The current situation of children's nursing training in South Africa
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description: The high rate of Infant and child mortality, much of which is preventable, especially in developing countries, continues to be a global public health concern. Improving the numbers and competencies of child nurse professionals is vital for health system strengthening. Child nurses are important group of health professionals who are responsible for delivering effective health care services to infants and children at all levels of the health system, yet their training situation is being under-investigated. It is documented in various literatures that the high rate of under-five morbidity and mortality in South Africa can be prevented by strengthening the training needs of child nurses, in order to ensure that their competencies adequately align with the priority health needs of children who present at the health facilities. This dissertation is organized into three parts. Part A is the research protocol which outlines the background and the study methodology. Mixed methods comprising qualitative and quantitative methods is adopted for the study. Documentary review and self-administered structured questionnaire is used for the data collection. The questionnaire is designed by applying the basic principles that informs a good questionnaire design. Purposive sampling method is used for sampling the nursing institutions and research participants for inclusion into the study. Defined inclusion and exclusion criteria are used to identify and select the Nursing Education Institutions and key informants suitable for the study. The nursing institutions that are accredited with the South African Nursing Council and conducts child health nursing is an inclusion criterion for the study. In addition, key informants who are nursing educators with expertise knowledge in children's nursing are identified as an inclusion criterion for the study. Documentary review is used to extract secondary data that identifies the South African policy and legislative framework for general nursing a…
abstract: The high rate of Infant and child mortality, much of which is preventable, especially in developing countries, continues to be a global public health concern. Improving the numbers and competencies of child nurse professionals is vital for health system strengthening. Child nurses are important group of health professionals who are responsible for delivering effective health care services to infants and children at all levels of the health system, yet their training situation is being under-investigated. It is documented in various literatures that the high rate of under-five morbidity and mortality in South Africa can be prevented by strengthening the training needs of child nurses, in order to ensure that their competencies adequately align with the priority health needs of children who present at the health facilities. This dissertation is organized into three parts. Part A is the research protocol which outlines the background and the study methodology. Mixed methods comprising qualitative and quantitative methods is adopted for the study. Documentary review and self-administered structured questionnaire is used for the data collection. The questionnaire is designed by applying the basic principles that informs a good questionnaire design. Purposive sampling method is used for sampling the nursing institutions and research participants for inclusion into the study. Defined inclusion and exclusion criteria are used to identify and select the Nursing Education Institutions and key informants suitable for the study. The nursing institutions that are accredited with the South African Nursing Council and conducts child health nursing is an inclusion criterion for the study. In addition, key informants who are nursing educators with expertise knowledge in children's nursing are identified as an inclusion criterion for the study. Documentary review is used to extract secondary data that identifies the South African policy and legislative framework for general nursing a…
author: Chukwu, Uchenna Nneka
language: eng
date published: 2017
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:22:58Z
provider: University of Cape Town
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Department of Public Health and Family Medicine

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