There are challenges in the services rendered by professional nurses trained on Nurse-Initiated-And Managed Antiretroviral Treatment to HIV/AIDS patients. All newly diagnosed patients are compelled to commence with ...
This research report is aimed at exploring the significance of psychological services on public high school learners at Luvhuvhu Circuit. The main objective of this study was to identify the psychological services offered ...
Midwives’ knowledge and skills which include history taking, blood pressure measurement and urinalysis play an important role in diagnosing the hypertensive disorder in pregnancy. Hypertensive disorders are the contributory ...
Background
Absenteeism among student nurses is a serious issue for nursing schools worldwide. The literature describes various individual, faculty and socio-environmental reasons contributing to absenteeism among student ...
Early antenatal care attendance is one of the interventions aimed at improving
maternal and perinatal health outcomes. During this period and visits women are
screened to identify complications associated with their ...
Background: The government of South Africa changed from a hospital-based to a community-based mental health care system for mental health care users. The intention was to allow the mental health care users to be cared for ...
Postnatal women are discharged within six hours after delivery and it is documented that about three quarters of neonatal and maternal deaths occur during the first week of life, of which about half of the deaths occur in ...
Worldwide, Type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) was a devastating condition for both the diagnosed children and caregivers taking care of them. These challenges were drastically affecting caregivers in rendering the required ...
Background
Maternal health care provision is still seen as the main challenge in emerging countries, South Africa is no exception. Although the agreement has been made worldwide emphasizing the importance of the provision ...
Background: Around 80 million unintended pregnancies occurred worldwide annually, and most of them are due to the non-use or the inconsistent use of contraceptive methods. Implant contraceptive method provides long-term ...
The prevalence of psychological distress in cancer patients is reported to be above 30%. Yet, the psychosocial needs of cancer patients may be overlooked by health care providers who possibly prioritise medical needs. ...
High inadequacy rates have significant associated opportunity cost, as women need to be rescreened in the event of inadequate specimen. Therefore, evaluation of specimen adequacy is the most important aspect of the quality ...
Moral regeneration involves the recognition and application of universal moral values. These moral values include human dignity, equality and freedom. However, the most important value is human dignity, as agreed to by all ...
Intrauterine Fetal Death (IUFD) is common in all parts of the world and South Africa not exempted. Woman who had IUFD are at risk of suffering from mental health problems if professional support is not given. In South ...
Background: Learner nurses come from different social structures and entities with different norms and values. Upon entering the nursing profession, registered professional nurses (RPN) are expected to socialize the learner ...
In South Africa, professional nurses are expected to provide holistic care to all the patients including the Mental Health Care Users (MHCUs). During their allocation in general wards, they are expected to provide holistic ...
HIV/AIDS is the world’s leading cause of premature death in children under five years. The promoters of an AIDS free generation predict a situation in which children living with HIV/AIDS readily have access to antiretroviral ...
Professional nurses have the responsibility of supervising the care that is rendered, the nursing personnel and patients throughout 24 hours of the day, for the purpose of ensuring quality patient care and patient safety. ...
Background: All human beings need a balanced amount of nutrients for proper functioning of the body system as well as the ideal functioning of a vital centre (brain). Maternal under-nutrition is a leading cause of maternal ...
The path of children heading families following the death of both parents takes many twists and turns, and a lot of support to face the challenging environment is needed. The path is not easy as compared to children with ...