M.Cur. / The aim of this study is to describe a quality improvement programme for nursing education in the private health care services. In the present economic climate of South Africa everybody strives towards quality service and as a result it has also became a customer demand. The learning accompanist is thus faced with the challenge to create a service which accommodates the expectations of the student as the customer. In the dynamic interactive relationship between the learning accompanist and the student, the student has the right to receive quality education which would enable him/her to function as an independent practitioner with critical and analytical thinking skills and able to provide quality nursing. The paradigmatic perspective that guides this research is based on metatheoretical, theoretical and methodological assumptions. The metatheoretical assumption utilised the Nursing Theory for the whole person, whereas the theoretical assumption utilised three sources:- the Nursing Theory for the Whole Person, the Quality Improvement Model of Muller (1986) and the Adult-Learner proposed by Knowles (1980). The methodological assumptions of this study are based on Botes' research model (1992), which imply a functional approach to practice of nursing science. The expectations of students regarding quality nursing education in the private health care services were initially explored by means of focus group interviews and these ideas are supported by literature searches. The sample population was N = 76 and the sample realization was N =12 for the focus group interview. Trustworthiness was ensured using the strategies proposed by Lincoln and Guba (1985: 290). A questionnaire based on this data was constructed to confirm these expectations as well as to explore-the theological dimension ("how") of the identified expectations. Analysis of the resultant data enabled the generation of specific statements which embodied the expectations with respect to the learning accompanist, nursing education and the system (N=9). In chapter four the conceptual framework is described based on the identified concepts.. relevant national and international literature. Trustworthiness was ensured by means of sound literature scrutiny and literature analysis (N=64). From the analysis of the description of the conceptual framework, six main and related concepts which resulted in concise and clear statements on nursing care could be generated (N =30). The contents of a desirable quality improvement programme were drawn up by means of deductive and inductive reasoning from these statements. The resultant programme focuses on the actions which should be carried out in order to improve quality in nursing education in the private health care services.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:3890 |
| Date | 11 February 2014 |
| Creators | Paolini, Magdalena Wilhelmina |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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