Background
Trauma is the leading cause of death in the young (ages 1-44) and the current life
situation is responsible for producing emergency injuries from motor vehicle
accidents, violence and from acute life threatening illnesses. The training of
emergency nurses is therefore of priority based on the increasing demands on the
entire emergency health care system. The study evaluates the education and
training of emergency nursing programme that has been offered for the past
seven (7) years at a Nursing Education Institution (NEI) in the Limpopo province.
The programme has not has not been formally evaluated.
Aim
The overall aim of the study is to explore and describe the views of students pertaining
to the emergency nursing programme offered at the NEI in the Limpopo province and to
make recommendations for the refinement of the emergency nursing programme,
based on the views of the nursing students.
Methods
A qualitative design working from an Appreciative Inquiry approach was employed.
Purposive sampling was used and focus group interviews were conducted with 20
Professional nurses who are trained as emergency nurses at the NEI from 2007 to
2013.
Two main themes emerged: theoretical aspects and clinical aspects, which included
both positive and negative views. The findings were used to make recommendations
to refine the programme / Health Studies / M.A. (Health Studies)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/20993 |
| Date | 14 July 2016 |
| Creators | Motseo, Pitsi Isabella |
| Contributors | Heyns, Tanya, Coetzee, Isabel |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xi, 180 leaves, 13 leaves) : tables, graphs |
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