scholarly journals Managerial guidelines to support parents during the hospitalisation of their children in a private paediatric unit

Curationis ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Verwey ◽  
K. Jooste
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Parental Participation ◽  
African Government ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Paediatric Unit ◽  
The Family ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Design And Methods

The purpose of this article is to describe managerial guidelines to support parents with the hospitalisation of their child in a private paediatric unit. The hospitalisation of a child is regarded as a major stressor for both parents and child. The role of the family in participating in a child's illness is slowly being recognised (Kibel & Wagstajf, 2001:544), but the South African government per se has not yet issued any formal reports on parental participation in the hospitalisation process. The study explored and describedthe nursing care experiences of parents regarding the hospitalisation of their child in a paediatric unit;managerial guidelines to support parents with their lived experiences of their child’s hospitalisation in a paediatric unit. To achieve the purpose and the objectives of the research, an interpretive-phenomenological qualitative approach was used in the research design and methods. Research was conducted through unstructured individual interviews, narrative diaries and field notes and data were analysed through open-coding (Tesch,1990). Parents were asked to respond to the question “How did you experience your child’s hospitalisation in the paediatric ward”, followed by probing when the responses of the parents were ambiguous.

scholarly journals Experiences of parents during the hospitalisation of their child in a private paediatric unit

Curationis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Verwey
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Parental Participation ◽  
South African Government ◽  
The South ◽  
African Government ◽  
Paediatric Unit ◽  
The Family ◽  
Per Se

A change in the health of a child is regarded as a major stressor for parents which further increases when the child is admitted to a hospital (Kaplan & Sadock, 1998:799). The role of the family in a child’s illness is slowly being recognised (Kibel & Wagstaff, 2001:544), but the South African government per se has not yet issued any formal reports on parental participation in the hospitalisation process.

scholarly journals Views of mothers on the fundamental role of the Christian father as mentor in a nuclear family environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fazel E. Freeks
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Father Absence ◽  
The Family ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Community Data ◽  
Depth Interviews

The present empirical study explored and described the views of mothers elicited through in-depth interviews. This research followed an explorative, interpretive and descriptive qualitative design by using purposive voluntary sampling. Mothers were selected by their lived experience and knowledge of the father absence problem, leadership, prominence in society, and involvement in their community. Data was collected through in-depth interviews, and field notes were taken. The data was analysed through open coding. The results of the empirical research in which mothers were involved indicated that the Christian father as mentor is deemed crucial and relevant within current families. Mentoring by the father is vital in the lives of children and should be implemented and emphasised within the family context. As mentor, the father should nurture the children spiritually and shape their character, thus helping them become complete, whole and, by the grace of God, holy ‘before God’ (coram Deo).

scholarly journals Responses of adolescents regarding the indispensable role of the Christian father as mentor within the family: A qualitative study

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fazel E. Freeks
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Father Absence ◽  
Family Context ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Family ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Depth Interviews

This empirical study explored and described the views about the Christian father as mentor within the family. An explorative, descriptive and interpretive qualitative design was followed in this research using purposive sampling. Respondents were selected by knowledge of the problem of father absence, mentoring, community involvement, leadership and prominence in society. Data was collected by means of in-depth interviews, and field notes were taken after each in-depth interview. Data analysis was conducted using open coding as well as an independent co-coder. The results of the empirical research in which respondents were involved, indicated that the Christian father as mentor is crucial and relevant in the current situation of families. Mentoring by the father is fundamental in the lives of children, and should be implemented and emphasised in the family context. As mentor, the father should nurture their souls and shape their character in order to become complete, whole and, by the grace of God, holy before him.

The Role of Selected Team Design Elements in Successful Sibling Teams

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelley Maeva Farrington ◽  
Elmarie Venter ◽  
Christo Boshoff
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Role Clarity ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Effective Teams ◽  
Team Success ◽  
The Family ◽  
Successful Team ◽  
Team Design

For any team to function effectively, several basic elements need to be present. The extent to which these elements are present increases the chances of a successful team outcome. Since a family business can be viewed as a type of team, the literature on how to design effective teams is also relevant to business families. The primary objectives of this study are to identify the team design elements commonly referred to in the family business literature and to empirically test their influence on the effectiveness of South African sibling teams in family businesses. The empirical findings of this preliminary study show that physical resources, skills diversity, and strategic leadership are important determinants of sibling team success whereas role clarity and competence are not.

The Importance of Spiritual Care in Nursing Practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Veloza-Gómez ◽  
Lucy Muñoz de Rodríguez ◽  
Claudia Guevara-Armenta ◽  
Sandra Mesa-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Care ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Holistic Nursing ◽  
The Family ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Nursing Professionals ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Emergency Care Units

Purpose: Explore what spiritual care means to nurses who work in emergency care units. Design and Method: Nine nursing professionals from an emergency care unit at a private health institution affiliated with the Universidad de La Sabana participated in this descriptive qualitative study. Nonparticipant observation, field notes, and in-depth interviews with a question guide were used to collect the data, which were analyzed by means of content analysis. Results: Three themes and their corresponding subthemes were identified with respect to the significance of spiritual care: (1) interpretation of spiritual care, (2) the patient and the family in spiritual care, and (3) the role of the nurse in spiritual care. Conclusions: These findings provide a deeper understanding of spiritual care in terms of its significance. They also acknowledge its importance to nursing practice in emergency care units. The significance of spiritual care is based on theoretical, scientific, and humanistic points of reference (the discipline of nursing) that strengthen the therapeutic relationship between the patient/family–nurse dyad. The study also offers evidence for holistic nursing practice that requires theoretical-academic, administrative, and assistance support.

scholarly journals Assessing the Effectiveness of Human Resource Management in Creating Organisational Competitiveness in a South African State-Owned Enterprise

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Bongani Innocent Dlamini ◽  
Luther-King Junior Zogli ◽  
Arvid Muzanenhamo
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
South African ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
African State ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
African Government

South African state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been underperforming for the past decade riddled with poor service delivery, employee retrenchments, lack of employee motivation and inability to embrace innovative approaches in management of business. There has been a call from the South African government for SOEs to self-renew and become effective in service delivery. As a result the role of human resource management (HRM) assist organisations to become effective through the use of innovative human resource practices. This paper is an investigation carried out at a selected South African SOE to determine the effectiveness of HRM in creating organisational competitiveness.  A qualitative research approach was adopted where interviews were used to gather data from the company’s human resource practitioners and departmental heads. Non-probability sampling was used and 24 participants were purposively selected. The study revealed that HR practitioners do not participate in policy reviews whereas their skills are underutilised, they lack latest technology and it was noted that there is excessive control from high authorities.   Received: 11 February 2021 / Accepted: 16 March 2021 / Published: 17 May 2021

Governance in South African schools: Democratic advancement or hindrance?

2020 ◽  
pp. 174114322093730
Author(s):  
Nuraan Davids
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
South African ◽  
Daily Functioning ◽  
Parental Participation ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Democratic Discourse ◽  
School Governing Bodies ◽  
Current Practices

The introduction of school governing bodies in South African schools has largely been motivated by a democratic discourse of communal participation, belonging and accountability. How this has been interpreted has seemingly been limited to understandings of parental participation in the daily functioning of schools. In turn, research on school governing bodies has focused extensively on two contrasting narratives, underscored by an imbalance of power – that is, either the incapacity of parents to fulfil their mandate, or a dominance of parental involvement, which often undermines the principal’s authority. Very little, if any, attention has been afforded to the role of school governing bodies in relation to democratising and diversifying schools. By paying particular attention to the roles and responsibilities of parents on school governing bodies, this article considers two inter-related questions. Do current practices and actions of school governing bodies promote or hamper the democratising agenda, necessary for the transformation of schools? How can school governing bodies, and specifically parents, contribute to the transformation of schools that extend beyond parochial conceptions of parental involvement?

Realising Rehabilitation and Social Inclusion through Correctional Service Libraries in South Africa

Mousaion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mbalenhle Sijabulile Khumalo ◽  
Tinashe Mugwisi ◽  
Glenrose Jiyane
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Support Point ◽  
The Body ◽  
African Government ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
People Development ◽  
Critical Structure

A need to correct the behaviour and deeds of people who have been incarcerated has been part of the plans of the South African government for a number of years now. Shifting from being punishment to rehabilitation centres, the correctional centres aim to rehabilitate and prepare inmates to be included and accepted by society beyond their incarceration period. Correctional library and information services provide a critical structure and support point by facilitating the attainment and improvement of education and providing rehabilitation and occupational skills to inmates during their time in these centres. This paper seeks to illustrate that correctional service libraries can be a critical support structure for rehabilitation and social inclusion of inmates in South African correctional centres. The paper also suggests how the correctional service libraries could be mainstreamed for correctional and developmental goals of inmates in South African correctional centres. This conceptual paper also adds to the body of knowledge that advocates for the important role of correctional service libraries in the rehabilitation of inmates. Finally, the paper aims to provide insights to policymakers on the role of correctional service libraries in shaping the lives of the inmates and people development.

scholarly journals A qualitative investigation of the role of paediatric rehabilitation professionals in rural South Africa: Rehabilitation professionals’ perspectives

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Desmond Mathye ◽  
Carina Eksteen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Rehabilitation Professionals ◽  
The Family ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Paediatric Rehabilitation

Purpose: To investigate the role that rehabilitation professionals play in the rehabilitation of children with disabilities in the rural and under-resourced community of Giyani in South Africa.Method: A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive approach was used. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were used to collect data from a convenient sample of eight rehabilitation professionals. Data were transcribed verbatim by two trained students and verified by the main researcher. An inductive approach to qualitative data analysis was used. In vivo and open coding were used to generate codes.Results: Analysis of data resulted in 21 codes, 9 subcategories, 5 categories and 1 theme. The role of rehabilitation professionals was described in terms of the five categories which are to examine newborn babies and children at risk, support caregivers of children with disabilities, impart skills training for caregivers of children with disabilities, rehabilitate children with disabilities and conduct follow-ups in communities where the children with disabilities reside.Conclusion: The role that rehabilitation professionals play in the rural and under-resourced community of Giyani in South Africa is similar to the role played in high-income countries. The role that rehabilitation professionals play is not only focused on the child but also on the family.

THE DIASPORA AT HOME: INDIAN VIEWS AND THE MAKING OF ZULEIKHA MAYAT'S PUBLIC VOICE

Africa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thembisa Waetjen ◽  
Goolam Vahed
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Print Culture ◽  
Medical Doctor ◽  
Reading Public ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Family Enterprises ◽  
The Family ◽  
Diasporic Community ◽  
Narrative Account

ABSTRACTThis article examines how the Gujarati-speaking Muslim trading class in South(ern) Africa was linked as a reading public through a newspaper, Indian Views, which had been founded in early twentieth-century Durban in opposition to Mahatma Gandhi's Indian Opinion. Under the editorship of Moosa Meer (1929–63) it was a conduit for sustaining existing social networks as well as offering common narratives that galvanized an idea of community embracing its geographically disparate readership. Between 1956 and 1963, Zuleikha Mayat, a self-described housewife born in Potchefstroom but married to a medical doctor in Durban whom she ‘met’ through the newspaper, wrote a weekly column that represented one of the first instances of a South African Muslim woman offering her ideas in print. She spoke across gender divides and articulated a moral social vision that accounted for both local and diasporic concerns. This article provides a narrative account of how Mayat came to write for Indian Views, a story that underscores the personal linkages within this diasporic community and, more broadly, how literacy and the family enterprises that constituted local print capitalism provided a material means of sustaining existing networks of village and family. It also reveals the role of newspaper as an interface between public and private spaces in helping to create a community of linguistically related readers who imagined themselves as part of a larger print culture.

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