Distinctive nursing practices in working with mothers to care for hospitalised children at a district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a descriptive observational study
Abstract:Background: The presence of family members and their active involvement in caring for hospitalised children is an established practice in many African paediatric settings, with family members often regarded as a resource. This aspect of African paediatric nursing practice lacks formal expression or a clear conceptual basis, and difficulties arise when applying concepts of family involvement originating from the culturally distinct practice environments of higher resourced settings including Europe and America.… Show more
“… In our work (North, Leonard, Bonaconsa, Duma, Coetzee, 2020) we have observed that the majority of children in hospital are accompanied by a female relative widely referred to as the child’s mother. Mother is therefore used to refer to any woman accompanying and caring for a child in hospital, whether or not they are the child’s biological mother or a grandmother, aunt, older sister or foster mother. …”
Section: Applying Nightingale Metrics: What Do Children’s Nurses Do?mentioning
Nursing metrics use indicators to make the outcomes of nursing care visible through measurement. Metrics must be sensitive to the context-specific nature of nursing and should reflect the work that nurses really do. A workshop at the Building Children's Nursing conference (2019) was convened to develop statements of nursing care outcomes and actions specific to the work of children's nurses in African care settings, using the World Caf e method and the Nightingale Metrics approach. The process resulted in the development of statements as intended. Appropriate nursing metrics can guide data-driven practice improvements and decision-making about supporting the nursing workforce.
“… In our work (North, Leonard, Bonaconsa, Duma, Coetzee, 2020) we have observed that the majority of children in hospital are accompanied by a female relative widely referred to as the child’s mother. Mother is therefore used to refer to any woman accompanying and caring for a child in hospital, whether or not they are the child’s biological mother or a grandmother, aunt, older sister or foster mother. …”
Section: Applying Nightingale Metrics: What Do Children’s Nurses Do?mentioning
Nursing metrics use indicators to make the outcomes of nursing care visible through measurement. Metrics must be sensitive to the context-specific nature of nursing and should reflect the work that nurses really do. A workshop at the Building Children's Nursing conference (2019) was convened to develop statements of nursing care outcomes and actions specific to the work of children's nurses in African care settings, using the World Caf e method and the Nightingale Metrics approach. The process resulted in the development of statements as intended. Appropriate nursing metrics can guide data-driven practice improvements and decision-making about supporting the nursing workforce.
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