Browsing by Author "Nuuyoma, Vistolina"
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Item Experiences of University of Namibia nursing students on needle stick injuries: A qualitative study(2018) Amukugo, Hans J.; Shitokelwa, Titus H.N.; Nuuyoma, VistolinaObjectives: The objective of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of University of Namibia nursing students on needle stick injuries. Methods: A qualitative exploratory was used. Unstructured individual interview were conducted to collect data from ten (10) nursing students who were purposively selected. Thereafter, data were analyzed using content thematic qualitative analysis. The study was granted permission and ethical clearance from the University of Namibia as well as Ministry of Health and Social Services. Results: Three (3) themes were generated; experiences of nursing students on needle-stick injury, factors contributing to needle stick injury among nursing students and recommendation made by student nurses to improve prevention and management of needle stick injuries. Findings revealed that nursing students who pricked themselves experienced fear of contracting or spreading blood borne diseases, In addition, they have experienced emotional problems as a result of lack of support from the hospital. Conclusions: Results of this study revealed that needle stick injuries caused emotional trauma to the students therefore, education and prevention strategies were suggested. Moreover, students identified the need to introduce a structured counselling programme for needle stick injury victims and improvement in the incidences reporting procedure.Item Record-keeping: A qualitative exploration of challenges experienced by undergraduate nursing students in selected clinical settings(2019) Muyakui, Emmely; Nuuyoma, Vistolina; Amukugo, Hans J.Good nursing practice requires detailed record-keeping, which should be timely, comprehensive and accurate. Undergraduate nursing students experience challenges with record-keeping. As a result, a phenomenal qualitative study aimed at exploring and describing the record-keeping challenges experienced by undergraduate nursing students was carried out in one of the northern-eastern regions, Namibia. The data were collected through three focus-group discussions with 23 second-year degree nursing students. It became evident that nursing students experienced challenges with record-keeping in clinical practice, as evidenced by the three themes: theory-practice gap, health system-related challenges and hospital staff-related challenges. This study has implications for nurse educators in terms of promoting uniformity and good record-keeping practices in clinical settings.