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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Nursing Science) by Supervisor "Heyns, Tanya"
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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, 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, 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, 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, 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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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Medication errors in paediatric patients are a complex health problem occurring worldwide. Previous work has researched the incorporation of electronic methods in prescribing and administering medication, but little is ...
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(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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(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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(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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(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, 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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(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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(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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(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, 2020)Background: Critically ill abdominal surgery patients are at risk of developing a paralytic ileus. Multidisciplinary interventions aim to prevent post-operative complications in the intensive care unit; including interventions ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Introduction: The proverb “lebitla la mosadi ke bogadi” (‘a woman’s grave is at the place/home of her husband’) is used as a language tool during premarital counselling to instruct African women on the value of marriage ...
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(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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(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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(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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