7 articles in this issue
Editorial Office
AbstractSouth Africa is a multicultural and multilingual countrywith eleven official languages and many more dialects.Persons from each cultural group adhere to uniquevalues, attitudes and beliefs influencing their health.Nurses come from all cultural gro... see more
Martha J Oosthuizen
AbstractTranskulturele verpleging verwys na die voorsiening van verpleegsorg aan pasiente wie se kulturele waardes, oortuigings en lewenswyse van die van die verpleegkundige verskil. Ten einde hulle etiese verpligting na te kom om sorg van hoogstaande geh... see more
Karien Jooste,Oscar Kilpert
AbstractThe use of motivation and reward strategies is necessary for empowerment of staff members in their work situation. For motivation to occur in a health service, strategies should focus on self-motivation, expansion and enrichment of tasks, acknowle... see more
H. lita,U. Alberts,A. Van Dyk,L F Small
AbstractT he researcher, being a nursing lecturer, questioned the method of selection of learning opportunities for student nurses in two training hospitals in the Northern part of Namibia.The study therefore focused on the following objective: To identif... see more
Neltjie Van Wyk
AbstractInterpersonal contact between the lecturers and students improves the development of critical thinking skills, The process is hampered by the geographical distance between the lecturers and the students in the case of distance education and learni... see more
C. M. Bush,H. G. Pretorius,A. D. Stuart
AbstractThe aim of this study was to ascertain the effects of a holistic short-term group intervention in the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (/BS) with comorbid depression and anxiety. The sample consisted of 24 South African women who had been dia... see more
liezel Ter Poorten,Brenda Louw
AbstractTraditionally the diagnosis of cleft lip and palate was made at birth or soon thereafter, but modem technology has led to the identification of cleft lip prenatally The aim of this study was to describe 16 mothers' experiences of pre- and postnata... see more