Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Nursing) by Issue Date
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The experiences of death and dying of Zulu patients, their families and caregivers.
(1989)This thesis studies the impact of the terminal illness and awareness of undergoing the dying process and inevitable death, at the KwaZulu Government hospital Ngwelezana, at Empangeni in the Lower Umfolozi District. A ... -
The assessment of the aggregate health status of an organisation.
(1993)As adults spend the major portion of their lives at work, it is essential that the reciprocal relationship between their work and health be recognised. In this regard, occupational nurses have an important function, through ... -
An investigation of different approaches to the prevention of alcohol abuse among black adolescents : a community based partnership approach.
(1994)According to Amos (1989) the use of, and the attitudes towards alcohol amongst young people in Africa is an area about which little is known but which has potentially major health implications. Neither has much been done ... -
The development and testing of a multi-ethnic, low literacy, family support programme for the primary prevention of child abuse and neglect in the child under five years.
(1995)The main aim of this research was to identify a family support programme which could be used as a primary prevention strategy against child abuse as a first positive step within the family, the basic unit of society, ... -
The integration of diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of psychiatric patients into primary health care in the Eastern Cape.
(1996)The purpose of this study was to design and implement the two phases of a three-phased approach to the integration of the psychiatric component into the PHC system in the Eastern Cape. The study included an educational ... -
An epistemological study of the power of women as nurses : a phenomenological approach.
(1996)Aim: The aim of the study was to do an epistemological analysis of the power of women as nurses working in one of the larger and more deprived regions of South Africa, namely KwaZulu-Natal. This research was based on the ... -
An exploratory analysis of differently focused women's organizations in community development and health.
(1996)Two research methods, a correlational survey and a case study method were used to explore the impact of health focused and economic focused women's organizations on community development and health. Through the study ... -
An analysis of the influence of multilevel leadership on the effectiveness of provincial hospitals in the Kwazulu/Natal Province.
(1998)The purpose of this study was to describe and identify the leadership style that prevails in health care institutions, in order to establish the influence of multilevelleadershipon the effeciveness of hospitals in ... -
An investigation into the needs assessment phase of the health education process for school children.
(1998)This study investigated the needs assessment phase of the health education process for school children. The objectives of the study were to identify health education needs of school children using three approaches, namely, ... -
An exploration of the presence and enactment of caring in the human resource management of nurses in KwaZulu-Natal hospitals.
(2000)The aim of the study was to explore the practice of caring in human resource management of nurses. Both the qualitative and quantitative research approaches were used to ensure that the richness and the complexities of ... -
An analysis of the current basic nursing education systems of francophone African countries of the World Health Organization Afro region.
(2001)It is against the background of new developments and initiates taking place in various countries to make basic nursing education systems more responsive and relevant to the ever-changing nature of society that a ... -
Spiritual care in nursing : a grounded theory analysis.
(2001)There is scientific evidence that the spiritual well-being of a person can influence the quality of life lived and the general responses to life's crises of illness, pain, suffering and even death (Ross, 1994). The problem ... -
Development and testing of a model for implementation of recognition of prior learning.
(2001)The Minister of Education's public statement In August 1999, that South African citizens should mobilize and build an education and training system for the 21'st century . among other things emphasized the application of ... -
Description and analysis of the process of implemetation of the national qualifications framework (NQF) in nursing education (NE) in South Africa.
(2001)The intention of this study was to describe the implementation process of the NQF in nursing education at central and provincial levels in order to explore the change process. It deals with this process as follows: ... -
Facilitating collaboration between traditional healers and western health practitioners in the management of chronic illnesses in Swaziland.
(2001)The purpose of the study was to analyze the process of facilitating collaboration between traditional healers and western trained health care workers in the management of chronic illnesses, hypertension and diabetes. ... -
A grounded theory analysis of the meaning of community-based education in basic nursing education in South Africa.
(2003)An extensive review of literature revealed that although CBE was a familiar concept and a national policy for health professionals' education in South Africa, there was, however, limited understanding of this phenomenon. ... -
The development of an intervention model for managing abrupt death trajectories in KwaZulu-Natal level 1 emergency departments.
(2004)AIM: The aim of this research was to describe how the health professionals manage sudden/abrupt deaths in the ED and to foster change in current practice by involving the clients (dead or dying clients and their families) ... -
The development of an HIV/AIDS counselling approach for Africans.
(2004)HIV/AIDS care needs to be comprehensive and holistic (UNAIDS, 2002). Counselling has proved to be one of the most effective behavioral tools in the global anti-HIV/AIDS fight by equipping people mentally, emotionally, ... -
Maternity care in KwaZulu-Natal : towards a grounded theory of adolescent-friendly maternity services.
(2005)The issue of adolescent health has steadily grown momentum with people realizing the vulnerability ofthis sector ofthe world's population. Within the South African context, the tide had also turned. However, most initiatives ... -
Process of change in nursing education in the Arab Gulf region.
(2005)A three-phased, cross-sectional study was conducted in the nursing schools in two Arab Gulf countries (the UAE and Bahrain) to assess the process of change in Nursing education. The illuminative approach to evaluation using ...