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Improving nursing care for children admitted in high dependency area in acute care unit Mulago Hospital, Uganda
(2018-05-29)
Background/context: Acute Care Unit is an emergency unit for children which admits 800 children monthly. The patients are initiated on treatment, stabilized and later transfer to the specialized wards. According to unit ...
Midwives Exclusive Guideline Development Project
(2018-05-29)
Anecdotal evidence suggests that private midwifery is becoming more popular in South Africa. Midwives Exclusive is a midwifery practice in Pretoria with the philosophy of offering women-centered maternity care. Women-centered, ...
Awareness of early detection of cancer in children aged 0-5 years in a primary healthcare setting
Back ground: This project is part of the Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy (MCHNLA) presented by Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma) in partnership with Johnson & Johnson. Children with cancer (0-5 years) ...
Twenty-four hour observation of vital and warning signs in low-risk postpartum care
Introduction. The postnatal period is a critical phase in the lives of mothers and newborn babies. Most maternal and infant deaths occur within the first 24 hours following birth, but this is the most neglected period for ...
Care of women who have experienced a stillbirth
Background: Evidence has shown that the care rendered to women experiencing stillbirths influences their grieving process (Saflund, Sjogren & Wredlin, 2004:137). Thus, it is important to improve the quality of the education ...
Caring for bereaved mothers who lost their babies as stillbirths, neonates and infants up to five years: An inter-professional approach
Background: In 2017, neonatal morality rate for Eswatini was 17.4 deaths per 1000 live births, infant mortality rate 40.8 deaths per 1000 live births and under-five mortality rate 53.9 deaths per 1000 live births. In one ...
Perceived ethical practices and quality of service delivery by midwives among mothers attending antenatal clinic in Mulago Hospital Kampala, Uganda
(2018-05-29)
General objective: To assess the level of perceived midwifery ethical practices and how this practices affects satisfaction of expectant mothers attending antenatal clinic in Mulago Hospital.
Methodology: The research was ...