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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dc.contributor.authorIita, Hermineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-07T14:07:47Z
dc.date.available2014-02-07T14:07:47Z
dc.date.issued2001en_US
dc.descriptionSubmitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of masters in nursing science
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dc.description.abstractThe study therefore focused on the following two objectives:en_US
dc.description.abstract(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 unitsen_US
dc.description.abstractA 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 methoden_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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 constraintsen_US
dc.description.abstractUnder the theme "Managerial constraints", categories such as workload, nursing staff shortages and communication problems were identifieden_US
dc.description.abstractUnder the theme "Educational constraints", categories such as a lack of conducive teaching, lack of guidance, the gap between the correlation of theory and practice emergeden_US
dc.description.abstractRecommendations based on this research report include improved inservice education on managerial and educational aspects to facilitate the primary health care approach in hospitalsen_US
dc.description.degreeWindhoeken_US
dc.description.degreeNamibiaen_US
dc.description.degreeUniversity of Namibiaen_US
dc.description.degreeMasters in Nursing Scienceen_US
dc.format.extentix, 72, [18] pen_US
dc.format.extent1 mapen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11070/236
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.masterFileNumber2315en_US
dc.subjectPrimary health careen_US
dc.subjectNursesen_US
dc.subjectHospitalsen_US
dc.subjectTraining of health workersen_US
dc.titleThe selection of learning opportunities for student nurses on the application of primary health care in the two hospitals in the north west region of Namibiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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