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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 ...
Professional quality of life among nurses in psychiatric observation units in the metropole district health services
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Background: Psychiatric observation units are the units where 72-hour psychiatric observations are conducted in the district and in some of the regional hospitals. These hospitals were selected under the Mental Health Care ...
The perceptions, attitudes and health seeking behaviour of nursing students at a university in the Western Cape regarding influenza
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
According to Brown (2010), influenza kills and hospitalises thousands of people every year,
about thirty-five thousand and two hundred thousand respectively. Some studies have shown that
one of the major reasons that ...
Prevalence of burnout among nurses working at a selected psychiatric hospital in Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Research studies allude to the escalation of work related stress, which leads to
burnout among mental health nurses, internationally. Mental health nursing is stressful because
it is a helping profession that involves close ...
Perceptions of clinical supervisors about their preparedness for clinical teaching at a university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Background: Clinical supervision or clinical accompaniment is considered an integral part of nursing education and is crucial for the development of nursing students’ clinical competence. In order to achieve this, clinical ...
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 ...