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- Title
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN NURSES: 1908-1994.
- Authors
Esterhuizen, J.; van Rensburg, G. H.; Tjallinks, J. E.
- Abstract
This report focuses on a qualitative historical inquiry into the available literature on the economic, social, political and cultural factors that influenced the professional development of black South African nurses from 1908-1994. Historically rich data were analysed using time-specific a priori codes. The findings revealed that black South African nurses had to adapt to Western-dominated scientific health views using specialised formal Western terminology in a 'foreign' language (English). In the black communities nurses were regarded as being an elitist middle class while remaining marginalised in the white-dominated workplace. Recommendations include a need to explore the history of the training of other racial groups, educational strategies that focus on multicultural student populations, cultural diversity training and student retention.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; CONTINUING education of nurses; PROFESSIONAL employee training; CULTURE; HISTORICAL research; HISTORY of nursing; PRACTICAL politics; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; HISTORY
- Publication
Africa Journal of Nursing & Midwifery, 2013, Vol 15, Issue 2, p16
- ISSN
1682-5055
- Publication type
Article