Thupayagale-Tshweneagae Gloria B, Baratedi William M, Sebola Botshelo R, Raditloko Samuel, Dithole Kefalotse S
Department of Health Studies, School of Social Sciences, University of South Africa, Pretoria.
Curationis. 2020 Dec 21;43(1):e1-e5. doi: 10.4102/curationis.v43i1.2162.
In light of current economic prosperity and subsequent attainment of upper-middle-income country status, Botswana attracted nurse educators from other African countries. Within this cross-cultural environment, anti-immigrant sentiments have catalysed incidents of incivility, affecting the quality of teaching and learning outcomes.
The aim of this study was to explore experiences of incivility amongst foreign nurse educators and how it impacts their work and livelihood.
This study employed a qualitative approach, using interpretive phenomenology. In-depth interviews using a developed guide were conducted with 13 foreign nurse educators working as nurse educators in Botswana. Thematic analysis was conducted in accordance with interpretive phenomenology, where transcriptions were drafted after each interview.
Three themes emerged from the study findings: hostile behaviour, discrimination and inequitable application of procedures and processes. Discrimination as a theme has two sub-themes, namely, workplace injustice and individual injustice.
The study found that foreign nurse educators working in Botswana experience incivility. From the findings, the study strongly recommends application of equitable job opportunities to all employees, including foreign nurse educators who are employed to meet the shortage of nurse educators in Botswana. The researchers are of the opinion that the nurse educator shortage will persist in Botswana, partly because of the nursing profession rendered unattractive by hostile social interactions amongst nurse educators' exclusion of foreign nurses from benefits enjoyed by local nurse educators, workplace injustice targeting foreign nurse educators, as well as inequitable application of policies and processes that affect foreign nurse educators.
鉴于当前的经济繁荣以及随后获得的中上收入国家地位，博茨瓦纳吸引了来自其他非洲国家的护士教育工作者。在这种跨文化环境中，反移民情绪引发了不文明事件，影响了教学质量和学习成果。
本研究的目的是探讨外国护士教育工作者遭遇不文明行为的经历以及这种行为如何影响他们的工作和生计。
本研究采用定性方法，运用解释现象学。使用一份编制好的指南，对在博茨瓦纳担任护士教育工作者的13名外国护士教育工作者进行了深入访谈。按照解释现象学进行主题分析，每次访谈后起草访谈记录。
研究结果出现了三个主题：敌对行为、歧视以及程序和流程的不公平应用。歧视这一主题有两个子主题，即工作场所不公正和个人不公正。
研究发现，在博茨瓦纳工作的外国护士教育工作者遭遇不文明行为。基于这些发现，该研究强烈建议为所有员工，包括为弥补博茨瓦纳护士教育工作者短缺而聘用的外国护士教育工作者，提供公平的工作机会。研究人员认为，博茨瓦纳护士教育工作者短缺的情况将持续存在，部分原因在于护士教育工作者之间敌对的社会互动使护理职业缺乏吸引力、外国护士被排除在当地护士教育工作者享有的福利之外、针对外国护士教育工作者的工作场所不公正，以及影响外国护士教育工作者的政策和流程的不公平应用。
