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Ingrid Tjoflåt1, Theodotha John Melissa2, Estomih Mduma3,4
1Faculty of Social Science Department of Health Studies University of Stavanger Stavanger Norway.
Aim:
To describe the experiences of Tanzanian nurses, how they perceive their role as a professional nurse and their experience with nursing care in a general hospital.
Design:
This study is explorative, descriptive and qualitative.
Methods:
The data were collected in 2015 by means of 10 semi-structured interviews and was analysed using qualitative content analysis.
Results:
The data analysis revealed two themes with corresponding sub-themes related to Tanzanian nurses' perception with their professional role and experiences with nursing care: (1) Feeling professional pride; (2) Experiencing limitations and inadequacy. The findings indicate that the Tanzanian nurses possess a strong professional pride and commitment to serve and care for their patients. The nurses do their best to provide high -quality nursing care but are faced with staffing shortages and limited materials that are beyond their control. Such limitations leave them feeling unable to fulfil their role and responsibilities.
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