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Nurses' perceptions regarding their own professionalism attributes to quality neonatal, infant and under-5 childcare.
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BMC Nursing . 10/8/2024, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-12. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Professional nurses are trained to provide quality care. Despite the professional nurses' acquired skill and professionalism attributes, the neonate, infant, and under-5-child mortality rates are high in sub-Saharan Africa. This health care report indicates that sub-Saharan Africa countries face a challenge in reaching the Sustainable Development Goal number 3 by the year 2030 (that is, ensuring healthy lives and reducing the mortality rates of children under 5). It has been reported that professionalism in nursing can improve the quality of care and positively change the health outcomes. Methods: This study employed a qualitative exploratory, descriptive design to explore and describe professional nurses' own professionalism attributes to provide quality care to neonates, infants, and under-5 children in the North West province in South Africa. Eight naïve sketches of an all-inclusive sample of invited professional nurses (N = 25; n = 8) were received. The naïve sketch questions were based on the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario's professionalism attributes. Tesch's eight steps of data-analysis were used, with an independent coder's assistance. Results: The categories included (1) knowledge, (2) spirit of inquiry, (3) accountability, (4) autonomy, (5) advocacy, (6) collegiality and collaboration, (7) ethics and values, and (8) professional reputation, and each category generated sub-themes. Conclusion: Professional nurses are aware of their own professionalism attributes in quality of care of neonates, infants and under-5 children; the 'innovation and visionary' attribute did not emerge, which should receive more attention to strengthen quality care. However, a new attribute, 'professional reputation', reflecting a South African culture-orientated attribute, emerged from the data collected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- *PROFESSIONALISM
*PROFESSIONAL autonomy
*MOBILE apps
*MEDICAL quality control
*QUALITATIVE research
*INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
*RESPECT
*RESPONSIBILITY
*STATISTICAL sampling
*CONTENT analysis
*PRIVACY
*NURSING
*PHOTOGRAPHY
*INFANT care
*NURSES' attitudes
*RESEARCH
*RESEARCH methodology
*SUSTAINABLE development
*COMMUNICATION
*TRUST
*CHILD care
*DATA analysis software
*CONTINUING education
*SELF advocacy
*PSYCHOLOGY of nurses
*NURSING ethics
*OCCUPATIONAL prestige
*HEALTH care teams
*MEDICAL ethics
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726955
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BMC Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 180153865
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02375-0