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Exploring influences on nurse motivation in Butajira Zonal Hospital, Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Background: Low motivation, defined as an individual's lack of willingness to maintain and exerteffort to attain organizational goals, is a problem in Ethiopia. Its consequences are poor quality of health care or performance, ...
Perceptions of factors contributing to psychological distress in HIV positive children on antiretroviral therapy in Mochudi, Botswana : a family caregiver and health care worker analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Background: The repercussions of being HIV positive coupled by the complications of antiretroviral therapy are likely to cause distress, emotional and psychological problems particularly among children infected by the ...
Factors influencing job performance of nurses and midwives in postpartum care : case of Kibagabaga and Muhima District hospitals in Rwanda
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Ensuring a good performance of health workers is one of the key components for provision of quality health care services in order to progress toward one of the priorities of MDGs namely improving maternal health care. In ...
Predictors of burnout amongst nurses in paediatric and maternity wards of district hospitals of Kigali City, Rwanda
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Burnout is a condition of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment (PA) that can occur among individuals who work with people in some capacity. Burnout is more ...
Effectiveness of task shifting in antiretroviral treatment services in health centres, Gasabo district, Rwanda
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
In the context of human resource crisis in African countries, the World Health Organization has proposed task-shifting as an approach to meet the ever-increasing need for HIV/AIDS care and treatment services. Rwanda started ...
Workplace stress and coping strategies among nurses in HIV/AIDS care: Geita District Hospital, Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The unprecedented increase in HIV and AIDS cases has trickled down to the already impoverished health sector, thus impacting health workers in various ways. In a shrinking health workforce, HIV/AIDS has created an extra ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of adverse drug reaction reporting among nurses in a tertiary hospital in South West Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Background: Healthcare providers are critical to collecting information on drug safety and successful adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting. The roles of doctors and pharmacists have been recognized as important to voluntary ...
Evaluation of the Management of Severe Malnutrition in Two Hospitals in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
As in most developing countries, Namibia has a prevalence of malnutrition that is still unacceptably high and the case fatality rates for severe malnutrition are expected to be correspondingly high. This is not documented ...