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Reducing post surgery infections at Chikwawa District Hospital Maternity Unit
(2018-05-29)
Introduction and background: Chikwawa District hospital maternity unit registered a total of 42 cases of post surgery infections (PSI) representing 6.4% of all cases (653) conducted in 2015. These infections contributed ...
Management of HIV exposed babies in Montshioa Stat Health Centre at Mafikeng sub-district of North West Province
(2017-02-13)
One of the guidelines for the prevention of mother to child transmission stipulates that PCR should be done on all babies born from HIV infected mothers at 6 and 18 weeks to promote the early detection and prompt management ...
Am I there yet? My journey to becoming a nurse faculty leader
(2016-03-21)
Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015:
Introduction: Early in my career as nursing faculty I thought that I knew what I wanted. I aspired to be a nurse faculty leader. However, I ...
Preparing for program changes: Fostering faculty and staff leadership development using a business case model
(2016-03-21)
Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015:
Nurses represent the largest human resource across the continuum of care. Developing nurses who can lead health care is critical. The Nurse ...
Leadership development through the Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy (NFLA) and a nurse practitioner (NP) education project
(2016-03-21)
Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015:
Background: Advancement of nursing education as well as its sustainability rests on the leadership skills of the nursing faculty. Therefore ...
Influencing advancements in nursing education through intentional leadership development
(2018-06-19)
Key external drivers will impact nursing education in the near future. Leaders must be prepared and positioned to guide strategic changes necessary to address new funding and regulatory issues, shifting resource allocations, ...
Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy: Advancing the future of nursing education
(2017-10-04)
The NFLA is designed to promote individual leadership development, foster academic career success; promote nurse faculty retention and satisfaction; and cultivate high performing, supportive work environments in academe. ...
Implementing kangaroo mother care in the preterm infant unit of Potchefstroom Hospital
(2017-02-14)
The Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy Africa (MCHNLA Africa) develops the leadership skills of maternal and child health nurses and midwives who work in a variety of healthcare settings. The academy prepares these nurses for effective interprofessional team leadership as they strive to improve the quality of healthcare for childbearing women and children up to 5 years old. The program is presented in cooperation with our funding partner Johnson & Johnson.
Nurses and Midwives from Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland and Uganda participate in an 18-month leadership academy. During MCHNLA Africa the mentees create and effectively lead an interdisciplinary team with the goal of improving maternal-child health practice outcomes. At the end of the academy the mentees present a poster detailing the outcomes of their project and how it improved maternal-child health outcomes.
The leadership skills component of the academy is based on the research and teachings of Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, as described in The Leadership Challenge®. Their model proposes that leadership is a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors. The academy believes that these behaviors are learned best when applied to realistic settings. The academy is designed to operationalize these learned behaviors by assisting and supporting the Mentee in developing and implementing an interdisciplinary team project...
Leadership development: Post-partum haemorrhage in non-obstetrical wards
(2017-02-14)
Why the Project: During January – July 2011, postpartum patients where admitted in non-obstetrical wards, due to the high bed occupancy in the obstetric department. Although there were no Maternal Deaths in Klerksdorp ...
Strengthening the signal functions in Lejweleputsua Health District
(2016-12-22)
The purpose of this leadership project was to strengthen World Health Organization (WHO) signal functions in all seven-delivery sites in the district to improve responsiveness to routine and emergency care.
Apart from ...