March 2013

Nursing education in Africa: South Africa, Nigeria, and Ethiopia experiences

This paper studies the development of nursing education in Africa and it is limited to three countries namely, South Africa, Nigeria and Ethiopia. Two cardinal periods are covered which are, colonial and post colonial. But Ethiopia is the only African country that has technically, never been colonised as it successfully repulsed Italy’s attempt at occupying it. The reason for this study is to assist modern...

Author(s): Bethabile Lovely Dolamo and Simeon Keyada Olubiyi

March 2013

The attitudes of student nurses toward clinical work

Clinical work in nursing education is an important component of the nursing curriculum aimed at actively engaging student nurses with the necessary skills needed for the nursing profession. The attitude of nursing students toward clinical work is becoming a topic of interest for nursing researchers. The objectives of the study were to determine the perspective of practicing nurses on students’ attitude toward...

Author(s): Dorothy Awuah-Peasah, Linda Akuamoah Sarfo and Florence Asamoah