Nursing education leadership strengths in South Africa: an exploratory study
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Date
2024
Authors
Mogakwe, Lebuile John
Van Jaarsveldt, Deirdre
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Elsevier
Abstract
๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ
Numerous multifaceted issues continue to pose a serious challenge to the success of nursing education and training worldwide. In South Africa, distinct situations, such as the transitioning of public nursing colleges to higher education to be part of a unified higher education system, amplify the problems faced by nursing education leaders. To unravel these complexities, an exploration of South Africaโs existing nursing education leadership strengths was undertaken.
๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ
To describe the leadership competencies deemed as an existing leadership strength in a challenged and transforming South African nursing education context.
๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฑ
As part of a larger study, embedded in social constructionism, an exploration of the countryโs existing nursing education leadership strengths was conducted with the purposefully selected nursing education leadership experts. Qualitative, descriptive, and contextual data yielded by the ten participants were analysed using thematic analysis.
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐
Four main themes emerged namely, leadership competencies; governance, leadership, legislation, and policy; staff development as well as community engagement.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
The authors propose that the described leadership competencies offered by the nursing education leadership experts as the existing nursing education leadership strengths in the country be considered as a foundational basis to navigate emergent challenges in wider contexts.
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Leadership competencies, Nursing education, Nursing education leadership experts, Nursing education leadership strengths
Citation
Mogakwe, L. J., & Van Jaarsveldt, D. (2024). Nursing education leadership strengths in South Africa: an exploratory study. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 21(2024), 100765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2024.100765