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 ...

Background: Clinical assesssment tools play an essential role in clinical practice and assessment. Clinical assessment tools have to be evaluated for pyschometric properties to enhance objectivity and fairness when evaluating ...

The aim of this study is to determine the facilitators and barriers to the use e-learning tools among nurse educators in a selected nursing school in Eastern Cape. This study followed a quantitative research approach that ...

Indigenous knowledge of Traditional Health Practitioners (THPs) in the Management of rigoni is of paramount importance for the indigenous practitioners by exploring, describing and documenting their practices. There was ...

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains an occupational health risk among healthcare personnel (HCP) globally, with the risk of transmission present throughout healthcare settings. The presence of undiagnosed and untreated ...

INTRODUCTION In South Africa, 30 per cent of teenagers admit to “ever falling” pregnant. Most teenage mothers live with family members, are unemployed and still attending school. Various forms of care provided include ...

Strike actions have been a common phenomenon in health care settings for a very long time. Nurses have been participating in those strike actions since they are members of labour unions even though there are serious concerns ...

The aim of the study was to explore the traditional disease prevention practices performed during infancy in a designated area in Tshwane District. In South Africa, the majority of African people continue to perform ...