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Assessing the preceptorship model in clinical teaching of undergraduate nursing and midwifery students in Malawi

Mhango, Lucky (University of Malawi, Kamuzu College of Nursing, 2021-07)

Preceptorship is one of the models applied in clinical teaching where nursing educational institutions rely on registered nurses (RNs) trained as preceptors to take the role of clinical instructors. Malawi adopted the ...
Coping with Fears of Covid-19 Pandemic Among Nursing Students During Clinical Practice: Malawi’s Perspective

Baluwa, Masumbuko Albert; Konyani, Alice; Chipeta, Mep Coretta; Munthali, Getrude; Mhango, Lucky; Chimbe, Etta; Lungu, Florence; Mpasa, Ferestas (Dove press, 2021)

Purpose: Fears of the Covid-19 pandemic have brought additional psychological pressure among nursing students. Nursing students at Mzuzu University in Malawi resumed clinical practice amidst the first wave of the ...
COVID-19 Related Fears Among Mzuzu University’s Nursing Students During Clinical Practice

Mpasa, Ferestas; Baluwa, Masumbuko; Lungu, Florence; Chipeta, Mep Coretta; Munthali, Getrude; Mhango, Lucky; Chimbe, Ettah; Konyani, Alice (Dove press, 2021)

Purpose: Clinical practice during pandemics is known to bring additional fears to nursing students. The purpose of this study was to explore fears of Mzuzu University’s nursing students nurses regarding resumption of ...
Effects of Death as a Unique Experience among Midwives in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Dartey, Anita Fafa; Phuma-Ngaiyaye, Ellemes; Phetlhu, DeliweRene (IJHSR, 2017)

Uniqueness among human beings is innate and it influences behaviour and way of life. Different people perceive things differently even under the same conditions. Midwives as employees and humanitarian workers are throwing ...
Enhancing nursing education via academic-clinical partnership: An integrative review

Bvumbwe, Thokozani (Elsevier, 2016)

A competent nursing workforce is important for an effective healthcare system. However, concerns on the poor quality of nursing care and poor competencies among nursing students, nurses, and midwives are increasing in ...
Exploration of adoption of health lifestyle for secondary prevention of non communicable diseases (stroke, diabetes and hypertension) among clients at mzuzu central hospital malawi, 2013

Chingatichifwe, Balwani Mbakaya; Chideme-Munodawafa, Auxillia; Mwale, Charles Masulani; Bvumbwe, Thokozani (European scientific Institute, 2014-04)

BACKGROUND: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill more than 36 million people each year. Nearly 80% of NCD death (29 million) occurs in low and middle income countries (WHO, 2010). In Malawi, NCDs account for at least ...
Exploring Challenges Faced by Nurses on Provision of Hormonal Contraceptives to Women on Antiretroviral Therapy in Selected Healthcare Facilities in Lilongwe District, MalawI

Mkwinda, Esmie; Thombozi, Enalla; Botha, Janet; Chilinda, Idesi; Mandala, Edna; Chipeta, Mep (Dove press, 2022)

Background: Malawi is a low-income country with a high maternal mortality rate, unmet need for family planning and high reports (41%) of unintended pregnancies. Women on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) continued to experience ...
Fears associated with maternal death: Selected midwives’ lived experiences in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Dartey, Anita Fafa; Phetlhu, D. R.; Phema-Ngaiyaye, Ellemes (University of the western cape, 2017)

Like the fear associated with the demise of loved ones, maternal deaths at any health facility equally illicit fear among midwives. This jeopardises their ability to achieve the quality of work expected of them. There is ...
Illness narrative: perceptions and lived experiences of kidney recipient clients in Shanghai, China

Chimbatata, Nathan B. W.; Hu, Chao (Science research publishing, 2016)

Terminal kidney disease is a life threatening condition and cause for loss of hope to affected individuals. It affects the individuals physically as well as mentally. The advancement in medical knowledge and technology ...
Impact evaluation design for community midwife technicians in Malawi

Chimbatata, Nathan B. W.; Chimbatata, Chikondi M. (European scientific Institute, 2016)

Maternal Mortality Ratio and neonatal mortality rate are alarmingly high in Malawi. The shortage and poor retention of midwives coupled with poor working conditions have been a major challenge affecting the provision of ...
Infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: a woman’s issue for how long? a qualitative review of literature

Chimbatata, Nathan B. W.; Malimba, Chikondi (Scientific research publishing, 2016)

Infertility or childlessness is a major reproductive health issue for females as well as males respectively. Many couples suffer from infertility worldwide and in Sub-Saharan Africa, which has a cultural preference for ...
The International Ethics Conference: An Eye Opener

Phuma, Ellemes (ERIC, 2010)

In this text, Ellemes Phuma, shares her experience and the benefits she derived from the International Ethics Conference held at the University of Botswana (UB). As a graduate student in nursing at that university, she ...
A middle-range model for improving quality of nursing education in Malawi

Bvumbwe, Thokozani M.; Mtshali, Ntombifikile G. (AOSIS, 2018-03-22)

BACKGROUND: Despite a global consensus that nurses and midwives constitute the majority and are a backbone of any country’s health workforce system, productive capacity of training institutions remains low and still ...
Midwives’ emotional distress over maternal death: The case of Ashanti Region

Dartey, Anita Fafa; Phuma-Ngaiyaye, Ellemes; Phetlhu, Rene D. (Numid horizon, 2017)

Emotional distress associated with the death of human beings cannot be underestimated. Much as it affects the immediate family members, midwives who witness death of pregnant patients are not spared the emotional distress. ...
Nursing and midwifery students’ experiences and perception of their clinical learning environment in Malawi: a mixed-method study

Mbakaya, B. C.; Kalembo, F. W.; Zgambo, M.; Konyani, A.; Lungu, F.; Tveit, B.; Kaasen, A.; Simango, M.; Bvumbwe, T. (BMC, 2020)

BACKGROUND: The clinical learning environment is an important part of the nursing and midwifery training as it helps students to integrate theory into clinical practice. However, not all clinical learning environments ...
Nursing And Midwifery Students’ Lived Experiences Of Faculty Caring And Uncaring Behaviours On Their Learning: A Phenomenology Study

Chipeta, Mep; Msiska, Alice Konyani; Moyo, Gertrude Munthali; Phuma-Ngaiyaye, Ellemes; Zimba, Atupele Malema; Gombachika, Belinda; Mbakaya, Balwani Chingatichifwe (ESI, 2021)

Background: A caring environment in nursing education is one of the most essential factors for empowering students, which is achieved through trust and open academic communication. Aim: To explore the experiences of ...
Nursing and Midwifery Students’ Perspectives of Faculty Caring Behaviours: A Phenomenological Study

Chipeta, Mep; Gombachika, Belinda; Bvumbwe, Thokozani (Bentham Open, 2022)

Aims: The study aimed at exploring faculty caring behaviours from the perspectives of university students enrolled in Nursing and Midwifery programme at one of the public universities in Malawi. Background: The concept ...
Nursing education challenges and solutions in Sub Saharan Africa: an integrative review

Bvumbwe, Thokozani; Mtshali, Ntombifikile (BMC, 2018)

BACKGROUND: The Lancet Commission and the Global Health Workforce Alliance reported that professional education has generally not kept up the pace of health care challenges. Sub Saharan Africa needs an effective and ...
The Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI): innovations in nursing and midwifery education

Middleton, Lyn; Howard, Andrea A.; Dohrn, Jennifer; Zinkernagel, Deborah Von; Hopson, Deborah Parham; Aranda-Naranjo, Barbara; Hall, Carolyn; Malata, Address; Bvumbwe, Thokozani; Chabela, Adeline; Molise, Nthabiseng; El-Sadr, Wafaa M. (AAMC, 2014-08)

The nursing and midwifery workforce is key to improving the performance of the health system overall. Health workforce shortages are significantly influenced by the productive capacity of health professions education ...
Patients' perceptions regarding nursing care in the general surgical wards at Kenyata national hospital

Shawa, Elwin (University of Nairobi, 2012-09)

Background: Nursing care is a major component of the health services because it is one of the determinants of quality health services. The anecdotal patients’ care evaluation and media reports have portrayed negative ...

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