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Exploring the coping strategies of mothers with preterm babies admitted to a Neonatal Care Unit in one hospital in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Most pregnant women have uncomplicated pregnancies. In South Africa mothers with
uncomplicated pregnancies are able to deliver at community-based health facilities called
Midwife Obstetric Units. However, due to complications ...
Use and acceptance of education technologies by academics in a school of nursing in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
AIMS: This study aims to investigate the use and acceptance of educational technologies
by academics in a nursing school in the Western Cape, South Africa (determination
of educational technology use, perceived usefulness, ...
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 ...
Perceptions of professional nurses on medication errors in a psychiatric hospital in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
As much as medication errors has drawn the attention of many stake holders in health around the globe, literature about medication errors in South Africa appear to be limited, especially in psychiatry. The purpose of this ...
The communication challenges between nurses and patients in an urban emergency centre in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
BACKGROUND: The perceptions of the communication, between patients and nurses in an
urban emergency centre of a district hospital, were explored to identify the challenges.
PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to explore ...
Determining learner nurses' perceived levels of competence and willingness to practise in a maternity unity at a university in the Western Cape Province
(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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Assessing knowledge, skills and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students regarding student-centered learning approach in a university in the Volta Region, Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Globally, Student-Centered Learning Approach (SCLA) as a pedagogical strategy has
become the accepted practice in higher education. This approach to teaching and learning
requires that students take responsibility for their ...
The support of nurse managers to midwives in implementing HIV testing and counselling within protocol at an antenatal clinic in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Midwives are expected to encourage pregnant women to undertake, continue and adhere to
the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) program.It should be a norm that ...