Browsing by Author "Shikalepo, Fransina Ndapewa"

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    Experience of students Nurses regarding caring of mothers’ undergone Caesarean section at postnatal ward at Katutura State Hospital
    (2018) Shikalepo, Fransina Ndapewa; Amukugo, Hans J.
    The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of second year University of Namibia nursing students regarding caring of mothers’ undergone caesarean section at postnatal ward at Katutura state hospital. Participants were purposively sampled and unstructured individual interviews were used to collect the data amongst eleven students. This was done after permission was granted by the Ministry of Health and Social Services and from the University of Namibia. Informed consent was obtained and the re-searcher ensured the ethical principle of justice, autonomy, beneficence and respect. Data was analysed using TESCH’S method of data analysis that merged to the formation of five (5) themes and eight (8) subthemes. The results indicated that participants experience challenges during the care of mother’s undergone caesarean section. Participants expressed patient factors that are hindering the caring of mothers. Participants also expressed different experiences regarding learning opportunities and different emotions regarding caring of mother’s undergone caesarean section. Recommendations were made regarding reinforcement of guidelines and policies which govern health care personnel and introduction of new policies which will promote the health and wellbeing of mothers who have undergone caesarean section, and also improve health education on wound care and aseptic techniques within service training programs.
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    Knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses regarding early detection, caring and support of men with prostate cancer at health facilities in Windhoek, Namibia: A mixed method study
    (University of Namibia, 2021) Shikalepo, Fransina Ndapewa; Amukugo, HJ
    The aim of the study was to determine, explore and assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of nurses regarding early detection, caring and support of men with prostate cancer at health facilities in Windhoek, Namibia. Prostate cancer is the second most frequent cancer diagnosis in men and the fifth leading cause of death worldwide. Nurses have been reported in the literature to offer minimum support for prostate cancer patients. The same trend seems to be evident in Windhoek and it's not clear what could be the reason for this discrepancy hence the researcher was interested in knowing the knowledge, practice and attitude of nurses towards prostate cancer care services. The study adopted a mixed research, convergent parallel design to understand the research problem. For objective 1 and 2, a quantitative approach and descriptive design were used to determine knowledge and practice using self-administered structured questionnaires. A sample of 105 respondents was selected randomly and data was analysed using SPSS. For objective 3, a qualitative descriptive design was used to explore attitude from 10 purposively selected participants using semi-stmctured interviews. The findings of the study revealed that respondents had a low level of knowledge 86 (81.9% ), but they had good practices 54 (51.4%). Participants expressed positive attitudes towards early detection, negative attitudes towards caring and negative attitudes towards support. The findings further reported health facility (P-value=0.003) and health status (P-value= 0.039) to be a significant predictor of practice. Moreover, the study revealed that the level of knowledge was not significantly associated with practice P-value= 0.696. The researcher recommended ongoing in-service training with well-stipulated outcomes on prostate cancer services to improve nurses' knowledge. Additionally, the researcher recommended the development of a model to facilitate the effective provision of prostate cancer care services in Namibia