scholarly journals Severe disability: Do primary health care nurses have a role to play?

Curationis ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bornman ◽  
E. Alant ◽  
L.L. Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Training Strategy ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Intervention Protocol ◽  
Children's Caregivers ◽  
Primary Health Care Nurses ◽  
Traditional Roles

This article focuses on the importance of primary health care nurses’ involvement in the identification of children with severe disabilities, early and appropriate intervention that includes referral, as well as the provision of support to the children’s caregivers. The use of multiskilling as a strategy to train nurses to fulfil this role is described. The traditional roles of community nurses are explored within the disability paradigm, with specific reference to multi-skilling. Finally, research results following the implementation of the Beginning Communication Intervention Protocol (BCIP), which uses multiskilling as a training strategy, are described. Recommendations for further research are then provided.

Do primary health care nurses address cardiovascular risk in diabetes patients?

2014 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Daly ◽  
Timothy Kenealy ◽  
Bruce Arroll ◽  
Nicolette Sheridan ◽  
Robert Scragg
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Nurses ◽  
Diabetes Patients

scholarly journals Employment conditions of Australian primary health care nurses

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Halcomb ◽  
Christine Ashley ◽  
Sharon James ◽  
Elizabeth Smyth
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Nurses

An evaluation of the management of epilepsy by primary health care nurses in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe

1997 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 294-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bola Adamolekun ◽  
Jens Mielke ◽  
Douglas Ball ◽  
Tendai Mundanda
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Nurses

Collaborative HIV care in primary health care: nurses’ views

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.N. Ngunyulu ◽  
M.D. Peu ◽  
F.M. Mulaudzi ◽  
M.L.S. Mataboge ◽  
S.S. Phiri
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Nurses

scholarly journals The support needs of Australian primary health care nurses during the COVID‐19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 1553-1560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Halcomb ◽  
Anna Williams ◽  
Christine Ashley ◽  
Susan McInnes ◽  
Catherine Stephen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Nurses

scholarly journals Experiences of primary health care nurses regarding the provision of free health care services in the Northern region of the Limpopo Province

Curationis ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
VO Netshandama ◽  
L Nemathaga ◽  
SN Shai-Mahoko
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Health Centres ◽  
Free Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care Nurses

The purpose of the study was to explore the experiences of primary health care nurses working in the clinics and health centres involved in the provision of free health care services. The research design followed was exploratory, descriptive and qualitative. The population of the study included all primary health care nurses working at the clinics and health centres in the Vhembe (northern) region of the Limpopo Province. The sampling method used was purposive for the samples of both the clinics and the nurses. The inclusion criteria for the nurses included experience of two or more years in providing primary health care. The inclusion criteria for the selection of clinics included being a busy clinic (a minimum of 2000 patients per month) with a staff establishment of four or more primary health care nurses. In conducting this research, ethical principles were taken into account. Data was collected from 23 participants in the Northern Region. The research question read as follows: What are your experiences regarding the provision of free health care services? An open coding method consisting of eight steps provided by Tesch's (1990:140-145) eight-step method of analysing data was used. The research findings revealed that the primary health care nurses working in the clinics experience feelings of failure to provide adequate primary health care services due to the increased workload, misuse of the service, and fear associated with lack of security in the clinics and health centres. The conclusions drawn from this research are that on the one hand a poor mechanism exists for the monitoring of the implementation of free health services, and on another hand, there has been misuse of the facilities by the community. The concept “free health care service” has been misinterpreted.

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