Khoza L B, Ehlers V J
Dept of Nursing, University of the North.
Curationis. 1998 Sep;21(3):67-76.
The information gathered from an in-depth literature study on the competencies of newly qualified nurses, was used to compile questionnaires for investigating newly qualified nurses' (NQNs') competencies as perceived by senior professional nurses (SPNs) in the former areas of Venda, Gazankulu and Lebowa (forming part of the Northern Province of the RSA since April 1994). The total number of 396 SPNs, employed by the health authorities in these three areas during 1994, comprised the population for this study. Questionnaires were distributed to the total 396 SPNs and responses were received from 259 SPNs (implying a response rate of 65.4%). Application of stages of the nursing process (problem solving and clinical judgment), research, management and administration of a clinical unit, nursing ethics and critical care were perceived by the SPNs to be the central focus of NQNs' incompetency in all four clinical nursing units, namely community, psychiatric, midwifery, and general units. The findings provide nurse educators and curriculum developers with realistic input about the SPNs' expectations from NQNs in the real working situation. This information could assist in the delineation and refinement of the professional competencies expected of nurses trained in the comprehensive (R425) course.
通过对新获得资格护士能力的深入文献研究收集的信息，被用于编制调查问卷，以调查资深专业护士（SPN）对新获得资格护士（NQN）在文达、加赞库卢和莱博瓦（自1994年4月起成为南非共和国北方省的一部分）等原地区的能力认知。1994年期间，这三个地区的卫生当局雇佣的396名SPN构成了本研究的总体。问卷被分发给了全部396名SPN，收到了259名SPN的回复（回复率为65.4%）。资深专业护士认为，护理程序阶段（解决问题和临床判断）、研究、临床单元的管理与行政、护理伦理和重症护理是新获得资格护士在所有四个临床护理单元（即社区、精神科、助产和普通单元）能力不足的核心关注点。研究结果为护士教育工作者和课程开发者提供了关于资深专业护士在实际工作环境中对新获得资格护士期望的实际信息。这些信息有助于明确和完善在综合（R425）课程中接受培训的护士应具备的专业能力。
