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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Nursing Science) by Type "Thesis"
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Introduction and background: Peer pressure and sexual coercion are driving adolescents to engage in early sexual activity. Adolescent risk behaviour that involves unsafe sexual practices remains a major concern for nurses, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Background Within the next five to ten years, an estimated 84% of nurse educators in South Africa will be exiting institutions for retirement, leaving a shortage of skilled, competent nurse educators. Succession planning ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Introduction: Newly Qualified Professional Nurses face reality shock when entering clinical practice for the first time as professionals during their remunerated community service year. Not receiving adequate support during ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)ABSTRACT Grandparenting is a new global social phenomenon emerging whereby grandparents take part in caring for their grandchildren. Grandparent headed families occur due to various societal factors, including the death ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Education in genetics empowers health care professionals to be able to differentiate between hereditary genetic components of diseases. Knowledge, skills and competence in genetics are required among nurses and advanced ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Introduction: Around 80% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa use indigenous medicine when ill, before consulting biomedical health practitioners, and many only consult doctors when their disease is at an advanced ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Preventing new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are at the heart of South Africa’s new National Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS, STIs and TB 2012-2016. Following from this strategy, a number of interventions were ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The study sought to collect empirical evidence on local perceptions, needs, views on and experiences of antenatal care services, community participation and local accountability for health in Bushbuckridge sub-District, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Background and objectives: The purpose of the study was to develop strategies to facilitate nurses’ motivation for rendering quality patient care in a rural hospital using an Appreciative Inquiry approach. The objectives ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)A unique characteristic of neonatal care is the unpredictability of illness at birth and a high-risk period of adaptation in the days thereafter. The majority of newborn infants will survive with little specialised care. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)BACKGROUND The training of health professionals in South Africa remains fragmented, one-sided, and continues to disregard African Traditional Health Knowledge and Practices. Nurses are trained under the biomedical model, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-09-28)Introduction The digitalisation of the antenatal health education and information is a crucial aspect in the maternal and child health care system when caring for Generation Y pregnant women and their families. In this ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Introduction: The prevalence of mental illness is rising in all regions of the world. There is an increased need for family caregiving in South Africa due to deinstitutionalization that leads to a reduction of in-patient ...
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Development of guidelines for holistic healthcare interventions for women with infertility in Ghana (University of Pretoria, 2019)In her thesis, Development of guidelines for holistic healthcare interventions for women diagnosed with infertility in Ghana, the promovenda was guided by the philosophy of pragmatism and conducted the research in three ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Widowhood is a stressful life event demanding practical support such as giving assistance and encouragement on physical, psychological, social and spiritual levels. The intent of this study was to explore and describe the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The development of guidelines to improve the quality of CTOP services in public health facilities remains very important in ensuring the continuous provision of quality CTOP services. The assessment of the quality of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Tuberculosis remains a contagious disease and a major global public health burden. It can be cured. However, treatment compliance is a major challenge for the prevention and control of this fatal disease. Interventions to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-07-17)Introduction: South Africa is experiencing maternal and neonatal mortality challenges due to pregnancy related conditions such as hypertension, obstetric haemorrhage and HIV in pregnancy. There are gaps when it comes to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Introduction: Simulation-based learning is a teaching methodology, which provides the students with a learning opportunity in an environment that simulates the clinical settings, where mistakes and learning can happen ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: Traditionally, patient referral occurs from a primary healthcare facility to a secondary or tertiary healthcare facility. Despite these formalised procedures in place, it has been reported ...
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