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Exploring support needs of registered nurses working in a neonatal intensive care unit in the Tshwane District Gauteng Province
Dissertation (MCur)--University of Pretoria, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/78726 Exploring support needs of registered nurses working in a neonatal intensive care unit in the Tshwane District Gauteng Province Ngunyulu, Roinah Nkhensani nefalen@gmail.com Nefale, Funzani Nelly UCTD Neonatal Intensive Care Registered Nurses Support Needs Tshwane District Gauteng Health sciences articles SDG-03 Health sciences articles SDG-17 Dissertation (MCur)--University of Pretoria, 2021. Background: Registered nurses in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit are working under a stressful environment. In response to a stressful environment, there is a need to know their support needs to promote a positive working environment. However, the support needs of registered nurses in Neonatal Intensive Care Units have not been explored and described in the Tshwane District, Gauteng province. Aim: Therefore, this study explored and described support needs for registered nurses working in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit situated in the Tshwane District of the Gauteng province. Research design and methods: A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was used in this study. The population of this study comprised of 15 registered nurses working in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a selected hospital in the Tshwane District, Gauteng Province, South Africa. However, the data saturation was reached after interviewing six participants and three more interviews were done to make sure that the interviewer has reached data saturation. The inclusion criteria of those registered nurses were those who had been working in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for one year or more. Other categories of medical professionals like doctors, physiotherapist and or dieticians were excluded in this study. In-depth unstructured interviews were conducted during data collection and data was analysed following thematic analysis. Ethical approval from the University of Pretoria and an approval letter from the Department of Health were received prior to conducting the study. Results: The research results of the study revealed five themes of support needs of registered nurses working in a NICU situated in the Tshwane District of the Gauteng Province. Those support needs are fair leadership management, management intervention, teamwork, staff development and availability of resources within the workplace. Significance of the study: The study results provided an understanding of the support needs of registered nurses which might enable the unit manager to plan strategies that can be used to address the nurse's needs, which could promote quality care for neonates admitted in that Unit. In addition, the health care institution might benefit from the study as it might assist them to care for registered nurses through addressing their needs, thus retaining their staff members working in the NICU. em2026 Nursing Science MCur Unrestricted SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2021-02-17T10:50:42Z 2021-02-17T10:50:42Z 2021 2021 Dissertation * A2021 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78726 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Neonatal Intensive Care Registered Nurses Support Needs Tshwane District Gauteng Health sciences articles SDG-03 Health sciences articles SDG-17 Exploring support needs of registered nurses working in a neonatal intensive care unit in the Tshwane District Gauteng Province |
| title | Exploring support needs of registered nurses working in a neonatal intensive care unit in the Tshwane District Gauteng Province |
| title_full | Exploring support needs of registered nurses working in a neonatal intensive care unit in the Tshwane District Gauteng Province |
| title_fullStr | Exploring support needs of registered nurses working in a neonatal intensive care unit in the Tshwane District Gauteng Province |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring support needs of registered nurses working in a neonatal intensive care unit in the Tshwane District Gauteng Province |
| title_short | Exploring support needs of registered nurses working in a neonatal intensive care unit in the Tshwane District Gauteng Province |
| title_sort | exploring support needs of registered nurses working in a neonatal intensive care unit in the tshwane district gauteng province |
| topic | UCTD Neonatal Intensive Care Registered Nurses Support Needs Tshwane District Gauteng Health sciences articles SDG-03 Health sciences articles SDG-17 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78726 |