Preparation of nursing students in nursing informatics competencies for the South African healthcare practice environment.

Background: Rapid technology advancements highlight the importance for nursing education to prepare competent nurses in informatics and technology integrated practice. This study examined nursing informatics in an undergraduate curriculum and competency levels at a selected South African university.

Method: A survey measured nursing informatics competencies among undergraduate nursing students using the TANIC© nursing informatics scale.

Heat waves during egg development alter maternal care and offspring quality in the European earwig.

Climate change can disrupt animal fitness by reducing survival, fertility, fecundity and altering offspring development and survival. While parental care typically helps offspring cope with harsh environmental conditions, little is known about its role in buffering extreme temperature changes, such as heat waves. In this study, we tested whether parental care mitigates the impact of cold and heat waves on eggs and juveniles in the European earwig.

Predelivery Haemostatic Biomarkers in Women with Non-Severe Postpartum Haemorrhage.

: Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a frequent complication of childbirth that is difficult to predict. Predelivery coagulation biomarkers may help to guide preventive strategies. Our objective was to evaluate the association of predelivery haemostatic biomarkers with non-severe PPH.

A Survey of Nurse Informatics Competencies of Professional Nurses in Clinical Practice Public Hospitals in South Africa.

Unlabelled: Competence in Nursing Informatics (NI), is vital for efficient nursing care in today's technologically-enabled healthcare environment. In South Africa, little is known on the competence of professional nurses in clinical practice in nursing informatics.

Methods: This study used a cross-sectional descriptive survey to examine self-rated competence in nursing informatics among 205 nurses in clinical practice across two hospitals in the Western Cape.

In vitro gastrointestinal digestion of cow's and sheep's dairy products: Impact of species and structure.

Sheep's milk (SM) is known to differ from cow's milk (CM) in nutritional composition and physicochemical properties, which may lead to different digestion behaviours. This work aimed to investigate the impact of the species (cow vs sheep) and the structure (milk vs yogurt) on the digestion of dairy products. Using an in vitro static gastrointestinal digestion model, CM, SM, cow's milk yogurt (CY) and sheep's milk yogurt (SY) were compared on particle size evolution, microscopic observations, degree of lipolysis, degree of proteolysis, specific protein degradation and calcium bioaccessibility.