Nurses' views on which factors cause nurse absenteeism in a selected hospital, Durban, South Africa.
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2009
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The research study on "Nurses' views on which factors cause nurse absenteeism in
a selected hospital, Durban, South Africa", was conducted utilizing a quantitative,
non-experimental, simple survey design. The study was conducted at a provincial
hospital in Durban. There were sixty nurses, which were involved in the study. The
nurse study sample comprised ten Registered Nurses on day duty and ten
Registered Nurses on night duty; ten Enrolled Nurses on day duty and ten Enrolled
Nurses on night duty; ten Enrolled Nurse Assistants on day duty and ten Enrolled
Nurse Assistants on night duty. Nurses consented to be apart of the study, following
completion of the study questionnaire,
The study was guided by the conceptual framework by Taunton, Hope Woods and
Bott. (1995: 218). Independent variables of the nurse, nurse manager, work and
organization and their associated characteristics were the main aspects of the study.
These were investigated using separate methods of closed-ended and open-ended
questions, to determine factors that caused absenteeism. The closed-ended questions
consisted of questions to either responses of either an agree or disagree. There were
open-ended, simple survey, questions. Statistical methods of A Exact Binomial Test
of Significance were used to analyze the quantitative data of the closed-ended data
collected. Content analysis, using a coding technique, with descriptive analysis
techniques of frequency counts and frequency distributions, were utilized for data
analysis for the open-ended data collected. There emerged many reasons for nurse
absenteeism, employing two research designs, some of which were unknown until
this research was complete and some reasons, which were known but now
emphasized.
Once the hospital management view upon all reasons for nurse absenteeism, there
can possibly an understanding of nurse absenteeism, reducing nurse absenteeism
and allowing for a better-managed workforce.
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Theses--Nursing.
Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2009.
Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2009.
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Absenteeism (Labour), Nurses--Job stress., Nursing--South Africa., Theses--Nursing.