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 ...
Hand hygiene practice is essential to prevent cross infection during health care delivery. Poor hand hygiene by health care providers can be a source of hospital acquired infections among patients. In their first year of ...
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, ...
Baby dumping and infanticide have become a social phenomenon with severe consequences that are drawing nationwide attention and condemnation in Namibia. Those women who are perpetrating these heinous acts provide numerous ...
Murimba, Winnie; Kopano, Robert; Amakali, Kristofina; Amukugo, Hans J.(2014)
The purpose for this study was to identify the risk factors of inpatients infected with Tuberculosis at Katutura Intermediate Hospital in Windhoek district, Namibia. A quantitative descriptive study was conducted among ...
The purpose of the study was to establish tobacco smoking as a behavior, and to recommend measures to protect and discourage tobacco smoking among students at the University of Namibia. A cross sectional study ...
Traditional nursing education as characterized byclassroom approaches inter alia the lectures, where students are merely passive listeners and more concern about the final grade than learningtends to produce graduate with ...
Objective: Health care workers are exposed to a variety of health hazards in their daily work. This exposure puts them at risk of acquiring occupational related diseases, including psychological stress, which can lead to ...
Providing clinical nursing care to a patient with a heart disease requires the application of the knowledge of disease process which informs the nursing intervention. This paper presents a discussion on some priority aspects ...
The statistics of children with heart diseases are notable in Namibia many of whom are from the rural area. While waiting for surgical corrections or when the child is a case for palliative care, these children have to be ...
A gap still exists between the propositions of the policy and guidelines on the application of the elements of informed choice in family planning services and the reality in practice. This paper presents the findings of ...
Providing care for a child with heart disease is a daunting task for any parent/caregiver, particularly for those living in poor conditions in rural Namibia. A qualitative, exploratory, phenomenological and contextual study ...
Aim: The purpose of this study was to describe how the parents/caregivers of children with heart diseases cope with the demands of caring for these children at home, with the purpose to develop a home-based health care ...
The majority of children suffering from heart disease in Namibia receive treatment as outpatients, with their caregivers taking responsibility for their continuing care. To provide the care required by these children, the ...
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 ...
Illness is an evitable part of life for the vast majority of people. The nurses’ reactions to people who are ill or who are in need of health care are influenced and shaped by their own personal qualities, such as sensitivity, ...
Nursing practice is a living body of knowledge derived from different disciplines, i.e. biological, psychological and social. From the social sciences, Sociology of Development is one of the sources of knowledge used in ...
The quality of nursing practice is determined by a variety of factors. One of the most important of these factors is the way in which communication takes place and the information given to patients in the health care ...