Strategy actions to include students in a private hospital’s nursing teams: A qualitative study

Health SA Gesondheid

 
 
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Title Strategy actions to include students in a private hospital’s nursing teams: A qualitative study
 
Creator Neethling, Adele Rheeder-Jooste, Madeleen Richardson, Won-Li Roets, Lizeth
 
Subject Nursing Education clinical placement; experiential learning; nursing team; strategic actions; student challenges; student inclusion; team approach
Description Background: Student nurse education focusses on preparing competent professionals integral to nursing teams.Aim: To develop strategic actions to include student nurses within the nursing team.Setting: A private healthcare group in South Africa.Methods: A qualitative approach in three phases was used. Thirty purposively sampled participants recorded reflective journals in phase one. Tesch’s eight steps were utilised for analysis. Phase two involved non-probability volunteer sampling of 11 participants for the nominal group technique analysis. In phase three, total population sampling recruited nine panellists for an e-Delphi technique that provided data that were open coded.Results: Phase one identified themes, including perceptions of responsibilities, support needs, recognition, conflict and communication issues. Phase two revealed five strategic actions: fair treatment, aligned work allocation, active participation, respect and acknowledgement of contributions. Phase three validated 19 strategic statements underpinning the strategic actions.Conclusion: Unit managers play a key role in fostering inclusivity, impacting student nurse retention.Contribution: Enhancing team cohesion can improve workplace wellness and patient outcomes while aiding in retention and recruitment efforts.
 
Publisher AOSIS Publishing
 
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Date 2024-07-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Multi-phased Qualitative research
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hsag.v29i0.2533
 
Source Health SA Gesondheid; Vol 29 (2024); 9 pages 2071-9736 1025-9848
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Africa; South Arfica; Gauteng; East Region; Springs — —
Rights Copyright (c) 2024 Adele Neethling, Madeleen Rheeder-Jooste, Won-Li Richardson, Lizeth Roets https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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