A framework for capacity enhancement of Rwandan nurse educators and preceptors facilitating nursing students to learn pediatric pain management.

Introduction: In low- and middle- income countries like Rwanda, children are most likely to suffer from painful and life-limiting conditions due to various factors predominant in these settings. Adequate pre-licensure pain management training can improve pain relief nursing practices. Educators and nurses in practice have a responsibility to teach the soon-to- be nurses for holistic competent nursing care of children, emphasizing the importance of and addressing child's suffering, yet inconsistencies were reported in what was taught regarding pediatric pain management from a theoretical perspective by nurse educators as compared to their counterparts in clinical settings in Rwanda.

Workplace violence experience among nurses at a selected university teaching hospital in Rwanda.

Introduction: workplace violence is a global problem in the health sector, especially in the hospitals affecting healthcare works´ job satisfaction and performance. Workplace violence (WPV) is present in different forms associated with various factors and the nurses are the most affected. This study aimed to explore WPV among nurses working at a selected University Teaching Hospital in Rwanda.

Exploring factors affecting the facilitation of nursing students to learn paediatric pain management in Rwanda: A descriptive qualitative study.

Nurse educators and nurse preceptors play a fundamental role in facilitating nursing students' acquisition and utilization of professional competencies. Previous studies about key elements for teaching and learning about pain in nursing education programs include students' personal characteristics and previous experiences; educators' knowledge, skills, and beliefs; learners' exposure to leaders in pain education; and curricular pain content and delivery approaches. These studies were mainly carried out in developed countries, with a context of educational and health care systems different from those of developing countries.

A cross-sectional study of the prevalence and factors associated with symptoms of perinatal depression and anxiety in Rwanda.

Background: Perinatal depression and anxiety are increasingly recognized as important public health issues in low and middle-income countries such as Rwanda and may have negative consequences for both mothers and their infants. Maternal mental health may be particularly challenged in Rwanda because of the prevalence of risk factors such as poverty, low education levels, negative life events and marital problems. However, there are limited data about perinatal depression and anxiety symptoms in Rwanda.

Return for prenatal care and childbirth services among Nigerian women using primary health care facilities.

Aim: The study assessed the return for prenatal care and childbirth services among Nigerian women using primary health care facilities.

Design: A descriptive cross-sectional approach was employed for the study.

Methods: A total of 730 participants randomly recruited systematically from 21 purposively selected primary health care facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria were studied.

Utilisation of the partogram among nurses and midwives in selected health facilities in the Eastern Province of Rwanda.

Background: Maternal mortality continues to be a global burden, with more than 200 million women becoming pregnant each year and a large number dying as a result of complications of pregnancy or childbirth. The World Health Organisation has recommended use of the partogram to monitor labour and delivery in order to improve healthcare and reduce maternal and foetal mortality rates.

Objective: This study described factors affecting utilisation of the partogram among nurses and midwives in selected health facilities of Rwanda.

Challenges in Neonatal Nursing Clinical Teaching to Nurse-Midwife Technicians in Malawi.

Background: Practice-based learning is important in clinical teaching of nursing and midwifery as students develop the necessary competencies and confidence aligned by the outcomes of their learning programs. However, in Malawi, research shows that clinical teaching in neonatal nursing has not been given adequate consideration. This article reports on challenges faced by educators and students in clinical teaching and learning in neonatal nursing for nurse-midwife technicians.

Validation of the integration of HIV and AIDS related nursing competencies into the undergraduate nursing curriculum in South Africa.

Background: Being in its fourth decade, HIV remains an epidemic that requires combined efforts for the global fight. The strategies planned and implemented in the fight against HIV include reversing and halting the spread of HIV, increasing health care access, and strengthening the health care system. South Africa has made the fight one of its top priorities, and has developed plans to increase the role of nurses in the management of HIV, demonstrating its willingness, commitment and progress in the fight against HIV.

Factors contributing to incivility amongst students at a South African nursing school.

Background: This study determined the experiences of nurse educators of the factors contributing to the uncivil classroom behaviours of nursing students at a South African school of nursing.

Objective: To describe what nurse educators consider to be factors contributing to incivility among nursing students in a South African nursing school.

Method: A qualitative descriptive design was used.

Cracking the nut of service-learning in nursing at a higher educational institution.

Background: The readiness of academics to engage in the service-learning (SL) institutionalisation process is not accentuated in research on SL institutionalisation in South Africa. The argument has been advanced that SL scholarship and willingness of key stakeholders are crucial for SL institutionalisation at the academic programme level.

Aim: The research focus of the study being reported here was on readiness of respondents to embed SL in the curricula of the nursing programme.

Patients' experiences of being nursed by student nurses at a teaching hospital.

Background: Teaching hospitals are medical institutes at which most nursing education institutions provide their students with practical nursing experience. Although the focus of care is the patient, attention is sometimes focused more on the nursing students rather than on the patients who are undergoing care at the hands of both the nursing professionals and students. However, proper nursing care should also take into account the experiences of patients during the care process in the health facility.

An ethnographic exploration of postoperative pain experiences among Ghanaian surgical patients.

Background: The experience of pain associated with surgery has been a challenge for health care professionals for many years, and culture is said to influence pain.

Purpose: This study focused on patients' experiences of postoperative pain (POP) and factors that affect POP.

Design: The study employed qualitative ethnographic principles.

Determinants of nurses' knowledge gap on pain management in Ghana.

There are concerns about adequacy of nurses' knowledge and skill in effective pain management since effective pain management promotes early recovery after surgery. This study explores factors that accounted for Ghanaian nurses' inadequate knowledge of postoperative pain management using a focused ethnographic design for data collection at a tertiary teaching hospital in Ghana. Fourteen nurses designated as key informants with different backgrounds as nurse educators and leaders were purposively sampled to participate.

An insight into the preoperative experiences of Ghanaian general surgical patients.

The unknown outcome of surgery has always been a source of anxiety for patients and their relatives. However, the experiences of Ghanaian surgical patients have not been adequately explored. This study sought to have an in-depth exploration of the preoperative experiences of Ghanaian general surgical patients to inform effective preoperative care.

The Ghanaian surgical nurse and postoperative pain management: a clinical ethnographic insight.

Nurses form an indispensable part of the clinical team that manages postoperative pain (POP). Within a particular clinical context, nurses perceive and respond to pain based on specific factors. This study aimed at illuminating the perceptions and responses of Ghanaian surgical nurses regarding their patients' POP.

Adolescent clients' perceptions of maternity care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Background: Adolescent pregnancy continues to pose a challenge in both the developed and developing countries across the globe. Adolescent maternity clients (AMCs) have special needs and it is imperative to ensure that maternity services are able to respond appropriately to their needs. OBJECTIVE OR QUESTION: The purpose of this study was to explore adolescent maternity clients' perceptions of maternity care and to identify important characteristics of an adolescent-friendly maternity service.

A 2-decade appraisal of African nursing scholarship: 1986-2006.

Purpose: This paper is a description of a study about articles published about nursing in Africa from 1986 to 2006.

Methods: An exhaustive database search of articles written by nurses or articles related to nursing in Africa was done. Access to the database was mainly via EBSCO (http://www.

Fulbright Scholar opportunities for global health and women's health care in HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

This article addresses global health opportunities related to HIV/AIDS and women's health care in sub-Saharan Africa through Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright Student Awards. Although many universities offer a gateway to the J. William Fulbright awards, some disciplines and areas of specialization, including nursing and women's health, have had fewer scholars or students as recipients of these awards.

Methodological challenges encountered in conducting a comparative study of psychiatric nursing education approaches in two African countries: Botswana and Nigeria.

This article discusses some methodological challenges encountered when conducting a comparative study of psychiatric nursing education approaches adopted in two sub-Saharan African countries - Botswana and Nigeria. The article identifies the methodological problems encountered and ways in which these challenges were addressed, including the triangulation of data collection strategies guided by Lewin's force field analysis and utilizing curriculum evaluation checklists. Data collection sources included a self-reporting questionnaire completed by psychiatric nurse educators, focus group discussions with practicing psychiatric nurses, interviews with representatives of the nursing regulatory bodies, and analyses of documents and records related to psychiatric nursing education in the two selected countries.