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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Nursing Science) by Issue Date
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-06-22)Introduction Midwifery obstetric units (MOUs) have been established in South Africa in response to the health needs of pregnant women. Although various types of MOUs currently exist, the function of the MOU and the quality ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-10-28)This study was based upon the requirements of the Scope of Practice of the Registered Nurses (R2598 of 1984 as amended) as prescribed by the South African Nursing Council. The clinical competency of new graduate nurses, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)The implementation of developmental care in South Africa seems problematic. As an effective care approach, developmental care (DC) reduces short- and long-term sequelae for pre-term and sick infants. This study therefore ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)Factors that impact on adherence to antiretroviral therapy are often entwined and poorly understood. South Africa is severely affected by HIV/AIDS and on the brink of a national antiretroviral roll-out. It became important ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-10-03)
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-01-04)Many community development programmes are initiated without taking the community members and their needs into consideration. The question arose as to whether, by implementing Paolo Freire's theory concerning the process ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-11-12)The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge of critical care nurses regarding forensic and liability issues in the critical care environment in order to design an education programme on the topic. A quantitative, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-11-12)The aim of this study was to determine Accident and Emergency (A&E) nurses’ perceptions of a structured debriefing programme based on the model of SP Hattingh. Objectives of the research were to train A&E nurses as peer ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-11-12)The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge of critical care nurses regarding ventilator waveforms in order to develop an educational programme on this topic. A quantitative, descriptive, contextual research design ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-08-08)Increasingly, the emphasis in health care is on wellness and prevention, and efforts are focused on keeping patients out of costly healthcare centres. High-risk cardiovascular patients are identified and incorporated into ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-08)In post-basic education of neonatal nurses the challenge is in how to prepare reflective practitioners for their role in neonatal nursing practice. Generic outcomes from SANC and higher education are available that promote ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-09)The aim of this study was to explore and describe the perceptions of registered nurses regarding the factors that influence service delivery in expansion programmes in a primary health care setting. A qualitative approach ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-05-18)The qualitative study was designed to study how ethical decision-making realises in difficult care situation in nursing. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used. Data collection was done through writing of critical ...
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Teaching strategies for theory content in an outcomes- and problem-based nursing education programme (University of Pretoria, 2009-09-03)The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which teaching strategies for theory content were utilised by nurse educators at a nursing college in Gauteng to determine whether these strategies complied with an ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-10-12)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-11-23)Aim and objectives. Although many international sources in literature describe the treatment regimes for the management of adult female rape survivors, very few actually evaluate if the care that is implemented, are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-11-23)Continuous professional development has become an essential part of contemporary nursing practice. Continuous professional development implies that accident and emergency (A&E) practitioners can never stop learning. A&E ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-12-09)The A&E unit is a unique environment with unique problems, including those problems pertaining to the documentation of the nursing care provided to the critically ill or injured patient. In such a hectic and turbulent ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The purpose of the research study was to describe the general South African public’s perception of the image of nurses. The general public’s perception of nurses in South Africa and globally is seen as one of the main ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-07-22)The critical illness/injury of a family member warranting an admission to an A&E unit can predispose a family to psychological and physiological needs. The patient-centred-care approach rendered in an A&E unit focuses on ...
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