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Deegan, Johanna Christine, and j. deegan@latrobe edu au. "NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING NURSES MOVING TOWARDS CONTEXTUAL COMPETENCE IN VICTORIA." La Trobe University. School of Educational Studies, 2007. http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au./thesis/public/adt-LTU20091123.101606.
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The purpose of this study was to obtain an in-depth understanding of the perceptions of overseas-qualified nurses from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) in relation to their educational and socialisation experience whilst enrolled in a Competency Based Assessment Program (CBAP).
The study was conducted using a modified grounded theory approach. There were a total of seventeen participants; fourteen NESB nurses, and three teachers who were directly involved with their education in the CBAP. The NESB nurses who participated fell into three main groups in terms of their previous professional experience. These were:
� Specialist
� Experienced generalist
� Inexperienced generalist
However, the level of skill and experience that the nurses brought to the educational and practice encounter made no difference to their experience of prejudice and lack of support, particularly in the clinical environment. The education and clinical experience they received challenged feelings of competency as much as they expanded feelings of competency. The NESB nurses� experiences of diversity also challenged their feelings of competence. In addition, the level of previous experience did not reduce the concern expressed by NESB nurses regarding the possibility of finding appropriate employment following registration. The implications of this for the profession and the health care system are that even the most experienced specialist and generalist nurses are not having their level of skill appropriately recognised and utilised in a timely way despite the current shortage of generalist and specialist nurses in Victoria.
The outcome of the study led to the development of a model that has the potential to lead to a culture change in the clinical environment with a view to improving educational opportunities and experiences for NESB nurses who are enrolled in CBAP. In addition, the model has the potential to be useful in terms of providing local nurses with an opportunity to express their own thoughts and ideas in relation to the education of NESB nurses in the clinical environment. The model is based upon the theoretical perspectives of �productive diversity� and �clinical governance and organisational learning�.
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Wadman, Wanda. "Staff nurses' attitudes and perceptions toward nursing research." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq23181.pdf.
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Winter, Jean Carol. "Relationship between research and practice : nurses' attitudes about relaxation therapy /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1988. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/10808036.
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Dirwayi, Nompumelelo Precious. "Mental illness in primary health care : a study to investigate nurse's knowledge of mental illness and attitudes of nurses toward the mentally ill." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7930.
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Bibliography: leaves 124-177.It has been suggested that globally, psychiatric disorders are not only highly prevalent and associated with significant morbidity, but that they are often not detected by clinicians working in primary health care. Despite this, few studies have investigated the level of mental health literacy among nurses and their attitudes to the mentally ill in South Africa.
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Prusky, Sharon, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "The impact of employing a clinical nurse educator on a nursing uni." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1994, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/62.
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The issues of job satisfaction for nurses and nurses' continuing clinical competence have become major concerns for the nursing profession as evidenced by a growing volume of research into these areas. Both job satisfaction and clinical competence of nurses can affect quality of care (of which patient satisfaction is one facet). This study focussed on the concepts of job satisfaction and clinical competence of nurses, and patient satisfaction-their interelationships, and how they were affected by the implementation of a Staff Development Nurse on one nursing unit in an active treatment hospital. A hospital-based Job Enhancement Project provided a unique opportunity to combine a dynamic real-life situation with an additional case study approach to examining the issues though interviews and documentation of the relationships among the nursing staff over an 18-month period of time. Both quantative and qualitative methods were used to gather pertinent information in addressing the research questions. Focus unit nursing staff questionnaires returned initially (13 of 27) and at the one-year mark (six of 27) of the Project, and interviews with six key participant nursing staff were used to survey nurses' perceptions of their own job satisfaction and clinical competence as well as their perceptions of their peers' job satisfaction and clinical competence. The patients admitted to the focus unit during the Project time frame were also invited to complete patient satisfaction surveys. The Staff Development Nurse and the Nursing Unit Manager were interviewed to give their perspectives. The Staff Development Nurse kept a journal of her work for the 18 month period, and so did the researcher. Frequencies, percentages, and content analysis of qualitative data provided the statistical and descriptive information for inerpretation. One finding in this study was that the Staff Development Nurse did have a positive influence on the clinical competence of some of the nursing staff on the focus unit, which may have in turn had a positive influence on nurses' perceptions of job satisfaction. The Staff Development Nurse was an immense support for the Nursing Unit Manager. However, the major finding in this study was that there were many other factors which influenced nurses' perceptions of job satisfaction, many of them which were beyond the control of the SDN. The SDN actually became a mitigating factor or a buffering agent in helping the nursing staff cope with these other factors. This study contributes to the growing body of research
on nurses'quality of working life and some of the influecing factors. It may also provide insights into the realtionships between nurses and patients, and the role definition of a nurse educator on one nursing unit.xiii, 246 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
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Venturato, Lorraine V. "A practice divided: Registered nurses' experience of policy and reform in residential aged care." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2002. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36785/1/36785_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.
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With the increase in the percentage of the population aged over 65 years, there is increased pressure on the health care system and the nursing profession to provide quality, cost effective care to meet this growing demand for aged care services. As a result, residential aged care services in Australia have undergone a period of extensive reform, including policy and funding changes, impacting on all areas of practice. This demand for high quality, cost effective aged care requires both the involvement of committed professionals and the development and implementation of appropriate plans and policy.
This study explores the experiences of registered nurses in residential aged care facilities and how these experiences are shaped by government aged care policy and reform. By posing the research questions: How do registered nurses experience everyday practice in residential aged care? and What influence have policy and reform processes had on registered nurses' experience of their everyday practice? this study aims to further develop understanding of aged care practice and the contextual factors that define it. Thus, the purpose of this study is to challenge registered nurses to reflect on their role in residential aged care (what they do), and through examination of policy and reform (why they do it), explore nursing practices and options for service delivery aimed at creating a care environment of excellence for older Australians.
The qualitative research methodology designed for this study is based on a critical hermeneutics approach informed by the works of Gadamer and Habermas. Such an approach recognises the historical, contextual and linguistic basis for interpretation and critique. While Gadamer provides direction for the study to reveal an understanding of registered nurses' experiences, Habermas provides insight into the role of critique in understanding the contextual conditions of such experience. Ultimately, this study seeks to make explicit the cultural and political meanings that operate to establish meaning and context in residential aged care in Australia.
Fourteen (14) registered nurses practising in both public and charitable residential aged care facilities were interviewed as part of this study. Registered nurses from high, low and mixed care facilities were interviewed in-depth. Journal notes provided insight into assumptions and prejudices involved in interpretation and facilitated the critical examination of practice experiences within the residential aged care context.
Findings suggest that residential aged care is a complex and challenging environment, full of tensions, contradictions and frustrations for registered nurses employed within the system. Three aspects of the experiences of aged care practice are revealed in this study: Searching for Value; Dealing with Change; and Dividing Practice. The search for value reveals the tensions registered nurses experience in seeking to reconcile those aspects of practice that construct meaning and value in their everyday practice with dominant social and professional values that fail to acknowledge the value of ageing and aged care. Dealing with change is an everyday aspect of practice for registered nurses as they struggle to redefine their roles and responsibilities within a changing environment. This struggle highlights the tensions that exist between traditional nursing roles and their expanding managerial responsibilities. Registered nurses also identified conflicts in caring as a result of their changing roles, which have resulted in a division of practice. These conflicts in caring contribute to the tensions experienced between registered nurses and other stakeholders in residential aged care in relation to everyday practice and quality of care.
Findings indicate that aged care policy and reform have a significant impact on the experiences of registered nurses in residential aged care and contribute to the tensions, challenges and frustrations facing nurses in their everyday practice. These findings indicate that aged care policy and reform processes are integral in the restructuring of practice in residential aged care. This analysis illuminates the ways in which aged care policy constructs the tensions and evident contradictions within registered nurses' roles. Based on these findings, recommendations for practice and further research encourage cooperation between government, service providers and the nursing profession to assist registered nurses to reconcile past, present and future practices in order to redefine practice and meaning in residential aged care.
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Sims, Caroline E. "New graduate nurse transition into practice : psychometric testing of Sims Factor H Assessment Scale." Thesis, Indiana University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3601305.
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Factor H is a newly identified phenomenon which describes a constellation of attributes of the new graduate nurse reflecting personality traits, intellectual abilities, and clinical judgment. In a previous pilot study conducted by this researcher nurse managers and experienced Registered Nurse (RN) preceptors described characteristics demonstrated by new graduate nurses demonstrating Factor H and the new graduate nurse's ability to transition quickly and successfully into the RN role in the acute care environment. There is currently no instrument available to measure this phenomenon. The specific aim of this research was to develop and psychometrically test a scale designed to identify the presence of attributes of Factor H in the new graduate nurse. The Sims Factor H Assessment Scale (SFHAS) was developed and piloted with a sample of one hundred one new graduate nurses within three months of completing the their nursing program at one of three nursing schools in central and south central Indiana. Evidence of content validity was demonstrated through the use of the Content Validity Index conducted with a panel of four experts. Evidence of face validity was demonstrated through interviews with a group of new graduate nurses, nurse managers, and experienced RN preceptors. Principle Axis Factoring with Varimax rotation was used to demonstrate evidence of construct validity and the scale was found to have a single component which was identified as nursing personality. Evidence of criterion-related validity was demonstrated utilizing analysis of the SFHAS and the criterion scale for personality traits (NEO-FFI). Evidence of internal consistency reliability was demonstrated through analysis of inter-item correlations, Cronbach's coefficient correlations, and item-total correlations. Test re-test reliability using interclass correlation was also conducted to demonstrate stability of the scale. The SFHAS was found to be reflective of nursing personality and not general mental ability or clinical judgment. Use of the SFHAS will allow organizations to evaluate the nursing personality of the new graduate nurse for fit into the work environment. Further study is recommended to gain clarity around the attributes which support successful transition of the new graduate nurse into practice in the acute care environment, also known as Factor H.
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Nelson, Bette Kathleen. "The sexual knowledge and sexual attitudes of postpartum nurses a research report submitted in partial fulfillment ... /." 1986. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68787956.html.
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Sekoto, Tumelano. "Assessment of knowledge and attitudes towards health research among nurses working in public health facilities in Botswana." Diss., 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27116.
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Nurses as professionals and front-liners in patient care should possess good knowledge about health research, as this is critical in improving patient outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge and attitudes that public health clinic nurses possess regarding health research in Botswana in order to make recommendations to enhance a research culture among nurses. A quantitative study with a cross-sectional study design was used. Twenty-six clinics in Gaborone were sampled and 168 nurses participated in the survey. Data was analysed using Stata version 15.1. Only 51% of the nurses demonstrated satisfactory knowledge of health research. Despite this limited knowledge, nurses had a good attitude towards health research (66%). Degree nurses were more likely to have satisfactory knowledge, as were those who reported research training and experience. Additionally, research training and experience were associated with a good attitude. Recommendations include provision of research training and practicums as part of the nursing education curriculum, as well as in-service training, in order to improve the levels of knowledge of health research among nurses.Health Studies
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Li, Chia-Jung, and 李佳容. "A Research on Hospice Knowledge, Care Attitudes and Emotional Barriers of General and Intensive Care Unit Nurses." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41291526994894481483.
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Hale, Robyn Kathleen. "The lived experiences of Indian nurses working in the United States : perceptions and attitudes towards nurse-physician collaboration." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/5097.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Nurse-physician collaboration has received much attention over the past decade in the USA. The release of three reports from the Institute of Medicine implicated poor communication and collaboration among nurses and physicians as a major contributing factor to the incidence of sentinel events and medical errors. Despite the growing awareness of the imperative related to collaboration between nurses and physicians to ensure patient safety, the problem of poor nurse-physician collaboration remains endemic throughout the country. Indian nurses, along with many other internationally educated nurses, comprise 12-15.2% of the nursing workforce in the USA. Little is known about how Indian nurses culture potentially influences their ability to effectively collaborate with physicians to ensure patient safety. The purpose of this study is to understand Indian nurses’ attitudes and perceptions about nurse-physician collaboration. Hermeneutic interpretive phenomenology as influenced by the work of Martin Heidegger guided this study through the use of interviews via Skype. The overall experience of the Indian nurses was of one experiencing a dramatic positive change in nurse-physician collaboration in the USA as compared to India. Four themes emerged describing this phenomenon: Respect/feeling heard, Being Trusted, Assurance of Accountability, and Finding Freedom. Indian nurses practicing in the USA find a freedom that empowers them to collaborate with physicians for patient safety. They, as all nurses may, benefit from continuing educational opportunities that demonstrate ways to collaborate more fully.
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Kumwenda, Wezzie M. "Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding trading intensive care nurses on evidence-based practice at an academic hospital in Gauteng." Thesis, 2014.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Science, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg ,in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Nursing, September, 2013Background: Despite many advances on evidence-based practice (EBP), nursing is still not based on evidence. Trained intensive care unit (ICU) nurses may be the key to EBP in the ICU. Purpose: To describe the knowledge, attitudes and practices of trained ICU nurses on EBP at an academic hospital in Gauteng. Design: Mixed methods sequential explanatory. Method: Data were collected from trained ICU nurses who were purposely selected using a validated tool (Upton & Upton, 2006) to obtain the quantitative results on their knowledge, attitudes and practices on EBP (n=100) and then followed up with 12 expert trained ICU nurses in two focus groups to explore the quantitative results in more depth. The quantitative and qualitative findings were then combined at discussion of results. Results: From the quantitative results, the majority of the nurses selected the best category: 81.0% on knowledge towards EBP, 75.0% on attitudes towards EBP and 75.0% on practices towards EBP. The qualitative results identified three categories: perceptions, challenges and suggestions. The trained ICU nurses were knowledgeable in their understanding of EBP but lacked knowledge in the skills of accessing evidence. Welcoming attitudes towards EBP were displayed but admitted to their practices being partly evidence-based due to challenges that included resistance to change, confusion of evidence, lack of resources, time and autonomy. The instrument was found to be reliable and valid with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.94 for the entire questionnaire and the study increased its validity in the South African context. This study indicates that although trained ICU nurses are knowledgeable about EBP, they are still lacking in skills regarding EBP. Even though the trained ICU nurses have welcoming attitudes towards EBP, their practices towards EBP are not fully evidence-based due to the identified challenges. This study therefore suggests capacity building of the trained ICU nurses as well as development of their EBP skills to support EBP.
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Hoffman, Denise. "Factors related to differences in nurses' attitudes towards aggressiveness of care for patients with a "do not resuscitate" order a research report submitted ... Acute, Critical and Long Term Care Programs ... Master of Science /." 1993. http://books.google.com/books?id=skZtAAAAMAAJ.
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Rachmawati, Kurnia. "Translation, Adaptation and Psychometric Testing of Nurses’ Attitudes towards and Awareness of Research and Development in Nursing for use in Indonesian Primary Health Care Settings." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/102729.
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Aim: This study describes the Indonesian translation and adaptation process of the instrument Nurses’ attitudes towards and awareness of research and development within nursing (ATRAD-N) version II, and psychometric testing of the translated instrument. Background: The literature review presented herein highlighted the importance of understanding the attitudes of nurses towards research and research utilisation. This will enable us to understand the factors influencing use of research in nursing and the aspects that facilitate nurses to participate in research to improve nursing care. However, in the context of Indonesian primary health care services, nursing research and research utilisation has only recently been recognized as important and hence there is little or no relevant published research. In order to conduct such research, it is imperative to have a reliable and valid instrument that can be used in the context of Indonesian primary health care settings. Method: The translation process was conducted systematically by applying the forward and back-translation method. Adaptation and content validity was assessed by inviting six experts from universities in Indonesia to review the relevance of the instrument in the context of Indonesian primary health care nursing. The psychometric testing was performed using construct validity (factor analysis) and homogeneity reliability tests (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient) on a sample of 92 primary health care nurses from nine public health centres (Pusat Kesehatan Masyarakat) in the city of Banjarbaru and Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Results: During the adaptation and content validity process, some changes were made to the instrument. The revised instrument showed acceptable content validity with an overall content validity index of 0.97. The factor analysis used principal component analysis with direct oblimin rotation. A five-factor structure was obtained that differed from those identified in previous studies. Seven items of the instrument did not load to any of the identified factors. The cumulative percentage of variance was 56.5%. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for individual factors of the instrument ranged from 0.719 to 0.884, suggesting good internal consistency. Conclusion: After the translation, adaptation and psychometric test process, the resulting form of the Indonesian translation of the instrument was found to be content valid and homogeneity reliable but not construct valid, in Indonesian settings. Further development, refinement and retesting would be essential to produce a psychometrically sound instrument.Thesis (M.Nurs.Sc.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Nursing, 2013.
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Tumbokon, Florence. "A study of knowledge/attitudes toward elderly clients and congruency of clients', significant others', and nurse care givers' rating of nursing care priorities a research report submitted in partial fulfillment ... /." 1985. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68788034.html.
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Critz, Susan H. "The attitudes and experiences of families, nurses, and physicians with the determination of death in the home a research report submitted in partial fulfillment ... /." 1988. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68787764.html.
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Fisher, Mark J. "A brief intervention to improve emotion-focused communication between newly licensed pediatric nurses and parents." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3811.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Parents have increasingly participated in their children’s bedside care. Parental participation has led to more provider-parent interactions and communication during such stressful events. Helping parents through such stressful events requires nurses to be skilled communicators. Brief methods of training emotion-focused communication with newly licensed nurses are needed, but as yet are rare. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a validated brief communication (Four Habits Model) training program for newly licensed pediatric nurses. The intervention focused on ways to improve nurses’ emotion-focused conversations with parents. Information processing and Benner’s novice to expert informed this study. The intervention is based on the four habits model, with “habits” providing a structure for nurses to organize their thinking and behavior during emotion-focused conversations with parents. Thirty-five pediatric nurses with 0–24 months of nursing experience at a large mid-western children’s hospital participated in the study. Mixed methods provided data for this experimental study, using a group-by-trials repeated measures ANOVA design. Participants randomized to the intervention group participated in a one-hour three-part training: adapted four habits model content, simulated nurse-parent communication activity, and debrief. Participants randomized to the control group observed a one-hour travel video. Key outcome variables were Preparation, Communication Skills, Relationships, Confidence, Anxiety, and Total Preparation. Compared with the controls, the intervention group improved significantly in the following areas: Preparation, F(1,33) = 28.833, p < .001; Communication Skills, F(1,33) = 9.726, p = .004; Relationships, F(1,33) = 8.337, p = .007; Confidence, F(1,33) = 36.097, p < .001; and Total Preparation, F(1,33) = 47.610, p < .001. Nurses’ experience level had no effect, with the exception of Anxiety. Nurses with more experience (≥ 12 m) showed a greater reduction in Anxiety, when compared to nurses with less experience (< 12 m), F(1,31) = 5.733, p = .023. Fifty-two percent of the nurses involved in the intervention later reported specific examples of implementing the four habits when working with parents in clinical settings. A one-hour four habits communication-training program is effective in improving newly licensed nurses’ preparation for emotion-focused conversations with parents.
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Finn, Joanne. "The Rhetoric and Reality of Continuing Professional Development for Critical Care Nurses: A Critical Ethnographic Perspective." Thesis, 2018. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/38653/.
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Current research and evidence into Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) has mostly centred on effective delivery formats to engage consumers.
The perceptions and approaches that influence an individual engaging in CPD
have yet to be explored, particularly in nursing. This qualitative research
grounded in critical social constructionism and critical ethnography explores the
perceptions and influences for regional intensive care nurses from Victoria,
Australia as they engage in CPD. Participants from three field sites participated
in semi-structured interviews. Through interviews the major themes of fear and
vulnerability, isolation, professional inconsistencies and a myriad of concern for
the nursing profession were identified. Threaded throughout each theme was
the social influence of workplace upon nurses’ perceptions and their approaches
toward CPD and the sharing of acquired knowledge amongst colleagues.
The theoretical perspective of Pierre Bourdieu have been used to explore and
discuss the findings of the research through the positions of orthodoxy and
heterodoxy. These two positions allow the reality and the rhetoric of mandatory
CPD for Australian nurses to be revealed, as shared by the participants.
Orthodoxy and heterodoxy bring to light a disconnect between the regulatory
body of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Board (NMBA), and the nurses it
registers. Nurses engage in CPD influenced by peers and often as a means of
protection or a strategic tool to acquire and hold capital and power. The NMBA
mandates CPD for knowledge growth and practice change. The findings reveal
that nurses’ and the NMBA appear to be playing a game creating a state of
illusio, with many nurses looking to mandatory CPD to maintain their
employability rather than, public protection. This research highlights the
symbolic power of CPD exposing the influences of social culture, habitus and
the field in which nurses’ practice.
Recommendations of this research suggest that the current model of CPD is
fundamentally flawed. Significant changes need to be undertaken to achieve the
goal of public protection through a contemporary and knowledgeable workforce.
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Clark-Ott, Dorothy G. "Examining facilitators for men during nursing education: development and psychometric testing of the survey of facilitators for men (SFM)." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/6735.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Despite outstanding employment opportunities and high demand to address the global nursing shortage, men who consider becoming nurses are less likely to enroll in and to graduate from nursing programs. Many barriers that men commonly encounter during nursing education have been found in the literature; however, there is a lack of theoretically based research that examines factors that help men succeed as they study nursing. Based on a conceptual model derived from O’Lynn’s construct of male friendliness in nursing education and Frankl’s theory of will to meaning and purpose in life, this study examined facilitators for men during nursing education. This was accomplished through the development and psychometric testing of the Survey of Facilitators for Men (SFM) in a sample of 145 men in nursing. Strong evidence of reliability and validity was provided for the SFM consisting of three subscales (Internal facilitators, External Connections facilitators, and Institutional facilitators). Internal facilitators consist of intrapersonal strengths, experiences, and motivators. External Connections facilitators are interpersonal connections that emerge from relationships that men develop. Institutional facilitators involve structural or organizational aspects of institutions that ease barriers. Testing provided satisfactory evidence of internal consistency (α = .85) and test-retest reliability (intraclass coefficient = .72; confidence interval = 0.57–0.83). Dimensionality of three facilitator subscales was supported by Principle Axis Factoring with Varimax rotation and satisfactory factor loadings (.49–.72). Support for the conceptual model was provided using multiple regressions explaining 17% of the variance in purpose in life [F(4, 140) = 6.99, p < .001], 13% of the variance in GPA [F(6, 114) = 2.88, p < .01], and 49% of the variance in perception of nursing success [F(9, 128) = 13.42, p < .001]. Purpose in life was associated with Internal facilitators and comfortable income, GPA was associated with External Connections facilitators and age at BSN, while perception of nursing success was associated with purpose in life, holding an MSN, having a comfortable income, and having children. Future research is warranted to determine the usefulness of the SFM in designing strategies to recruit and retain men in nursing programs.
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Thutse, Ramatsimele Julia. "The professional nurses' perception of working in remote rural clinics in Limpopo Province." Diss., 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2172.
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The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the professional nurse's perception of working in remote rural clinics in Limpopo Province.
The research design was qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual. The research population was the professional nurses working in remote rural clinics in Limpopo Province. Purposive sampling was used and data collected by means of tape-recorded in-depth semi-structured individual interviews.
The study revealed that the professional nurses perceived working in the remote rural clinics both positively and negatively and had concerns.Health Studies
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Lethoba, Katleho Germina. "Professional nurses' perception of nursing mentally ill people in a general hospital setting." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2111.
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Recognising the enormous challenges in South Africa confronting the nursing of the mentally ill, the project was conducted in a public hospital in Gauteng. The purpose of the research was to describe professional nurses' perception of nursing mentally ill people in a general hospital setting and was carried out amongst a sample size of 124 professional nursing staff using a self-administered tool.
The study looked at four different types of perceptions guided by categories of conceptual framework proposed by Mavundla (2000:1569-1570), namely perception of self, perception of patients, perception of environment and perceived feelings.
The study found that the majority of professional nurses have a predominantly positive self- perception of nursing mentally ill people in a general hospital, although a significant number have a negative perception of patients, the nursing environment and perceived feelings. Lack of knowledge, skill and experience affect the nursing care of mentally ill people in the general hospital.Health Studies
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Leadley, Jeanne M. "Effects of an existing breastfeeding educational program on nurses attitudes and knowledge : a research report submitted in partial fulfillment ... of the degree of Master of Science, Parent-Child Nursing ... /." 1994. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68797687.html.
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Owens, Susan J. "Understanding RN workforce education in the rural North-Central Region of Michigan." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3790.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)National calls for a better-educated nursing workforce are proliferating. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) challenged the nursing profession by setting the goal of having 80% of the nation's nurses prepared at the baccalaureate level (BSN) or higher by 2020. This is an ambitious goal given that, nationally, only 50% of nurses have a BSN. In fact, only 40% of nurses in Michigan have a BSN, and in the rural North-Central Region of this state, only 29% (the lowest in the state) of the nurses have a BSN. The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to understand and interpret the meaning of being an associate degree (AD) nurse, the meaning attaining a BSN has for rural registered nurses who currently have an AD, and the barriers they experience that inform their decisions to return to school (or not). The investigator interviewed 11 AD nurses from rural North-Central Michigan and analyzed interview transcripts to identify common experiences and shared meanings using methods identified by Diekelmann, Allen, and Tanner (1989). Two themes were explicated in this study: "Getting in and Getting out" and "What Difference Does it Make?" The findings in this study challenge many of the common assumptions about academic progression in nursing and provide educators, administrators, and legislators with insight about the strategies that may be most helpful for achieving the IOM goal in rural Michigan.
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Ntshakala, Theresa Thembi. "Voluntary counselling and testing nurses' perceptions of educating HIV-positive people about ARVs in Swaziland." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2128.
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A qualitative study following a phenomenological approach was undertaken to explore voluntary counselling and testing nurses' perception of educating HIV+ people about ARVs. Non-probability convenience sampling was used and in-depth semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect data from 12 participants.
The most important results were:
The need for extensive education on ARVs since it is a new technology used to curb the infection therefore clients need the information in order to use them effectively.
Stumbling blocks encountered when educating HIV+ people about the drugs. The problems are mainly due to the nurses lack of current knowledge about the drugs; patients' low economic status; severe side effects; difficulties in behaviour change; poor quality of life on ARVs and medical terminology.
Inability of clients to comply to the regimen because of severe side effects, complex regimen, lack of support from family and friends, lack of motivation, depression, cultural beliefs, lack of knowledge on how to use them and financial constraints.
Challenges for continuous education because of current nursing shortage, negative attitudes of some nurses, demotivation and inadequate funding for such activity.
Recommendations include provision of continuing education and the incorporation of ARV therapy knowledge in the basic nursing curriculum in nursing education.Health Studies
MA (HEALTH STUDIES)
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Mashazi, Maboikanyo Imogen. "The utilization of a midwifery obstetrical unit in a metropolitan area." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6516.
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M.Cur.In this study a qualitative design which is explorative, descriptive and contextual in nature is followed. The objective of the study is three-fold: firstly, to explore and describe the opinions of members of the community about the reasons for the under-utilization of the Midwifery Obstetrical Unit ; secondly, to explore and describe the suggestions of the community for improving the utilization of the Midwifery Obstetrical Unit and, thirdly, to formulate intervention strategies for community nurses to improve the utilization of the MOU. Data was collected by means of focus group interviews, and was analysed using Tesch's method of data analysis. Trustworthiness was ensured by using the method of Guba and Lincoln. The participants in research were mothers who delivered their babies at the hospital, mothers who delivered their babies at the MOU, members of the Community Health Committee and MOU nurses.
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Makua, Memme Girly. "Induction and professional development support of newly qualified professional nurses during community service." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22273.
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Text in EnglishIn South Africa, retention of newly qualified professional nurses in public health institutions upon completion of their year of compulsory remunerated community service remains a challenge that exacerbates the shortage of professional nurses in these institutions. The literature indicates that many newly qualified professional nurses leave the public health institutions due to lack of professional development support and heavy workloads while they are still finding their feet. A mixed-methods design of concurrent triangulation approach was used to answer the question: How are the newly qualified professional nurses supported in terms of induction and professional development during community service in South Africa? Triangulation was achieved by using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Induction/orientation documents from public health institutions were analysed using a checklist. A survey questionnaire with mixed quantitative closed items (1–43) and qualitative open-ended questions (43–46) was sent to newly qualified professional nurses who had recently completed community service. Focus groups held with operational nurse managers and individual interviews with coordinators of community service for nurses yielded rich qualitative data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to describe and synthesise data. The qualitative findings confirmed the quantitative findings. Findings were lack of professional development support in some public health institutions, informal, non-comprehensive support where given, shortage of experienced professional nurses, reluctance by some professional nurses and operational nurse managers to supervise newly qualified nurses, and increased workload due to the shortage of experienced professional nurses in the public health institutions. Inadequate clinical skills, poor discipline and lack of professionalism in the newly qualified professional nurses also played a part. Respondents suggested constructive recommendations for the induction and professional development support of the newly qualified professional nurses, and these were incorporated in the recommended guidelines for the induction and professional development support of newly qualified professional nurses during community service.
Health Studies
D. Litt. et Phil. (Health Studies)
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Bhengu, Lindiwe Rejoice. "Graduate ancillary health care workers' perceptions of the ancillary health care learnership programme in eThekwini District." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/11068.
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Aim
The aim of this study was to describe ancillary health care workers’ perceptions of the
Ancillary Health Care Learnership programme, and their current employment status within
the health care sector.
Methods
A non-experimental cross sectional survey was used that incorporated complementary mixed
method data collection (Balnaves & Caputi, 2001; Polit & Beck, 2010). Quantitative data
collected during the first phase, a telephonic interview assisted self-report questionnaire was
used to inform semi structured focus group interviews that took place during the second
phase to obtain richer descriptions and explore response and results of the phase 1 cross
sectional survey (Bell, 2005). A Convenience sample of ninety two (n=92) was achieved for
the telephonic interview assisted self- report questionnaire, and was substantially lower that
the number of potential participants (N=200). Purposive sampling was used to obtain fifteen
(N=15) potential key informant participants, a final sample of nine (n=9) achieved for the
focus group interviews.
Results
The research revealed that majority (69%) of participants had their expectations of the course
met. Subjects such as agriculture and business plan were perceived as not valuable and
participants recommended that these be removed from the course. Computer course
information was seen as and needed addition in order to bridge the skills gap and improve the
opportunities for employment.Despite particpants perceptions of the course being met,
expectations regarding emplyment were not. Employment rates were low, specifically within
the health care sector.
Conclusion and Recommendations
The Ancillary Health Care Programme has not assisted the graduates in gaining employment.
The review of the Ancillary Health Care Programme and some of the unit standards is one of
the recommended options that can be done to improve the employment opportunities.Theses (M.N.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2014.
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Lebese, Moipone Veronicah. "A phenomenological study of the experiences of nurses directly involved with termination of pregnancies in the Limpopo Province." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2947.
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The South African government promulgated the Choice on Termination of pregnancy Act (CTOP Act, 92 of 1996). This was a dramatic declaration of intent unprecedented in the African continent and globally. This act changed the outlook of the practice of termination of pregnancy by ensuring that services play a critical role in the delivery of the service. This study, which is qualitative in nature, explored the experiences of Termination of Pregnancy service providers working in three designated public health institutions in the Limpopo Province. Interviews were conducted with six service providers to look at how they construct their practice of providing termination of pregnancy services. The information was analyzed and interpreted by means of a thematic analysis method. Major themes that emerged from the participants’ experiences centred on their relationship with family, colleagues, management, clients, and the community reflecting a sense of alienation and lack of adequate infrastructural support. Inadequate support has been found to greatly contribute to the loss of interest in the work around abortion.Psychology
M. A. (Clinical Psychology)