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Uys, L. R., and R. N. Zulu. "An Evaluation of the Implementation and the Effectiveness of Case Management in the Rehabilitation of Psychiatric Outpatients in South Africa." South African Journal of Psychology 26, no. 4 (December 1996): 226–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124639602600404.

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Patients with a major mental illness usually need long-term treatment and rehabilitation. Since the adoption of the principle of de-institutionalization of psychiatric patients in South Africa in the 1970s, most treatment has been done in the community, through a system of psychiatric outpatient clinics. There is now a growing realization that more is needed than treatment with medication, but in a developing country resources, both human and financial, are limited. It is therefore important to establish which rehabilitation strategies can be implemented in the South African services, and how effective they are. In this study case management was implemented in the psychiatric service to black patients in rural areas. A sample of 41 patients formed the experimental group, who were seen by six nurses trained as case workers. The control group consisted of 15 patients in another clinic, who received additional attention to routine care. There were specific problems with the implementation of case management, especially inadequate training of nurses in these techniques, the restrictions on the functioning of the nurse by legal provisions and organizational rules, and the paucity of community resources. The case management was found to positively influence functional status, but did not achieve symptom reduction.
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Madzhadzhi, Livhuwani Precious, Henry Abayomi Akinsola, Jabu Mabunda, and Helen Tosin Oni. "Workplace Violence Against Nurses: Vhembe District Hospitals, South Africa." Research and Theory for Nursing Practice 31, no. 1 (2017): 28–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1541-6577.31.1.28.

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Introduction: Work-related violence is a common problem worldwide. In South Africa, the Medical Research Council conducted a study on workplace violence in the health care industry and reported that most respondents had experienced it in different forms. Purpose: This study aimed to identify the types and causes of workplace violence toward nurses in Thulamela hospitals, Vhembe district. Methods: The study employed a quantitative approach using a cross-sectional design. The target population was all nurses working in one regional and two district hospitals in the municipality. The sample consisted of 100 randomly selected participants from each hospital giving a total sample size of 300. Prior to the data collection, an ethical clearance and written informed consent were obtained from each participant. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Analysis was done using SPSS Version 20.0. Results: The study revealed that 85% of the respondents (255) had experienced workplace violence in the last 12 months with a range of 95% for threats to 60% for bullying. Regarding the gender of the perpetrators, females (71%) were the main perpetrators. Conclusion: This study concludes that workplace violence is a major occupational health issue in the district, most especially among the psychiatric nurses.
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van Rhyn, Lily. "The child psychiatric nurse specialist in South Africa." Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health 18, no. 2 (October 2006): v—vi. http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/17280580609486621.

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Uys, Leana Ria, Hasina Subedar, and Wendy Lewis. "Educating nurses for primary psychiatric care: A South African perspective." Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 9, no. 6 (December 1995): 348–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0883-9417(95)80058-1.

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Honikman, Simone, Sally Field, and Sara Cooper. "The Secret History method and the development of an ethos of care: Preparing the maternity environment for integrating mental health care in South Africa." Transcultural Psychiatry 57, no. 1 (May 8, 2019): 173–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363461519844640.

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South Africa, like many low-and-middle-income countries, is integrating mental health services into routine Primary Health Care (PHC) through a task-shifting approach to reduce the gaps in treatment coverage. There is concern, however, that this approach will exacerbate nurses’ abuse of patients currently common within PHC in the country. To address this concern, the Perinatal Mental Health Project developed its Secret History method, a critical pedagogical intervention for care-providers working within maternity settings. This article describes the method’s theoretical underpinnings and practical application amongst nurses. Drawing on Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed and contrary to traditional nursing training in South Africa, the method creates a space for nurses to interrogate and reimagine nurse–patient relations. By introducing nurses to a counter ideology of empathic care, the method seeks to prepare the maternity environment for mental health task-shifting initiatives and ensure these initiatives are more democratic, responsive and humane.
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Thothela, S., A. E. Van der Wath, and E. S. Janse van Rensburg. "FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO RELAPSE OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE USERS TREATED FOR SUBSTANCEINDUCED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER IN A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN GAUTENG, SOUTH AFRICA." Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 16, no. 1 (September 10, 2016): 75–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2520-5293/1489.

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This study explored the factors contributing to relapse of mental health care users (MHCUs) treated for substance-induced psychotic disorder in a public psychiatric hospital in Gauteng, South Africa. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual research design was followed. The study was conducted at the outpatient department of the hospital. Participants were selected purposefully from MHCUs visiting the outpatient department for follow-up. Ten semistructured interviews were used to collect data until data saturation occurred. The transcribed interviews and field notes were analysed using Tesch’s method of qualitative data analysis. The researcher and an independent coder reached consensus on the categories, sub-categories and themes. Trustworthiness was ensured through application of the strategies of dependability, transferability, conformability, credibility and authenticity. The findings explicated the factors contributing to relapse of MHCUs treated for substanceinduced psychotic disorder in a psychiatric hospital. These factors included psychological, physical and social factors. Recommendations were provided for psychiatric nurses in terms of therapeutic programme planning and involvement of the community and family in the management of MHCUs treated for substance-induced psychotic disorder.
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Moosa, M. Y. H., and F. Y. Jeenah. "Community psychiatry: An audit of the services in southern Gauteng." South African Journal of Psychiatry 14, no. 2 (June 1, 2008): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v14i2.156.

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<p><strong>Aim</strong>. To audit the community psychiatric services in southern Gauteng with a view to determining whether the objectives of the country’s mental health legislation and policies are being achieved.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>. Although southern Gauteng’s community psychiatric clinics are situated in a primary health setting, primary health clinicians play no active role in the management of mentally ill patients. Care is supplied mainly by specialist psychiatrists, psychiatric registrars (in training) and psychiatric nurses. For first appointments, a mean of 2 patients are seen per doctor per clinic day for a mean duration of 30 minutes. For follow- up appointments, a mean of 17 patients are seen per doctor per clinic day for a mean duration of 8 minutes. The waiting time for new patient appointments is a mean of 6 months. Follow-up patients are seen once a month by nursing staff and approximately once every 4 months by doctors. An average of 1 in 5 patients is treated with oral atypical antipsychotics; in the majority of clinics, this is the total extent of care. However, where psychologists, social workers and occupational therapists are present, only 0.2% of all users have access to them.</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong>. The community psychiatric services, although better than those in some other countries, fall short of what is required by South African legislation and policies. General community health services ought to play an active role in the structure and delivery of psychiatric services by developing and strengthening the current limited services, with an emphasis on cost-effective and preventive approaches. Existing community psychiatric services, if so transformed, could serve as a model for other countries in Africa.</p>
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Alburquerque-Sendín, Francisco, Angelica Viana Ferrari, Daiana Priscila Rodrigues-de-Souza, Paula Paras-Bravo, Juan Francisco Velarde-García, and Domingo Palacios-Ceña. "The experience of being a psychiatric nurse in South Africa: A qualitative systematic review." Nursing Outlook 66, no. 3 (May 2018): 293–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2018.01.002.

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Byrne, Herna, Pattie Olkers, and Alan J. Flisher. "Training in child and adolescent psychiatry for primary health care nurses in South Africa." Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health 16, no. 2 (October 2004): 83–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/17280580409486574.

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Lund, C., A. Alem, M. Schneider, C. Hanlon, J. Ahrens, C. Bandawe, J. Bass, et al. "Generating evidence to narrow the treatment gap for mental disorders in sub-Saharan Africa: rationale, overview and methods of AFFIRM." Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 24, no. 3 (April 2, 2015): 233–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2045796015000281.

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There is limited evidence on the acceptability, feasibility and cost-effectiveness of task-sharing interventions to narrow the treatment gap for mental disorders in sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this article is to describe the rationale, aims and methods of the Africa Focus on Intervention Research for Mental health (AFFIRM) collaborative research hub. AFFIRM is investigating strategies for narrowing the treatment gap for mental disorders in sub-Saharan Africa in four areas. First, it is assessing the feasibility, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of task-sharing interventions by conducting randomised controlled trials in Ethiopia and South Africa. The AFFIRM Task-sharing for the Care of Severe mental disorders (TaSCS) trial in Ethiopia aims to determine the acceptability, affordability, effectiveness and sustainability of mental health care for people with severe mental disorder delivered by trained and supervised non-specialist, primary health care workers compared with an existing psychiatric nurse-led service. The AFFIRM trial in South Africa aims to determine the cost-effectiveness of a task-sharing counselling intervention for maternal depression, delivered by non-specialist community health workers, and to examine factors influencing the implementation of the intervention and future scale up. Second, AFFIRM is building individual and institutional capacity for intervention research in sub-Saharan Africa by providing fellowship and mentorship programmes for candidates in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Each year five Fellowships are awarded (one to each country) to attend the MPhil in Public Mental Health, a joint postgraduate programme at the University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University. AFFIRM also offers short courses in intervention research, and supports PhD students attached to the trials in Ethiopia and South Africa. Third, AFFIRM is collaborating with other regional National Institute of Mental Health funded hubs in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia, by designing and executing shared research projects related to task-sharing and narrowing the treatment gap. Finally, it is establishing a network of collaboration between researchers, non-governmental organisations and government agencies that facilitates the translation of research knowledge into policy and practice. This article describes the developmental process of this multi-site approach, and provides a narrative of challenges and opportunities that have arisen during the early phases. Crucial to the long-term sustainability of this work is the nurturing and sustaining of partnerships between African mental health researchers, policy makers, practitioners and international collaborators.
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Engel, Alexander Adolf. "Die afbakening van die rol en funksies van die forensiese psigiatriese verpleegpraktisyn in 'n geselekteerde forensiese psigiatriese eenheid in die Wes-Kaap." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53366.

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Thesis (MCur)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: No clear description exists in S.A. of the role and functions of a forensic psychiatric nurse. The researcher conducted a research project based on more than 20 years of practice experience to define and describe the role and functions of the forensic nurse practitioner. A non-experimental descriptive study was done. Questionnaires and checklists were compiled to determine the perceptions of forensic psychiatric patients/clients (n =24) and nursing staff (n = 15) .The nursing activities in a selected forensic psychiatric unit was evaluated through nonparticipative observation. Results indicated that: • Patients experienced their environment as isolated and has a need for better support by the nursing staff; • Nursing staff indicated their need for more specific training in forensic psychiatric nursing; and • A need exists for specific protocols and procedures to guide his/her practice. The recommendations are made that: • A special training program for forensic psychiatric nursing needs to be planned and implemented; and • Procedures and guidelines must be established to guide the practice of the nurse practitioner.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Daar bestaan in S.A. geen duidelike omskrywing van die rol en funksies van die forensiese psigiatriese verpleegkundige nie. Die navorser het gegrond op meer as 20 jaar praktykervaring 'n navorsingsprojek gedoen om die rol en funksies van die verpleegpraktisyn te definieer en te omskryf. 'n Nie-eksperimentele, beskrywende studie is gedoen. Vraelyste en kontrolelyste is opgestel om die persepsies van forensiese psigiatriese pasiënte/kliënte (n=24) en verpleegpersoneel (n=15) te bepaal. Die verpleegaktiwiteite in 'n geselekteerde forensiese psigiatriese eenheid is deur nie-deelnemende observasie geëvalueer. Resultate het daarop gedui dat: • Pasiënte hulle omgewing as geïsoleerd ervaar en het 'n behoefte aan beter ondersteuning deur die verpleegpersoneel; • Verpleegpersoneel het aangedui dat hulle 'n behoefte het aan spesifieke opleiding in forensiese psigiatriese verpJeging;en • Daar 'n behoefte is aan spesifieke protokolle en prosedures om sy/haar praktyk te rig . Die aanbevelings word gemaak dat: • 'n Spesiale opleidingsprogram vir forensiese psigiatriese verpleging beplan en geïmplementeer word; en • Prosedures en riglyne daargestel moet word om die praktyk van die verpleegpraktisyn te rig.
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Kahn, Marc Simon. "The interface between Western mental health care and indigenous healing in South Africa: Xhosa psychiatric nurses' views on traditional healers." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002508.

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Xhosa psychiatric nurses stand unique at the interface between Western mental health care and indigenous healing in South Africa. They stem from a cultural history that is embedded within traditional health care discourses and yet are trained and work within a Western psychiatric model. In embodying the intersection between these two paradigms, they are faced with the challenge of making sense of such an amalgamation. These nurses' views are thus valuable in reflecting this intersection and illustrating many of the central concerns that surround it. This study explicates the views of these nurses toward traditional healers and their potential role in mental health care in South Africa. In addition, it illuminates some of the cultural dynamics at work amongst these subjects as they struggle to make sense of their unique cultural position. Using a questionnaire-based methodology, the views of Xhosa psychiatric nurses in a psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape, toward traditional healers and their role in mental-health care, were examined. The findings reveal that the vast majority of these nurses believe in traditional cosmology, involve themselves in traditional ritual practices and regularly visit traditional healers as patients. In suggesting ways in which indigenous healing and Western mental health care can work together, 75% of the nurses were in favour of a general referral system between the hospital and traditional healers, most (77%) agreed that certain patients would be better off being treated by both the hospital and traditional healers than they would if they were only being treated by the hospital alone, and 85% of the subjects agreed that patients who are already seeing traditional healers should check if psychiatric medication might help them. These findings indicate that these nurses operate across two healing systems which are at this point not conceptually compatible. This results in deep cultural tension for the nurses. In being entangled in the dialectical tension created in this context, the nurses manage the incongruencies in three general ways: a) Most, in one form or another, incorporate beliefs from both systems into an integrative model, b) some assimilate their cultural belief system into the Western mental health paradigm, throwing off their beliefs in traditional healing, and c) others remain ambivalent in the dialectic between traditional and Western health care discourses. Although this may suggest that these nurses reside within a cultural milieu that is somewhat unhealthy, at another level, in managing and containing the incompatibility between the two systems, these nurses ensure a space for on-going and healthy critique of the underlying assumptions involved in this health care malaise.
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Zonke, Lulama Henrietta. "The newly qualified professional nurses' proficiency in utilizing psychiatric nursing skills in mental health institution and community health care facilities." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1001098.

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The aim of this study was to determine the ability and proficiency of the newly qualified professional nurses in utilising psychiatric nursing skills at Chris Hani District Psychiatric Health Care Services in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The research method was a qualitative, phenomenological approach. A purposive sample of newly qualified professional nurses and supervisors participated in the study. The data were collected through interviews and focus group discussions, using semi – structured interview guides. Interviews responses were recorded on the interview guide. Data were analysed using the computer software Atlas ti and manually. Positive and negative themes were identified. Ethical considerations were ensured by means of privacy, anonymity and confidentiality. Ethical clearance was obtained from the University of Fort Hare and permission from the Provincial Department of Health and Chris Hani District Health and Mental Health Institution at Queenstown was sought. The findings revealed that newly qualified professional nurses performed well, according to the perception of their supervisors. Newly qualified professional nurses were faced with challenges such as shortage of resources, mental illness not considered as a priority and lack of skills development. The study also revealed that newly qualified professional nurses focussed on the curative aspect of ailments, rather than preventive care. However community health workers (CHW) focussed on the preventive aspect of care. Limitations and recommendations based on the findings of the study are presented.
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Du, Plessis Anneki. "Guidelines for psychiatric nurses to assist in the care of female patients with bipolar disorder during their admission and stay in a tertiary level psychiatric facility in the Eastern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1021160.

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Bipolar disorder is the sixth leading cause of disability in the world among people aged 15-44. Bipolar disorder is a chronic psychiatric disorder with a significant impact on patients’ social, occupational, and general functioning well-being. Patients who are diagnosed with bipolar type 1 disorder are usually admitted to a psychiatric hospital as an involuntary patient which means that they will be cared for in a closed unit. In a critical analysis of the literature it was noted that not much is known of the experiences of patients in psychiatric wards. The researcher used a qualitative approach, with a phenomenological research strategy. An explorative, descriptive and contextual design was utilized to gain more insight into female patients’ lived experiences during their admission and stay in a tertiary level psychiatric institution. The research population was female patients who were diagnosed with bipolar disorder and who had recently experienced being admitted to and treated at a tertiary level psychiatric facility where they were treated for this condition. Purposive sampling was utilised to obtain the sample for the study. A pilot study was conducted before the study commenced to ensure the trustworthiness of the findings. The researcher obtained the data via semi-structured interviews as well as field notes and reflective journals. Data was analysed by using Tesch’s method as adopted by Creswell. Once the data had been analysed, a literature control was done in accordance with the findings. Guba’s model of trustworthiness was utilized to ensure that this study was trustworthy and credible. The researcher implemented ethical principles to ensure that no harm was done to the participants during the research study. Finally, guidelines were developed to assist professional nurses to manage patients optimally during their admission and stay in a closed unit of a tertiary psychiatric facility.
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Jantjies, Anderson Phumezo. "Primary health care nurses’ knowledge regarding symptoms of mental illness in HIV-positive patients." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/17614.

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive patients are at increased risk for developing mental health problems when compared with the general population. The identification and management of symptoms of mental illness in HIV-positive patients is thus crucial in reducing the risk to developing severe mental illness. The severe mental illness may lead to poor adherence to anti retro-viral drugs resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. The primary health care nurses are largely responsible for managing the treatment of HIV-positive patients as they spend the greatest degree of their time with these patients as compared to other health care professionals. Consequently it is important for primary health care nurses to identify symptoms of mental illness. However, it was unclear to the researcher, a professional psychiatric nurse, as to the level of knowledge among primary health care nurses concerning symptoms of mental illness in HIV-positive patients. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the knowledge of primary health care nurses regarding symptoms of mental illness in HIV-positive patients attending primary health care services. In addition, recommendations were developed for primary health care nurses for the purpose of improving their competence in the identification of symptoms of mental illness in HIV-positive patients attending primary health care services. The researcher has utilised quantitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual design. Bloom’s Taxonomy was used as a theoretical lens, to explore the primary health care nurse’s knowledge regarding symptoms of mental illness in HIV-positive patients. The study was conducted in the primary health care services situated in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan area. The research population consisted of the primary health care nurses working with HIV-positive patients in these primary health care services. The researcher utilised census survey to recruit participants. A structured questionnaire, with 3 sections was used in this study. The necessary principles of reliability and validity were exercised to ensure research of the highest quality. The data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. All ethical considerations pertaining to beneficence, maleficence, justice, autonomy and obtaining permission from relevant structures to conduct the study were strictly adhered to.
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Makaudze, Tsitsi Regina. "Assessing HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitude and perceived risks of professional nurses in a psychiatric hospital, Western Cape, South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6895.

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As South Africa continues to experience the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS globally, co-occurring mental illness poses challenges for public health. Mental illness has increased among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), as infected individuals succumb to the psychological stress and trauma of the disease. Key research issues, not yet well established, relate to whether professional nurses, working in psychiatric hospitals in South Africa, are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to provide effective mental healthcare services, given the increase in mental illness of PLWHA. An increase in mental illness translates into an increase in demand for psychiatric services by PLWHA. There is a paucity of research on HIV/AIDS knowledge of professional nurses working in psychiatric hospitals in South Africa, despite the established acknowledgement of the increase of mental illness amongst PLWHA. The aim of this study was to assess the HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitude and perceived risks of professional nurses working in a psychiatric hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa. A quantitative, descriptive survey design, using an all-inclusive sampling method, was used to select 121 professional nurses employed at a psychiatric hospital in Western Cape to participate in the study. The objectives of the study were to: describe professional nurses’ knowledge of HIV/AIDS; describe the attitudes of professional nurses towards PLWHA and mental illness; and determine professional nurses’ perceived HIV risks in a psychiatric hospital.
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Muhawenimana, Feza. "Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of nurses towards hand washing at a selected Psychiatric Hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa." University of Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7685.

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Studies have shown that no great emphasis has been put on hand washing practices in psychiatric health facilities, despite the fact that nosocomial infection outbreaks have been reported for decades. Most studies have focused on hand washing practices among general health personnel; however, little is known about hand washing practices among nurses working at psychiatric hospitals.
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Matsoso, Tsietsi Martin. "An exploration of the perceptions of nurses in caring for psychiatric patients in a rural district hospital in Northern Cape, South Africa." University of Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6071.

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Caring for psychiatric patients in the medical wards of rural district hospitals is of concern, as the hospitals are not designed to make provision for these patients. Psychiatric patients, especially those diagnosed with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar mood disorders may exhibit disruptive and aggressive behaviour which may be overwhelming to other patients who are not suffering from mental illness. The aim of the study was to explore the perceptions of the nurses caring for psychiatric patients in a rural district hospital, in order to gain a deeper understanding of their concerns and their experiences.
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Tuswa, Bulelwa Martha. "Experiences of professional nurses working in rural primary health care clinics regarding the nursing management of mentally ill clients in the Eastern Cape." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/18507.

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In South Africa, mental health care is being integrated into primary health care services. The integration of services was aimed at increasing the accessibility and availability of all health care services at primary health care level. The integration was well intentioned, and it was hoped that mentally ill clients would benefit from having a service near their homes. However, the process of integration is fraught with challenges, for instance, staff shortages, which lead to ineffective nursing management of mentally ill clients at the primary health care clinics. As a result, one professional nurse is often allocated to manage the clinic services on a daily basis with the assistance of an enrolled nurse or auxiliary nurse. The professional nurses therefore experience high levels of stress due to gross staff shortages and lack of time to conduct proper nursing assessments. This led to the research question: “What are the experiences of professional nurses with regards to the nursing management of mentally ill clients in rural primary health care clinics in the O.R. Tambo District in the Eastern Cape?’’ The proposed objectives of the study were to explore and describe the experiences of professional nurses working in rural primary health care clinics with regard to the nursing management of mentally ill clients. The researcher thereafter made recommendations to the district managers regarding effective nursing management of mentally ill clients in rural primary health care clinics. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was used. The research population comprised of professional nurses working in rural primary health care clinics in the O.R. Tambo District in the Eastern Cape. Purposive sampling was used to identify participants and the sample number was determined by data saturation. Unstructured interviews and observation notes were used to collect data. The eight steps of data analysis suggested by Tesch were utilized to analyze the data. The researcher conducted an in-depth literature review in order to identify research gaps pertaining to the study. To ensure that a high level of validity and reliability was exercised throughout the study, the researcher conformed to Lincoln and Guba’s model of trustworthiness. The study was conducted in an ethical manner and ethical principles were adhered to. Findings: Three themes with subthemes emerged. The study showed that professional nurses experienced challenges related to the nursing management of mentally ill clients. These challenges included shortage of staff, a heavy workload, and lack of resources, lack of in-service training and workshops related to mental health issues coupled with lack of support from the supervisors. Due to the challenges, the mentally ill clients were not getting quality nursing care leading to complications and relapse. Conclusion: It emerged from the study that matters pertaining to mental illness and mental discomfort were still a serious problem in rural areas. The problems were related to the challenges which prevented professional nurses from providing quality nursing care to mentally ill clients with subsequent complications and relapse. Recommendations: Recommendations were made as an effort to ensure that the nursing management of mentally ill clients in rural primary health care clinics is improved. These recommendations were categorized as related to nursing practice, nursing education and nursing research.
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Netshakhuma, Nancy. "The experience of non- psychiatric trained professional nurses with regard to care of mental health care users in the Sekhukhune District, Limpopo Province." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1529.

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Books on the topic "Psychiatric nurses – South Africa"

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Mashaba, T. G. Rising to the challenge of change: A history of black nursing in South Africa. Kenwyn: Juta & Co., 1995.

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Egli, Martina. Mothers and daughters: The training of African nurses by missionary nurses of the Swiss Mission in South Africa. Lausanne: Le Fait missionnaire, 1997.

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Foster, Doreen Merle. Lahlekile: A twentieth century chronicle of nursing in South Africa. Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom: Chipmukapublishing, 2007.

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Shattered dreams?: An oral history of the South African AIDS epidemic. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2007.

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"Who is nursing them? It is us": Neoliberalism, HIV/AIDS, and the occupational health and safety of South African public sector nurses. Amityville, N.Y: Baywood Pub., 2010.

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Zelnick, Jennifer R. "Who is nursing them? It is us.": Neoliberalism, HIV/AIDS, and the occupational health and safety of South African public sector nurses. Amityville, N.Y: Baywood Pub., 2010.

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Uys, L. R. Psychiatric Nursing in South Africa - a South African Perspective. Juta Academic, 1992.

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Contingent Citizens: Professional Aspiration in a South African Hospital. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

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Hull, Elizabeth. Contingent Citizens: Professional Aspiration in a South African Hospital. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

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Hull, Elizabeth. Contingent Citizens: Professional Aspiration in a South African Hospital. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

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Ambler, Julia. "South Africa." In Neonatal Palliative Care for Nurses, 401–4. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31877-2_35.

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Chadda, R. K., and R. Prashanth. "Allied Mental Health Professionals: Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatric Nurses and Psychiatric Social Workers: Availability and Competency." In Mental Health in South Asia: Ethics, Resources, Programs and Legislation, 221–32. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9017-8_12.

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Koen, Magdalena P., Chrizanne van Eeden, Marié P. Wissing, and Vicki Koen. "The Stories of Resilience in a Group of Professional Nurses in South Africa." In Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, 389–413. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6368-5_19.

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"Nurses as culture brokers in twentieth-century South Africa." In Plural Medicine, Tradition and Modernity, 1800-2000, 127–43. Routledge, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203467107-10.

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"Controlling and Challenging Sexuality: Psychiatric Struggles over Homosexuality in the 1960s–1980s." In Psychiatry, Mental Institutions, and the Mad in Apartheid South Africa, 134–52. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203129555-15.

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Khamisa, Natasha. "Nursing Environments: Nurses Perspectives." In Nursing - New Perspectives. IntechOpen, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.89087.

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Nurses have been found to experience higher burnout levels compared with other health professionals owing to the nature of their work. High burnout levels among nurses have been attributed to their stressful working environments. Prolonged exposure to work-related stress leading to burnout has negative consequences for job satisfaction and general health of nurses. This has wider implications on the health system, such as high turnover rates and compromised patient care. There is a significant gap in research focusing on the relationship between work-related stress, burnout, job satisfaction and general health of nurses in developing countries such as South Africa. A study exploring the relationships between work-related stress, burnout, job satisfaction and general health among South African nurses over time was conducted in order to inform how best to improve nursing environments while enabling quality nursing practice and patient care. A total of 895 nurses participated in the study at baseline and 277 of these individuals were followed up with a year later. Findings showed that although stress related to security risks in the workplace predicts job satisfaction as well as general health, stress related to patient care and nursing shortages better predict job satisfaction and general health over time. Burnout better predicts job satisfaction than general health over time.
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Ngqila, Kholekile Hazel. "Pluralistic Tendencies in Healing Abantu Illness in the Contemporary South Africa." In Handbook of Research on Theoretical Perspectives on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Developing Countries, 375–94. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0833-5.ch017.

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Ukuhanjwa illness was used as an example to understanding abantu illnesses. With attributional theory ukuhanjwa illness is attributed to spiritual and social causes rather than biomedical causes, whereby causal link is socially constructed between ukuhanjwa illness and entry into the body by familiars. Issues explored included conceptualisation of ukuhanjwa illness. The focus of the chapter is on the reasons for continued pluralistic tendencies in healing regardless of the expectation by the West that people should be focusing on the use of the fast evolving biomedical healing methods. The ethnographic study took place among the Southern Nguni people of OR Tambo District Municipality (ORTDM) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Data was collected using qualitative and ethnographic research methods amongst a sample group of 50 participants. The sample was composed of traditional healers, mothers of children who have experienced ukuhanjwa illness, elderly people (male and female), biomedical practitioners and nurses.
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Ngqila, Kholekile Hazel. "Pluralistic Tendencies in Healing Abantu Illness in the Contemporary South Africa." In Data Analytics in Medicine, 986–1005. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1204-3.ch051.

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Ukuhanjwa illness was used as an example to understanding abantu illnesses. With attributional theory ukuhanjwa illness is attributed to spiritual and social causes rather than biomedical causes, whereby causal link is socially constructed between ukuhanjwa illness and entry into the body by familiars. Issues explored included conceptualisation of ukuhanjwa illness. The focus of the chapter is on the reasons for continued pluralistic tendencies in healing regardless of the expectation by the West that people should be focusing on the use of the fast evolving biomedical healing methods. The ethnographic study took place among the Southern Nguni people of OR Tambo District Municipality (ORTDM) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Data was collected using qualitative and ethnographic research methods amongst a sample group of 50 participants. The sample was composed of traditional healers, mothers of children who have experienced ukuhanjwa illness, elderly people (male and female), biomedical practitioners and nurses.
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Manyelo, Julia, and Debbie Habedi. "Assessment of Follow-Up Care Received by Patients with Hypertension at Primary Health Care Facilities in Tshwane District of Gauteng Province, South Africa." In Lifestyle and Epidemiology - The Double Burden of Poverty and Cardiovascular Diseases in African Populations [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99623.

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To extend the life expectancy of all South Africans to at least 70 years by 2030, hypertension follow-up care needs to be strengthened so that patients do not develop complications while in care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the follow-up care received by patients with hypertension at primary health care (PHC) facilities in Tshwane district. The study setting was ten PHC facilities in the aforesaid district. Quantitative, descriptive and retrospective methods were adopted, and simple random sampling was used to select ten PHC facilities from which ten files were conveniently sampled. Data were captured in Microsoft Excel 2010 and exported to IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 21 in which data coding, outlier detection, missing value analysis and statistical data analysis were performed. In line with the study aim, frequency tables in SPSS were used to produce frequency statistics, and the chi-square test was used to test for the presence of association between compliance by nurses to clinical guidelines and categories of attributes, and further determine if there was a significant difference between adherence and non-adherence. The study found a significant proportion (93.4%) of non-adherence to hypertension guidelines among consulting nurses at selected PHC facilities.
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Cummins, Ian. "International perspectives." In Mental Health Services and Community Care, 95–110. Policy Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447350590.003.0007.

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This chapter will examine deinstitutionalisation in Italy, the United States, and post-apartheid South Africa. In examining the different drivers and outcomes of policies in these areas, similar themes to the UK experience emerge. These include: the role of scandals in the pressure for change, the role of fiscal considerations in the development of policy, an initial period of optimism and the impact of scandals. In Italy, the work of the psychiatrist, Franco Basaglia was seen as a possible blueprint for wider reforms. Basaglia’s work became very influential amongst radicals and the anti-psychiatry movement. The USA was at the forefront of the deinstitutionalisation policy. The links between the closure of psychiatric facilities and the expansion of the use of imprisonment have been most closely examined in this context. Finally, the chapter examines the total policy failure that led to the deaths of one hundred and forty-four patients in Gauteng Province, South Africa in 2014
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Conference papers on the topic "Psychiatric nurses – South Africa"

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Sartika, Rianita, Hema Malini, and Ismar Agustin. "Factors Related to Clinical Pathway Documentation Among Nurses’ at Psychiatric Hospital in South Sumatera." In Proceedings of the 1st EAI International Conference on Medical And Health Research, ICoMHER November 13-14th 2018, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia. EAI, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.13-11-2018.2283660.

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Majola, Bongi, Penny Orton, and Ayisha Razak. "1351 Violence against student nurses by patients and their relatives in public hospitals in kwazulu-natal, south africa." In 32nd Triennial Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), Dublin, Ireland, 29th April to 4th May 2018. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-icohabstracts.292.

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Kensler, Kevin H., Elizabeth M. Poole, Laura C. Collins, Andrew H. Beck, Bernard A. Rosner, A. Heather Eliassen, Susan E. Hankinson, Myles Brown, and Rulla M. Tamimi. "Abstract A05: Androgen receptor expression and breast cancer survival in the Nurses' Health Study cohorts." In Abstracts: AACR International Conference: New Frontiers in Cancer Research; January 18-22, 2017; Cape Town, South Africa. American Association for Cancer Research, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.newfront17-a05.

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