Professional nurses’ perceptions regarding clinical competence of community service nurses in North West province, South Africa

Background: South African Nursing Council requires nurses who successfully complete their training to perform a year of community service before obtaining registration as professional nurses (Regulation 425). Community service for health professionals was introduced as a strategy to retain newly qua...

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Autores principales:	Kholofelo L. Matlhaba, Abel J. Pienaar, Leepile A. Sehularo
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Publicado:	AOSIS 2021
Materias:	clinical competence community service community service nurse perceptions professional nurse Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e7773ea7f7e44436ba7b8c9737e3683a2021-11-24T07:40:31ZProfessional nurses’ perceptions regarding clinical competence of community service nurses in North West province, South Africa1025-98482071-973610.4102/hsag.v26i0.1688https://doaj.org/article/e7773ea7f7e44436ba7b8c9737e3683a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://hsag.co.za/index.php/hsag/article/view/1688https://doaj.org/toc/1025-9848https://doaj.org/toc/2071-9736Background: South African Nursing Council requires nurses who successfully complete their training to perform a year of community service before obtaining registration as professional nurses (Regulation 425). Community service for health professionals was introduced as a strategy to retain newly qualified professionals within the country. The premise is that community service for newly graduated nurses gives them the opportunity to develop skills and acquire knowledge critical in their professional development. Aim: To explore and describe the perceptions of professional nurses as the supervisors of community service nurses (CSNs) during their 12 months of community service. Setting: Selected hospitals of the North West province, South Africa. Methods: A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive design was used. The study was conducted between September and November 2018 at three public hospitals in the North West province. Through purposive sampling, 15 professional nurses who supervise CSNs participated in the study. Data were collected in three focus group discussions using semi-structured questions. All focus group discussions were recorded and transcribed for analysis. Data were analysed using Pienaar’s four steps of thematic analysis. Results: Three themes emerged: perceptions of clinical competence, challenges impacting clinical competence and suggestions to improve clinical competence. Conclusion: It is suggested that even though the majority of CSNs were perceived to be competent and capable of working independently, they still required supervision and mentorship to refine their competency. Furthermore, the study reported similar challenges noted from previous studies that were perceived to be affecting CSNs’ ability to deliver quality health care, and therefore recommendations for improvement were made. Contribution: The study contributed to the developed the clinical competence evaluation tool which will be of benefit to the future community service nurses in the province.Kholofelo L. MatlhabaAbel J. PienaarLeepile A. SehularoAOSISarticleclinical competencecommunity servicecommunity service nurseperceptionsprofessional nursePublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270AFENHealth SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Vol 26, Iss 0, Pp e1-e8 (2021)
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spellingShingle	clinical competence community service community service nurse perceptions professional nurse Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Kholofelo L. Matlhaba Abel J. Pienaar Leepile A. Sehularo Professional nurses’ perceptions regarding clinical competence of community service nurses in North West province, South Africa
description	Background: South African Nursing Council requires nurses who successfully complete their training to perform a year of community service before obtaining registration as professional nurses (Regulation 425). Community service for health professionals was introduced as a strategy to retain newly qualified professionals within the country. The premise is that community service for newly graduated nurses gives them the opportunity to develop skills and acquire knowledge critical in their professional development. Aim: To explore and describe the perceptions of professional nurses as the supervisors of community service nurses (CSNs) during their 12 months of community service. Setting: Selected hospitals of the North West province, South Africa. Methods: A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive design was used. The study was conducted between September and November 2018 at three public hospitals in the North West province. Through purposive sampling, 15 professional nurses who supervise CSNs participated in the study. Data were collected in three focus group discussions using semi-structured questions. All focus group discussions were recorded and transcribed for analysis. Data were analysed using Pienaar’s four steps of thematic analysis. Results: Three themes emerged: perceptions of clinical competence, challenges impacting clinical competence and suggestions to improve clinical competence. Conclusion: It is suggested that even though the majority of CSNs were perceived to be competent and capable of working independently, they still required supervision and mentorship to refine their competency. Furthermore, the study reported similar challenges noted from previous studies that were perceived to be affecting CSNs’ ability to deliver quality health care, and therefore recommendations for improvement were made. Contribution: The study contributed to the developed the clinical competence evaluation tool which will be of benefit to the future community service nurses in the province.
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author	Kholofelo L. Matlhaba Abel J. Pienaar Leepile A. Sehularo
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title	Professional nurses’ perceptions regarding clinical competence of community service nurses in North West province, South Africa
title_short	Professional nurses’ perceptions regarding clinical competence of community service nurses in North West province, South Africa
title_full	Professional nurses’ perceptions regarding clinical competence of community service nurses in North West province, South Africa
title_fullStr	Professional nurses’ perceptions regarding clinical competence of community service nurses in North West province, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Professional nurses’ perceptions regarding clinical competence of community service nurses in North West province, South Africa
title_sort	professional nurses’ perceptions regarding clinical competence of community service nurses in north west province, south africa
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Professional nurses’ perceptions regarding clinical competence of community service nurses in North West province, South Africa

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