Browsing Masters Degrees (Nursing) by Title
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How nurse educators promote reflective thinking in a college of nursing in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2007)There is a great deal of literature and a number of research studies that have been carried out on reflective practice, models and frameworks of reflection and teaching strategies that successfully promote reflective ... -
An inquiry into student support mechanisms in postgraduate nursing programmes at the University of KwaZulu-Natal : a students' perspective.
(2010)Background: Literature on postgraduate student throughput and success suggests a mismatch between registration, throughput and success rates among postgraduate students. Purpose of the Study: This study aimed at exploring ... -
Investigating factors that may contribute to absenteeism among bursary students at a selected nursing campus in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2013)AIM The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that may have contributed to absenteeism among bursary students undertaking a four-year Nursing Diploma course (R425), and the extent to which these factors impacted ... -
An investigation into first-line nurse managers' lived experiences in two district hospitals in Yaounde, Cameroon : a descriptive phenomenological inquiry.
(2016)INTRODUCTION: Managing a district hospital ward in the Cameroonian health care system is a challenge for unit managers who are appointed to a managerial position because of their clinical skills, without being trained as ... -
An investigation into preventive and promotive health care in the practice of indigenous healers.
(2003)This study investigated the preventive and promotive health care in the practice of indigenous healers. It focussed on specific aspects of primary health care. The objectives of the study were to describe the current ... -
An investigation into the knowledge and practice of securing informed consent for surgery by health care workers in a selected institution in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)Background: Patients undergoing elective surgery experience fear and anxiety because they do not know what to expect and most of them lack knowledge about their legal rights as far as surgery is concerned. Pre-operative ... -
Investigation of educational preparation and practice of ICU nurses in providing psychosocial support to families of ICU patients in two educational institutions in KZN .
(2010)Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the educational shortcomings as evident in the literature reviewed with the intention of developing intervention/s thus contributing to practice, management, research and ... -
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. ...