Thesis (MCur)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Recent escalation of medical costs, cost containment and decreasing public
funds, drew attention to the importance of formulation and evaluation of
standards of nursing care.
Practice experience and consultations with nurse managers indicated a great
need for standards to evaluate the quality of care in the pediatric units of the big
hospitals in Swaziland.
A non-experimental, explorative and descriptive study was conducted in the four
regional hospitals in Swaziland. Checklists were developed by the researcher to
evaluate standards of care relating to the structure, process and outcome
dimension of care.
Structure standards refer to minimum requirements regarding the facilities,
equipment, supplies, and availability of generic documents and staff.
Process standards are mainly concerned with the specific nursing procedures
and practices, while the
Outcome standards evaluate the parents' satisfaction with the nursing care of
their child, the amount of information received prior to discharge and the level of
communication between the parents and the nursing staff.
The most important results are:
.:. None of the hospitals met the pre-set requirement to be considered as
delivering a satisfactory level of care for any of the three dimensions of care .
•:. Critical nursing procedures were often performed ineffectively and
inefficiently .
•:. Most parents viewed their communication with the nursing staff negatively. Recommendations include the development and implementation of a formalized
quality improvement programme on all levels of care, auditing of records and
patient care and in-service education for all personnel regarding quality care.
Keywords: Quality care, formulation and evaluation of standards - pediatric
patients / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die onlangse verhoging in mediese koste, kostebesparings en verminderde
openbare fondse, het die aandag gevestig op die belang van formulering en
evaluering van standaarde vir verpleegsorg.
Praktykervaring en konsultasies met verpleegbestuurders het aangedui dat daar
'n groot behoefte bestaan vir standaarde om die gehalte van verpleegsorg in
pediatriese eenhede in die groot hospitale van Swaziland, te evalueer.
'n Nie-eksperimentele, verkennende en beskrywende studie is onderneem in die
vier streekshospitale in Swaziland. Kontrolelyste is deur die navorser ontwikkel
om standaarde van sorg te evalueer ten opsigte van die struktuur-, proses-, en
uitkomsdimensie van sorg.
Struktuurstandaarde verwys na die minimum vereistes ten opsigte van die
fasiliteite, toerusting en voorrade, die beskikbaarheid van generiese
dokumentasie en die personeel.
Prosesstandaarde hou hoofsaaklik verband met spesifieke verpleegprosedures
en praktyke terwyl
Uitkomsstandaarde die ouers se tevredenheid met die verpleging van hulle kind,
die hoeveelheid inligting ontvang voor ontslag en die vlak van kommunikasie
tussen die ouers en die verpleegpersoneel evalueer.
Die belangrikste resultate is:
.:. Geen hospitaal het ten opsigte van enige van die drie dimensies van sorg,
aan die voorafbepaalde vereiste voldoen om beskou te word dat hulle 'n
bevredigende vlak van sorg lewer nie .
•:. Kritiese verpleegprosedures is dikwels oneffektief en ondoeltreffend
uitgevoer. .:. Die meeste ouers het fn negatiewe siening gehad ten opsigte van die
kommunikasie met die verpleegpersoneel.
Aanbevelings sluit in die ontwikkeling en implementering van fn geformaliseerde
gehalte verbeteringsprogram op alle vlakke van sorg, oudit van rekords en
pasiëntsorg en indiensopleiding vir alle personeel ten opsigte van gehaltesorg.
Sleutelwoorde: Gehaltesorg, formulering en evaluering van standaarde -
pediatriese pasiënte
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/51754 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Mhlongo, Zanele Claudia |
| Contributors | Bester, M. E., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dept. of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences. Nursing Science. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 138 p. : ill. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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