A5068526190- Child and Adolescent Health
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Family Support in Illness
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
University of Cape Town
2016-2024
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
2020-2024
University of Manchester
2020
Children continue to experience harm when undergoing clinical procedures despite increased evidence of the need improve provision child-centred care. The international ISupport collaboration aimed develop standards outline and explain good procedural practice rights children within context a procedure. rights-based for tests, treatments, investigations, examinations interventions were developed using an iterative, multi-phased, multi-method multi-stakeholder consensus building approach. This...
This study sought to identify, as far possible, the extent of specialist children's nursing workforce in five selected African countries. Strengthening training has been recommended a primary strategy reduce under-five mortality rate nations. However, information about this region is not routinely available. Developing an accurate depiction necessary step towards optimising health service delivery.This used convergent parallel mixed methods design, incorporating quantitative (surveys) and...
The presence of family members and their active involvement in caring for hospitalised children is an established practice many African paediatric settings, with often regarded as a resource. This aspect nursing lacks formal expression or clear conceptual basis, difficulties arise when applying concepts originating from the culturally distinct environments higher resourced settings including Europe America. aim this study was to articulate nurse-led innovation intended facilitate care...
Nurses, especially nurses in Africa, face barriers when trying to access and apply literature. These challenges include paywalls; complex academic language; journal content which is hard translate local realities. To investigate nurses' self-reported experiences of participating a monthly hospital wide club at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH). This descriptive study used researcher-designed quantitative questionnaire design. The Revised Standards for Quality...
Much of the practice nursing continues to be based on tacit rather than explicit knowledge, with children’s worldwide nuanced by local cultures caring. The development Afrocentric models and tools challenges researchers find methods which enable promising practices identified described. Visual research are an emerging approach within health research. However, detailed accounts implementation these in clinical settings scarce. (graphic facilitation, sociograms, photographic elicitation)...
Abstract Background Achieving Universal Health Coverage in low and lower-middle income countries requires an estimated additional five a quarter million nurses. Despite increasing focus on specialist nursing workforce development, the children’s most African falls well below recommended densities. The Child Nursing Practice Development Initiative was established with aim of building Southern Eastern Africa, Ghana. purpose this evaluation to enable scrutiny programme activities conducted...
Nursing metrics use indicators to make the outcomes of nursing care visible through measurement. Metrics must be sensitive context-specific nature and should reflect work that nurses really do. A workshop at Building Children's conference (2019) was convened develop statements actions specific children's in African settings, using World Café method Nightingale approach. The process resulted development as intended. Appropriate can guide data-driven practice improvements decision-making about...
Establishing sustainable training to strengthen human resources for health children's nursing in Africa requires stakeholders navigate complex pathways spanning multiple regulatory systems and sectors. Incomplete stakeholder insight threatens long-term sustainability of new programmes. We drew on collective experiential knowledge capacity building southern eastern articulate a Capability Maturity Model (CMM), using six-stage process to: identify necessary supportive conditions; specify...
There is widespread concern regarding the size and capacity of paediatric nursing workforce, which an important contributor to improved health outcomes for South Africa’s (SA) children. As reliable information on workforce associated training activity was not readily available, a small, exploratory study conducted ascertain extent outputs. Data from survey providers were supplemented with records forum educators, suggested that estimated 153 nurses are produced in SA annually, contrary...
Abstract Background: The presence of family members and their active involvement in caring for hospitalised children is an established practice many African paediatric settings, with often regarded as a resource. This aspect nursing lacks formal expression or clear conceptual basis, difficulties arise when applying concepts originating from the higher-resourced culturally distinct environments global North. aim this study was to articulate nurse-led innovation intended facilitate care...
This study investigated emerging roles among specialist child health nurses (CHNs) in Malawi. Advanced nursing role development is globally advocated. Nursing descriptions provide an evidential basis for workforce planning. Rigorously developed are scarce worldwide, especially Africa. were introduced Malawi's system a decade ago.
Abstract Background: Achieving Universal Health Coverage in low and lower-middle income countries requires an estimated additional five a quarter million nurses. Despite increasing focus on specialist nursing workforce development, children’s most African falls well below recommended densities. The Child Nursing Practice Development Initiative was established with the aim of building Southern Eastern Africa, Ghana. purpose this evaluation to enable scrutiny programme activities conducted...
Many children in African hospitals need a peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC). Babies and are particularly susceptible to serious harm from PIVC-related injuries. Nurses often regard PIVC as routine, low-risk intervention. Globally recommended practices include establishing structured care pathway, recognising that management begins before insertion. Evidence-based for with PIVCs reduces complications healthcare costs. Existing guidelines on managing infants generally written...