- Title
- Evalution of the knowledge and skills of the professional nurses regarding IMCI service delivery, including HIV/AIDS case management in primary health care facilities in Buffalo City Sub-District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
- Creator
- Noluvuyo, Leonelle Gosangaye
- Subject
- Nurses -- Rating of -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Nursing -- Ability testing -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Nursing -- Standards -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Nurses -- In-service training -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Nurses -- Supervision of -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- HIV infections -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Prenatal diagnosis -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Primary health care -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2013
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc (Nursing Science)
- Identifier
- vital:11903
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1006782
- Identifier
- Nurses -- Rating of -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Nursing -- Ability testing -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Nursing -- Standards -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Nurses -- In-service training -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Nurses -- Supervision of -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- HIV infections -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Prenatal diagnosis -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Primary health care -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description
- An increase in diarrhoea and upper respiratory tract infection has been noted for the past five years and this is associated with the prevalence of Human Immune-deficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. HIV infection is an increasingly common cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in South Africa. In some areas of the country, like the Eastern Cape, more than 30 percent of the women attending antenatal clinics are HIV infected. Without intervention, approximately one third of the babies born to these HIV infected mothers will get infection from their mothers (WHO, 2003). Aim and Objectives of the study: The study was meant to assess the specific knowledge and skills of professional nurses at the primary health facilities regarding management and integration of childhood illnesses, evaluate the quality of training of professional nurses on aspects of IMCI including integration of HIV within IMCI programme for children under five years in Primary Health Care facilities in Mdantsane Township. Methods: A quantitative descriptive method was used for this study. The questionnaire developed by the researcher was used for data collection. The items on the questionnaire were divided into four (4) subsections. The questionnaire was administered to all professional nurses on duty and those available at the time of data collection. A checklist for IMCI was used to collect data from Road to Health files of children who were HIV positive admitted in the pediatric ward at Cecilia Makhiwane Hospital. Results: The results of this study for all the variables examined showed that the highest score was 56 percent and the lowest was18 percent.These results indicated that the knowledge and skills of professional nurses were inadequate.
- Format
- 65 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science & Agriculture
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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