The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the experiences of male
community service officers during midwifery clinical training. A qualitative, explorative,
descriptive and contextual design was used in order to achieve the study objectives.
Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews. Data analysis elucidated
analogous themes and categories which translated into the overall experiences of the
participants.
The study found that whilst the experience was described as beneficial, there were
overwhelming challenges in providing intimate care to female clients, dealing with
ethno-cultural aspects, meeting clinical practice requirements and the right to choose to
be part of midwifery clinical training.
Recommendations to nurse educators, clinical midwives and midwifery clinical
supervisors with regard to better support for male nurses during midwifery clinical
training emanated from the study findings / Health Studies / M.A. (Health Studies)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/10572 |
| Date | 27 November 2013 |
| Creators | Meyer, Rushaan |
| Contributors | Lumadi, T. G. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource ([iv], 106 leaves) |
| Rights | University of South Africa |
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