- Title
- An investigation into the causes of high demand for leave at B. J. Vorster Hospital
- Creator
- Mene, Xolani Stephen
- Subject
- Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
- Subject
- Eastern Cape (South Africa)
- Subject
- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2015-04
- Date
- 2015-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/53312
- Identifier
- vital:45140
- Description
- Due to the high demand for leave at B.J. Vorster Hospital; staff members, especially the nursing staff, tend to be on leave for long periods and sometimes be absent without leave. In some instances they request extensions to their leaves when they are already on leave. They do not report back for duties at the end of the leave period instead they provide reasons which warrant that the leave be extended. Subsequently, nurses who are on duty have to continue working because there is no-one to relieve the mand work needs to be done. A threatening situation which could lead to patients being left unattended tends to emerge under these circumstances. Hence in some instances nurses are called from other clinics to assist. Some employees absent themselves without leave and management does not appear to be taking action against such conduct. This leads to poor quality of health care in nursing which is a matter of concern to the community, to management and to the policy-makers. A qualitative research method was used in this study, in order to investigate the cause for high demand for leave at B.J. Vorster Hospital. Data collection was undertaken through interviews. The study found that the high demand for leave is attributed to fatigue resulting from huge workloads, claims of entitlement to leave, need to extend weekends due to family responsibilities. The study recommends that the management of leave and the current amount of leave days allocated to staff be reconsidered taking into account the relevant legislation including the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the prevailing conditions in the hospital.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, School of Governmental and Social Sciences, 2015.
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (113 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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