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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Nursing Science) by Supervisor "Coetzee, Isabel M."
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du Plessis, Moselane Annelene Rosemary
(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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Hayton, Yolande
(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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Du Plessis, Marinda
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
On a daily basis critically ill paediatric patients are admitted in the Paediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU). Some of these paediatric patients require cardiothoracic surgery and is mechanically ventilated post-operative ...
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Molekoa, Seikgato Gertrude
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Introduction: Unplanned extubation is an important quality issue in clinical practice as it is a common occurrence worldwide in the paediatric intensive care units (PICUs). Unplanned extubation of the paediatric patient ...
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Balfour, Liezl
(University of Pretoria, 2011)
Despite the advantages of using NIV, healthcare professionals are not in agreement about precisely when to commence NIV (Elliott, Confalonieri& Nava 2002:1159; Lightowler, Wedzicha, Elliott&Ram 2003: [4]; Garpestad &Hill ...
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Van Wyk, Sonett
(University of Pretoria, 2013-01-08)
Clinical learning is regarded as a vital component in nursing programmes and students need to work in various clinical environments. In the emergency nursing programme presented at a tertiary nursing education institution, ...
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Van Wyngaarden, Angeline
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Background: Clinical reasoning is the ability to reason as a clinical situation changes and is an
essential component of competence in nursing practice. However, some traditional teaching
and learning strategies do not ...
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Nyelisani, Maggie
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
Quality education and training should enable nursing students to master the theoretical and clinical component of a programme, clinical education (practica) forms a vital part of the curriculum of nursing programmes. ...
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Motsilanyane, Pelegamotse Tabea
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Aim: The aim of the study was to explore the nursing students’ challenges of clinical
accompaniment in a clinical learning environment (CLE).
Method: A qualitative, explorative and descriptive design was used to conduct ...
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Tom, Fundiswa Beatrice
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
The four year nursing programme is offered at the NEI in the EC province where this study was conducted. As early as 2009 the majority of first and second year nursing students of the NEI were academically unsuccessful in ...
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Senabye, Juliet Sejosennye
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Family-centred care (FCC) is a model of care that is focused on promoting collaboration through engagement of nurses and families in information sharing and decision making. This experience is common for families with ...
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Balfour, Liezl
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
Introduction: Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an alternative method for
providing safe mechanical ventilatory assistance to adult patients
presenting with acute respiratory failure. Internationally the utilisation of
NIV ...
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Dolo, Lucy Mashishi
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Tracheal cuff pressure monitoring plays a significant role in the care of patients in the critical care
environment. Most patients in critical care environment are intubated with cuffed tubes via the ore
or the naso-tracheal ...
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Engelbrecht, Natasjha
(University of Pretoria, 2012-01-13)
The number of new graduates greatly affects the existence of any profession and for the nursing profession this rings very true. However, in this caring and nurturing profession many undergraduate nursing students indicate ...
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Pataki, Tlou Witness
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Delivery of quality patient care is of a paramount in the emergency department to all the healthcare professionals to improve patient satisfaction. The aim of the study is to explore patients’ views of the care they receive ...
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Nuby, Sona
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
Background: Acute kidney injury occurs in one out of ten cardiac surgery patients. Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury not only increases patients’ mortality rate but the length of stay in intensive care unit ...
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Viljoen, Myra Elizabeth
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
The public’s demand for competent and safe health care obligates the profession to
meet the challenges of high quality care with current knowledge and skills. The
maintenance of competence and the participation in ...
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Phiri, Moitshepi
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Triage allows for patients with life-threatening conditions to be identified and managed first, increasing the waiting times of patients presenting with non-critical conditions. The latter then perceive triage as negative. ...
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Kubheka, Thulile Patience
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
INTRODUCTION
In South Africa, the Department of Health stipulates that “providing quality care to patients requires training skilled health workers and establishing a culture that values lifelong learning and recognises ...
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Kruger, Arieta
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
The prevalence of Hypoactive delirium and delirium in Intensive Care Units (ICU) can be as high as 80% and is characterized by decreased cognitive function, inattentive thinking, and fluctuation of consciousness, disorientation ...