The selection of learning opportunities for student nurses on the application of primary health care in the two hospitals in the north west region of Namibia
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2001
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The study therefore focused on the following two objectives:
(1) to identify the factors that influence the selection of learning opportunities for primary health care in hospital units (2) to determine how student nurses were guided and educated on primary health care in hospital units
A qualitative research design utilizing focus group discussions was used. The population consisted of purposively selected lecturers, student nurses and registered nurses. The same initial question was asked in each focus group to initiate the discussions. The data was analysed according to Tesch's method
The results indicated that there is good commitment from the lecturers and registered nurses to be involved in selecting appropriate learning opportunities as well as to be involved in responsible guidance. The student nurses also demonstrated a willingness to learn and to be exposed to learning opportunities in primary health care. There were however certain constraints that emerged as themes: managerial constraints and educational constraints
Under the theme "Managerial constraints", categories such as workload, nursing staff shortages and communication problems were identified
Under the theme "Educational constraints", categories such as a lack of conducive teaching, lack of guidance, the gap between the correlation of theory and practice emerged
Recommendations based on this research report include improved inservice education on managerial and educational aspects to facilitate the primary health care approach in hospitals
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Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of masters in nursing science
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Primary health care, Nurses, Hospitals, Training of health workers