ABSTRACT Optimal breastfeeding is the most preferred means of feeding infants most especially babies below six months of age. This ideal practice, however, has eluded some babies in certain communities in Ghana due to various traditional beliefs and practices. The Theory of Reasoned Action guided this study to explore the indigenous breastfeeding (IBF) practices among lactating women in Northern Ghana. The study employed a qualitative exploratory descriptive design. Fifteen (15) lactating mo...
ABSTRACT Childbirth is a stressful and challenging experience in the life of reproductive women. Most women going through this process do that without companionship from family members despite the demands and challenges accompanying labour. Literature on companionship during labour is inadequate and the practice is rare in hospitals in Ghana. This study, therefore, explored the perceptions of postnatal mothers about companionship during labour. The study adopted a qualitative exploratory des...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore surgical patients‘ perspective of perioperative nursing care at the Regional Hospital, Bolgatanga. The study was guided by Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) as Microsystems health care model. The study employed a qualitative explorative descriptive design. Purposive sampling technique was used to recruit participants. The data was saturated with 15 participants aged between 23 and 65 years. All the interviews were audio-taped and transcrib...
ABSTRACT Since its implementation in 1985, the nursing process in Namibia has been utilised with difficulty. The reasons for this were, however, unknown. Worldwide nurses agree that the nursing process is desirable but too lengthy and too time-consuming. In Namibia, patient records and the Nursing Board of Namibia disciplinary hearings bear witness to this. Patient safety has been put at risk and, as a result, registered nurses have faced legal action. The purpose of this study was to develo...
ABSTRACT THE STUDY HIV/AIDS is a worldwide problem generally and a particular one in Namibia. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a fatal disease caused by the Human Immune Virus (HIV). This disease has become an epidemic, infecting tens of millions of people worldwide. The virus, which is transmitted from one individual to another through the exchange of body fluids (such as blood or semen, and breast milk) attacks white blood cells, thereby causing the body to lose its capacity ...
ABSTRACT Clinical teaching is an important component of nurses training in Namibia. The study therefore, emphasized the important role registered nurses can play to ensure effectively clinical teaching of student nurses. The aim of the study was to explore the perceptions of Registered nurses regarding their role in the clinical teaching of student nurses at training hospitals in Windhoek. The objective of the study was to explore and describe the perceptions of registered nurses regarding t...
ABSTRACT Background: Health belief theory was developed to assess health behavior of individual through examination of perceptions someone may have towards disease and negative outcomes of certain actions. In relation to vaccine uptake, the theory explains why caregivers reject or accept child disease prevention intervention. Methods: Across sectional study design community based was conducted. Purposively sampling method was used to select region and District based on low uptake of Pneumo...
ABSTRACT Phenomena such as urbanisation and individual traits such as health literacy, affect people’s exposure and vulnerability to coronary artery disease risk factors. Namibia, as a developing country, is no exception. Although studies have indicated significant effects of predictor variables such as knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) on coronary artery diseases, none has been reported in the Namibian context. The purpose of this study was to determine and describe the knowledge, ...
SUMMARY The focus of this study was to develop an educational programme to facilitate the development of critical thinking in student nurses in Namibia. The study was conducted in four phases, beginning with a needs assessment in phase 1 through which the researcher determined the needs of student nurses in terms of critical thinking. The deductive data analysis of phase 1 served as the conceptual framework for the development of an educational programme in phase 2. Phase 2 consisted of the ...
ABSTRACT Operating room professional nursing practice is an evolving, ever-changing, clinical, hands-on nursing activity. For professional nurses to stay abreast of these changes they need to assess their clinical performance to improve quality of practice. An adult leaner usually brings her/his life experience to the learning situation. Therefore one can assume that they are problem orientated and are capable of self-directed learning. In this respect adults need to be involved in evaluatin...
Abstract There have been several complaints that children diagnosed with cancer in the Northwest regions are discharged from the hospital while they are still sick, and that their caregivers are not taught how to take care of these children at home and told what to expect during the disease process. This has brought about a situation where caregivers are not returning their children for follow-up as scheduled and are, in some cases, taking their children to traditional healers. The prevailin...
ABSTRACT Men diagnosed with prostate cancer have different experiences and express different emotions regarding their diagnosis. In daily conversations, some patients revealed that they were totally surprised by the diagnosis, others expressed that they were in denial, while some anticipated their diagnosis. As a result, a qualitative study aimed at exploring and describing the experiences of men diagnosed with prostate cancer was carried out in the four northern regions: Oshana, Ohangwena, ...
ABSTRACT Continuing formal education is essential to the growth of the nursing profession due to the dynamic environment of the health industry. Nurses after their initial training received at school, have the opportunity to engage in continuing formal education. The study sought to have an in - depth exploration of the perceptions, motivators, barriers and measures to enhance the continuing formal education of non - professional nurses. The qualitative descriptive design was employed and the...
ABSTRACT Background: The concept woman-centred care is gaining currency in maternity care and is increasingly being used to guide provision of quality care. The midwifery philosophy supports woman-centred care and is associated with positive pregnancy and birth outcomes. Development of a woman-centred midwife-led model of care requires involvement of the users (women), service providers (midwives), and health administrators to ensure representativeness of the model. Purpose: The purpose of th...
ABSTRACT The incidence of congenital heart disease (CHD) has been reported to be 8 out of 1000 live born infants worldwide. Accordingly, congenital heart defects and rheumatic heart diseases contribute to approximately ten percent (10%) of all paediatric admissions to health care facilities in Namibia as compared to the proportion of diarrheal (3%) and acute respiratory infection (3%). Congenital heart diseases account for 9% of neonatal deaths in Namibia (WHO 2006; WHO 2009). Clearly, the s...