scholarly journals Final-year student nurses’ experiences of caring for patients

Curationis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sewela C. Kobe ◽  
Charlene Downing ◽  
Marie Poggenpoel
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Step Method ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Contextual Design ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
Team Spirit

Background: Shortage of nurses in South African hospitals has affected the nurse–patient ratio, thus prompting nurses to be focussed on completing nursing-related duties with less or no caring for the patient. Caring involves having a therapeutic relationship with the patients, and it can be challenging and demanding for final-year student nurses who are still novices in the nursing profession.Objectives: To explore and describe the experiences of caring for patients amongst final-year student nurses in order to develop and provide recommendations to facilitate caring.Method: A qualitative, descriptive and contextual design was used. Data collection was done through eight in-depth individual interviews. Giorgi’s five-step method of data analysis was used, along with an independent coder. Measures to ensure trustworthiness and ethical principles were applied throughout the research.Results: Four themes with 12 subthemes emerged from the data: therapeutic relationship with patients as an integral part of caring, teamwork – team spirit makes caring easy, continuous caring that promotes quality and safe nursing, as well as satisfaction amongst staff and patients, and various barriers that contributed to lack of caring in the unit.Conclusion: The majority of student nurses had positive experiences of caring, which included therapeutic relationships between nurses and the patients, teamwork and team spirit that fostered safe and quality nursing care, rendered effortlessly. Barriers to caring were also highlighted as negative experiences.

scholarly journals Cultural health practices of South African Vatsonga people on the home care of children with measles

Curationis ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R.T. Lebese ◽  
V.O. Netshandama ◽  
N.S. Shai-Mahoko
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
South African ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Contextual Design ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Project Data

The purpose of this research study was to identify the cultural health practices of the Vatsonga in relation to the home care of children with measles. It was undertaken in the Giyani District of the Limpopo Province, in the Republic of South Africa. The qualitative, explorative and contextual design was used to conduct this project. Data was collected from nine key informants and nineteen general informants. Data was collected using individual interviews with key-informants and focus group interviews with general informants. Observations were also made.

scholarly journals “Empathy Equals Match”: The Meaning of Empathy as It Is Perceived by Greek Nurse Students-A Qualitative Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aikaterini Deligianni ◽  
Maria Kyriakidou ◽  
Evridiki Kaba ◽  
Martha Kelesi ◽  
Michael Rovithis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Emotion Knowledge ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Core Category ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Nurse Students

Empathy is an integral component of the nurse–patient relationship and is critical to the development of the therapeutic relationship. The focus of this qualitative descriptive study is to explore student nurses’ views on empathy. Student nurses related the concept of empathy, with emotion, conscientiousness, care, communication and support. Empathy for these students was the combination of cognitive, emotional and functional characteristics and skills. Each category, which emerged from the data analysis, contained the concepts of emotion, knowledge and skill. These concepts found to be interrelated and interdependent. This led to the formation of a core category called “Empathy equals Match”.

scholarly journals Nursing in Saudi Arabia: Reflections on the experiences of South African nurses

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalena Van Rooyen ◽  
Colette D. Telford-Smith ◽  
Johanita Strümpher
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
South African ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
Contextual Design ◽  
Descriptive Method

The purpose of the study was to describe and reflect on the lived experiences of the South African nurses residing and working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design with a phenomenological approach was adopted. Data were collected by means of individual interviews and the personal journals of the nurses who met the sampling criteria. The data analysis was done according to Tesch’s descriptive method (in Creswell 1994). The main theme that emerged was one of ‘cultural diversity’. Sub-themes related to the nurses’ religious/spiritual, environmental, emotional/psychological and professional experiences were also identified. A literature control was undertaken to verify the results. Limitations were highlighted, conclusions were drawn and recommendations relating to nursing research, education and practice were made.OpsommingDie doel van die studie was om die lewenservarings van Suid-Afrikaanse verpleegkundiges wat in die Koningkryk van Saoedi-Arabië werksaam en woonagtig is, te beskryf en daaroor te besin. 'n Kwalitatiewe, verkennende, beskrywende en kontekstuele navorsingsontwerp of strategie van ondersoek, vanuit 'n fenomenologiese benadering, is vir die doel ingespan. Data is ingesamel aan die hand van individuele onderhoude met deelnemers wat aan die kriteria vir insluiting by die steekproef voldoen het en persoonlike joernale wat deur hierdie deelnemers bygehou is. Data- ontleding is volgens die beskrywende metode van Tesch (in Creswell 1994) gedoen. Die hooftema voortspruitend uit die navorsing was dié van ‘kulturele diversiteit’. Verdere temas ten opsigte van verpleegkundiges se godsdienstige/geestelike, omgewings-, emosionele/psigiese en professionele ervarings is ook geïdentifseer. 'n Literatuurkontrole is onderneem om die navorsingsbevindinge te verifieer. Beperkings is uitgelig, en gevolgtrekkings en aanbevelings gerig op verpleegkundige navorsing, onderrig en praktyk is gemaak.

scholarly journals Mothers’ expectations of midwives’ care during labour in a public hospital in Gauteng

Curationis ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malmsey Sengane
Keyword(s):  
Public Hospital ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Holistic Health ◽  
Nursing Theory ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
Labour Ward ◽  
Contextual Study

Background: Mothers develop expectations regarding midwives’ care during labour and when these are not met mothers become dissatisfied and eventually have negative experiences of their labour. It is only when mothers’ voices are heard by midwives in the labour ward that efficient and quality care will be provided. To ensure mothers have a positive experience of labour, midwives should include mothers’ expectations when caring for them.Objective: The purpose of the study on which this article is based was to determine mothers’ expectations of midwives’ care during labour. To achieve this purpose the researcher sought to explore and describe mothers’ expectations of midwives’ care during labour in a specific public hospital in Gauteng.Method: A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual study design was used. Face-to-face, in-depth individual interviews were conducted with mothers about their expectations of midwives’ care during labour. Data were then analysed with an open descriptive method of coding (Tesch’s eight steps) that is appropriate for qualitative research to identify categories. The data was also analysed by an independent coder. The categories were subsequently placed within a holistic health promotive nursing theory that encompasses body, mind and spirit.Results: The findings revealed the provision of comfort and support as the two main aspects that the mothers expected from the midwives’ care. The mothers expected midwives to improve their communication skills with them (mothers) as well as with fathers or partners if they were available. The mothers expected midwives to facilitate bonding between mother, father and baby, and also encouraged the midwives to improve their (midwives’) knowledge, skills and morale.Conclusion: The results of this study should assist midwives in providing holistic quality care to mothers during labour, thus providing satisfaction and positive experiences of the mothers’ labour.

scholarly journals Influence at Work tied to Materiality in Danish Care Work

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Aske Svendsen ◽  
Johan Simonsen Abildgaard ◽  
Lene Tanggaard ◽  
Ida Elisabeth Huitfeldt Madsen ◽  
Malene Friis Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Work Setting ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Influence At Work ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
Group Interviews

Influence at work is known to be an important factor for workers health. Researchers have called for studies on influence at work as a contextualized phenomenon. Based on individual interviews with managers and focus group interviews with employees in three care workplaces, the article shows how the materiality of the work setting ties employees’ influence to perform tasks in both hindering and enabling ways. We show that a work environment where employees’ influence is hindered produces negative experiences in the work environment, while an environment where employees’ influence is enabled produces positive experiences. Additionally, we study how employees influence the material aspects of their workplace.We present a view of influence at work as constituted by materiality and social organization in sociomaterial assemblages. This study reintroduces materiality as a concern in psychosocial work environment research and contributes a sociomaterial view on influence at work and materiality.

scholarly journals Systematic review and bibliometric analysis of African anesthesia and critical care medicine research part II: a scientometric analysis of the 116 most cited articles

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye ◽  
Joel Noutakdie Tochie ◽  
Aimé Mbonda ◽  
Cynthia Kévine Wafo ◽  
Leonid Daya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
South African ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
World Journal ◽  
Critical Care Medicine ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Medicine Research ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Scientometrics is used to assess the impact of research in several health fields, including Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine. The purpose of this study was to identify contributors to highly-cited African Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine research. Methods The authors searched Web of Science from inception to May 4, 2020, for articles on and about Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine in Africa with ≥2 citations. Quantitative (H-index) and qualitative (descriptive analysis of yearly publications and interpretation of document, co-authorship, author country, and keyword) bibliometric analyses were done. Results The search strategy returned 116 articles with a median of 5 (IQR: 3–12) citations on Web of Science. Articles were published in Anesthesia and Analgesia (18, 15.5%), World Journal of Surgery (13, 11.2%), and South African Medical Journal (8, 6.9%). Most (74, 63.8%) articles were published on or after 2013. Seven authors had more than 1 article in the top 116 articles: Epiu I (3, 2.6%), Elobu AE (2, 1.7%), Fenton PM (2, 1.7%), Kibwana S (2, 1.7%), Rukewe A (2, 1.7%), Sama HD (2, 1.7%), and Zoumenou E (2, 1.7%). The bibliometric coupling analysis of documents highlighted 10 clusters, with the most significant nodes being Biccard BM, 2018; Baker T, 2013; Llewellyn RL, 2009; Nigussie S, 2014; and Aziato L, 2015. Dubowitz G (5) and Ozgediz D (4) had the highest H-indices among the authors referenced by the most-cited African Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine articles. The U.S.A., England, and Uganda had the strongest collaboration links among the articles, and most articles focused on perioperative care. Conclusion This study highlighted trends in top-cited African articles and African and non-African academic institutions’ contributions to these articles.

scholarly journals Factors that Inhibit Sustainable Adoption of Industry 4.0 in the South African Manufacturing Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1013
Author(s):  
Whisper Maisiri ◽  
Liezl van Dyk ◽  
Rojanette Coeztee
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Education System ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The South ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Cultural Construct ◽  
Sub Saharan

Industry 4.0 (I4.0) adoption in the manufacturing industry is on the rise across the world, resulting in increased empirical research on barriers and drivers to I4.0 adoption in specific country contexts. However, no similar studies are available that focus on the South African manufacturing industry. Our small-scale interview-based qualitative descriptive study aimed at identifying factors that may inhibit sustainable adoption of I4.0 in the country’s manufacturing industry. The study probed the views and opinions of 16 managers and specialists in the industry, as well as others in supportive roles. Two themes emerged from the thematic analysis: factors that inhibit sustainable adoption of I4.0 and strategies that promote I4.0 adoption in the South African manufacturing industry. The interviews highlighted cultural construct, structural inequalities, noticeable youth unemployment, fragmented task environment, and deficiencies in the education system as key inhibitors. Key strategies identified to promote sustainable adoption of I4.0 include understanding context and applying relevant technologies, strengthening policy and regulatory space, overhauling the education system, and focusing on primary manufacturing. The study offers direction for broader investigations of the specific inhibitors to sustainable I4.0 adoption in the sub-Saharan African developing countries and the strategies for overcoming them.

The Euphoric Sensations of Cigarettes: Exploring How Operant Conditioning May Be the Missing Link in the Theoretical Understanding of Antidrug Policies

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-502
Author(s):  
Elizabeth L. Borkowski ◽  
Wanda E. Leal
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Operant Conditioning ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Add Health ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Drug Policies ◽  
Positive Experiences

This study aims to examine how positive and negative reinforcers during an individual’s first few cigarettes (cigarette initiation experiences) are associated with adulthood smoking behavior. Respondents from the Add Health were asked about subjective feelings during their first few cigarettes. Using ordinary least squares (OLS) and logistic regression, we examine the differential effects of positive and negative cigarette initiation experiences on 30-day cigarette use in adulthood and lifetime nicotine dependence. The results indicate that all measures of positive cigarette initiation experiences are positively associated with both cigarette measures; however, the opposite is not true of negative cigarette initiation experiences. The results highlight the misconceptions of antidrug policies aimed at punishment of users, by indicating that positive experiences influence later cigarette use more than negative experiences. These findings suggest that drug policies and initiatives aimed at punishment may be misguided and could benefit from adopting operant conditioning concepts that emphasize reinforcements.

scholarly journals Diaries of Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8556
Author(s):  
Serpil Türkleş ◽  
Münevver Boğahan ◽  
Hilal Altundal ◽  
Zeliha Yaman ◽  
Mualla Yılmaz
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Coping Methods ◽  
The Face ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Negative Coping ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
In The Beginning

Little is known about the experiences of nursing students during the pandemic process. This research was conducted to determine the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic process. This qualitative study was conducted with 47 first-year nursing students of a faculty that experienced the COVID-19 pandemic between 3–30 April 2020. Student nurses stated that they felt fear and anxiety; they liked this situation in the beginning due to the constraints during the pandemic process, but due to the prolongation of this process, they experienced boredom due to monotonous extraordinary days of doing the same things every day and realized that every moment before the pandemic was very valuable. In addition, the students stated that rich and poor are equal in the face of the virus and that all humanity has learned solidarity by leaving wars, fights, and superiority efforts. In this process, it was found that nursing students have negative coping methods, such as not being able to manage time well due to constraints at home and spending too much time on the phone, internet, and computer. In this context, empowering nursing students to cope with challenging emotions and thoughts starting from their educational life will contribute to the development of both students and the profession.

scholarly journals Community Peer-Led Exercise Groups: Reasons for Success

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Robertson ◽  
Beatrice Hale ◽  
Debra Waters ◽  
Leigh Hale ◽  
Alexa Andrew
Keyword(s):  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Falls Prevention ◽  
Peer Leaders ◽  
Group Leaders ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Volunteer Leaders ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Physical Achievement

Purpose: This paper considers reasons for the successful maintenance of community based, falls-prevention programs. While the physical achievement of such programs has been demonstrated through randomized trials, other features influential in ongoing membership have received less attention. This study examined the sustainability of a specific model of a community-based program in a New Zealand city: SAYGO, the strength and balance classes for older adults lead by older volunteer leaders recruited from local communities. Method: A qualitative, descriptive approach was used and first-hand knowledge of the experiences of those involved in the groups gathered. Data collection methods included individual interviews of two group organizers and seven focus groups: six with the members of the exercise groups (57 participants) and one with the peer leaders from these same groups (6 participants). Results: Three major themes emerged from the interviews. Two were related to the outcomes of the groups (ie. physical and social benefits). The third was concerned with the support needs of the groups to ensure their on-going maintenance. The aspect that most invigorated the participants was the social value of the group. Conclusions: A major feature that contributed to the sustainability of the peer led exercise groups was the positive social connectedness created by the modeling of a caring culture by the peer-leaders. This caring culture involves support and inclusion of every member and acting as a resource and confidant for individual issues. Because group leaders are similar in age and physical problems, it is expected that they will empathize with participants, and because of their community and agency links, it is expected that they will be able to act as a resource for information on issues related to the participants, therefore, stand between the formal and informal domains and are perceived to have knowledge and connections in both. This, we suggest, is a major, previously unconsidered feature in the sustainability of these groups.

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