive impairment and dementia in a heterogeneous elderly population: prevalence and risk profile
(OMICS Publishing Group, 2013)OBJECTIVE: To describe the demographic, clinical and risk profile of Mild Cognitive Impairment and dementia in a sample of elderly South Africans within a residential setting. METHOD: One hundred and forty participants ... -
A Model for Telepsychiatry for South Africa
(2012)The access of rural Mental Health Care Users in South Africa to specialist psychiatrists and quality mental health care is currently sub-optimal. Health professionals and planners working in psychiatry lack a well-defined ... -
Nurses’ knowledge of tuberculosis, HIV, and integrated HIV/TB care policies in rural Western Cape, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2018)HIV and tuberculosis (TB) co-infection remain the leading causes of mortality in many developing countries. Several policies for their prevention and management exist; however, progress to meet the World Health ... -
Nursing education reform in South Africa: Implications for postgraduate nursing programmes
(Elsevier, 2023)Training of Specialist Nurses is of critical importance for the continued delivery of quality health services globally and in South Africa. In accordance with international trends, nursing education in South Africa ... -
Nursing students’ experiences of clinical assessment at a university in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2023)Nursing education includes both classroom and clinical teaching. The clinical teaching was explored through this research. The successful training of the undergraduate nursing students can be attributed to effective ...