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Browsing AJNM Volume 12 Issue 1, 2010 by Type "Article"

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Announcement : formation of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFME) : "supporting emergency care across Africa"

Brysiewicz, P. (Unisa, 2010)

We are proud to announce the formation of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM), dedicated to "Supporting Emergency Care Across Africa". Lee Wallis, President of the Emergency Medicine Society for South ...
Assessment of student nurses' clinical learning in Rwanda

Kayihura, C.N.; Mtshali, N.G. (Unisa, 2010)

Assessment of clinical learning is imperative in order to ensure that those who become registered nurses are safe and competent practitioners. Literature however reveals that the measurement of clinical skills performance ...
Barriers to cervical cancer screening within private medical practices in Soshanguve, South Africa

Mookeng, M.J.; Mavundla, T.R.; McFarland, D.M. (Unisa, 2010)

A qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual study, using interviews and field notes, investigated the implementation of cervical cancer screening by private medical practitioners in Soshanguve, South Africa. ...
Conference report : 40th Biennial Convention : Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) : Honor Society of Nursing, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 31 October - 4 November 2009

Van Rensburg, G.H. (Unisa, 2010)

The convention took place from 31 October to 4 November 2009 at the Indiana Convention Centre in Indianapolis, Indiana. At the convention the global nursing community was represented to share diverse experiences, perspectives ...
Conference report : International Military Nursing Conference : St Georges Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17-21 August 2009

Zungu, L.I. (Unisa, 2010)

The 1st International Military Nursing Conference hosted by the South African Military Health Service (SAMHS) under the command of the Surgeon General (SG) of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), was held in ...
Editorial

Ehlers, V.J. (Unisa, 2010)
Emergency contraception: practice of service providers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Dawit, A.L.; Van der Merwe, M.M.; Smith, J.E. (Unisa, 2010)

A quantitative, descriptive, explorative, contextual study was conducted to determine pharmacists' and drug vendors' levels of knowledge, and attitudes towards and practices of emergency contraceptives (ECs) services in ...
Experiences of registered nurses at one community health centre near Pretoria providing termination of pregnancy services

Mamabolo, L.R.C.; Tjallinks, J.E. (Unisa, 2010)

Legalising abortion in many countries has given women the choice or right to decide to terminate a pregnancy. In South Africa the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) Act, 92 of 1996, was promulgated in 1997. This ...
Implementing a programme for coping with stigma for women whose partners died of Aids : a case study

Manyedi, M.E.; Greeff, M.; Koen, M.P. (Unisa, 2010)

The purpose of this research was to develop a programme to help women whose partners died of AIDS to cope with stigma. Having experienced severe stigmatisation these women used mostly ineffective problem-focused strategies ...
Implementing the nursing process in gynaecology wards in Namibia

Jooste, K.; Van der Vyfer, M.; Van Dyk, A. (Unisa, 2010)

Since its implementation in 1985, the nursing process in Namibia - for unknown reasons - had been utilised with difficulty. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a programme to operationalise the ...
Pre-operative education programme for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery

Towell, A.; Nel, E. (Unisa, 2010)

Patients who are about to undergo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery may experience great anxiety, thus activating the stress response. This response can be detrimental to the already weakened heart. Pre-operative ...
Providing integrated voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) services in Uganda

Mugisha, E.; Van Rensburg, G.H.; Potgieter, E. (Unisa, 2010)

The aim of the study was to explore the nature and utilisation of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) service delivery to the Kasenyi fish landing site in the Wakiso district, Uganda. A qualitative, descriptive and ...
Registered nurses' perceptions of the cervical screening programme in primary health care clinics in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa

Sibyiya, N.; Grainger, L. (Unisa, 2010)

Cervical cancer is a significant problem in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. However, the implementation of the provincial cervical screening programme has been slow. Registered nurses need to be knowledgeable about the disease ...

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