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Academic Research Output WCCN 2006-2023

Adams, G. 2018. The use of reflection in practice: the experiences of 3rd year Baccalaureus Technologiae (BTech) nursing students at a nursing education institution in the Western Cape Province. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/103589

Arendse, J. P. 2020. Psychosocial factors predicting academic performance of first-year college nursing students in the Western Cape, South Africa. Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch SUN. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8004

Bock, T.M, Pienaar, A.J.  2013. Management of aggressive and violent mental health care users. In Pienaar, A. (ed). 2013. Mental health care in Africa: a practical, evidence-based approach. Pretoria: Van Schaik.

Bock, T.M. 2010. Assessment of attitudes related to the management of aggression and violence in four psychiatric hospitals. Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch SUN. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/6835 [30 May 2018].

Bock, T.M. 2015. The culturally safe management of aggression and violence in mental health care institutions, Unpublished Ph.D. thesis. Mahikeng: Northwest University.

Cupido, E. E. 2017. A reputation chain analysis of the nursing profession in the Western Cape Province. Master Dissertation. Pretoria: UP. https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/62693

Davids, J. 2006. Continuing professional development in nursing.  Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch: SUN. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/2816

Dominick, R. 2015. Comparing the motivational needs of 2nd and 3rd-year learner nurses on working day and night shifts in academic hospital settings in the Western Cape. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: University of Western Cape. .http://etd.uwc.ac.za/xmlui/handle/11394/5199 [30 May 2018].

Du Preez, L., Vajat, N. & Carelse, M. 2009. Library of the Western Cape College of Nursing fulfills its role as a research hub to its faculty staff and students. [Poster presentation-NEA].

Dyson, E. 2011. An exploration of factors and phenomena influencing parent and/or caregiver compliance with the immunisation schedule in the Witzenberg sub-district of the Western Cape. Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch: SUN. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/18049

Fadana, F. P. 2019.  Experiences of undergraduate nursing students during their experiential learning in Boland Overberg healthcare facilities. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: CPUT. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2972

Fadana, F.P. & Vember, H.F. 2021. Experiences of undergraduate nursing students during clinical practice at health facilities in Western Cape, South Africa.  Curationis. 44(1): a2127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v44i1.2127

February, C. A. 20?? Master Dissertation.

February, C.A. 20??  PhD.

Fisher, G. 2015. An investigation of learning style preferences of nurses in training at two nursing schools in public health facilities in Cape Town. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: UCT. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19886

Furst, L.N. 2011. The effect of teaching methods used as experienced and perceived by student nurses at a nursing college in the Western Cape Province. Masters Dissertation.  Stellenbosch: SUN. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/17812

Gachago, D., Ivala, E., Barnes, V., Gill, P., Felix-Minnaar, J., Morkel, J. & Vajat, N. 2014. Towards the development of digital storytelling practices for use in resource-poor environments, across disciplines, and with students from diverse backgrounds: Part 2: HELTASA 2012 Special Section. South African Journal of Higher Education. 28(3): 961-982.

Gill, P. 2016. From health professional to film producer in one easy workshop: creating digital dtories. Presentation at The 27th International Nursing Research Congress was held in Cape Town South Africa from 21-25 July 2016.

Hansen, W. & Zuma, S.M. 2024. Guidelines to support newly qualified professional nurses for effective clinical practice. Curationis. 47(1): a2527. DOI: https://doi. org/10.4102/curationis. v47i1.2527

Hansen, W. 2023. PhD

Hansen, W. 20?? Masters

Hansen, W. 2021. The perceptions of newly qualified nurses on the guidance by preceptors towards becoming experts in nursing. Curationis. 44(1): a2205. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/

Hess, C. 2012. Enrolled bridging course learners’ perspectives related to factors influencing their learning in the clinical environment. Master Dissertation.  Stellenbosch: SUN. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/71633

Hewett, D. 2010. Workplace violence targeting student nurses in the clinical areas. Master Dissertation.  Stellenbosch: SUN. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/5183

Hlana, S. N. 2020. The experiences of women who have used the sub-dermal contraceptive implant (Implanon) and their reasons for the early removal in the Cape Metropole, Western Cape. Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch: SUN.  http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/108225

Jonker, L.  2012. The experiences and perceptions of mothers utilizing child health services. Master dissertation.  Stellenbosch: SUN. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/20294

Jonker, L. & Stellenberg, E.L. 2014. Missed opportunities in child healthcare. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 6(1):1-8.

Jooste, K. & Mabuda, T. B. 2021. Healthcare service planning and commissioning. In Jooste, K., Bezuidenhout, M. & Muller, M. (eds). Healthcare service management. 3rd ed. Cape Town: Juta. 198-220.

Julius, C. 2017. Nursing students’ perceptions of an extended undergraduate curriculum programme within a higher education institution in the Western Cape Province. Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch: SUN. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/101121

Kirstein, L. 2019. Exploring nursing educators’ perceptions about the use of technology in teaching. Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch: SUN. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/107138

Kotze, E. 2020. The underutilisation of termination of pregnancy (TOP) services by women with unintended pregnancies: a descriptive case study in community health centres within the Cape Metropole, South Africa. Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch: SUN.  https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/108250

Langeveld, A. 2015. Undergraduate Student nurses’ perceptions of classroom incivility at a nursing education institution in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch: SUN. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/98130

Leonard, M.M. 2014. A description of final year nursing students' ability to recognize abnormal vital signs recordings and clinical decision-making process. Master Dissertation. Cape Town:  University of Cape Town. https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/6663 [30 May 2018].

Leonard, M.M. & Kyriacos, U. 2015. Student nurses’ recognition of early signs of abnormal vital sign recordings. Nurse Education Today. 35(9):e11-e18.

Loubser, H. W. 2013. Factors influencing the throughput of master degree nursing students at a university in South Africa.  Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch: SUN. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/80113

Mabuda, B.T., Potgieter, E. & Alberts, U.U. 2008. Student nurses' experiences during clinical practice in the Limpopo Province. Curationis. 31(1): 19-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v31i1.901

Mabuda. B. T. 2006. Student nurses’ experiences during clinical practice in the Limpopo Province. Masters Dissertation. Johannesburg: UNISA. http://ulspace.ul.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10386/1230/mbangula_tm_2015.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [30 May 2018].

Mabuda, T. B. 2017. Aspirations, economic and social wellbeing of professional nurses in selected provinces of South Africa. PhD Thesis. University of Johannesburg. https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/server/api/core/bitstreams/34ec7753-f45c-4944-9c7e-030654f87de2/content 

Magerman, Y. N. 2023. Best practice guideline for nurses for the assessment and management of acute trauma-related pain in emergency centers. PhD Thesis. Stellenbosch: SUN. https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/127051

Magerman, Y.N. 2011. Academic factors affecting learning at a nursing college in the Western Cape. Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/6648

Major, V.J. 2010. The role of organophosphate exposure in the etiology of depression and suicidality amongst farmworkers on wine and table grape farms in the Worcester area of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Master dissertation, University of Cape Town.

Makie, V. 2016. Accessing and utilising resources in healthcare. In Jooste, K. (ed). Healthcare dynamics for the specialist professional nurse. Cape Town: Juta. 164-176.

Makie, V., Jooste, K., Mabuda, T.B., Bock, T., Lourens, G.M., Van As, M. et al. 2021. Operational nurse managers’ perceptions on the competence of community service nurses in public settings in the Western Cape. Curationis. 44(1), a2174. https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v44i1.2174

McLachlan, M, E. 2010. Experiences influencing the academic performances of 1st year nursing students at the Western Cape College of Nursing, South Africa, during 2008. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: UWC. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/xmlui/handle/11394/1714

Mesela, M.C. 2014. A survey of ICU professional nurses' knowledge of blood glucose physiology and blood glucose control in critically ill adult patients in a public tertiary hospital in the Western Cape Province. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: UCT.

Mia, S. 2014. Self-leadership in male learner nurses during their four-year programme at a college in the Western Cape. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: University of Western Cape. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/xmlui/handle/11394/4196 [30 May 2018].

Mia, S. 2016. Self-Leadership in Male Nurses During Their Four-Year Programme at a College in the Western Cape. Poster presentation at The 27th International Nursing Research Congress was held in Cape Town South Africa from 21-25 July 2016.

Naidoo, P. 2021. Paramedic students’ experience of simulation debriefing. Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123770

Nel-Cooke, L. 2021. Nursing students’ perception of and engagement with feedback provided in an undergraduate nursing programme. Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123772

O’Connell, J. 2014. Me, My Mother, and Alzheimer’s disease. Xlibris Corporation.

Orton, K. 2016. Perceptions and Self-Perceived Knowledge of Evidence-Based Health Care Amongst Registered Nurses in the Western Cape. Presentation at The 27th International Nursing Research Congress was held in Cape Town South Africa from 21-25 July 2016.

Phiri, W. A. 2011. Perceptions and experiences of undergraduate midwifery students concerning their midwifery training. Master Dissertation. Stellenbosch: SUN. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/6659

Phiri, W. A. 2017. The development of a framework to align theory and practice to improve midwifery education in the Western Cape.  Doctor Philosophiae. Cape Town: University of the Western Cape.   

Pienaar, W.B., 2017. Outcome Mapping Evaluation of an Intervention Programme for Intimate Partner Violence. Master dissertation, Stellenbosch University. https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/101262

Rafferty, B.  & Kyriacos, U. 2016. Final-year nursing students self-reported understanding of the relevance of bioscience. International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 8:35-46. 10.5897/IJNM2016.0208

Rossouw, F. M. 2018. Stressors and coping strategies among Baccalaureus Technologiae undergraduate nursing students at a Western Cape higher education institution. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/103724

Roziers, R. 2012.  Newly qualified nurses lived experience of role transition from student nurse to community service nurse a phenomenological study Reinette Roziers. Master Dissertation. https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/2962

Sempe, T. B. 2021.  Experiences of patients on short term drug resistant tuberculosis regimen at Nelson Mandela District TB Specialist Hospital. Master Dissertation.  http://hdl.handle.net/10353/22940 

Stevens, H. 2021. Trauma and emergency nurse specialists’ perceptions of factors that hinder and facilitate the implementation of specialised skills in their practice within the public health sector in the Western Cape Province. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: Stellenbosch University. https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/123622

Stollenkamp. T. 2018. Exploring undergraduate nursing students’ understanding and application of the duty of care. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: Stellenbosch University. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/103686

Theart, C. J. 2011. The status of academic integrity among nursing students. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: SUN.   http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/6601

Theart, C.J. & Smit, I. 2012. The status of academic integrity amongst nursing students at a nursing education institution in the Western Cape. Curationis. 35(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v35i1.2

Tities, P. L. 2023. PhD.

Tities, P.L. 2012. Midwives’ knowledge and ability in interpreting foetal heart rate patterns in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: UWC. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/xmlui/handle/11394/3587

Titus, V. 2023. Masters. 

Truter, A. 2018. Contraception and fertility planning. In Dippennaar, J. & da Serra, D. (eds). 2018. Sellers’ midwifery. 3rd ed. Cape Town: Juta. 728-752.

Truter, A. 2011. `n Kwantitatiewe beskrywende studie na die houding van verpleegkundiges teenoor  terminasies van swangerskap binne king se sisteem teorie. Doctor Litterarum Et Philosophiae. Johannesburg: Die Universiteit Van Suid-Afrika. http://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/5962/thesis_truter_a.pdf?sequence=4 [30 May 2018].

Vajat, N. & Chigona, A. 2015. Critical discourse analysis of e-learning policy’s impact on the implementation of Digital Storytelling as a pedagogical tool. In Condy, J. (ed). Telling stories differently: engaging 21st-century students through digital storytelling. Cape Town: SUN.

Vajat, N.  2017. The use of information on Western Cape College of Nursing Facebook groups by academic staff and students. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: UCT. 

Van Heerden, P. 2012. The perception of patients regarding comprehensive care rendered by clinical nurse practitioners in the West Coast rural district in the Western Cape. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: SUN. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/20233

Van Heerden, P.  2018. Primary health care: fresh perspectives. 2nd ed. Cape Town: Pearson. (Contributed to Book) 

Van Rhyn, G. 2013. Caregivers’ experiences with implementing asthma management guidelines for children who attend a hospital in the Western Cape. Master Dissertation. Cape Town: UWC. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4832

Van Schalkwyk, T. 2012. Investigation into factors influencing nursing values in South Africa. Master dissertation. Cape Town: Stellenbosch: SUN. http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/20001. [30 May 2018].

Van Wijk, E. & Harrison, T. 2013. Managing ethical problems in qualitative research involving vulnerable populations, using a pilot study. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 12(1): 570-586.

Van Wijk, E. &  Harrison, T.C. 2014. Relationship difficulties post-rape: being a male intimate partner of a female rape victim in Cape Town, South Africa. Health Care for Women International. 35(7-9): 1081-1105.

Van Wijk, E. 2006. An investigation into patient’s perceptions of contributing factors towards their aggressive and violent behaviour after admission to a mental health facility. Masters Dissertation. Cape Town: UWC.

Van Wijk, E. 2010. The lived experience of male intimate partners of female rape victims in Cape Town, South Africa. Doctoral Dissertation. Cape Town: UCT.

Van Wijk, E., 2012. The experiences of male intimate partners' of female rape victims from Cape Town, South Africa: their journey from secondary victims to secondary survivors.

Van Wijk, E. 2013, January. Recruitment and retention of participants: experiences from a longitudinal qualitative study. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 12: 829- 830.

Van Wijk, E. 2014. Recruitment and retention of vulnerable populations: lessons learned from a longitudinal qualitative study. The Qualitative Report. 19(28): 1-21. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol19/iss28/2 [30 May 2018].

Van Wijk, E., Duma, S.E. & Mayers, P.M. 2014. Lived experiences of male intimate partners of female rape victims in Cape Town, South Africa: original research. Curationis. 37(1): 1-9.

Van Wijk, E., Traut, A. & Julie, H. 2014. Environmental and nursing-staff factors contributing to aggressive and violent behaviour of patients in mental health facilities. Curationis. 37(1): 1-8.

Vink, H. 2016.   Effects of Students' Incivility on Nurse Educators in a South African School of Nursing. Poster presentation at The 27th International Nursing Research Congress was held in Cape Town South Africa from 21-25 July 2016.

Vink, H. 2016. Roots and Constructs of Incivility in Professional Nursing Education: A South African Perspective.  Poster presentation at The 27th International Nursing Research Congress was held in Cape Town South Africa from 21-25 July 2016.

Voster, H. 2023. Nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and practices of logrolling patients with a spinal cord injury in the Western Cape Metropole. Masters thesis. Stellenbosch: SUN.https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/127114 

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