Dr de Jager has made a substantial contribution to Occupational Health in training of young students and professional nurses.
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She has served on both the regional and executive committees of SASOHN. Her research that she conducted in her doctor studies regarding strategies to facilitate professional development of the occupational health nurse in the occupational health setting will pioneer the development of nurses as there is very little written about this. Dr de Jager has a passion for working with and developing fellow nurses knowledge in the Occupational Health field and continues to share her knowledge by presenting research at various occupational health gathering.
Professor Emmerentia du Plessis pioneers research on caring presence in the South African context.
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The purpose is to generate knowledge to be used to re-ignite a caring ethos in nursing as researchers in this field. Her contribution to excellence in healthcare is evident from collaborating on leadership level with non-governmental organisations in improving pastoral care and social services to mental health care users. She is innovative in initiating and rendering a unique counselling service in the community, and contributes to quality in psychiatric nursing care through an ongoing psychiatric nursing skills training programme to the nursing staff of a psychiatric hospital, including nursing management, professional nurses, enrolled nurses and auxiliary nurses.
Professor Minrie Greeff is a well establish, acknowledge and respected nursing and trans-disciplinary health researcher
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and ethicist recognized on a national and international level. She has been the primary investigator of many large funded research projects. She has received numerous prestigious awards with the last being the Stals prize of the Academy of Science and Arts in 2015. She is a C1 rated researcher of the National Research Foundation in South Africa (NRF) and does assessments for funding and rating for the NRF and the MRC. She has had a formidable influence in establishing qualitative research in nursing in South Africa. Her research over the past few years has mainly been focused on HIV stigma reduction research in which she is a specialist. She has widely published on national and international level in peer reviewed journals. She has supervised many Master’s and Doctoral students.
Rene Grobler has been extensively involved in all aspects of Emergency Nursing in South Africa and within Africa.
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She has been a member of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) in the USA for many years and she is the current vice president of the Emergency Nurses Society of South Africa. She has been responsible for the initial development and subsequent establishment of the Trauma Programme Managers position in South Africa. She has developed an injury prevention programme within Netcare and developed 5 injury prevention booklets. She has embarked on community and school research and has been invited to speak at many national workshops and conferences within trauma and emergency care in South Africa. Rene Grobler has played and continues to play an integral role in shaping and developing Emergency Nursing in South Africa, with a specific focus on injury prevention.
Portia Jordan is an associate professor in the Department of Nursing Science NMMU.
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She obtained her PhD: nursing at NMMU in 2011, focusing on the development of clinical practice guidelines for the mechanically ventilated patient in critical care units. Furthermore, she is a graduate of the business school, NMMU where she obtained her MBA in 2015. Other qualifications include – M Cur (cum laude – Critical care nursing); BCur, Diploma in Nephrology Nursing and Diploma in Nursing Education. Portia has made a contribution to the body of research in critical care nursing, as she successfully completed the PLUME research fellowship (spearheaded by FUNDISA) and is a NRF grant holder, currently in the 3rd year of a research programme that addresses research issues related to the critically ill patient and clinical practice guidelines implementation. Some of the research work has been translated to the critical care units in Malawi. She teaches in the Critical care nursing programme and her expertise is recognised nationally and internationally as she is moderator for critical care nursing at college and university level. She was involved in the critical care nursing programme in India, where a cohort of 40 nurses successfully graduated. She is the reviewer for various national and international journals, as well as a STTI grant reviewer.
Five years after completing her PhD, Siedine has established herself as a true scholar.
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She is nationally and internationally recognised as an emerging young nurse researcher. Her research programme focuses on nurse outcomes, specifically empirical measures of the physical and psychological work environment and its effect on the nurse. Within this programme, Siedine has excelled with regard to publications, supervision of postgraduate students, serving on international and national collaborative research projects, obtaining funding and presenting her published work at national and international conferences. Siedine has also been recognised by her institution, and nationally as an exceptional young nurse educator. Furthermore, Siedine serves on several national and international committees, boards and task teams, and also assists local health care facilities with the measurement and implementation of interventions to improve staff satisfaction and retention.
Linda has contributed considerably to the Accident and Emergency field regionally.
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She has a B Cur degree, MBA and a Diploma in Trauma and Emergency Nursing Science. She has lectured at the Netcare Academy thus empowering Students and promoting Theory and Practice integration. She has promoted research in the Accident and Emergency field by involving Students in conducting research and has positively influenced the image of the Nursing Profession amongst students and peers alike. As a member of the FPNL addressing the Forum on many occasions thus stimulating and promoting innovative thinking for the peer group. She is a clinical expert and is empowered to motivate others by fulfilling their value and beliefs about nursing care to their practice and has the interpersonal skills to enable Nurses and other Health Care Providers to deliver Quality patient care.
Dr Lubbe is passionate about neurodevelopmental supportive care of the preterm infant.
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Within this field of nursing science, she has published, supervised postgraduate students, served on international and national collaborative research projects, obtained funding, presented her published work at national and international conferences and served on several national and international boards, committees and task teams. Dr Lubbe’s work also has direct impact on the preterm infant and his/her family. She serves as expert consultant for product development for preterm infant products, such as the launch of the preterm size 0 nappies; she initiates projects such human donor breast milk banks; trains hospital personnel and academe in neurodevelopment supportive care and is a well-known parenting expert on various national forums, including television, radio, printed and social media.
Karin Minnie has excelled in various roles over the last years. Her primary passion is Midwifery
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and she is active in promoting kind and compassionate care practived in the evidence-based manner. She obtained funding to research the promotion of kind and compassionate care during childbirth and is also participating in internation projects with the same aim. Karin has established herself as a leader in the field of systematic review applied in the field of health sciences and is often invited to present (and co-present) workshops in this research method. She is also knowledgeable in implentation research and can consult clinical facilities on the process to implement specific evidence-based practices or guidelines.
Mande Toubkin has been instrumental in setting up emergency care facilities within the private sectors (e.g. rape crisis centres)
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and working to improve emergency care systems through implementing trauma programme managers and implementing accreditation of trauma units in the Gauteng region. Ms Toubkin has been very involved in disaster relief aspects (nationally and internationally) as well as disaster planning i.e. FIFA World Cup as a Department of Health task team member. She has held a large number of significant positions and has received many awards. She is a member of many of the emergency care societies nationally and internationally. Mande Toubkin has played an integral role in shaping and developing emergency nursing in South Africa.
Christa has established herself as leader through her role in the Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy in Africa
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and her continuous commitment and passion for young developing leaders in the field of nursing and midwifery practice. Her excellence in mentorship is evidenced by securing research funds for three established researchers over the past ten years and also for two postdoctoral PLUME researchers. She excelled in the field of nursing and midwifery research through education of undergraduate and postgraduate students from various health professions in Research Methods. As co author and reviewer of a prominent textbook on research methods she ensures that students have access to an affordable, quality textbook. As researcher who developed later in her life, she demonstrates her expertise in research through her continuous involvement in three international funded research projects (refer to CV) and in facilitating a successful research internship programme for post-doc students at the North-West University. Christa made a significant contribution to evidence-based practice, not only in South Africa but also in other African countries such as Malawi, Uganda, Kenya and Swaziland. At the same time she developed and implemented innovative evidence-informed teaching strategies in midwifery education on both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Dr Annatjie van der Wath is a well-known psychiatric specialist. She contributed significantly to the field of psychiatric nursing
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through teaching of undergraduate and post-graduate courses in psychiatric nursing. She also contribute to research in psychiatric nursing which is evident by the successful supervision of master’s degrees, the progress of the students currently under her supervision for master’s and doctoral degrees, and the number of dissertations and theses that she moderated. She is further known for her contribution to clinical practice and expertise in psychiatric nursing through her involvement in activities of the South African Nursing Council, Psychiatric nursing through her involvement in activities of the South African Nursing Council, Psychiatric Nursing Association, Psychiatric Focus Forum, ASSAf’ Workshop on Mental Health and Mental Health Summit.
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