Perceptions of professional nurses on the impact of shortage of resources for quality patient care in a public hospital: Limpopo Province
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Authors
Mokoena, Machidi Julia
Issue Date
2017-01
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Health professionals , Impact , Perceptions , Public hospital , Quality patient care , Resources
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Abstract
Professional nurses are regarded as the backbone of the health care system and quality patient care is linked to patient safety.The purpose of the study was to describe and explore the perceptions of professional nurses on impact of shortage of resources for quality patient care. The resources include health professionals, equipment and drugs. The study was conducted in Mankweng hospital which is a public hospital in the Capricorn district in Limpopo Province.
Qualitative descriptive exploratory design was used which provided the researcher with in-depth information regarding phenomena under study. Data was collected from ten (10) professional nurses who have 5 to 20 years of nursing experience allocated in medical and surgical wards. Unstructured face-to-face interview was conducted using field notes and audio tape.
Data was analysed following Creswell (2014) Tesch method. Five themes and eighteen subthemes emerged from data. The findings revealed that the shortage of health professionals and inadequate resources has a negative impact on provision of quality patient care.
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Citation
Mokoena, Machidi Julia (2017) Perceptions of professional nurses on the impact of shortage of resources for quality patient care in a public hospital: Limpopo Province, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22928>