Browsing Masters Degrees (Nursing) by Title
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Describing midwives’ perceptions of maternal postnatal care role within a level one district hospital in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)Background The quality of maternal postnatal care is reported to have decreased resulting in maternal deaths (WHO, 2013: 722), with the majority that occurred in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2008 were as a result ... -
Describing mothers’ compliance to Kangaroo Mother Care at a selected hospital in Southern Malawi.
(2016)Background: Studies have shown that Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is one of the low-cost, effective measures practiced in low income settings to enhance the survival of low birth weight babies. Since its development in 1979 ... -
Describing nurses’ stigmatising attitudes towards persons with mental disorders in a selected district hospital setting in Rwanda.
(2013)Aim The purpose of this study was to describe mental disorder stigmatising attitudes held by nurses, in a selected district hospital in Rwanda, and to analyse the potential mediating effects of person variables, specifically ... -
Describing the incidence of depressive symptoms and associated person's variables among emerging adults within a selected general hospital outpatient department in Kenya.
(2015)Introduction: Suicide is a global health concern, specifically among the youth. Bio-psychosocial factors, specifically depression, are associated with suicide behaviour and viewed as potential risk indicators. Depression ... -
A description of mental health care practitioners and a mental health care director's perceptions of mental health care nurses obtaining prescription authority in eThekwini district KwaZulu-Natal.
(2014)Aim To explore Mental Health Care Practitioners and a Mental Health Care Directors perceptions of mental health care nurses obtaining prescription authority in eThekwini District KwaZulu-Natal. Methodology A qualitative ... -
Description of psychiatric nursing students’ stereotypical beliefs associated with mental illness labels and the potential mediating effects of information and contact.
(2014)Aim To describe psychiatric nursing students’ stereotypical beliefs associated with mental illness labels and the potential mediating effects of information provided from curriculum content and contact through clinical ... -
A description of the forensic nursing role in the emergency departments in Durban Metro.
(2006)Aim: The aim of the study was to describe the forensic role behaviour and expectations of the nurses working in the emergency departments. Design: An exploratory descriptive survey was used, using the quantative approach. ... -
A descriptive analysis of knowledge and skills of midwives in monitoring progress of labour using a partograph in selected hospitals at eThekwini District in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)Introduction Midwives are recognised as principal protagonists in achieving their objectives and therefore priority must be given to ensuring the quality of the education and training of midwives, as well as to making ... -
A descriptive analysis of student engagement in a post-basic nursing education programme in one KwaZulu-Natal College of Nursing selected campus in the eThekwini district.
(2012)Background: There is a growing interest in the concept of student engagement in higher education institutions. Literature reflects that engagement is an important precursor to student learning and success and an antidote ... -
A descriptive study of nurses' knowledge and practice about adult enteral nutrition in special care units of a referral hospital in Malawi.
(2011)The purpose of this study was to describe current tube feeding knowledge and practices to target appropriate quality improvement interventions. This study was important because literature has demonstrated gaps in nurses' ... -
A descriptive study of the structure and process standards in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the University Central Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) in Rwanda.
(2009)Introduction Patient safety IS fundamental to quality health and nursmg care and the ongomg improvement of patient safety is one of the most urgent issues facing health care today. Quality health and nursing care is a ... -
A descriptive study on the utilization of internet as an academic tool among undergraduate nursing students, at a selected University in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2013)Background to the study: The Internet is rapidly becoming an important learning tool in academic institutions and workplaces. In academic institutions it plays a pivotal role in meeting information and communication needs ... -
Descriptive survey of women’s childbirth experiences in two state hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)Background Giving birth is one of the most important events in a woman’s life, and is a highly individualistic and unique experience with many physical, physiological and psycho-social changes in the woman’s life that ... -
Developing, implementing and evaluating a midwifery simulation package on post-partum haemorrhage for undergraduate midwifery students at a university in KwaZulu-Natal.
Background: Training undergraduate midwifery students in the skills that are necessary to prevent, identify and manage post-partum haemorrhage, is essential. Aim: The aim of this study was to develop, implement and evaluate ... -
The effects of familiarity on stigma components in potential employers towards people with a serious mental illness in Durban KwaZulu-Natal.
(2010)AIM The purpose of the research study was to explore and to describe stereotypes associated with serious mental illness and the effects of familiarity on the serious mental illness stigma process in potential employer ... -
Effects of psychoeducation on medication compliance and symptom management for clients with bipolar affective disorder attending community psychiatric clinics in Ethekwini health district .
(2005)This study was aimed at evaluating effects of psycho education on medication compliance and symptom management for clients with bipolar affective disorder attending community psychiatric clinics in the Ethekwini Health ... -
The effects on familiarity on stigma components in potential employers towards people with a serious mental illness in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2010)Aim The purpose of the research study was to explore and to describe stereotypes associated with serious mental illness and the effects of familiarity on the serious mental illness stigma process in potential employer ... -
Evaluation of a protocol to control methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a surgical cardiac intensive care unit.
(2008)Introduction. MRSA is a major healthcare problem with particular relevance to morbidity and mortality in ICU (Byers & Decker 2008). Due to the increased infection risks associated with cardiac surgery, MRSA screening and ... -
Evaluation of N95 respirator mask compliance in a selected hospital in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2016)Introduction Airborne infection control strategies to prevent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) transmission have long been a neglected component of tuberculosis (TB) control programmes. The challenges facing ...