- Title
- Experiences of community service nurses regarding supervision and support from professional nurses in primary health care clinics in Nelson Mandela Bay
- Creator
- Zambodla, Ayanda
- Subject
- Primary health care -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MCur
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/46456
- Identifier
- vital:39604
- Description
- Community servicenursesinSouthAfricaarenewly qualified nurses who have to undertake a one-year community service rotation in public healthcare facility. Recently qualified, they are not yet competent to work alone and require supervision Theobjectiveofthisstudywastoexploreanddescribetheexperiencesofcommunity service nurses with regards to the supervision and support they received from professional nurses at primary healthcare clinics inNelsonMandelaBay.The researcher utilised a qualitative research approach, with an explorative, descriptive and contextual research design inorder to achieve the objectives of this study. The research population comprised community service nurses who had completed their one-year community serviceduringthe2016-2017cycleinaprimary healthcarefacilityinNelsonMandelaBay.Purposivesamplingwasusedtoselectthe research sample. Data collection was done by conducting 10semi-structured interviews. Descriptive field notes supplemented the data. Tesch’smethod of qualitative data analysis was employed to analyse the data. Ethical considerations were applied throughout the study. Trustworthiness of the study was maintained by applyingGuba’s criteria of credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. Two main themes emerged from the study. Theme1 focused on the participant's experiences regarding the diverse needs related to the community service placement at primary healthcare clinics. Theme2 related to the participants expressed experiences with regard to social interaction during community service at primary healthcare clinics. The findings of the study enabled recommendations to be made for nursing practice, education and research.
- Format
- xii, 129 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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