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Nurse educators’ experiences and perspectives of incivility among nursing students in a South African school of nursing
(2014)This study presents a synthesis of the experiences and perspectives of nurse educators regarding uncivil classroom behaviours of nursing students in a school of nursing. Using a descriptive, phenomenological design, 11 ... -
Nurse educators’ experiences of case-based education in a South African nursing programme
(AOSIS Open Journals, 2015)BACKGROUND: A school of nursing at a university in the Western Cape experienced an increase in student enrolments from an intake of 150 students to 300 students in the space of one year. This required a review of the ... -
Nurse educators’ understanding of spirituality and spiritual care in nursing: A South African perspective (Part 1)
(Elsevier, 2020)Introduction: The nurse educators’ (NE's) expressed lack of confidence to facilitate spiritual care when teaching undergraduate nursing correlates conversely to reported lack of formal integration due to slow uptake of ... -
Nurses' perceptions of adolescents accessing and utilizing sexual and reproductive healthcare services in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study
(Elsevier, 2019)Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa access to and utilization of sexual and reproductive healthcare is unsatisfactory. Consequently, rates of teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortions among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Nurses’ experiences on their self-leadership during a leadership development programme
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)Leadership is regarded as an essential component of nursing practice and an integral aspect of the nurse’s role. A leadership development programme is an organised, often off-the-job happening, that brings people with ... -
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 informatics skills relevance and competence for final year nursing students
(AOSIS, 2022)The increasing use of technology in nursing practice requires nursing students to be competent in nursing informatics with an attitude of acceptance of technology in the healthcare environment. The objectives of the study ... -
Nursing students' perceptions of clinical learning opportunities and competence in administration of oral medication in the Western Cape
(Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, 2020)Medication errors may result in patients' harm and even death. The improvement of nursing students' competence in the administration of medication through education and training can contribute to the reduction of medication ... -
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 ... -
Nursing students’ perceptions of the clinical learning environment at a university in South Africa
(Elsevier, 2022)The clinical learning environment has been found to be significantly related to nursing practice and ultimately patient outcome. However, despondency among nursing students towards the clinical learning environment has been ... -
Nurturing children's development through healthy eating and active living: Time for policies to support effective interventions in the context of responsive emotional support and early learning
(Health & Social Care in the Community, 2022)Fostering the growth, development, health, and wellbeing of children is a global priority. The early childhood period presents a critical window to influence lifelong trajectories, however urgent multisectoral action is ... -
Nutrient density and cost of commonly consumed foods: A South African perspective
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)Food-based dietary guidelines promote consumption of a variety of nutritious foods for optimal health and prevention of chronic disease. However, adherence to these guidelines is challenging because of high food costs. ... -
Nutrition management in the adult Crohn's disease patient
(MedPharm Publications, 2012)Malnutrition, nutrient deficiencies and osteoporosis are common in Crohn’s disease patients regardless of disease activity. While the role of diet in the pathogenesis of the disease remains inconclusive, upon diagnosis ... -
Nutrition policy reforms to address the double burden of malnutrition in Zambia: a prospective policy analysis
(Oxford, 2023)The evolution of nutrition patterns in Zambia has resulted in the coexistence of undernutrition and overnutrition in the same population, the double burden of malnutrition. While Zambia has strong policies addressing ... -
Nutrition, oral health and the young child
(Wiley Open Access, 2007)Oral health is integral to general health and essential to well-being and quality of life. Socio-behavioural and environmental factors play a significant role in oral disease and oral health.Dental caries is a global disease ... -
Nutritional knowledge amongst an adult South African sample of low socioeconomic status
(AFAHPER-SD, 2018)The aim of this study was to determine the socioeconomic predictors of nutritional knowledge (NK) based on total household income, educational level and employment status. A secondary aim was to determine the relationship ... -
Nutritional knowledge, parenting styles and feeding practices of a South African sample of parents
(Routledge, 2019)Parenting can be considered as being an all-encompassing network of development for children. Children learn about eating not only through their own experiences but also by watching others. Mothers and children show ...