Best clinical nursing education practices in sub-saharan Africa: an integrative literature review
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2016-10-14
Authors
Kpodo, Christmal Jonah
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Abstract
Background: Nursing is practice-based for that reason; nursing education is focused on
clinical skills. Clinical nursing education (CNE) programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
are either Eurocentric or developed on nursing education tradition and therefore do not
produce nurses that effectively meet the peculiar health need of SSA.
Aim: The purpose of this study is to establish research evidence regarding best CNE
practices in SSA and to describe the best CNE practices in the SSA.
Methodology: An integrative review was conducted using Ganong‟s (1987) framework.
Forty two (42) articles identified from Science Direct, EBSCO host, PubMed, Wiley Online
Library and Google Scholar were included in this study.
Results: The following best clinical nursing education themes were identified and described:
synergy between Nursing Education Institution (NEI) and Clinical Facility; effective CNE
programme in SSA; roles of institutions, clinical instructors and students in clinical teaching
and learning; and Continuous Professional Development of the clinical instructor.
Recommendations: It is recommended that NEI‟s in the SSA implement these best practices
in CNE programmes to produce competent nurses that meet the peculiar health needs of the
SSA region.
Description
A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science in Nursing
Johannesburg, 2015