Browsing School of Nursing by Author "Phetlhu, Deliwe R."
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Challenges faced by grandparents caring for AIDS orphans in Koster, North West Province of South Africa
Phetlhu, Deliwe R.; Watson, Mada (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2014)Caring for orphans who have lost their parents due to AIDS, and some of whom are infected, is an enormous challenge. This immense responsibility often resides with the grandparents, who are in most cases sickly and not ... -
Fears associated with maternal death: Selected midwives’ lived experiences in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Dartey, Anita Fafa; Phetlhu, Deliwe R.; Phema-Ngaiyaye, Ellemes (Numid Horizon, 2017)Like the fear associated with the demise of loved ones, maternal deaths at any health facility equally illicit fear among midwives. This jeopardises their ability to achieve the quality of work expected of them. There is ... -
Perceived Motivating Factors towards a Positive Working Environment in Rural Hospital at Vhembe District in the Limpopo Province
Phetlhu, Deliwe R.; Mulaudzi, Fhumulani Mavis; Luhalima, T.R. (Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2015)One of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is to improve maternal health with the target of reducing maternal mortality by three-quarters between 1990–2015. The rendering of quality patient care requires the whole ... -
Perceptions of nurses on TB with HIV adherence counselling skills in a health sub-district, Cape Town: A qualitative study
Ticha, Victoire; Bimerew, Million; Phetlhu, Deliwe R. (AOSIS, 2022)People living with HIV (PLHIV) co-infected with Tuberculosis (TB) account for one in three HIV-related deaths. Retention in care and adherence to medication remain key behaviours that PLHIV co-infected with TB must adopt ... -
Significance of literature when constructing a theory: a selective literature review
Phetlhu, Deliwe R.; Klopper, Hester C.; Linda, Ntombizodwa S. (AFAHPER-SD, 2014)The issues around use of literature in theory construction are often a source of confusion, especially for novice researchers. The very nature of the process of theory construction remains blurred due to lack of consensus ... -
Students’ voices on spiritual care at a Higher Education Institution in the Western Cape
Linda, Ntombizodwa S.; Klopper, Hester C.; Phetlhu, Deliwe R. (AOSIS, 2015)BACKGROUND: Nurses have a moral obligation to ensure holistic care of patients, inclusive of the spiritual dimension. However, there seems to be a void in the teaching and learning of spiritual care in nursing curricula. ...