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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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(Medpharm Publications, 2008)Haemorrhagic shock is more common in the pregnant woman than generally acknowledged in the clinical setting. In most cases antepartum and postpartum haemorrhage can be managed effectively by concentrating on the management ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-11-05)BACKGROUND : The increase in the number of teenage pregnancies and its negative consequences has encouraged various researchers to explore the possible causes of teenage pregnancy. Findings from previously-conducted ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2015-11-23)BACKGROUND : Despite the acceptability of the Female Condom2 (FC2) as a contraceptive method by some women, it remains inaccessible and unavailable to the majority of women because of affordability, training, distribution ...
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(Elsevier, 2022-06)BACKGROUND : Triage is applied in emergency centres (ECs) to assign degrees of urgency to illnesses or injuries to decide in which order to treat patients, especially when there are many patients or casualties, facilitating ...
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(Sage, 2021-12)Neonatal resuscitation can save newborn lives when performed by competent staff in a setting that is adequately equipped and organised. To develop strategies to sustain quality improvement in neonatal resuscitation, an ...
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(Unisa Press, 2019-05)The year 2019 will mark 29 years of existence of the 16 days of activism for no violence against women and children. The campaign of 16 days of activism against women and children abuse was initiated in 1991 at the Rutgers ...
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(Wiley, 2019-06)AIM : To adapt the Youth‐Friendly Health Services‐World Health Organization+ questionnaire to suit the health needs of youth in the South African context, and estimate its psychometric properties. BACKGROUND : Youth‐friendly ...
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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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(Wiley, 2016-03)INTRODUCTION : The quality of the relationship between postgraduate students and their supervisors often determines the progress of the students. BACKGROUND : Successful supervision according to students is associated ...
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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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(Elsevier, 2021-06)INTRODUCTION: Globally, length of stay of patients in emergency departments remains a challenge. Remaining in the emergency department for >12 h increases health care costs, morbidity and mortality rates and leads ...
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(Springer, 2023-04)Although roll-out of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been reported to have changed contexts of HIV risk in areas where it was well-implemented. The rate of its uptake and retention amongst young females has not ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2015)BACKGROUND : Unplanned pregnancies amongst students at higher education institutions are a major concern worldwide, including South Africa. Apart from various social and psychological challenges, unplanned pregnancies ...
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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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(Higher Education South Africa, 2018)In developing student nurses’ clinical reasoning skills, nurse educators play an important part. To promote clinical reasoning skills, nurse educators should identify and utilise appropriate student-centred teaching and ...
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(Elsevier, 2022)BACKGROUND : Although diagnosis and treatment of diarrhoea are considered easy, statistics show that 525,000 children worldwide die annually due to diarrhoea, 90% of the deaths are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and ...
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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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