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 ...
Pre-rupture of membranes prior labour initiation could complicate approximately 5% of pregnancies and could be associated with a high incidence of perinatal morbidity and mortality complications. The major complication ...
This study was carried out to assess the use of protective clothing among health care
workers in selected hospitals of Vhembe District in Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Protective clothing is the corner stone of health ...
The Department of Education has stated that parents and guardians may not be absolved
from their responsibilities regarding their pregnant child, and they should take the lead in
working with the school to support and ...
Background: The heavy workload of hospital nurses is a major problem globally. Nurses
are experiencing higher workloads than ever before due to four main reasons, increased
demand for nurses, inadequate appointment of ...
Introduction and background
Professional nurses are responsible to supervise student nurses in the clinical areas in order to assist them in achieving the learning outcomes, develop clinical skills and competence; however, ...
Background: Despite measures to curb unwanted pregnancies and to sustain and expand abortion services, a high number of complications and deaths still occur. The failure of these measures is evidenced by the high number ...
Background: The National Committee for the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths recommend the implementation of “Saving Mothers’ recommendations” as a measure to reduce maternal deaths. However, this objective has ...
Antenatal care is the health care that women receive during pregnancy before the
delivery of a baby; it aims to detect and treat existing health problems and to screen
for complications that may develop in pregnancy.
The ...
Nursing students’ absenteeism has become a very serious concern in every higher educational institution in the whole world especially those of nursing. This study was conducted to investigate factors leading to student ...
Malnutrition is globally considered the key risk factors of illness and death which affect over 90 million children under the age of five. The study aim was to determine the perception of caregivers regarding factors ...
In mental health, a Maximum-Security Ward is a special setting for care of patients
who are unique and exceptional. People who have committed crimes due to their
mental conditions are admitted for care, treatment and ...
The HIV/AIDS is a global epidemic which affects all people, regardless of their religion, race, age, ethnicity or geographic location. The church of Africa, which hosts the largest numbers of infected and affected people, ...
State patients are admitted to the psychiatric hospital after being declared as such by a court of law in South Africa. After successful rehabilitation of state patients at the psychiatric hospital, they need to be ...
Background- Family support is the most important milieu for the treatment and rehabilitation for mental health care users. However, there are cases that are reported where mental health care users are rejected by their ...
Noncompliance with antihypertensive treatment is a challenge for uncontrolled hypertension in both high income and middle income countries. Compliance to antihypertensive treatment and lifestyle modification plays a ...
Introduction: For newly graduated midwives to function effectively with regard to provision of quality midwifery services, successful transition from student status to professional status should be enhanced. It is therefore ...