Study Protocol for the Development of an African Framework for Critical Care Nursing Based on Ubuntu Using
Chris Carter1, Michael Kanyanta2, Joy Notter1
1Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK.
Background:
Critical care nursing in Zambia is a new speciality that has adopted traditional nursing documentation and currently uses the Roper, Logan and Tierney's Activities of Daily Living combined with NANDA International (NANDA-I) criteria. It is a cause for concern that these models are based on different high-income domains and are not critical care or context-specific, making integration and application in practice challenging. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a Zambian context-specific critical care nursing framework.
Aims:
This study aims to explore intensive care nurses' perceptions of the applicability of currently used nursing models and theories and to develop a new Zambian critical care nursing framework based on the principles of Ubuntu.
Methods:
This study will employ a two-phase, mixed-methods approach using a participatory cooperative inquiry design. Phase 1 includes a retrospective review of nursing care plan documentation. This will allow for the identification of the current use of nursing models and theories. Phase 1 utilises documentary data analysis to identify key nursing documentation. Descriptive statistics and, where possible, significant difference will be used to determine patterns and trends. Phase 2 will utilise the findings from phase 1 as the basis for semi-structured focus groups with intensive care nurses within the study site. Total population sampling will be used; therefore, all nurses will be invited to participate. Framework analysis will be used to analyse the qualitative data sets.
Conclusion:
The outcomes will illustrate the efficiency and effectiveness of nursing documentation and perceptions of using the current nursing model. The findings will be combined to develop a critical care nursing framework based on Ubuntu, which will then be piloted.
Relevance To Clinical Practice:
This study has been designed in response to recognition that critical care nursing practice needs to context specific to enhance the nursing care provided.
More Related Videos
08:10Neuroimaging Field Methods Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy NIRS Neuroimaging to Study Global Child Development: Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
Published on: February 2, 2018
14:43A Novel Method for Involving Women of Color at High Risk for Preterm Birth in Research Priority Setting
Published on: January 12, 2018
Related Concept Videos
01:27Nursing Ethical Principles II
Consider the following scenario, which illustrates how these principles are applied in the care of Mr. John, a fifty-year-old teacher diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer.
Initially, Mr. John's...
01:30Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice
Theories provide a perspective to assess patients' conditions and organize data and methods. They also assist in analyzing and interpreting information. They represent a...
01:22Nursing Ethical Principles I
Autonomy
Autonomy underscores the significance of a patient's self-determination and freedom from external control. In healthcare, respecting...
01:15Nursing Implementation
The five steps to implementing effective nursing care include reassessing the patient, reviewing and revising the existing nursing care plan, organizing the resources and care delivery, anticipating and preventing complications, and implementing nursing interventions.
01:27Nursing Clinical Information System
A Nursing Clinical Information System (NCIS) is a specialized type of healthcare information system tailored to meet the unique needs of nursing practice. It incorporates the principles of nursing informatics to streamline information management and improve the quality of care delivery.
Critical attributes of NCIS include:
01:24Nursing Process for Patient and Caregiver Teaching II: Planning and Implementation