http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4030 Sun, 26 May 2013 06:15:37 GMT 2013-05-26T06:15:37Z http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9707 Conference report : Scholarly Publishing in Africa : Opportunities and Impediments Johannesburg, South Africa, 28-29 May 2009 Ehlers, V.J. It was a privilege to attend the above conference, and to meet authors and editors from a number of different African countries, universities and institutions concerned with publications. I presented a paper entitled : "Challenges of being an editor for the newly-accredited Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery" at this conference hosted by the Africa Institute of South Africa. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9707 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9706 Preceptors' and preceptees' views on student nurses' clinical accompaniment in Botswana Monareng, L.V.; Jooste, K.; Dube, A. An alternative nursing education system was adopted by Botswana to improve its clinical nursing education, employing preceptorship as a clinical teaching approach. Myrick (2002:154) states that although preceptorship is increasingly being used in practice settings, little is known about how preceptors teach and even less is known about how preceptorship relationships are fostered. The same situation prevails in Botswana and needed to be explored with a view to promote and facilitate clinical learning for students. This study sought to describe the views of preceptors and their preceptees regarding the role of the preceptor on the planning of learning activities during clinical accompaniment of student nurses in Botswana. Recommendations were described for preceptors on planning learning activities of preceptees in clinical nursing practice situations. This non-experimental, exploratory descriptive quantitative study sought to describe the role of the preceptor in selected clinical practice settings. A population of seven nursing education institutions were included. A convenient sample was selected that included 72 preceptors and 200 students / preceptees who agreed to participate in the study. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that preceptors should focus more on identifying the learning needs of the students, hold planning sessions with students to determine these needs and have time to schedule learning activities. Preceptors need to focus on their professional role to provide reality based, skills-oriented learning opportunities in the unit for preceptees during clinical accompaniment. The preceptor's role demands examining how learning activities should be planned so that the preceptees achieve their own learning objectives and those of the unit concerned. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9706 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9685 Malaria preventive measures implemented by parents of by parents of under-five children in Bukumbi, Tanzania Dinho, A.E.; Van der Merwe, M.M.; Ehlers, V.J. A quantitative, explorative, descriptive contextual study was conducted to determine to what extent the malaria control measures proposed by the Tanzanian government had been implemented by parents of children aged 0-5 who lived in Bukumbi village. Structured interviews were conducted with 40 parents of children who had been admitted for malaria treatment during 2007. Although respondents had a basic knowledge of malaria preventive measures they did not implement actions preventing the anopheles mosquitoes' breeding in this tropical area. The vicious cycle of poverty, malaria episodes and lack of proper malaria health education hampered the implementation of control measures such as the spraying of houses with insecticides, and clearing pools of stagnant water. Although the government of Tanzania subsidises insecticide treated bed nets the respondents did not maintain these nets and did not renew the insecticide treatment of these nets. The incidence of malaria is unlikely to decline in the Bukumbi village unless all identified factors are addressed. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9685 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9683 Factors contributing to pregnancies among student nurses at a nursing college in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Zungu, L.I.; Manyisa, Z.M. In South Africa, unplanned pregnancies, especially in black communities remain a challenge. This survey was conducted at a nursing college in South Africa to identify and describe factors that contributed to pregnancies among student nurses enrolled at this college. A quantitative descriptive survey was done by using self-administered questionnaires. Seventy-seven female students of the targeted nursing college enrolled for the year 2006, completed questionnaires but only 75 of the returned questionnaires were usable. Of the respondents, 90.7% (n=68) were sexually active and 61.3% (n=46) had already experienced pregnancies and parenting due to ignorance, contraception failure, non-utilisation of contraceptives and the desire to have children. The effective use of contraceptive methods could reduce the rate of unplanned pregnancies among female student nurses enrolled at this college. Early sexual debuts and the contraceptives used were the main factors that contributed to pregnancies among students at the targeted nursing college. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9683 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z