Challenges experienced by health care professionals working in resource-poor intensive care settings in the Limpopo province of South Africa
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| Field | Value | |
| Title | Challenges experienced by health care professionals working in resource-poor intensive care settings in the Limpopo province of South Africa | |
| Creator | Malelelo-Ndou, Hulisani Ramathuba, Dorah U. Netshisaulu, Khathutshelo G. | |
| Description | Background: Providing optimal care to critically ill patients poses challenges in resource-poor settings because of the lack of equipment, inadequately trained personnel and limited infrastructure.Objectives: This study explored challenges experienced by health care professionals working in resource-poor intensive care units.Method: A qualitative, explorative, descriptive design was used. The population comprised nurses and doctors working in an intensive care unit of one hospital in the Limpopo province of South Africa. A purposive sample was selected and 17 semi-structured interviews were conducted. Data were analysed using Tesch’s method. Ethical considerations were adhered to.Results: Participants experienced challenges related to provision of suboptimal patient care, the challenge of non-adherence to protocols and/or instructions and the challenge of practising beyond the scope of practice.Conclusion: Lack of resources resulted in providing suboptimal intensive patient care. Patients were prone to infections and their safety might be compromised. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2019-03-26 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/curationis.v42i1.1921 | |
| Source | Curationis; Vol 42, No 1 (2019); 8 pages 2223-6279 0379-8577 | |
| Language | eng | |
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