Open Access Journal of Disease and Global Health(OAJDGH)

Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology, South Africa

Publications

• Research Article   
  Operational Nurse Managers’ Perspectives towards Community Service Nurses' Transition into Professional Nurse Role
  Author(s): Mthokozisi Zulu*, LA Snell-Hillermann and TSP Ngxongo
  
  Background: Operational nurse managers play a significant role in community service nurses towards becoming fully fledged professional nurse, this is more so because the community service nurses are still neophytes and require guidance and support. Community service nurses still requires supervision, mentoring and support from operational nurse manager in assuming their new role. Hence the government of South Africa introduced community service placement for selected health professions in South Africa as strategy by the National Department of Health to improve on the number of health workers more especially in previously under-served areas so as to ensure better access to quality healthcare. Methods: A qualitative study was followed, supported by cross-sectional, contextual, explorative and descriptive approaches, these approaches to this ch.. Read More»
  

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