Refinement of the competencies for a programme in child nursing science presented at a nursing education institution in the Gauteng Province

Rossouw, Susanna Cornelia

dc.contributor.advisor	Heyns, Tanya
dc.contributor.advisor	Hattingh, Susan
dc.contributor.author	Rossouw, Susanna Cornelia
dc.date.accessioned	2013-07-09T06:32:31Z
dc.date.available	2013-07-09T06:32:31Z
dc.date.issued	2012-06
dc.identifier.citation	Rossouw, Susanna Cornelia (2013) Refinement of the compentencies for a programme in child nursing science presented at a nursing education institution in the Gauteng Province, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10001>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10001
dc.description.abstract	PURPOSE Explore the competencies required by the child nurse practitioners in the child nursing practice in order to refine the current competencies in a programme for Child Nursing Science presented at a Nursing Education Institution in Gauteng. DESIGN AND METHOD A quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive, exploratory and applied research design was used. A structured self reported questionnaire was constructed based on the competencies derived from the current programme for Child Nursing Science used at the Nursing Education Institution, the Specialist Paediatric and Child Health Nurse by the Australian Confederation of Paediatric and Child Health Nurses and the World Health Organization Children’s Nursing Curriculum. The structured self reported questionnaire was distributed to 110 child nurse practitioners working in child nursing practices in Gauteng and a total of 82 responded. FINDINGS All competencies were regarded as important, except for competencies related to research, family-centred child care, complementary and traditional child care practices, evidence-based practice, mentoring and play activities. CONCLUSION Findings were used to refine the current competencies in a programme for Child Nursing Science	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (xviii, 374 pages) : illustrations (mostly color), color graphs	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights	University of South Africa	en
dc.subject	Child nurse practitioners	en
dc.subject	Clinical practice	en
dc.subject	Competencies	en
dc.subject.ddc	618.9200096822
dc.subject.lcsh	Child health services -- South Africa -- Gauteng	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Nursing -- Study and teaching -- South Africa -- Gauteng	en
dc.title	Refinement of the competencies for a programme in child nursing science presented at a nursing education institution in the Gauteng Province	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Health Studies	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Health Studies)