Du Plessis-Faurie, Alida Susan (DCur)
Alida Susan Du Plessis-Faurie holds a BCur degree obtained in 1998 from the University of Johannesburg. She holds a Master of Nursing degree with specialisation in Clinical Neonatal Nursing ( cum laude ), obtained in 2008, from the University of Pretoria. Additionally, she holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical and Surgical Nursing Science: Neonatal Nursing, obtained in 2006 from the University of Pretoria. She is a lecturer at the University of Johannesburg. Alida’s niche area focusses on the mother and preterm infant in the community. She is married and has two sons. Pregnant women who give birth to infants prematurely often have to take their preterm infants to homes that are based in informal settlements. Yet, preterm infants have special needs and require specific management after discharge. The study aimed to explore and describe the mothers’ lived experiences in caring for their preterm infants inside an informal settlement to develop a model and guidelines for implementation for nurses in community clinics to facilitate such mothers’ care of their preterm infants after hospital discharge. The central concept ‘facilitation of empowerment’ of mothers caring for their preterm infants in informal settlements, was identified. As community nurses are at the heart of nursing, this model is a helpful tool for nurses to empower mothers to care for their preterm infants inside informal settlements. The original contribution of this thesis was the development of the model and guidelines for community nurses to facilitate mothers’ care of particularly preterm infants.
Supervisor: Prof M Poggenpoel Co-Supervisor: Prof CPH Myburgh Co-Supervisor: Dr WO Jacobs
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