Exploration of factors which influence the involvement of specialist registered nurses in clinical teaching of advanced midwifery students in a tertiary hospital in Gauteng

Abstract

Background: The involvement of specialist registered nurses in the clinical teaching of advanced midwife students remain unmet. When registered nurses with a midwifery qualification enter the advanced midwifery course, they are not regarded as students but perceived as knowledgeable and skilled to do more than what are expected from an undergraduate student who is a novice in maternal and childcare. This study explored and described the factors influencing the involvement of specialist registered nurses in clinical teaching of advanced midwifery students in a tertiary hospital in Gauteng.

Method: A qualitative descriptive exploratory research design was employed to conduct the study. A non-probability purposive sampling method was used to select the participants that include specialist registered nurses with three years’ experience and more. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten specialist registered nurses between August and September 2021. Data collected were analysed using the thematic analysis method. Factors influencing the involvement of specialist registered nurses in clinical teaching of advanced midwifery students in a tertiary hospital in Gauteng were explored and described.

Significance of the study: Using the results of the study may benefit nursing education in curriculum and policy development and nursing practices in particular and in research by its narrative methods. The study findings revealed that the collaboration will openly communicate the biomedical practitioner’s concerns and referrals which can result in improved outcomes Conclusion: Nursing education institutions should create a platform to enhance communication between clinical facilities and themselves. Likewise, advanced

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Ramathabathe Vinolia Muroa

2022

midwifery nursing students should be encouraged to improve communication between specialist registered nurses and themselves.

Keywords; Clinical teaching, clinical supervision, midwifery, specialist registered nurse, post-graduate advanced midwife student.