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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Nursing Science) by Type "Dissertation"
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Introduction: One way of successfully measuring the quality of end-of-life care is by means of practical, applicable and valid questionnaires that focus on quality end-of-life care and can be used to help healthcare ...
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Air ambulance transport in sub-Saharan Africa : challenges experienced by health care professionals (University of Pretoria, 2011-12-05)Introduction Air ambulances transport patients to their home country or to centres of medical excellence when they are critically ill or injured. From stranded hikers to cancer patients, individuals worldwide use air ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)Workforce shortages are a major concern of health care and the creation of a positive workplace is central to the attraction and retaining of employees where employees are motivated to be loyal towards their employer by a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014-11)Introduction/Background Unplanned pregnancies among students at higher educational institutions are a major concern worldwide, including South Africa. Apart from various social and psychological problems, unplanned ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Introduction and background: Tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are among the top ten causes of death globally. To prevent the spread of these infections in a hospital setting, health care workers and ...
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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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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Background Giving birth to a high-risk or critically ill baby who is admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for special care, portends maternal distress, anxiety, depression, and feelings of ambivalence and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)In Vhembe district, diarrhoeal disease and dehydration are the leading causes of death in children under five. The researcher aimed to explore and describe caregiver’s practices of home management of diarrhoeal disease in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Aim: The study was to explore and describe caregivers’ safety practices regarding unintentional poisoning in preschool children in the Elias Motsoaledi Sub-district, Limpopo Province. Background: Unintentional poisoning ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)ABSTRACT Background: Community Health Workers are faced with challenges in the community when conducting home visits. The re-engineering of Primary Health Care services in South Africa brought a new cadre of Community ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: One of the prerequisites during the training of nursing students is clinical accompaniment by professional nurses, which offers direction and guidance to professional development. Exposure to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)In 2008, the South African National Department of Health committed to improving the quality of healthcare service delivery in public healthcare institutions. The implementation of the National Core Standards for Health ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-06-23)A lack of information is identified on the ability of professional nurses working in a neonatal intensive care unit to make competent clinical decisions pertaining to the employment of bedside blood product filters during ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Introduction: Patient-centred communication is vital to ensure a good patient experience in the emergency department. Visits to the emergency department leave patients disillusioned regarding the communication experienced ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-07)Nursing students face challenges with integrating theoretical knowledge from their education into real clinical settings due to differences between the nursing theory and clinical practices in healthcare-services. This ...
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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, 2022)Background: Nurse-sensitive indicators (NSI) are tools specifically related to nursing care that can be used to measure nurses’ contribution to patients’ outcomes. NSI are important for demonstrating and evaluating quality ...
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Cultural beliefs influencing cervical cancer screening among women in a community healthcare centre (University of Pretoria, 2019)Cultural beliefs influencing the uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in a community healthcare centre. 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Globally cervical cancer was found to be the fourth most common cancer ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-07-16)Learning is essential in all specialties of nursing. Continuous professional development in the form of in-service training became a resource of daily practice as nurses should stay competent throughout their career in an ...
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