Guidelines to facilitate professional socialisation of learner nurses at public hospitals of Limpopo Province South Africa
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description: Background: Learner nurses come from different social structures and entities with different norms and values. Upon entering the nursing profession, registered professional nurses (RPN) are expected to socialize the learner nurses into the professional norms and values as well as emphasising the moral and ethical values of the profession. The process starts when the learner enters the profession and continues throughout the practice as he/she learns from previously qualified colleagues. Purpose of the study: The purpose of the study was to develop guidelines to facilitate professional socialisation of learner nurses by registered professional nurses in public hospitals of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Methodology: Phase 1: A sequential exploratory mixed method approach was used in the study. A qualitative explorative design was used to collect data from professional nurses through one to one semi structured interview discussions. Data was collected until data saturation was reached. For quantitative design, research instrument was developed from the results of the qualitative data. A quantitative design was used to collect data from the learner nurses through open-ended questionnaires. A total of 181 questionnaires were distributed to the participants. Tech’s data analysis method was used to analyse qualitative data, and Statistical Package of Social Sciences Version 25.0 was used to analyse quantitative data. Permission to conduct the study was obtained from the University of Venda, Limpopo Provincial Department of Health and Vhembe and Capricorn Districts and the hospitals where data was collected. In Phase 2: To develop guidelines the researcher used ten steps of WHO guidelines as follows; selection of suitable research topic, initiating guideline development group, scoping the guidelines, developing questions using the PICOS. Validation of the guidelines was through Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation checklist. A questionnaire was developed fo…
abstract: Background: Learner nurses come from different social structures and entities with different norms and values. Upon entering the nursing profession, registered professional nurses (RPN) are expected to socialize the learner nurses into the professional norms and values as well as emphasising the moral and ethical values of the profession. The process starts when the learner enters the profession and continues throughout the practice as he/she learns from previously qualified colleagues. Purpose of the study: The purpose of the study was to develop guidelines to facilitate professional socialisation of learner nurses by registered professional nurses in public hospitals of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Methodology: Phase 1: A sequential exploratory mixed method approach was used in the study. A qualitative explorative design was used to collect data from professional nurses through one to one semi structured interview discussions. Data was collected until data saturation was reached. For quantitative design, research instrument was developed from the results of the qualitative data. A quantitative design was used to collect data from the learner nurses through open-ended questionnaires. A total of 181 questionnaires were distributed to the participants. Tech’s data analysis method was used to analyse qualitative data, and Statistical Package of Social Sciences Version 25.0 was used to analyse quantitative data. Permission to conduct the study was obtained from the University of Venda, Limpopo Provincial Department of Health and Vhembe and Capricorn Districts and the hospitals where data was collected. In Phase 2: To develop guidelines the researcher used ten steps of WHO guidelines as follows; selection of suitable research topic, initiating guideline development group, scoping the guidelines, developing questions using the PICOS. Validation of the guidelines was through Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation checklist. A questionnaire was developed fo…
author: Mafumo, Julia Langanani
language: en
keywords: Clinical learning environment, Guidelines, Learner nurses, Registered professional nurses, Professional socialisation
date published: 2021-06-23
date modified: 2026-07-27T21:57:52Z
provider: University of Venda
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Venda

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