CurationisPub Date : 2024-07-31DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2574
Sanele E. Nene
{"title":"Nursing managers’ perceptions of teamwork and collaboration in mining primary healthcare clinics in Gauteng","authors":"Sanele E. Nene","doi":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2574","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93959,"journal":{"name":"Curationis","volume":"42 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141795168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CurationisPub Date : 2024-07-31DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2572
Siseko Tyabazeka, Wendy Phiri, R. R. Marie Modeste
{"title":"HIV self-management perceptions and experiences of students at one university in South Africa","authors":"Siseko Tyabazeka, Wendy Phiri, R. R. Marie Modeste","doi":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2572","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93959,"journal":{"name":"Curationis","volume":"30 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141795331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CurationisPub Date : 2024-07-25DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2490
Lebogang B Phehla, Agnes Makhene, Lerato Matshaka
{"title":"Student nurses' utilisation of self-directed simulation learning at a University in Gauteng.","authors":"Lebogang B Phehla, Agnes Makhene, Lerato Matshaka","doi":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2490","DOIUrl":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2490","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Self-directed simulation learning (SSL) is a globally accepted teaching and learning strategy wherein student nurses take the initiative in diagnosing their learning needs, formulate learning goals, identify resources for learning, and implement relevant strategies in response to their learning needs. This autonomous learning strategy will assist student nurses in taking ownership of their learning. Consequently, student nurses exit the training programme to become lifelong learners, safe and competent professional nurses.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong> This study aimed to explore and describe the experiences of student nurses' utilisation of SSL at a University in Gauteng and to make recommendation(s) to enhance the use of SSL.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong> A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, and contextual research design was used to uncover the student nurses' experiences with the use of SSL at a University. Nineteen participants were purposively sampled. Data collection was conducted through focus group interviews. Tesch's method of data analysis was used to analyse, organise and interpret data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Theme: student nurses experience time constraints, which hinder their utilisation of SSL. Subthemes: (1) a compacted academic timetable, and (2) limited access to the clinical simulation laboratory for self-directed learning.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Time constraints hinder the utilisation of SSL, and this challenge threatens the acquisition of clinical skills and knowledge during the training of student nurses.Contribution: Evidence-based recommendations to enhance the utilisation of SSL at a University.</p>","PeriodicalId":93959,"journal":{"name":"Curationis","volume":"47 1","pages":"e1-e6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11304216/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CurationisPub Date : 2024-07-23DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2519
Patience M.M. Dira, R. Machailo, Suegnet Scholtz
{"title":"Caregivers’ voices: From the world of autism spectrum disorder","authors":"Patience M.M. Dira, R. Machailo, Suegnet Scholtz","doi":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2519","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Caring for a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a challenging and stressful task, especially in countries with limited resources. Additional research is necessary, considering the increasing prevalence of children with ASD, to gain increased knowledge of the complex difficulties faced by caregivers of ASD children and to offer insights into the coping strategies and support networks that parents utilise.Objectives: The objective of this study was to explore and describe the experiences and coping mechanisms of caregivers of children with ASD in Dr Kenneth Kaunda district, North West province, South Africa.Method: Qualitative explorative, contextual and descriptive design with purposive sampling technique and semi-structured interviews were conducted. Data were analysed following the six steps of reflexive thematic analysis.Results: Two themes were identified: Caregivers’ experiences in raising a child with autism, and caregivers’ coping in raising a child with autism.Conclusion: The research established caregivers’ experiences and coping mechanisms in raising a child with ASD and the effects on different aspects of their lives including emotional, social and financial aspects, which contribute negatively to their holistic well-being. These impediments warrant the establishment of emotional support groups, empowerment of caregivers and awareness-raising through campaigns to educate the family and the community on the diverse challenges.Contribution: The findings of this study contribute to a deeper understanding of the multifaceted challenges faced by caregivers of children with ASD and provide insights into the support systems and coping mechanisms employed by these caregivers within the socio-ecological context.","PeriodicalId":93959,"journal":{"name":"Curationis","volume":"137 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141810908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CurationisPub Date : 2024-07-05DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2538
Nkhensani F Mabunda
{"title":"Nurses' perceptions of involving family members in the care of mental health care users.","authors":"Nkhensani F Mabunda","doi":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2538","DOIUrl":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2538","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Family involvement in mental health care is a therapeutic intervention in the management of mental illness. The global concern in long-term mental health is that families find it difficult to accept mental illness when their loved ones are admitted to receive care, treatment and rehabilitation.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong> To describe nurses' perceptions of involving family members in the care of mental health care users in long-term institutions.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong> A quantitative descriptive design was used. The population comprised nurses working at three mental health institutions (MHIs). Probability simple random sampling was used to select 360 respondents. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> The findings revealed that most (86.9%) of the nurses acknowledged that challenges affect families' involvement in mental health care. A total of 91.4% of nurses complained that family members' involvement was insufficient and (80.6%) indicated that poor family contact affects the provision of quality mental health care. Therefore, the respondents believed that the families' involvement has an impact on the management of mental illness.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Engaging family members in mental health care helps both health professionals and families to participate in patient-centred care and mental health care services. However, MHCUs benefit when their families are involved.Contribution: The study contributed to mental health nursing as its results can be used to measure the quality of health services improvements, by involving the family members during hospitalisation of their loved ones for mental health care.</p>","PeriodicalId":93959,"journal":{"name":"Curationis","volume":"47 1","pages":"e1-e9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11304185/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CurationisPub Date : 2024-07-05DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2579
Ilze Steenkamp, Jennifer Chipps
{"title":"Blended learning: Assessing nursing students' perspectives.","authors":"Ilze Steenkamp, Jennifer Chipps","doi":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2579","DOIUrl":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2579","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Blended learning combines face-to-face and online learning and has recently gained popularity, accelerated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, often without active evaluation.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong> This study aimed to assess university nursing students' perceptions of a blended learning approach during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong> The population was 150 third-year nursing students from a university in the Western Cape, South Africa, using all-inclusive sampling. A one-group, pre-and post-evaluation study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire (Student Perceptions of Blended Learning scale). Differences were assessed using Chi-squared and Mann-Whitney U tests with a significance level of p 0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Before implementing blended learning, 128 students (85.3%) completed the questionnaire, while 95 (63.3%) did so after. Demographics and access showed no significant differences between the groups. Post-implementation showed a 10.1% increase in preference for blended learning (χ2 = 2.832, p = 0.092). Ease of use was rated significantly higher before implementation (3.07 ± 0.49), with no significant change post-implementation (2.99 ± 0.58). The blended learning process received lower ratings compared to content, with no significant differences before or after implementation for either (process: 2.55 ± 0.58 vs 2.54 ± 0.63; content: 2.75 ± 0.52 vs 2.79 ± 0.52).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Nursing students had a positive perception of blended learning, though the online learning component posed challenges with time and module comprehension.Contribution: The findings can help higher education institutions evaluate existing online management systems and guide nurse educators in meeting students' needs when developing module resources.</p>","PeriodicalId":93959,"journal":{"name":"Curationis","volume":"47 1","pages":"e1-e8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11304200/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141891331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CurationisPub Date : 2024-06-28DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2518
Morongwa R Sekele, Mygirl P Lowane, Mathildah Mokgatle
{"title":"Coincidental discovery of HIV and pregnancy positive status in primary healthcare facilities.","authors":"Morongwa R Sekele, Mygirl P Lowane, Mathildah Mokgatle","doi":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2518","DOIUrl":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2518","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> HIV-positive and pregnancy diagnosis is a traumatic, shocking, and distressing experience for women. Adoption of routine HIV counselling and testing in the antenatal programme aimed to increase the uptake and the early diagnosis of HIV among pregnant women to prevent maternal HIV transmission to unborn babies and neonates.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong> The study aimed to explore the psychological reaction of women coincidentally discovering their HIV-positive status and pregnancy while seeking medical care in primary healthcare facilities in the Tshwane district.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong> Descriptive phenomenology involving a semi-structured in-depth interview was used to collect data. The sample was purposively selected. Twenty-eight women participated in the research project. Face-to-face in-depth audio recorded interviews were used to gain a full understanding of the experiences and feelings of the participants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Reason for the uptake of pregnancy and HIV testing, reactions upon discovering HIV and pregnancy-positive status, emotions arising from the pregnancy and HIV-positive diagnosis, understanding HIV infection in pregnancy, and transitions to acceptance and coping with the HIV-positive diagnosis were themes that emerged from this study.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> It is crucial that responsible healthcare workers consider this psychological imbalance during their offering of antenatal and postnatal care services so that the pregnant women living with HIV can accept and cope with the situation.Contribution: This study accounts to support other studies that offer intense counselling for women coincidentally discovering their positive HIV status and pregnancy. It is important to remedy the acceptance of the situation and to promote HIV prevention and family planning for women of childbearing age.</p>","PeriodicalId":93959,"journal":{"name":"Curationis","volume":"47 1","pages":"e1-e9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11219673/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141473649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CurationisPub Date : 2024-05-24DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2521
Bonginkosi I Shongwe, Charlene Downing, Sanele Nene
{"title":"Operational nursing managers' experiences of clinical supervision at a Johannesburg Hospital.","authors":"Bonginkosi I Shongwe, Charlene Downing, Sanele Nene","doi":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2521","DOIUrl":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2521","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong> Clinical supervision is pivotal in supporting nurses in rendering quality, safe patient care. Therefore, it is essential to understand clinical supervision from operational nursing managers' context to define existing challenges and propose suitable recommendations.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong> This study aimed to explore and describe operational nursing managers' experiences of clinical supervision within the context of an academic hospital in Gauteng province and propose evidence-based practice recommendations to improve patient safety and the quality of clinical supervision.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong> An exploratory, sequential, mixed-method design was used and implemented over two phases to take advantage of the strengths of both the qualitative and quantitative research designs. Unstructured individual interviews were conducted to collect data in phase one, and an adapted Manchester Clinical Supervision Scale (MCSS) questionnaire was used to collect data in phase two.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong> Operational nursing managers work in stressful conditions and environments with a gross shortage of staff and tools of the trade while being expected to deliver high-quality and safe nursing care. Of the sampled respondents, 36% (n = 17) were dissatisfied with the supervision they received, while 64% (n = 30) were indifferent in the sense that they did not think it was adequate or inadequate.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong> Clinical supervisors should be trained and supported in clinical supervision, with regular workshops on interpersonal relations.Contribution: A clearer understanding of clinical supervision within the hospital context and evidence-based practice recommendations to improve patient safety and the quality of clinical supervision.</p>","PeriodicalId":93959,"journal":{"name":"Curationis","volume":"47 1","pages":"e1-e9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11151381/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141238662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CurationisPub Date : 2024-05-22DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2543
David S. Mangwegape, M. E. Manyedi, B. Molato
{"title":"Risk factors to mental health challenges among the LGBTI+ community in Gaborone, Botswana","authors":"David S. Mangwegape, M. E. Manyedi, B. Molato","doi":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2543","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and other gender diverse groupings symbolised by + (LGBTI+) individuals experience adverse mental health problems, and several factors have been documented to facilitate such problems. However, in Botswana, the factors facilitating LGBTI+ individuals to experience mental health challenges have not been explored with previous studies only highlighting the poor mental health outcomes they experience.Objectives: The aim of the study was to explore and describe factors that could cause mental health challenges in LGBTI+ individuals in Gaborone, Botswana.Method: A qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological design was employed to examine the research question. In data collection, 15 unstructured in-depth telephonic interviews were conducted until data saturation. Data were analysed with a co-coder using the data analysis method by Colaizzi.Results: Three themes emerged following data analysis and were reasons for experiencing mental health challenges, experiences of challenges in accessing healthcare services and the social challenges of everyday life.Conclusion: The findings indicate that a variety of factors influence the mental health problems in some LGBTI+ individuals.Contribution: The knowledge of the factors that cause LGBTI+ individuals’ mental health challenges can inform mental healthcare to be rendered. The findings can apprise nursing curriculum development and policy regarding the needs of LGBTI+ individuals.","PeriodicalId":93959,"journal":{"name":"Curationis","volume":"1 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141112802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CurationisPub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2482
Ragosebo P. Sekopa, P. R. Risenga, S. Mboweni
{"title":"Factors contributing to rise in teenage pregnancy in Sekhukhune district, Limpopo province","authors":"Ragosebo P. Sekopa, P. R. Risenga, S. Mboweni","doi":"10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v47i1.2482","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The Department of Health in South Africa has reported an alarming total of 90 037 teenage girls between the ages of 10 years and 19 years who gave birth from March 2021 to April 2022, across all provinces and districts. The rise in teenage pregnancy is of serious concern as adolescents girls are more likely to experience difficult pregnancies and deliveries which could lead to detrimental effects on their health.Objectives: The study aimed to explore and describe factors contributing to the increase in teenage pregnancy in the Sekhukhune district of Limpopo.Method: The study was conducted in the healthcare facilities of Sekhukhune area. A qualitative, exploratory design was followed. Participants were purposively selected, and data were gathered through face-to-face individual interviews. Data analysis employed Tesch’s inductive, descriptive coding method.Results: Negligence, peer pressure, ambiguity, choice, lack of contraceptive use, and lack of family attachment were identified as exacerbating factors in the district’s surge in teenage pregnancy.Conclusion: To reduce teen pregnancy, it is crucial to promote contraception, enhance cooperation between schools and the government, involve families in sexual and reproductive health discussions, prioritise a supportive home environment, advocate for child support grants, revitalise school health services, and empower teenagers to make informed choices and resist peer pressure.Contribution: The study will provide guidance to policy makers and other stakeholders in developing appropriate programmes to address the problem and improve the health and socioeconomic status of adolescents in rural areas. This will reduce healthcare costs associated with complications and premature birth.","PeriodicalId":93959,"journal":{"name":"Curationis","volume":" 40","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140991753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}