School of Nursing: Recent submissions
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Clinical supervisors’ perceptions regarding the factors that promote or inhibit nursing students’ skills transfer from the skills laboratory to the clinical practice environment
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Background: Nursing as a profession is based on firm knowledge, values, clinical skills and attitudes. In the current dynamic healthcare system nursing students are challenged to be insightful and have clinical reasoning ... -
An intervention towards the improvement of academic performance, success and retention among bachelor of nursing students at a higher education institution in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Academic success, which is measured by continuous assessment and examination results, is one of the major goals of higher education. However, Higher Education institutions worldwide are faced with a challenge on how to ... -
Quality care during childbirth at a midwife obstetric unit in Cape Town, Western Cape: Women and midwives’ perceptions
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Globally, there has been significant progress in reducing preventable maternal deaths and disability, and growing attention on improving the quality of care in maternal health care facilities. The World Health ... -
A programme to facilitate quality client-centred care in Primary Health Care clinics of the rural West Coast District
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Introduction: The overall aim of this study was to develop a programme to facilitate quality client-centred care in Primary Health Care clinics of the rural West Coast District. Research design and -method: Both ... -
Investigating the knowledge and attitudes of nurses on the benefit of the quality of patient record-keeping in selected hospitals in Burundi
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Background: Complete recording of information is the foundation of continuity of care. However, the quality of patient information recording is a major problem being experienced by health services institutions in many ... -
Knowledge about ageing and attitudes towards caring for older people among undergraduate nursing students in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Studies have indicated that the global population of older people will reach 1.53 billion by 2050. The ageing population is a large consumer of health-care services and this remains a global concern due to the impact on ... -
Assessing HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitude and perceived risks of professional nurses in a psychiatric hospital, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)As South Africa continues to experience the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS globally, co-occurring mental illness poses challenges for public health. Mental illness has increased among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), ... -
A systematic review of best practices in the acute management of postpartum haemorrhage in primary maternity care settings
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Background: Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is one of the most preventable causes of maternal death, yet it still ranks as one of the main conditions responsible for maternal mortality. PPH occurs at a stage when a mother is ... -
Perception of stigma experienced by people living with HIV at a health facility in Khayelitsha sub-district, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)HIV stigma is still affecting People Living with HIV (PLHIV) despite biomedical and structural interventions to reduce this phenomenon. Stigma, particularly health facility related stigma, experienced by PLHIV is reported ... -
Parents’ perception of nursing support in neonatal intensive care units in private hospitals in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Parents undergo negative experiences that include parental anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress when their new-born babies are hospitalised in neonatal intensive care unit. During this stressful period, parents ... -
Investigating the reproductive health knowledge, attitudes and practices among student nurses at a selected private nursing college in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Background: The changes in sexual and reproductive behaviour of young people as they become students, has been widely documented. International and local studies promote the development of student-centred, comprehensive ... -
Assessing the attitude of nursing staff working at a community health centre towards the mental health care user
(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) ... -
The development of palliative care protocols for the emergency and oncology nurses in the government hospitals of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Background: Palliative care is specialised health care to support people living with a terminal illness, and their families. Palliative care aims to prevent and relieve suffering, to help people to live as well as possible ... -
Investigating factors contributing to late initiation of antenatal care in a health facility in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Despite the awareness of the importance of initiating antenatal care in the first trimester of a pregnancy (before 12 weeks gestation), late initiation of antenatal care (on or after 24 weeks of gestation) remains a common ... -
The perceptions of different generations of nursing unit managers on unit directing in a public hospital in Namibia
(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 ... -
Refining service-learning definition in a school of nursing at a university in the Western Cape
(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 ... -
Self-leadership strategies of nurses in an outreach service at a private hospital group in Gauteng
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Critical Care Outreach Services (CCOSs) recognize early sign of deterioration in medical units, regarding the condition of the patient, by using elements of vital sign tracking namely modified early warning score (MEWS). ... -
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
(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 ... -
Determining institutional support needed for embedding service-learning in nursing at a Higher Education Institution in the Western Cape
(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 ... -
Guidelines for nurse managers to promote the competence levels of professional nurses in utilising the electronic system for staffing of agency nurses, in public hospitals in the Western Cape
(University of Western Cape, 2018)In 2011, a structured electronic system for the staffing of agency nurses was implemented in the Western Cape as part of the Nursing Information Management System (NIMS). This electronic system was developed to ensure a ...