Background: Graduate professional nurses from universities continuously face intellectual scrutiny from nurses who graduated from college, because of the nature of the training programme within the University of Limpopo. ...

Background: Medical equipment is an important tool in a Labour Unit to assess, monitor, diagnose and prevention of complications during labour. The purpose of the study was to investigate how equipment is a potential ...

Background: Raising a child with a severe intellectual disability is a challenge for most mothers, as most mothers experience a lack of support from their partners. This lack of partner support causes high stress and marital ...

The aim of the study was to determine the utilization of simulation by nurse educators and learner nurses at LCN. The objectives of the study were to describe the utilization of simulation by nurse educators and learner ...

Background Despite all the interventions that have been developed previously preterm labour remain to be the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Preterm labour occurs before 37 weeks of gestation ...

Background: The health and safety of the miners in the South African mining industry are guided by the regulations and standards which are anticipated to promote a healthy work environment and fatalities. It is of utmost ...

Caring for terminally ill cancer patients is considered stressful and heartbreaking. Oncology nurses often consider leaving the nursing profession because of the high levels of stress experienced by these health care ...

Absenteeism is a global problem in the working force and this is no exception in the nursing profession. A lot of attention has been drawn to factors that contribute to absenteeism however little attention has been placed ...

Indigenous practices are performances that occur naturally in a region or a growing living environment. Most women believe in indigenous practices because of their cultures and social structure. In South Africa regardless ...

Background: Mastectomy is one of the treatments for breast cancer. It causes a change in the appearance of the breast thus causing a major effect on women’s self‑image and a decreased sense of femininity that can lead to ...