Highly active antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV-POSITIVE women in Southern Ethiopia.

Background: Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) medication is the major predictor of HIV/AIDS treatment success. Poor adherence to HAART creates the risk of transmitting HIV, deteriorating health conditions, treatment failure, increased occurrences of drug-resistant HIV, morbidity and mortality. The objective of the study was to explore and describe factors influencing HAART adherence among HIV-positive women in Southern Ethiopia.

Resilience of undergraduate health sciences students during COVID-19: An integrative review.

Background: COVID-19 pandemic placed pressure on global health systems, healthcare providers and undergraduate students in health sciences. Students experienced change in the teaching and learning as well as the clinical context resulting in increased stress levels. Resilience assisted students to adapt and develop competencies and effective coping mechanisms.

A strategic action plan to enhance the accessibility of healthcare in rural areas of Zimbabwe.

Objective: To identify strategies and develop a strategic action plan to enhance accessibility to healthcare in rural areas of Zimbabwe.

Methods: A cross sectional research approach with four (4) phases. Phase one (1) (quantitative), data was collected from professional nurses using self-administered questionnaires, healthcare users using interview questionnaires.

The educator as facilitator of trust in the nursing education environment.

Background: Trust and trusting are inclinations to believe in the honesty and sincerity of a person. Trust and trusting relationships in nursing education form the foundation of safety, acknowledging vulnerabilities and allowing reciprocal expectations and beliefs to rely on each other during the teaching and learning process. The purpose of this article is to explore the views of nurse educators in facilitating trust and trusting relationships during teaching and learning.

To disclose or not? Enabling pregnant women to disclose their HIV status to their male partners.

Disclosure of HIV status by pregnant women to their male partners is vital to prevent re-infections. The aim of this study was to apply the Health Belief Model (HBM) to enable pregnant women to disclose their HIV positive status to their male partners. The setting included three antiretroviral (ARV) clinics at three hospitals in Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Risk Assessment in Mental Health Practice: An Integrative Review.

Although risk assessment in mental health practice can influence and measure treatment outcomes and level of care provision, risk assessment practices are not standardised and different screening tools are used. The aim of this integrative review was to review the literature on risk assessment in mental health practice to promote evidence-based care. Electronic databases were searched for articles available in English and published from 2013 to 2019.

Faculty's experience of a formal mentoring programme: the perfect fit.

Background: The aging academic cohort in the faculty of health sciences necessitates transfer of knowledge and skills as a crucial component of sustainability. Formal mentoring programmes at higher education institutions aim to create a platform where experienced faculty can mentor newly appointed faculty to adjust to the context and gain knowledge and exposure. The formal mentoring programmes' structure and outcomes can create challenges and prevent the perfect fit between the mentor and mentee.

Strategies to sustain a quality improvement initiative in neonatal resuscitation.

Background: Many neonatal deaths can be prevented globally through effective resuscitation. South Africa (SA) committed towards attaining the Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4) set by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, SA's district hospitals have the highest early neonatal mortality rates.

Emergency nurses' ways of coping influence their ability to empower women to move beyond the oppression of intimate partner violence.

Background: Millennium Developmental Goal 3 (MDG 3) aims at enhancing gender equity and empowerment of women. Emergency nurses who often encounter women injured by their intimate partners are at risk of developing vicarious traumatisation, which may influence their ability to empower women to move beyond the oppression of intimate partner violence.

Aim: This article aims to, (1) describe emergency nurses' ways of coping with the exposure to survivors of intimate partner violence, and (2) recommend a way towards effective coping that will enhance emergency nurses' abilities to empower women to move beyond the oppression of intimate partner violence to contribute to the achievement of MDG 3.

Emergency nurses' experiences of caring for survivors of intimate partner violence.

Aim: To report a study of emergency nurses' experiences of caring for survivors of intimate partner violence.

Background: Emergency nurses have the opportunity to intervene during the period following exposure to intimate partner violence when survivors are most receptive for interventions. The confrontation with the trauma of intimate partner violence can, however, affect emergency nurses' ability to engage empathetically with survivors, which is fundamental to all interventions.