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Knowledge and perceptions of the dangers of substance abuse among affected youth attending St. John of God Community Services, Malawi.
(2005)Substance abuse is a major problem amongst the youth worldwide. The goal of this study was to explore the knowledge and perceptions on the dangers of substance abuse among the affected youth attending St John of God Community ... -
The knowledge and practice of ICU practitioners with regard to the instillation of normal saline solution during endotracheal suctioning.
(2002)Background Instillation of nonnal saline before suctioning is a common nursing intervention although little research supports the practice. Objectives To detennine when and how often saline is used during suctioning and ... -
Knowledge and practices of smoking among students of the University of Natal on Durban campus residences.
(2001)The Health Belief Model developed by Becker ( 1984) cited in Katzenellenbogen et al. ( 1999) guided this study. The model attempts to identify beliefs and the way they may interact to influence individuals' conscious ... -
Lived experiences of community empowerment programme workers participating in a community empowerment programme.
(2013)Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and governmental organizations are united in their goal to develop and implement community empowerment programmes (CEPs). The researcher explored the lived experiences of HIV/AIDS ... -
The lived experiences of patients admitted to an intensive care unit in a public hospital in Ugu District.
(2015)Introduction: During their stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) most patients experience a lack of privacy, sleep disturbances, noise, pain and stress. Patients need continuous close monitoring in ICU. Purpose: The purpose ... -
The lived experiences of youths who have lost a parent to AIDS in Wannune, Nigeria : a descriptive phenomenological study.
(2014)Although the advent of the antiretroviral therapy is changing the morbidity and mortality of HIV and AIDS epidemic into a chronic manageable disease; it is still the leading cause of death among age group 15-59 years who ... -
Management and support of HIV positive employees in a private organization in EThekwini district, KwaZulu-Natal: a descriptive study.
(2017)Background: Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 70 million people have been infected with HIV and about 35 million people have died of HIV. Globally, 36.7 million [30.8–42.9 million] people were living with ... -
Mental health care provided by nurses in the primary health care clinics in Swaziland.
(2000)The study was designed to examine and describe mental health care provided by the nurses in the primary health care settings of Swaziland. The study sought to answer one main questions namely: • what was the nature of ... -
Nurses' views on which factors cause nurse absenteeism in a selected hospital, Durban, South Africa.
(2009)The research study on "Nurses' views on which factors cause nurse absenteeism in a selected hospital, Durban, South Africa", was conducted utilizing a quantitative, non-experimental, simple survey design. The study was ... -
Nurses’ perceptions of Employee Performance Management and Development System (EPMDS) at a selected hospital in Durban, eThekwini District in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)Introduction The study was to describe nurses’ perceptions regarding on Employee Performance Management and Development System (EPMDS) concerning staff at selected hospital in Durban, eThekwini District in KwaZulu-Natal ... -
Nursing students' perceptions of the learning environment in case-based and traditional learning classrooms.
(2002)This study describes the perceptions of 110 diploma nursing students regarding the learning environment in case based and traditional classrooms. The study was conducted in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi Institutes ofNursing in ... -
Nursing studies self-efficacy and motivation in a case-based learning program.
(2002)In 1998 the Institutes of Nursing in the United Arab Emirates adopted a new approach of Case-Based learning in their three year nursing program. This categorical change created a need to examine the development of nursing ... -
An outcomes evaluation of a quality improvement training initiative for undergraduate student nurses, at a public hospital in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa.
(2017)The aim of the study was to conduct an outcomes evaluation of a one-day Quality Improvement (QI) Training initiative for undergraduate student nurses, at a public hospital in the Kwazulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa. ... -
Pathways to mental health care in Kwazulu-Natal province South Africa.
(2001)The understanding of the pathways that clients take prior to admission to a mental health institution, is a vital factor in planning to reduce delays in seeking treatment. Studying the pathways may also help in the ... -
The perceptions of HIV negative pregnant women towards HIV preventative sexual behaviour in one of the regional hospitals in Durban.
(2005)The aim of the study was to explore the perceptions of the HIV negative pregnant women, after their hiv negative results, towards preventive sexual behaviour. Methodology: A qualitative approach was used in exploring the ... -
Perceptions of nursing students, nurse educators and clinicians of the clinical learning environment at selected institutions in Northern Ghana.
(2016)Aim The aim of the study was to describe the perceptions of nursing students, nurse educators and clinicians of the clinical learning environment at selected institutions in northern Ghana, as a ... -
Perceptions of students and nurse educators about teaching and learning in the clinical skills laboratory in Kigali health institute/ Rwanda : an exploratory-descriptive study.
(2009)In the past, clinical skills were wholly performed at bedside in which patients were used as teaching aids. The profound change in professional education and health care systems had made this teaching method less effective. ... -
Perceptions of students and nurse educators on the integration of theory and practice in nursing education in Swaziland : an exploratory-descriptive study.
(2011)Background: The gap between theory and practice in nursing has long been regarded as controversial and has been a much debated subject in literature. The disparity between theory and practice in nursing education has been ... -
A phenomenological study of caring experiences of caregivers caring for mentally ill individuals at home in the Northdale area of Pietermaritzburg.
(2012)In the context of recent shifts in South African national health policies that integrate mental health care into primary health care, the family rather than the institution has become the primary site of ongoing care for ... -
A pilot study to explore mental health psychosocial rehabilitation beliefs, goals and practices of registered nurses working in primary health care clinics within the eThekwini district.
(2014)Aim: To describe psychosocial rehabilitation beliefs, goals and practices of registered nurses’ working in Primary Health Care clinics in the eThekwini District. Methodology This study was based on an interpretavist ...