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- AJNM Volume 15, Issue 1, 2013
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AJNM Volume 15, Issue 1, 2013
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(Unisa, 2013)Trends in Nursing 2012 is the first edition in a series of publications addressing different aspects of nursing in South Africa. The aim of the series is to provide an overall description of major developments in nursing ...
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(Unisa, 2013)The 14th National Nurse Education Conference 2012 was held in Perth, Western Australia (WA) from 11-13 April 2012. The conference was hosted by the Australian Nurse Teachers Society (ANTS), Western Australia branch. The ...
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(Unisa, 2013)In South Africa, HIV and AIDS workplace programmes have been implemented for more than two decades without any audited and certifiable standards. In 2007, the South African National Standard (SANS 16001, 2007) was launched ...
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(Unisa, 2013)The past two decades have witnessed a transition from in-patient hospital admission and care to community and home based care (C&HBC) due to the surge in chronic health conditions in most of southern Africa, including ...
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(Unisa, 2013)Following recommendations by the world Health Organization, Swaziland has adopted mass male circumcision in an effort to reduce sexual transmission of HIV. Few Swazi men request circumcisions despite nation-wide circumcision ...
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(Unisa, 2013)Concern has been raised about the ART patients relinquishing the principles of the ABC (abstain, be faithful and condomise) approach to the prevention of HIV infection once the positive effects of ART are experienced. Ten ...
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(Unisa, 2013)During the past decade antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) revolutionised AIDS treatment in Uganda. Although this endeavour demonstrates successes, new challenges emerged, for example the continued use of condoms amidst the ...
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(Unisa, 2013)This study explored teenagers' knowledge and perceptions regarding teenage pregnancy by using the Johnson Behavioural System Model. The increase in the termination of pregnancies in the study area, and the lack of guidelines ...
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(Unisa, 2013)The purpose of this study was to explore psychiatric nurses' understanding and practice of the spiritual dimension of holistic psychiatric nursing practice in South Africa by using a descriptive phenomenology design. By ...
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(Unisa, 2013)The increased number of orphans due to HIV, as well as the increased number of children living with HIV, increases the burden for primary caregivers in the community. This study focussed on the experiences of primary ...
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(Unisa, 2013)Multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB) has increased healthcare practitioners' awareness of workplace hazards. Adherence to infection control measures is important but not foolproof in halting the spread of communicable ...
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(Unisa, 2013)Childhood tuberculosis is an increasingly important public health problem and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, contributing to a significant increase in the burden of disease worldwide. ...
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(Unisa, 2013)Competency-based education is outcomes-based instruction and is adaptive to the changing needs of students, teachers, and communities. It describes the students' ability to apply knowledge, skills and behaviours in situations ...
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(Unisa, 2013)The higher education system in South Africa transformed over the last two decades in response to societal changes and the new democratic order since 1994. Nursing education programmes in South Africa's higher education ...
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(Unisa, 2013)Professional nurses in South Africa render autonomous primary healthcare. Therefore it is crucial that student nurses should be competent in the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains upon completion of their studies. ...
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(2013)When the Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery (AJNM) was evaluated to become an academic accredited journal in 2007 (and to be listed by South Africa's Department of Higher Education and Training as such since 2008), ...