Browsing by Author "Julie, Hester"
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The academic transitional experience of postgraduate students in the faculty of community and health sciences at the University of the Western Cape
Hoffman, Jeffrey Corne (University of the Western Cape, 2009)Transition has been the major focus of educational institutions. The focal argument of the majority of research into student transition deals with the challenges that students faced when they moved from high school to first ... -
Analysis of depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment in residents using the interRAI-LTCF in a long-term care facility in the Cape metropole in South Africa
Mayer, Linda (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Worldwide concerns have been raised about the presence and association of depressive symptoms, cognitive impairment, and dementia in older adults (60 years and older), which are often unrecognised and untreated in long-term ... -
Assessing the attitude of nursing staff working at a community health centre towards the mental health care user
Hendricks, Michelle (University of the Western Cape, 2018)The South African health care system shifted the focus of treating psychiatric disorders from institutional care level mental health services to facilitate this process of integration into the Primary Health Care (PHC) ... -
Community- based service-learning through reflective practice.
Julie, Hester (University of the Western Cape, 2004)Domestic violence is a pervasive problem in South Africa. The School of Nursing at the University of Western Cape has responded to the challenge of training sensitive, knowledgeable and skilled health personnel by developing ... -
A cross-sectional profile of male students registered for the Bachelor of Nursing at a nursing training institution n the Western Cape
Noordien, Ilhaam (University of the Western Cape, 2020)Men comprise about 10% of the nursing population globally and approximately 15% of the nursing workforce according to the South African Nursing Council. There has been an increase noted in the number of males entering ... -
Determining institutional support needed for embedding service-learning in nursing at a Higher Education Institution in the Western Cape
Hendricks, Sergio Lester (University of Western Cape, 2018)Service-learning (SL) is regarded as a teaching and learning method combining community participation with content-based class discussion and reflection. It involves a teaching and learning assessment process with community ... -
Determining learner nurses' perceived levels of competence and willingness to practise in a maternity unity at a university in the Western Cape Province
Isaacs, Charlene (University of the Western Cape, 2017)Midwifery is a health profession where a qualified midwife provides care to a woman during her pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period. Apart from taking care of the mother, the midwife is expected to take care of the ... -
Development of a mindfulness-based unit management training programme for professional nurses in Ondo State, Nigeria
Ogundele, Alice Igbekele (2021)Professional nurses constitute the highest number of health manpower all over the world. The nature of their work make them prone to physical and emotional trauma which sometimes affect the care they render. Therefore, ... -
Development of a training programme for professional nurses to promote the use of postpartum family planning in Epe local government area, Lagos state, Nigeria
Igbinoghodua, Omo-Ojo Betty (University of the Western Cape, 2022)Postpartum family planning (PPFP) is the initiation of family planning methods among postpartum women, within 12 months after delivery. During this period, the women are a vulnerable group of people with high unmet need ... -
The development of an implementation framework for service-learning in the undergraduate nursing programme in the Western Cape
Julie, Hester (University of the Western Cape, 2014)In this doctoral thesis, I explored how the national guidelines for higher education to institutionalise service-learning as a particular type of community engagement were implemented in South African higher education ... -
Experiences of advanced psychiatric nursing graduates involved in a service-learning project at a higher educational institution in the Western Cape
King, Hatchwell Aldoneal (University of Western Cape, 2020)The re-engineering of the healthcare landscape requires Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) to employ teaching and learning approaches that would produce graduates, who could respond to the transformative initiatives ... -
Intimate partner violence among undergraduate student nurses at a tertiary institution in the Western Cape
Kordom, Ashley Gurshin (University of the Western Cape, 2012)Intimate partner violence (IPV), a form of gender-based violence (GBV), has become one of the emerging serious public health issues. It affects all racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and religious groups. Internationally, IPV ... -
The perceptions of different generations of nursing unit managers on unit directing in a public hospital in Namibia
Nyamupfukudza, Kudzai (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Nursing unit managers from different generations of nurses are expected to manage their units effectively, in order to achieve the healthcare goals for their clients. Directing a unit can be affected by the generational ... -
The prevalence of depression in HIV positive individuals who are on anti retro-viral treatment (ART) conducted at a selected primary health care (PHC) clinic in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
Rode, Noluvo (University of the Western Cape, 2020)Depression is defined as a psychiatric condition, wherein a person experiences extreme sadness, social withdrawal, and expresses self-deprecating thoughts. Across the world, millions of people with Human Infectious Virus ... -
Professional nurses’ attitudes and perceptions towards the mentally ill in an associated psychiatric hospital
Basson, Marina (University of Western Cape, 2012)Professional nurses, with additional training in mental health, report attitudes and perceptions of mental health nursing that are more positive, whilst those with less training report more negative attitudes and perceptions ... -
Refining service-learning definition in a school of nursing at a university in the Western Cape
Ramasasa, Teboho Kenneth (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Background: Service-learning links academic acquisition with community-based work within a partnership framework, which is underpinned by values such as respect, reciprocity, relevance and reflection. This pedagogy has its ... -
Roots and constructs of incivility in professional nursing education: Refocusing solutions and actions
Vink, Hildeguard Jo-Anne (University of Western Cape, 2020)Incivility is rudeness, disrespect, disregard for others or their opinions, and a barrier to social interaction that could be associated with stress. The lack of regard for others creates a disrespectful, conflicting, ... -
Student nurse-educators’ at a nursing school in the Western Cape, perceptions of teacher identity from a personal knowledge perspective
Alindekane, Leka M. (University of the Western Cape, 2014)Teacher identity is regarded as an important disposition when it comes to training would-be teachers, irrespective of the field of study. It is during the teaching practice experience that student nurse-educators transit ... -
Workplace bullying among nurses at a psychiatric hospital in the Western Cape
Samuels, Amiena (University of the Western Cape, 2016)Workplace violence is a worldwide issue, yet it remains underreported. Incidences of workplace violence, include, physical violence, verbal abuse, bullying, as well as sexual and racial harassment. Bullying is defined ...