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Collaboration in higher education for nursing and midwifery in Africa (Chenma)

Mogobe, K.D.; Bruce, J.C.; Meyer, S. (Unisa, 2009)

Higher education in developing countries face a particular challenge; half of the world's higher education students are found in developing countries, placing great strain on an already under funded system. Whilst the New ...
The concept 'nursing': a visual concept map for teaching

Mottian, Sundira Devi (2020)

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a visual concept map that could assist nurse educators in explaining the concept ‘nursing’ so that students have a similar understanding, meaning and interpretation ...
Development of a short course to inculcate the spirit of Ubuntu amongst student nurses at Limpopo College of Nursing, Limpopo province

Manganyi, Thokozile (2017-11)

The purpose of the study was to develop a short course to inculcate the spirit of Ubuntu amongst the student nurses at Limpopo College of Nursing at Limpopo Province. A sequential explanatory research design was used and ...
Diplomates' perceptions of their psychiatric nursing component of the four-year comprehensive programme

Hlongwa, Esther Nelisiwe (2009-08-25)

The study attempted to identify R425 diplomates' perceptions of their psychiatric competencies. An exploratory descriptive survey investigated specific strengths and weaknesses of the R425 diplomates in the psychiatric ...
Discontent among registered nurses in the public health sector in Tshwane Metropolitan area

Ngwenya, Vindi Sarah (2009-12)

The researcher used the integration of both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The respondents were drawn from three district, one regional, one academic and two private hospitals. Data was collected by means of ...
Evidence based nursing : outcome trends following impatient rehabilitation

Schmidt, Angela Renee (2008-11)
Factors contributing to the negative behaviours of nurses in a specific public health care facility in Namibia

Tomas, Nestor Petrus Namulo (2017-09)

It is important for nurses to show acceptable behaviour when interacting with the patients. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the factors that contribute to nurses’ negative behaviour when rendering ...
Guidelines for the development of the generic nursing programme in Zimbabwe

Mutara, Godfrey (2017-11)

The predominant trend in nursing education in Zimbabwe is the hospital-based apprenticeship model. Globally, there has been a shift from a hospital-based model to a university-based one. When a new nursing programme is ...
Guidelines for the empowerment of professional nurses in the public hospitals of one district in the Mpumalanga Province

Lephoko, Constance Siphiwe Peggy (2017-02)

The purpose of the study was to investigate the perceived lack of empowerment of registered nurses in the Mpumalanga Province. To determine the reasons for the perceived lack of empowerment and the effect thereof on ...
The influence of nursing organisations on the development of the nursing profession in South Africa : 1914-2014

Esterhuizen, Johanna Maria (2019-06)

The purpose of the study is to explore past and current professional nursing organisations by means of historical inquiry and to explain the factors that influenced the development of such organisations, as well as the ...
Linking health and human rights to advance the well-being of gay, lesbian and bisexual people in Botswana

Visser, Johanna Regina (1999-12)

This study explored how the well-being of the gays, lesbians and bisexuals (GLBs} in Botswana could be promoted. The health and human rights approach that places dignity before rights was selected as a framework for ...
Models of psychiatric nursing education in developing countries : comparative study of Botswana and Nigeria

Adejumo, Oluyinka (1999-04)

Against the perspectives of the mental health needs of the people of Africa, this study explored and compared the models of psychiatric-mental health nursing education in two sub-Saharan African countries - Botswana and ...
Nuns, guns and nursing : an Anglican sisterhood and imperial wars in South Africa 1879-1902

Goedhals, Mandy (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2008)

The Community of St Michael and All Angels, an Anglican religious community of women, was established in Bloemfontein the Orange Free State in 1874. The sisterhood was established firstly in the context of the ...
Nursing student's perspectives on Spiritual care in clinical nursing practice in a selected school of nursing at Umkhanyakude District in KZN Province

Nkala, Gugulethu Cynthia (2017-11)

A qualitative, non-experimental, explorative and descriptive research design based on the phenomenological philosophical tradition by Heidegger to broaden hermeneutics was conducted. The study was conducted at Umkhanyakude ...
Orem se teorie toegepas in die gemeenskapgesondheidpraktyk

Esterhuysen, Anna Elizabeth Carolina (1996-11)

Die doelwitte van hierdie studie is om een van die teoriee wat by opleidingsinstellings gedoseer word, in die gemeenskapgesondheidpraktyk op tienergesinne toe te pas en om 'n strategie te ontwikkel wat sodanige toepassing ...
Organisational climate as a cause of job dissatisfaction among nursing staff in selected hospitals within the Mpumalanga Province

Lephoko, Constance Siphiwe Peggy (2009-08-25)

The purpose of this study was to describe and explore the organisational climate as a cause of job dissatisfaction among nursing staff in selected hospitals within Mpumalanga Province. The major objectives were to determine ...
Professional nurses' perception of nursing mentally ill people in a general hospital setting

Lethoba, Katleho Germina (2009-08-25)

Recognising the enormous challenges in South Africa confronting the nursing of the mentally ill, the project was conducted in a public hospital in Gauteng. The purpose of the research was to describe professional nurses' ...
Socio-cultural perceptions of nursing and its influence on the recruitment and retention of males student nurses in Nursing Education Institutions (NEIs), KwaZulu Natal Province

Shakwane, Simangele (2014-11)

Nursing is a female dominated profession; making it difficult for men in the profession to excel in their caring capacities as nurses. This study aimed at identifying and describing male and female nurses' insights into ...
A sociological investigation of gender and non-gender specific career choices by young adults in Saint John, Canada

Hanlon, Brooke Catherine June (2017-05)

This study examined the gender socialisation process among ten recent high school graduates and the reasoning behind their chosen career paths. Three institutions: the family, school, and media, were examined to explore ...
Transforming students nurses' images of nursing : an appreciative inquiry approach

Chauke, Motshedisi Eunice (2014-11-25)

Research has shown that, worldwide the nursing profession is faced with image-related challenges impacting on its status, prestige, power and the ability to attract more young and suitably qualified students to nursing. ...

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