Browsing Masters Degrees (Nursing) by Title
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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 ... -
The practice of the traditional birth attendants during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum period in rural South Africa.
(2004)This study was undertaken to investigate the practice of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period. The overall goal of this study was to promote safe motherhood. This study was ... -
Primary health care nursing students' perceptions of the case-based learning approach employed at a selected nursing education institution in Durban : an exploratory-descriptive study.
(2013)Background: Case-based learning (CBL) is one approach which is gaining popularity. The selected School of Nursing adopted this approach to learning in 2000. The school reviewed all the old case studies and introduced new ... -
A process evaluation of the clinical skills laboratory in a private nursing school (KZN)
(2013)Background: The Private Nursing School was founded in 1999 in Durban when the first nursing students started the Nursing program. In 2006 there was an upgrade to the Private Nursing School when a clinical skills laboratory ... -
Professional nurses knowledge and understanding of AIDS/HIV infection.
(1993)This study examines the Professional nurses' knowledge and understanding of AIDS/HIV infection. The Professional nurses that participated in the study, are those working in a specialised institution which caters for ... -
Promoting clinical scholarship in the clinical arena.
(2017)Background: Across healthcare, the importance of clinical scholarship has been increasing in the clinical arena. Applying clinical scholarship in daily nursing practice is vital. Aim: The aim of the study was to explore ... -
A qualitative descriptive exploratory study of teaching methodologies utilised by nurse educators in South West Nigeria.
(2017)Background: Teaching methodologies are indispensable in nursing education. Globally, they are fundamental of teaching and learning in all higher institutions of learning. Nurse educators require competencies in facilitating ... -
The relationship between health education and health compromising behaviour among South African adolescents attending an institution of tertiary education.
(2006)In South Africa statistics of mortality and morbidity, pertaining to the consequences of risk taking behaviour among the country's youth, remain unacceptably high. Many of these behaviours have long as well as short term ... -
The relationship between learning styles, stages of self-direction in learning and academic performance in a case-based nursing program.
(2001)The Institutes of Nursing in the United Arab Emirates adopted a new approach for educating and training the Diploma Nursing students in 1997. This approach emphasized the use of case-based learning, which was characterized ... -
The relationship between nurse staffing and selected patient outcomes.
(2006)This research study aimed at determining the relationships between nurse staffing and nurse sensitive outcomes (urinary tract infection, pressure ulcers, pneumonia, missed dose, wrong dose, and wrong drug) in the University ... -
The responses and involvement of fathers of pre-term low birth weight babies in a neonatal intensive care unit at a tertiary hospital in Durban.
(2007)Premature birth occurs before parents have had time to prepare for the birth of the infant. This survey was conducted to describe the responses of fathers of preterm low birth weight babies (PTLBW) and their involvement ... -
Responsiveness of nursing education programmes at Lilitha Nursing College to the needs of the Eastern Cape Population.
(2008)Background: Reviewed literature revealed a number of responses to the calls to reform nursing education to respond to the priority health needs of the country. The 1997 National Health Care Policy served as the basis for ... -
A retrospective clinical chart review study on the core PMTCT activities at a regional hospital in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal .
(2011)Background: Despite years of implementation, the program for PMTCT is not reaching the HIV positive pregnant women. Poor documentation as well as poor monitoring and evaluation for the program has contributed to the ... -
The role of spirituality in the life of people living with HIV/AIDS.
(2006)The purpose of the study was to explore the role of spirituality in the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS, which was aimed at exploring the different spiritual beliefs held by that group of people and the importance ...