Thesis (PhD (Education))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / During the past twelve years of democracy health care services in South Africa have been
influenced by political, social and economic change. As a result of the transformation of health
care services and the change of political policy, the focus on primary health care increased.
During the early stages of the transformation of health care services stakeholders realized that in
order to provide an extensive health care service specialized training is required. Various
educational institutions provided formal and informal programmes in order to meet the new
challenges of the nursing profession. Although minimum requirements of the content and clinical
practice have been established by the nursing council, the mode of presentation, costs, duration
and type of qualification awarded to clinical nursing practitioners differed substantially.
Uniformity in terms of programme content was lacking, neither were any scientifically founded
attempts made to establish whether these programmes fulfilled the needs of the student in the
rural community. Although a variety of training programmes exist the number of trained clinical
nursing practitioners is still inadequate. In addition training is focused on the urban community.
The objective of the research was to determine the opinion of the rural nurse on clinical nursing
education, and to develop a training framework based on their input which would meet their
needs. This research was conducted from an explanatory-descriptive paradigm. The case study
was used as research design.
A literature study on the development of primary health care both internationally and nationally
was done. The literature study revealed the development of training programmes for clinical
nurses. Chapter three of the literature study is dedicated to the theoretical aspects of the design of
a student centered training framework for the adult student.
A student centered training framework has created from data gathered via questionnaires
completed by clinical nurses and semi-structured interviews with semi-qualified nurses. Semistructured
interviews have also been conducted with the supervisors of nurses working in clinics
and community health centres in the Northern Cape.
The conclusion that respondents showed a positive attitude towards training in clinical nursing
was encouraging. The majority of respondents indicated that they would welcome an additional
qualification which will improve their knowledge and would result in better patient care. The
respondents highlighted staff shortages, financial constraints and family responsibility as the
main obstacles towards these qualifications. During the research it became clear that no formal
training is currently available in Kimberley. This is as a result of the absence of mentors. Although the respondents have limited access to computers they indicated that they would prefer
computer supported training in conjunction with physical contact sessions.
The research indicated that no formal policy on the training of clinical nurses exists in the rural
Northern Cape. In the absence of a training framework the research further contributed towards
the development of a student centered training framework for clinical nurses in rural Northern
Cape. The research succeeded in highlighting the necessity for formal policy on the training of
clinical nurses in rural Northern Cape.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/1148 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Van der Walt, Stephanie |
| Contributors | Kapp, C. A., Welmann, E. B., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Education. Dept. of Curriculum Studies. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | Afrikaans |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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