The lived experiences of professional nurses with regards to end-of-life issues in the Intensive Care Unit
- Authors: Clifford, Ilzé
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Intensive care units , Death
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCur
- Identifier: vital:10055 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1018572
- Description: Professional nurses working in an intensive care unit (ICU) are faced with the death of critically ill patients frequently. Modern day medicine and technology have made it possible for advanced life-sustaining measures to be implemented on patients who, without medical intervention, would otherwise not have survived. The question is raised: is modern technology preserving life and prolonging the dying process, or is it in the best interest of the patient for treatment to be withdrawn? Nurses, caring for these patients and their families, are practicing at the bedside of these dying patients and are thus often faced with end-of-life issues, particularly withdrawal of treatment. The primary functions of critical care nurses are toward their patients. Physicians are responsible for making decisions regarding withdrawal of treatment. However, the nurses in the ICU are responsible for implementing the decisions made; sometimes contradicting what they believe in. The experience of end-of-life issues, namely withdrawal of treatment, is a cause of distress for the professional nurse. Little research has been done on how the ICU nurses deal with end-of-life issues and what support structures are required to assist nurses in dealing with end-of-life issues (Hov, Hedelin & Athlin, 2006:204) The objectives of the study were to explore and describe the professional nurses‟ lived experiences of end-of-life issues in the intensive care unit. The study aimed to make recommendations regarding support strategies to assist professional nurses in dealing with end-of-life issues in the intensive care unit. The researcher has selected a qualitative research approach with an explorative, descriptive and contextual design in order to conduct the study. Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews. Data was analysed using the steps as illustrated by Tesch‟s method. Ethical principles were maintained throughout the research study. The findings of this study are to be presented in a journal publication.
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- Date Issued: 2013
Who knew
- Authors: Gaunt, Hailey Kathryn
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Poetry , Memory , Nature , Marriage , Faith , Death , Meaning , English language -- Writing , South African poetry (English) -- 21st century , Creative writing (Higher education)
- Language: English
- Type: text , Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:5962 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001812
- Description: This book of poems ranges in style from narrative to condensed lyric moment, and shifts in perspective from observation to introspection. Thematically, these poems explore everyday life through its many manifestations – memory, nature, marriage, faith and death – with an emphasis on finding meaning in absolutely ordinary things. Though their tone is often vulnerable and tender, even when it is more distant the poems are always searching.
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- Date Issued: 2013
A Desayo
- Authors: Morris Kalala and one girl (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Lament , Maringa dance , Guitar , Bottle , Indigenous folk music , Death , Nchanga Mine Welfare Centre , Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15509 , MOA05-07 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017238 , MOA5
- Description: Lament sung when someone has died (accompanied by Maringa dance), by Morris Kalala and one girl, accompanied by a guitar and a bottle , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Africa‘s Heritage No. 2: Bantu religious beliefs
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Religion , Superstition , Evagenlising , Christianity , Arabs , Muhammadenism , Missionary , East Africa , Jesuit monks , Chopi , Marimba , Ethiopians , Conversion , Agnus Dei , The portuguese eat many things at the same time , The cow has leather to make shoes but the goat has no leather to make shoes , Eggs , Chicken , Portuguese eating habits , West Africa , Nigeria , Durban , Malaya , Housa , Soul , Spirit , Bantu , Philosophy , Sickness , Loss of soul , Possession , Casting out , Karanga , Confirmation , Children , Parental love , Mother , Parenting soul , Instinct , Dancing , Singing , Drum , Legends , Death , Legacy , Lake , Ghosts , Troph Zither , Haya , Evil spirits , Father Andre Fernandes , Father Dom Gonzalo de Silveira , Ngozi , Holy men , Divines , Chaminuka , Church , Church of Shembe , Christian dances , Worship , Emotive music , Rhythmic music , Gospel , Negro spiritual , Mass , Congo , Abenezaganbuia , Gombe zuco virato ambuzi capana virato , The Royal West African Frontier Force , The spirit of the lake , Moiritiri
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15097 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008525 , Reel number: BC127
- Description: 2nd programme in the ‘Africa‘s Heritage Series, about Bantu religious beliefs, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The lost valley
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
- Subjects: Valley , High noon , River Zambezi , Tonga , Valley Tonga , Victoria Falls , Kariba , The Trap , Hills , Cliffs , Escarpments , Insects , Bees , Vegetation , Baobabs , Elephants , Birds , Rooster , Chief Chipepo , Huts , Field , Greeting , Salutation , Mill stones , Grinding song , Housewife , Meals , Pestle and Mortar , David Livingstone , Chipepo , Drinking , Drums , Aeroplanes , Widows , Dam , High god , Ancestors , Rain , Crops , Rain shrine , Clapping for rain , Holy man , Singing , Flood , Construction , Summer , Lilac light , Millet , Trees , Corn , Animals , Hippo , Corn planting song , Xylophone , Italian contractors , Pumpkin , Ash , Stools , Pipe , Clay pot , Hubble Bubble Pipe , Party , Dancing , Fire , Laughing , Story-telling , Make-believe , Wandering musician , Moon , Horns , Funeral , Death , New-born , Chatter , Pounding , Relocation , Flute , Lament , Pounding song , Doves , Deza mbira , Drinking song , Anrosi Kaniamba , Jerevani Siakuteka , Muzimu wandiyanda moyo , Kela menda , Rain song , Tuwamba , Hammering , Gogogo , Kingaridi , Shamutanda , Muntundu , Mujinji , Pininga , Pati , Ngoma , Ngoma for a Dead Person , Lala , Newspaper reporter , Airman
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15103 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008531 , Reel number: BC140
- Description: A feature programme for broadcasting on the Batonga people of the Zambesi Valley which was submerged beneath the waters of the Kariba Dam, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: Kikuyu, Kamba and Nyika
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
- Subjects: Kikuyu , Kenya , High God , Ceremony , Ritual , Timber , Drums , Panga , Dance stick , Lost love , Haunting , Children , Nursery rhymes , Jingle , Round , Rondo , Sinister , Gentle , Blood , Death , Women , Firewood , Load-carrying , Strength , Dancing , Marrying , Courting , Youth , Initiation ceremony , Rhyme , Kiriiri , Dance song , Boy , Girl , Riddle , Initiation , Preliminary feast on the day before the initiation ceremony , Macung‘wa dance , The older folk , Kadhari wa Marere , Embu , Mwomboko dance , Accordion , Kamba , Nairobi , Machakos , Dead Lands , Kyaa , Stamping-tube , Euphorbias , Hollowed stem , Kilumi dance song , Handbell , Kibebe dance movement , Wathi dance , Svengali , Love song , Giriyama , Malindi , Giriyama dance , Arab women
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15082 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008510 , Reel number: BC070, BC071
- Description: 3rd programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series B of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: Music of three Northern Rhodesian mines
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
- Subjects: Marimba , Malimba , Victoria Falls , Bulawayo , Zimbabwe , Southern Rhodesia , Trees , Mopani , Wankie , Elephants , Coal mine , Lozi , Dance song , Siyomboka , Xylophone , Drums , Mbira , Hand piano , Courting song , Marriage , Mosquito net , Lament , Fairytale , Tonga , Bango , Board zither , Women , Northern Rhodesia , Petauke , Zambia , The Watch Tower , Christian , Sect , Broken Hill Mine , Mining , Lusaka , Serenje , Lala , David Livingstone , Chitambo Village , Drumming , Sai dance , Kazembe , Mother of Jesus , Death , Mufilirwa , Copper mines , Tumbuka-Henga , Pounding song , Mari is going to marry a Henga , Girl‘s initiation song , Threshing song , The Chief‘s Train , Jumbo‘s Train , Bemba , Kasama , Kalela , Kalela dance , Strutting , Calypso , Barotseland , Milupa drum , Kalanga , Chief Wangi , Kangombio , Kalimba , Plateau Tonga , Valley Tonga , Zambezi , Reef Gold Mines , Nyakyusa , Southern Tanganyika , Nsenga , Native Religious Sect , Watchtower , Wankie Coal Mine , Petauke District , Northern Rhodesian Mining Settlement , Chitambo‘s village , Kankowele , Leg rattles , The Great Hill , Lala Drum rhythms , Edward Kalunga , Chila dance , Mama Jesu , Copper Belt , Mufulira , Tumbuka Henga , Rumpi , Nyasaland , Belgian Congo , Canna seeds , Chigwinini chikuko , Elmas Nachilwe , Shitima wa Jumbo , The Chief‘s train , Jumbo‘s train , Chief Jumbo , Ruben Tancadi Mbuluwundi , Paramount Chief , Praying mantis , Eagle , Witch , Nkhendanga uteka , Comedy Harmonists
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15089 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008517 , Reel number: BC093
- Description: 7th programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series III of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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