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Community-based curriculum in psychiatric nursing science
S Arunachallam1, A C Botes, A Gmeiner
1Department of Nursing Science, Rand Afrikaans University.
Abstract:
As community-based health care delivery is now a prominent feature of the health care system in South Africa, nursing curricula are being challenged to prepare student nurses for community-based nursing roles and responsibilities. The purpose of this study was to describe guidelines for a community-based curriculum in psychiatric nursing science for a nursing college in KwaZulu-Natal. A qualitative, quantitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was employed. To reach the purpose of the study, a situational analysis was done in three phases to identify the principles for a community-based curriculum for psychiatric nursing science.
Phase I:
A document analysis of relevant government policies and legislation.
Phase Ii:
Statistics from psychiatric hospitals and community psychiatric clinics.
Phase Iii:
Focus group interviews with nurse educators and literature control and conceptual framework. The principles obtained from the three phases were used to formulate the guidelines for a community-based curriculum in psychiatric nursing science. (PHASE IV): Eight guidelines with practical implications are described for the implementation of a Community-based curriculum in Psychiatric Nursing Science.