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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of nurses towards hand washing at a selected Psychiatric Hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Studies have shown that no great emphasis has been put on hand washing
practices in psychiatric health facilities, despite the fact that nosocomial infection outbreaks
have been reported for decades. Most studies have ...
Knowledge, attitude and practices of HIV positive pregnant women towards the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (pmtc) in Khayelitsha maternity obstetric unit in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
The National Programme of Prevention of Mother to Child transmission (PMTCT) in relation to HIV/AIDS was introduced by the Department of Health in different sites per province in South Africa in 2001. The number of women ...
Professional nurses perceptions of their knowledge, attitudes and practices, regarding metabolic syndrome in patients in a Psychiatric hospital, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Undiagnosed and untreated medical illnesses are more predominant in patients with mental illnesses, compared to the general population. Concerns have risen about the observed lack of regular screening for Metabolic Syndrome ...
Undergraduate nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes and practices toward HIV and AIDS in a higher education institution
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
South Africa has the highest rate of HIV epidemic in the world,
with the total number of PLWHA estimated at approximately 7. 97 million in 2019. Learning
outcomes related to HIV and AIDS are embedded in the four-year ...
Investigating attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation competency of nurses at a hospital for intellectually disabled people in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a core emergency skill in which all
nurses need to be proficient to save the lives of patients. It is important for nurses working in
psychiatric hospitals to administer CPR correctly ...