Browsing by Author "Luthuli, Nokuzola Dorcas"

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    Attitudes of professional nurses towards strikes implications for nursing education
    (University of Zululand, 1998) Luthuli, Nokuzola Dorcas; Mashaba, T.G.; Mhlongo, T.
    The main aim of this study was to ascertain the attitudes of professional nurses towards strike action and its implication on nursing education. The study was done in two hospitals in the KwaZulu-Natal province. A descriptive survey was undertaken. The total sample consisted of two hundred professional nurses. The study revealed that the majority of professional nurses were against strikes, but the feeling that they are exploited by the employing body and management policies appears to make nurses to strike. The strong influence of Trade Unions in nurses strikes was also confirmed. Many factors were identified as causing strikes, but poor salaries and working conditions were the main causes of these strikes. The study also revealed that patients suffer a lot during strikes and student nurses also suffer because there was no clinical teaching and learning. Recommendations made highlighted the urgent need for active participation of the employing body, management, professional nurses, and the public in preventing nurses strike.
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    An investigation into the knowledge and attitudes of youths towards HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS Sufferers in KwaZulu-NAtal: Implications for Health Education
    (2004) Luthuli, Nokuzola Dorcas; Zungu, B.M.
    The main aim of this study was to ascertain the knowledge and attitudes of youths towards HIV/AIDS and people living with AIDS and its implication on health education. The study was done in five high schools in KwaZulu-Natal Province. A descriptive survey was undertaken. The total sample consisted of seven hundred (700) pupils from grades 8-12. The study revealed that some youth have negative attitudes towards HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS sufferers. The majority of youths expressed that they were haunted with fear, killings, torture and discrimination of people living with AIDS. The study also revealed cultural; political; religious and psychological factors that contributed to negative attitudes to some, however others were quite sympathetic and the majority was against the discrimination of HIV/AIDS sufferers. Recommendations made highlighted the urgent need for health education and HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns. AIDS stigma is still a problem that all health professionals should root out. Health education about HIV/AIDS programmes must also integrate diverse cultural beliefs when dealing with black traditional African people.