Mentorship in the primary health care facilities in Sedibeng District of Gauteng Province, South Africa

Abstract

Mentoring is recommended as a method to assist nurses in developing their leadership skills. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of facility managers with regard to mentorship at primary healthcare facilities. The qualitative exploratory and descriptive research design was employed to achieve the study objectives. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The following four themes emerged during data analysis: experiences as a facility manager; views of facility managers on mentoring and leadership; barriers to mentorship; and facility managers’ views on how mentoring can be improved. The study revealed that there is a lack of formal mentoring in primary healthcare facilities in the Sedibeng District. Mentors were not allocated to facility managers, while some facility managers sought out informal mentors of their own choice. The data obtained from this study can be utilised to address the gaps that exist in nursing management and nursing research. It adds insights on the me

Go atlenegisiwa tataiso jaaka mokgwa wa go thusa baoki go godisa dikgono tsa bona tsa boeteledipele. Maikaelelo a thutopatlisiso eno e ne e le go tlhotlhomisa maitemogelo a batsamaisi ba ditlamelo malebana le tataiso kwa ditlamelong tsa tlhokomelo ya ntlha ya boitekanelo. Go dirisitswe moralo wa tlhotlhomiso wa khwalitatifi le patlisiso e e tlhalosang go fitlhelela maikaelelo a thutopatlisiso. Go kokoantswe datha ka dipotsotherisano tsa seka-thulaganyo. Go tlhageletse meono e le mene e e latelang ka nako ya tokololo ya datha: maitemogelo jaaka motsamaisi wa tlamelo; melebo ya batsamaisi ba ditlamelo malebana le tataiso le boeteledipele; dikgoreletsi tsa tataiso; le melebo ya batsamaisi ba ditlamelo malebana le gore tataiso e ka tokafadiwa jang.Thutopatlisiso e senotse gore go na le tlhaelo ya tataiso e e rulaganeng mo ditlamelong tsa tlhokomelo ya ntlha ya boitekanelo mo Sedikeng sa Sedibeng. Batsamaisi ba ditlamelo ga ba abelwe batataisi, fa batsamaisi bangwe ba ditlamelo ba ipatlela batataisi ntle le thulaganyo e e rileng. Datha e e bonweng mo thutopatlisisong eno e ka dirisiwa go samagana le ditlhaelo tse di gona mo tsamaisong ya baoki le patlisiso ya booki. Seno se oketsa kitso mo ditlhokegong tsa tataiso ya batsamaisi ba ditlamelo.

Ezokweluleka zinconywa njengendlela engasiza abahlengikazi ekuthuthukiseni amakhono abo obuholi. Inhloso yalolu cwaningo bekuwukuhlola ulwazi abanalo abaphathi bezikhungo mayelana nezokululekwa ezikhungweni zokunakekelwa ngezempilo okuyisisekelo. Lapha kusetshenziswe uhlobo lokucwaninga okuchazayo ngokweqophelo ukuze kuzuzwe lokho okuhloswe ngocwaningo. Imininingwane iqoqwe kusetshenziswa inhlolovo evulelekile. Ngesikhathi kucwaningwa imininingwane kuqhanyukwe nalezi zindikimba ezine ezilandelayo: ulwazi lomsebenzi njengomphathi wesikhungo; imibono yabaphathi bezikhungo mayelana nezokweluleka nobuholi; izingqinamba kwezokweluleka; kanye nemibono yabaphathi bezikhungo mayelana nokuthi zingaphuculwa kanjani ezokweluleka. Lolu cwaningo luveze ukuthi kunokuntuleka kwezokweluleka okusemthethweni ezikhungweni zezempilo eziyisisekelo eSifundeni eSedibeng. Abeluleki ababekwanga ekutheni babe abaphathi bezikhungo, kanti abanye abaphathi bezikhungo bafuna abeluleki abangekho emthethweni abazikhethele bona ngokwabo. Imininingwane etholakale kulolu cwaningo ingasetshenziswa ukuze kuvalwe igebe elikhona endleleni yokuphathwa kanye nocwaningo ngabahlengikazi. Le mininingwane yegeza kulokho okuyizidingo zokwelulekwa kwabaphathi bezikhungo.