This collective case study examined the factors affecting the collaborative relationship between teachers and early childhood educators (ECEs) teaching together in elementary schools as Early Learning Teams in the first year of implementation of full-time kindergarten in Ontario. There are six major adjustments required concurrently by the Ontario government’s new policy in all kindergarten classrooms: team-teaching (sharing instruction, not just classroom management); supporting ECEs as new staff; changing from theme-based to inquiry-based; balancing the School District’s literacy goals with provincial play-based curriculum; double the instructional time, and the increased number of children in the classroom (up from 19 to 24-30). Two of the four classrooms studied in a rural Ontario school district were full-day, every day kindergartens (FDK) for 4 and 5 year olds and the other two were alternate full-days. Data were collected through classroom observations and interviews with principals, kindergarten teachers and ECEs. Case study theory guided the collection and analysis of data with open coding of transcripts, active code notes and memos to help answer the question of how to best implement FDK programs in Ontario. Results indicated that the FDK Team relationship itself enabled and constrained classroom instructional strategies, which would in turn have an impact on student outcomes. Collaborative practice involved a process that was affected by both internal factors (such as teacher foreknowledge of ECE skills), and thirteen external factors which arose from government and school district mandates, as well as practices of the school principal. Examples are: planning time, pay differential, hiring practices and adjusting to the new curriculum at the same time as the team adjusts to team teaching. The collaboration of more than 9,500 teacher and ECE teams is key to the success of Ontario’s new full-time early learning program. The education sector needs to adopt the long-established business practice of supporting team development through recognizing progressive teaming stages, such as those identified by Tuckman (1965). Recommendations are made for principals, school districts offices, government policy, FDK teachers, ECEs, and colleges that provide ECE training. A mnemonic for the four attributes evident in high-functioning collaborative integrated teaching teams (RISE) is proposed.

Nous nous sommes intéressés à l’analyse et à la mise à jour d’une typologie de l’aide reçue par les personnes âgées de 65 ans et plus vivant à domicile. Cette étude secondaire s’est basée sur les données recueuillies dans deux milieux francophones, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (HM) et Moncton (MCT). La collecte de données avait été faite par l’entremise d’un questionnaire administré par entrevue face à face. Les deux objectifs, de cette thèse sont : 1) Établir une typologie des réseaux d’aide, résultant de la combinaison des sources d’aide et des tâches accomplies ; 2) Identifier les principaux déterminants d’appartenance aux réseaux. La typologie obtenue met en relation les ressources, formelles ou informelles, utilisées par les personnes âgées et l’aide instrumentale reçue. La capacité ou l’incapacité à effectuer neuf activités de la vie quotidienne et huit de la vie domestique ont servi à évaluer l’aide reçue. Six ressources formelles et dix informelles ont été examinées selon qu’elles étaient les 1ères, 2ièmes ou 3ièmes sources d’aide utilisées par les personnes âgées. L’approche privilégiée s’est inspirée de celle des réseaux sociaux et du modèle de Pescosolido. C’est l’influence des caractéristiques sociodémographiques des personnes âgées, de leurs états de santé, de leurs habitudes de vie sur leurs réseaux qui nous ont intéressés. Les résultats sont présentés à chaque fois pour nos deux milieux séparément. Nous commençons par un descriptif des sources d’aide utilisées et des aides reçues. Puis les profils des sources d’aide utilisées et des activités accomplies sont exposés pour l’ensemble des personnes âgées. Ces profils servent de base pour obtenir notre typologie. Elle comprend cinq catégories. Ces catégories sont toutes composées de personnes âgées faisant appel à de l’aide formelle, informelle ou mixte pour accomplir des tâches uniques ou multiples. La première catégorie « Transitoire », comprend 39% (HM) et 46% (MCT) des personnes âgées qui débute un processus d’incapacité. Elles font appel à des ressources informelles pour accomplir une tâche unique. La deuxième catégorie « Personnes âgées seules » en rassemble 14% (HM et MCT), majoritairement des femmes, avec peu d’incapacités. Ces dernières utilisent de l’aide formelle pour une tâche unique. La troisième catégorie « Familiale » regroupe 12% (HM et MCT) des personnes âgées bien entourées qui ont plusieurs incapacités. Ces gens font appel à des sources d’aide informelles pour réaliser des tâches multiples. La quatrième catégorie « Très fragile » rassemble 30% (HM) et 25% (MCT) des personnes âgées peu entourées ayant beaucoup d’incapacités. Elles utilisent des ressources d’aide mixtes pour effectuer des tâches multiples. La cinquième catégorie « Pré institutionnel » comprend 4% (HM et MCT) des personnes âgées qui ont le plus d’incapacités et qui sont seules. Ces gens font appel à de l’aide formelle pour des tâches multiples. Les déterminants d’appartenance à ces catégories proviennent des blocs sociodémographiques, état de santé et réseaux sociaux de notre modèle théorique. Une des contributions importantes de cette thèse a été de pouvoir identifier cinq catégories bien distinctes composant une typologie de l’aide reçue, indépendamment du milieu, par des personnes âgées vivant à domicile. MOTS CLÉS : Typologie, réseaux sociaux, personnes âgées, services de soins, formels, informels, aides reçues, sources d’aide, incapacités, déterminants d’appartenance, fragilité / We have been interested in the analysis and the elaboration of a typology concerned by elderlies’ support, 65 years and older living at home. This secondary study was based on data collected in two different francophone cities, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (HM) and Moncton (MCT). Interviews “face to face” were conducted. The objectives were: 1) Establish a typology of supports networks putting in relation the support resources and the activities done by these resources, 2) Identify the belonging criteria for these networks. The typology puts into relation the resources, formal or informal, utilised by the elderlies and the instrumental aid received. The fact that elderlies were able or not able to perform, at least for one of the nine daily activities or of the eight domestic ones, was used to evaluate the support received. Six formal and ten informal resources utilized by the elderlies were looked at in terms of 1st, 2nd or 3rd resources. Social network approach and Pescosolido’s model were used. Sociodemographic characteristics, health status and way of life of the elderlies’ networks, were the main parameters in which we were concerned. The results are presented for the two environments separately. We start by describing the aid resources used and their different tasks done for the elderlies. Than, we show the different aid resources’ profiles associated to the activities’ profiles for the two populations. These profiles are the basis of our typology. It is composed of five categories. They refer to formal, informal or mixed help in order to do single or multiple activities. The first category “Transient” has 39% (HM) and 46% (MCT) of elderlies who start to have significant incapacity. They use informal support for a unique task. The second category “Singles” correspond to 14% of HM or MCT. They are mostly women with little incapacity. They use formal help for a unique task. The third category “Family” regroup 12% of HM or MCT with more incapacities. They are well supported by their family members. They use informal help for multiple activities. The fourth category “Fragile” has 30% (HM) and 25% (MCT) of elderlies with lots of incapacities. They have less family members to help them and they use mixed (informal – formal) support to be able to do multiple tasks. The fifth category “Pre-Institutional” is composed of 4% (HM or MCT) elderlies how are the most handicapped. They are by themselves and they use formal support to do multiple tasks. One of the most important goals of this thesis was to be able to construct a typology of the aid received by elderlies, living at home, in two different environments and to define five very distinct categories in relation with the type of resources. Key words: Typology, social networks, elderly, support, help, formal, informal, health services, frailty, incapacity

L'évolution des soins médicaux auprès de la population ayant une lésion médullaire (LM) s'est traduite par une amélioration du profil fonctionnel des personnes atteintes. Ainsi une proportion importante retrouve une capacité à se tenir debout et à marcher qu'il convient d'évaluer adéquatement. Si quelques outils spécifiques à la population lésée médullaire existent pour évaluer leur ambulation, aucune évaluation de l'équilibre debout n'a été validée auprès de cette clientèle. L'échelle de Berg est un outil recommandé auprès de diverses populations, entre autres celles possédant des pathologies d'origine neurologique; et le score obtenu semble lié au niveau d'autonomie à la marche ainsi qu'aux aides techniques utilisées. L'objectif de ce projet de recherche était donc d'établir la validité concomitante de l'échelle de Berg auprès de la population LM et d'explorer les liens entre le score Berg et l'aide technique utilisée. Pour ce faire, trente-deux sujets BM ASIA D ont été recrutés parmi la clientèle hospitalisée de l'Institut de réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay de Montréal. L'évaluation de l'équilibre debout a été réalisée à l'aide de l'échelle de Berg ainsi que des tests statiques, dynamiques et des limites de stabilité du Balance Master. Le Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI), le Spinal Cord Injury Functional Ambulation Inventory (SCI-FAI), la vitesse de marche sur 10m et le Timed up and go ont été utilisés pour évaluer l'ambulation. Des analyses descriptives et corrélatives ont été effectuées sur les données obtenues. Une corrélation forte (0.714<Rs<0.816; p<0.01) a été observée entre l'échelle de Berg et les diverses évaluations de la marche. Des associations adéquates ont également été obtenues entre l'échelle de Berg et le test des limites de stabilité du Balance Master (-0.752<Rs<-0.463; p<0.01). Les épreuves statiques du Balance Master ont révélé de plus faibles corrélations avec les diverses mesures cliniques (-0.444<Rs<-0.414; p<0.01). Finalement, les épreuves dynamiques antéropostérieures et médiolatérales du Balance Master ont indiqué une relation équivoque avec l'échelle de Berg, n'étant reliées significativement qu'avec certaines épreuves en antéropostérieur (3 et 1s; -0.590<Rs<-0.524; p<0.01). Un effet plafond significatif est visible sur l'échelle de Berg, le WISCI et le SCI-FAI limitant leur utilité pour les personnes ayant une récupération supérieure. Les résultats ont aussi montré un profil différent des personnes tétraplégiques quant à la réussite des différentes épreuves du Berg par comparaison aux sujets paraplégiques. Pour les résultats reliés aux aides techniques, l’analyse des données descriptives révèlent que le score Berg permet généralement de faire la distinction entre les personnes indépendantes d'aides techniques, les utilisateurs de marchettes de béquilles ou de cannes, et ce, particulièrement pour les personnes paraplégiques. Cette étude a permis de documenter la validité concomitante de l'échelle de Berg auprès des personnes LM ayant une lésion incomplète (ASIA D) étant donné les relations élevées démontrées entre les paramètres de la marche et les résultats à certains tests du Balance Master. En somme, la présente étude permet de recommander l'utilisation de l'échelle de Berg pour évaluer l'équilibre debout des personnes LM. / The evolution of medical practices for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) has changed their functional profile with the result that a significant proportion recovers their ability to stand and walk. Implementing a validated scale to evaluate these aspects is therefore crucial during rehabilitation. Various walking scales have been developed specific to the SCI population, such as the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI) and the Spinal Cord Injury Functional Ambulation Inventory (SCI-FAI). However, no known balance evaluation has been recommended for this population. The Berg Balance Scale has been developed and validated for various populations presenting neurological disorders. An association has been shown between the Berg score and the level of independence as well as the walking assistive devices used. The purpose of this project was therefore to validate the Berg Balance Scale for the SCI population and to explore the relationship between the Berg score and the walking assistive devices used. Thirty-two subjects were recruited from the SCI population of the Institut de réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay de Montréal. Walking evaluation was performed using the WISCI, the SCI-FAI, the walking speed on 10m and the Timed Up and Go. The balance evaluation was carried out using the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) as well as the static, dynamic and limits-of-stability tests of the Balance Master. Descriptive and correlational analyses were performed on the sample. The results showed a strong correlation between the BBS and all walking evaluations (0.714<Rs<0.816; p<0.01). The BBS was also strongly related to the limits-of-stability test (-0.752<Rs<-0.463; p<0.01). The static tests of the Balance Master were weakly correlated with the various clinical evaluations (-0.444<Rs<-0.414; p<0.01) while the dynamic tests resulted in equivocal associations with BBS, being better for the anteroposterior test (3 and 1s conditions; -0.590<Rs<-0.524; p<0.01). A significant ceiling effect was present ion the BBS, the WISCI and the SCI-FAI scales. The results also showed that paraplegic and tetraplegic subjects differ in their performance in the various items of the BBS. Descriptive analysis reveals that the BBS score can help to discriminate between walker, crutches and cane users and individuals walking independently, especially in the case of people with paraplegia. This study revealed that the BBS is a valid balance evaluation for people with incomplete (ASIA D) spinal cord injury. Its use for evaluating standing balance in the clinical and laboratory setting is therefore recommended.

Resident-centered care has been the standard philosophy in accredited personal care homes (PCHs) across Canada since 1990. Health care aides (HCAs) are the primary health care providers in PCHs and key to residents' quality of care and quality of life. However, studies have not examined HCA work satisfaction in relation to the four elements of resident-centered care: providing flexible scheduling, following residents' preferences, promoting a home-like environment and offering permanent assignment to promote consistency of care. This cross-sectional, ethnographic study was conducted using face-to-face interviews with nine HCAs working in four PCHs in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The results indicate that HCAs' work satisfaction was highly related to their caring relationships with residents and their working relationships with other HCAs and staff. The implementation of resident-centered care depended on institutional and managerial support. Lack of this support created stressful situations for HCAs and caused them concern about the quality of care and quality of life of residents.

Aim The aim of this study was to describe ancillary health care workers’ perceptions of the Ancillary Health Care Learnership programme, and their current employment status within the health care sector. Methods A non-experimental cross sectional survey was used that incorporated complementary mixed method data collection (Balnaves & Caputi, 2001; Polit & Beck, 2010). Quantitative data collected during the first phase, a telephonic interview assisted self-report questionnaire was used to inform semi structured focus group interviews that took place during the second phase to obtain richer descriptions and explore response and results of the phase 1 cross sectional survey (Bell, 2005). A Convenience sample of ninety two (n=92) was achieved for the telephonic interview assisted self- report questionnaire, and was substantially lower that the number of potential participants (N=200). Purposive sampling was used to obtain fifteen (N=15) potential key informant participants, a final sample of nine (n=9) achieved for the focus group interviews. Results The research revealed that majority (69%) of participants had their expectations of the course met. Subjects such as agriculture and business plan were perceived as not valuable and participants recommended that these be removed from the course. Computer course information was seen as and needed addition in order to bridge the skills gap and improve the opportunities for employment.Despite particpants perceptions of the course being met, expectations regarding emplyment were not. Employment rates were low, specifically within the health care sector. Conclusion and Recommendations The Ancillary Health Care Programme has not assisted the graduates in gaining employment. The review of the Ancillary Health Care Programme and some of the unit standards is one of the recommended options that can be done to improve the employment opportunities. / Theses (M.N.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2014.

Resident-centered care has been the standard philosophy in accredited personal care homes (PCHs) across Canada since 1990. Health care aides (HCAs) are the primary health care providers in PCHs and key to residents' quality of care and quality of life. However, studies have not examined HCA work satisfaction in relation to the four elements of resident-centered care: providing flexible scheduling, following residents' preferences, promoting a home-like environment and offering permanent assignment to promote consistency of care. This cross-sectional, ethnographic study was conducted using face-to-face interviews with nine HCAs working in four PCHs in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The results indicate that HCAs' work satisfaction was highly related to their caring relationships with residents and their working relationships with other HCAs and staff. The implementation of resident-centered care depended on institutional and managerial support. Lack of this support created stressful situations for HCAs and caused them concern about the quality of care and quality of life of residents.

This collective case study examined the factors affecting the collaborative relationship between teachers and early childhood educators (ECEs) teaching together in elementary schools as Early Learning Teams in the first year of implementation of full-time kindergarten in Ontario. There are six major adjustments required concurrently by the Ontario government’s new policy in all kindergarten classrooms: team-teaching (sharing instruction, not just classroom management); supporting ECEs as new staff; changing from theme-based to inquiry-based; balancing the School District’s literacy goals with provincial play-based curriculum; double the instructional time, and the increased number of children in the classroom (up from 19 to 24-30). Two of the four classrooms studied in a rural Ontario school district were full-day, every day kindergartens (FDK) for 4 and 5 year olds and the other two were alternate full-days. Data were collected through classroom observations and interviews with principals, kindergarten teachers and ECEs. Case study theory guided the collection and analysis of data with open coding of transcripts, active code notes and memos to help answer the question of how to best implement FDK programs in Ontario. Results indicated that the FDK Team relationship itself enabled and constrained classroom instructional strategies, which would in turn have an impact on student outcomes. Collaborative practice involved a process that was affected by both internal factors (such as teacher foreknowledge of ECE skills), and thirteen external factors which arose from government and school district mandates, as well as practices of the school principal. Examples are: planning time, pay differential, hiring practices and adjusting to the new curriculum at the same time as the team adjusts to team teaching. The collaboration of more than 9,500 teacher and ECE teams is key to the success of Ontario’s new full-time early learning program. The education sector needs to adopt the long-established business practice of supporting team development through recognizing progressive teaming stages, such as those identified by Tuckman (1965). Recommendations are made for principals, school districts offices, government policy, FDK teachers, ECEs, and colleges that provide ECE training. A mnemonic for the four attributes evident in high-functioning collaborative integrated teaching teams (RISE) is proposed.

[Truncated abstract] Indigenous Australians suffer cardiovascular disease (CVD) at a rate six times greater than the general population in Australia and while the incidence of CVD has been reduced dramatically amongst the majority of non-indigenous Australians and amongst Indigenous populations in other countries in the last 30 years, there has been little change in the figures for Aboriginal Australians, showing that heart health campaigns have little impact, for this group of people. Aims : The principal aims of this study were firstly, to determine and record the barriers to the development and delivery of CVD prevention programs amongst Indigenous Australians and secondly, to develop an alternative, effective and culturally sensitive method of delivering heart health messages. Methods and results : The study was qualitative research undertaken in three South-West towns of Western Australia where the incidence of CVD was high amongst the Aboriginal community members. The use of semi-formal interviews, informal individual consultation, observation, and focus groups were methods implemented to obtain information. The first phase of the research was to identify the barriers which affected the Aboriginal Health Workers’ ability to deliver specialist educational programs. Questionnaires and interviews with the Aboriginal Health Workers and other health professionals in the towns, and community focus groups were undertaken in this phase of the study. The second phase of the research was aimed at developing an alternative strategy for delivering heart health messages. The focus changed to adopt more traditional ways of passing on information in Indigenous communities. The idea of small gatherings of friends or family with a trusted community member presenting the health message was developed. The third phase of the research was to implement this new approach. Lay educators who had been identified within focus groups and by Aboriginal Health Workers were trained in each of the towns and a protocol involving discussions of health issues, viewing a video on CVD, produced by the National Heart Foundation, sharing in a ‘heart healthy’ lunch and partaking in a ‘heart health’ knowledge game which was developed specifically for the gatherings. Several of these gatherings were held in each of the towns and they became known as ‘HeartAware parties’.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:47:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PetalaTCOS_DISSERT.pdf: 3029424 bytes, checksum: 7f4d8e22f4b1bd2dfdeb31b4502e88e7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-16 / This study aimed to understand the typical ideal of the nursing technician about the systematization of nursing care in the light of the theoretical framework of Alfred Schutz. It is a comprehensive phenomenological research, using the theoretical framework of Alfred Schutz. For the unveiling of the phenomenon (the typical ideal of the nursing technician about the systematization of nursing care), the search process was configured from the proposed guiding principles for a research methodology based on the work itself of Schutz held by Zeferino (2010) in his PhD. For data collection, we used the focus group technique, counting on the collaboration of thirteen practical nurses working in a university hospital in Rio Grande do Norte, who responded positively to the inclusion criteria: working in the study hospital, performing care direct to patients. Forty-four subjects showed interest in participating, being held a draw for selection of the research sample, consisting of 14 professionals, one of whom did not attend the gathering of data collection. The focus group, entitled "What I think about the systematization of nursing care", took place on February 15th, 2013, totaling 101 minutes. It was performed according to the Experiential Education Humanescent using building posters as projective technique, from the key question: "What is the systematization of nursing care for you?". In order to understand some of the biographical situation of the participants, a questionnaire was administered to study participants. From the agreement of the subjects, the focus group was recorded and photographed with the cooperation of one reporter and two other employees. We used Microsoft Word 2010 to perform the transcript of the meeting and Microsoft Excel 2010 for synthesizing the results via a spreadsheet. The study followed the ethical and legal principles that govern scientific research on humans, recommended in Resolution n? 196/96, it was approved by Opinion Embodied Ethics Committee in Research of UFRN (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte), n? 98 424, of August 31th, 2012, CAAE No. 05906912.0.0000.5537. The analysis of the nursing staff speeches, along with the contemplation of their posters and their written descriptions, allowed from the guiding principles of Zeferino (2010), in light of the reference of Alfred Schutz, unveiling the typical ideal of nursing technicians about the systematization of nursing care, passing four themes: typing of the concept of systematization of nursing care; benefits, which resulted in the reasons to believe in the positivity of this working tool; experienced problems, revealing the world of everyday life of nursing professionals, and possibilities for improvement. It was concluded that the nursing technicians are unaware of the systematization of nursing care. However, they typify a very positive perception about the same, especially with regard to improvements that may foster care / Objetivou-se compreender o t?pico ideal do t?cnico de enfermagem acerca da sistematiza??o da assist?ncia de enfermagem, ? luz do referencial te?rico de Alfred Schutz. Trata-se de uma investiga??o fenomenol?gica compreensiva, utilizando o referencial te?rico de Alfred Schutz. Para o desvelamento do fen?meno (o t?pico ideal do t?cnico de enfermagem acerca da sistematiza??o da assist?ncia de Enfermagem), o processo de pesquisa configurou-se a partir da proposta de princ?pios orientadores de uma metodologia de pesquisa com base na pr?pria obra de Schutz, realizada por Zeferino (2010), em seu doutoramento. Para coleta de dados, utilizou-se a t?cnica do grupo focal, com a colabora??o de treze t?cnicos de enfermagem atuantes em um hospital universit?rio norte-riograndense, que responderam positivamente ao crit?rio de inclus?o: atuar no hospital de estudo e realizar cuidados assistenciais diretos aos pacientes. Quarenta e quatro sujeitos demonstraram interesse em participar, sendo realizado um sorteio para sele??o da amostra da pesquisa, composta por 14 profissionais, dos quais um n?o compareceu ao encontro de coleta de dados. O grupo focal, intitulado O que eu penso acerca da sistematiza??o da assist?ncia de enfermagem , aconteceu no dia 15 de fevereiro de 2013, totalizando 101 minutos. Foi realizado de acordo com a Pedagogia Vivencial Humanescente, utilizando a constru??o de cartazes como t?cnica projetiva, a partir da quest?o chave: O que ? sistematiza??o da assist?ncia de enfermagem para voc?? . A fim de compreender um pouco da situa??o biogr?fica dos participantes, foi aplicado um question?rio aos participantes. A partir da concord?ncia dos sujeitos, o grupo focal foi gravado e fotografado, contando com a coopera??o de um relator e de dois outros colaboradores. Foi utilizado o Microsoft Word 2010 para a realiza??o da transcri??o do encontro e o Microsoft Excel 2010 para sintetiza??o dos resultados por meio de uma planilha. O estudo seguiu os princ?pios ?ticos e legais que regem a pesquisa cient?fica em seres humanos, preconizados na Resolu??o n? 196/96, e foi aprovado pelo Parecer Consubstanciado do Comit? de ?tica em Pesquisa da UFRN, n? 98.424, de 31 de agosto de 2012, CAAE n? 05906912.0.0000.5537. A an?lise das falas dos t?cnicos de enfermagem, juntamente com a contempla??o de seus cartazes e de suas descri??es escritas, permitiu, a partir dos princ?pios orientadores de Zeferino (2010), ? luz do referencial de Alfred Schutz, desvelar o t?pico ideal dos t?cnicos de enfermagem acerca da sistematiza??o da assist?ncia de enfermagem, perpassando quatro eixos tem?ticos: tipifica??o do conceito da sistematiza??o da assist?ncia de enfermagem; benef?cios, que se traduziram nos motivos-para acreditar na positividade dessa ferramenta de trabalho; problemas vivenciados, reveladores do mundo vida cotidiano dos profissionais de enfermagem; e possibilidades de melhoria. Concluiu-se que o t?cnico de enfermagem t?pico ? um sujeito cr?tico e reflexivo, que, apesar de ter tido uma forma??o acad?mica que negligenciou os aspectos te?ricos essenciais concernentes ? sistematiza??o da assist?ncia de enfermagem, possui uma situa??o biogr?fica que o faz acreditar na positividade da sistematiza??o da assist?ncia de enfermagem

A quantitative, descriptive, explorative design was used to evaluate a decentralised primary health care training programme at a training unit in the Limpopo Province. The study sought to determine to what extent the newly qualified diplomates were able to manage patients appropriately when faced with the realities, such as the shortage of personnel, large numbers of patients, shortage of resources and time constraints in the real situation without the support and guidance from medical practitioners and senior nursing personnel. Data were collected by observing the diplomates as they managed patients with hypertension by making use of checklists. The diplomates were also interviewed by making use of an in interview schedule. The major inferences drawn from this study was that these diplomates were competent in the management of these patients and were satisfied with their abilities and training. / Health Studies / M. A. (Health Studies)