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Untangling Intimate Care Experiences for Patients Admitted to Public Hospitals in South Africa.

Shakwane, Simangele (Bentham Science Net, 2023-05-21)

Background: Hospital admission can be a traumatic and humiliating experience for patients due to the institutionalised attire they must wear. Intimate care may trigger experiences of helplessness and disrespect due to ...

Fear of dying dirty: Intimate care encounters during COVID-19 pandemic in South African context

Shakwane, Simangele (AOSIS, 2023-08-25)

Background: Physical distancing, personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand hygiene were encouraged during the pandemic of COVID-19. However, personal hygiene procedures for patients admitted to hospitals, such as ...

Men in the service of humanity: Sociocultural perceptions of the nursing profession in South Africa

Shakwane, Simangele (SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2022-11-23)

Background. The classification of nursing as a female-gendered profession, along with patriarchally determined cultural gender roles, makes it difficult for men to select nursing as a career and to excel in their caring ...

Degendering Male Nursing Students’ Intimate Care Provision: A South African Perspective

Shakwane, Simangele (IMR Press, 2022-10-26)

Background: Male nursing students remain a minority group in nursing education and training programmes. They are thought to have diverted from their prescribed roles as men, leading to professional stereotypes and fear ...

Quality Maternity Care: Implementation of the Guidelines for Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnant Teenagers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

ZWELIHLE BLESSING, SHONGWE; Shakwane, Simangele (Unisa Press, 2022-11-01)

The government of a country is responsible and accountable for the provision of quality healthcare services to its citizens. Teenage pregnancy and its complications occur worldwide. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDP) ...

Journey less travelled: Female nursing students’ experiences in providing intimate care in two nursing education institutions in Gauteng province, South Africa

Shakwane, Simangele (AOSIS, 2022-02-25)

Background: Intimate care is not facilitated in South African nursing education and training. Nursing students encounter it for the first time in clinical practice, where they see and touch the naked bodies of patients. ...

Self-monitoring of blood pressure for preeclampsia patients: Knowledge and attitudes

Munyungula, Johanna; Shakwane, Simangele (AOSIS, 2021-09-21)

Background: Preeclampsia is one of the causes of maternal deaths and is also responsible for complications such as premature births worldwide. In South Africa, hypertensive disorders cause 14% of all maternal deaths. ...

Promoting intimate care facilitation in Nursing Education Institutions in South Africa

Shakwane, Simangele; Mokoboto-Zwane, Sheila (Elsevier, 2020-07-16)

Background: Basic nursing care includes intimate care that requires a nurse and a patient to be in close physical and psychological proximity. The patient's body parts are exposed, and his/her fragile body is seen and ...

Demystifying sexual connotations: A model for facilitating the teaching of intimate care to nursing students in South Africa

Shakwane, Simangele; Mokoboto-Zwane, Sheila (SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2020-10-16)

Background. The concept of intimate care is not freely used in nursing education and practice. Nursing students provide basic nursing care that requires physical and psychological closeness to diverse patients. During the ...

Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Mokhele - Ramulumo, Moleboheng (2024-02-27)

Remaining relevant: Reflections on critical incidents in psychological test development in South Africa.

Van Eeden, René (2018-11-01)

In this presentation, critical incidents in the South African context that affected test development policies and practices are considered. Anecdotes and personal perspectives illustrate the response to these incidents and ...

Assessing the extent of transparency within procurement processes at the Johannesburg Roads Agency

Mashau, Thilivhali (2023-10)

The South African Constitution of 1996, section 217 [1] requires public procurement to be done under a system that is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive, and costeffective; and procurement must be done through the ...

Stokvel investment: A tourism SMME enabler in South Africa

Tshabalala , Martha Nonhlanhla (2023-01)

The growth of the global tourism industry has resulted in the emergence of several small and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs), and their significance continues to attract the attention of various governments and other ...

A development model for middle-managers in the Sedibeng district council : a case study

Moshebi, Oupa Mochongoane (2002-10)

This research shows that the current municipal management in South Africa does not provide for the future. An alternative is suggested that will provide a framework for the future of municipal management development model ...

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Filita, Sango (https://issuu.com/arttimes/docs/art_times_october_2022_issuu, 2022-10-08)

This body of work is inspired by how commemoration addresses some of the changes and developments after democracy in South Africa. My work portrays a visual representation of South African heroes who are now commemorated ...

A machine learning-based credit risk prediction engine system using a stacked classifier and a filter-based feature selection method

Emmanuel, Ileberi; Sun, Yanxia; Wang, Zenghui (2024-02-01)

Abstract Credit risk prediction is a crucial task for financial institutions. The technological advancements in machine learning, coupled with the availability of data and computing power, has given rise to ...

Hybrid wrapper feature selection method based on genetic algorithm and extreme learning machine for intrusion detection

Maseno, Elijah M.; Wang, Zenghui (2024-02-01)

Abstract Intrusion detection systems play a critical role in the mitigation of cyber-attacks on the Internet of Things (IoT) environment. Due to the integration of many devices within the IoT environment, a ...

Prospects of rearing selected southern African swarming insects for animal feed: a review on insect farming and the economic value of edible insects

Kolobe, Sekobane D.; Manyelo, Tlou G.; Sebola, Nthabiseng A.; Malematja, Emmanuel; Monnye, Mabelebele (2024-02-01)

Abstract The potential of insects as animal feed is currently under doubtful spotlight due to the limited number of reared insect species and fewer farm or biotechnological companies producing insects on a ...

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein among people living with HIV on highly active antiretroviral therapy: a systemic review and meta-analysis

Mabhida, Sihle E.; Mchiza, Zandile J.; Mokgalaboni, Kabelo Hanser, Sidney; Choshi, Joel; Mokoena, Haskly; Ziqubu, Khanyisani; Masilela, Charity; Nkambule, Bongani B. et al. (2024-02-02)

Abstract The pathological consequences of inflammation persist in people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH), regardless of the positive outcomes of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). ...

Search for resonant production of dark quarks in the dijet final state with the ATLAS detector

Aad, G.; Abbott, B.; Abeling, K. Abicht, N. J.; Abidi, S. H.; Aboulhorma, A.; Abramowicz, H.; Abreu, H.; Abulaiti, Y. et al. (2024-02-16)

Abstract This paper presents a search for a new Z′ resonance decaying into a pair of dark quarks which hadronise into dark hadrons before promptly decaying back as Standard Model particles. ...

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