Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent of adherence to Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) practices and programs amongst healthcare workers (HCWs) in the neonatal ward at Charlotte Maxeke ...
Background: Many deaths in hospitals occur within 24 hours of admission. Some of these deaths could be prevented if the patients were effectively triaged, identified quickly and treatment initiated without delay. Triage ...
Background: Non-attendance of diabetic patients at primary health care facilities for scheduled appointments has been identified as one of the most pressing issues in chronic illness, including diabetes mellitus, management ...
A master’s program in nursing is an essential tool to prepare students to manage and offer health care services to the public professionally and successfully. However, there has been low enrolment of professional nurses ...
The ability of professional nurses to support and motivate people living with HIV and AIDS to disclose to sexual partner continue to be a challenge based on the social, economic, psychological and ethical circumstances ...
Quality health care includes availability, accessibility, affordability, acceptability, competence of health care providers, reducing waiting time, ensuring privacy and confidentiality, ensuring safety and security, and ...
Introduction: Health seeking behaviours are explained as a dynamic interaction of cognitive, behavioural and effective elements, focusing on the attitudes and beliefs of individuals preceded by a decision-making process ...
Introduction and background: There is an increase shortage of organs for donation to patients with end stage organ failure worldwide, including in African countries and South Africa as well. Regardless of the number of ...
Background
Patient’s awareness of the patients’ rights charter was assessed as it was not known and strategies were developed to improve patients’ awareness in the selected hospitals of the Limpopo Province.
Aim
To ...
The aim of the study is to determine the knowledge and practices of midwives regarding the utilization of cardiotocography in labour units, at Hospital A and Hospital B, Waterberg District in Limpopo Province. Further, the ...
Background: Long patient waiting time for services is demonstrated by daily long queues of patients in Primary Health Care (PHC) and hospitals Outpatients departments.
Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the ...
Background: Patient satisfaction with nursing care is regarded as a significant factor in defining the perception of the quality of health care service received. In South Africa, and many other countries globally, the drive ...
The purpose of the study was to identify and explore the challenges faced by mothers
with HIV positive children and who were admitted to Pietersburg Hospital, Limpopo
Province, South Africa, during the period of study. ...
Health literacy related to medication use or instructions is crucial to diabetes
mellitus patients. The verbal or written instructions are given to diabetes
mellitus patients regarding medication use is important to ...
Families with ASD children who have little support from a partner, friends, community
and health care professionals report increased depression and lower life satisfaction
compared to families with a good deal of social ...
The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a training programme to
improve the implementation of the nursing process in public hospitals in the Limpopo
Province, South Africa. A mixed-method convergent ...
Black South African women use herbal medicine during the intrapartum period. Research has proven that some herbal medicine may have a negative impact on both the mother and the fetus during labour and delivery. The aim of ...
BACKGROUND The quality Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) continues to be sub-standard as it is not managed properly, despite the maternal and neonatal services provided by the midwives during postpartum and neonatal period, as ...
In this study, the working conditions of nurses in the public clinics are assessed as the nurses are not satisfied with their working conditions. The dissatisfaction on nurses working conditions by nurses was identified ...
Background: The utilization of primary health care (PHC) facilities has declined as
most patients are using the hospitals for minor ailments. The study aimed to
investigate factors that contribute to non-utilization of ...