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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 ...
Factors that motivate students to succeed at a nursing college in the Western Cape
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The role of nursing education is to strengthen and develop human values and feelings in nursing
students, aiming to make them intellectuals, as well as skilled persons. The nurse educator and
nursing institutions are ...
Exploration of experiences of patients with the adverse-drug effects of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in a primary health care facility in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB) is a form of TB caused by bacteria (germs) that are resistant to the usual drugs that are used to treat "normal" TB. The duration of treatment for MDR-TB is a maximum of 22 months. People ...
Investigating health education needs of pregnant women in their first antenatal visit at primary health care facilities in Khahyelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The use of health education during antenatal care of pregnant women has been a
commonly used strategy in improving maternal health worldwide. However the health
education strategy sometimes does not prove to be effective ...
Health literacy knowledge and experience of bachelor nursing students at a university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Background: Health literacy is defined as the degree to which an individual has the capacity of obtaining, processing, and understanding basic health information and services needed for one to make appropriate decisions ...
Care workers’ experience of stress and social support in caring for residents with intellectual disability at a selected residential facility in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Caring for people with intellectual disability is stressful as they have a reduced ability to cope
independently. The stress may be exacerbated by the challenging behaviours intellectually
disabled people display and by ...