A 2‐Decade Appraisal of African Nursing Scholarship: 1986–2006

Abstract

Emphasis on African-based clinical studies which directly relate to patient care and culture can advance evidence-based practice in nursing with particular reference to African settings.

Cancer Nursing Research Output in Africa 2005 to 2014

“…Molassiotis et al, 2 in the world review of cancer nursing research outputs, found a similar trend, with 60.2% of the articles quantitative, which is supported by Adejumo and Lekalakala-Mokgele, 28 who found that 64.3% of the general nursing research output of Africa was quantitative. This is in contrast with the study of Sun and Larson, 1 who found the opposite with 41.1% of the work being quantitative.…”

“…For instance, van Rooyen et al 33 found that only 4 of the 105 doctor of philosophy degreeYprepared nursing faculty at South African universities held a National Research Foundation rating that calls for scholarly work with a definite research focus. It might also be possible that some of the authors were not interested in research, but conducted research because it was required of them 28,34 and therefore did not continue their work. This is, however, mere possibility and should be investigated to draw definite conclusions.…”

Occupational stress, job satisfaction and job performance among hospital nurses in Kampala, Uganda

“…A lot of research has been conducted on occupational stress, job satisfaction and job performance among nurses in the US, Europe and South Africa. However, very little has been done in the other parts of Africa as a result of the limited research skills and ability to publish by nurses in Africa (Adejumo & Lekalakala‐Mokgele 2009).…”

Analysis of international content of ranked nursing journals in 2005 using ex post facto design

“…Relatively few clinical studies were published, and 90·7% of articles were written by a single author – evidence that collaboration is limited. In this study, Adejumo and Lekalakala‐Mokgele (2009) address the importance of limited resources for scholarly productivity on the nursing literature.…”