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Investigating factors contributing to neonatal deaths in 2013 at a national hospital in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Background: The neonatal period starts at birth and ends 28 days after birth, and is the most defence less period in the newborn's life. Improving newborn health is a priority for the Ministry of Health and Social Services ...
Perceived stress of first year nursing students associated with the first objective structured clinical examination at a university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is widely accepted as an effective means of assessing clinical competence and nursing skills. However, little is known the stress amongst first year nursing students ...
Student midwives' experiences of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) at a University in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a formative and summative assessment method used in several health science disciplines. The primary focus of this research study was to explore and describe the ...
Exploration of nurses' experiences of the assessment and management of patients at risk of absconding from an acute psychiatric ward in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Unlawful absence of patients from the acute psychiatric ward increases concern on the part of
the professionals responsible for their care. Patients who abscond from psychiatric hospitals
represent a risk of potential ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...