5 research outputs found
“Let’s work: Involving nursing students in the care of elderly people at nursing home”
No full textWorking in nursing homes is the most challenging task for a nursing staff, but at the same time it can be a spirit jarring experience for young nursing students. From the perspective of nursing students, often students find it difficult to deal with elderly people living in the nursing home. They feel stressed, depressed, and insecure when asked to communicate with elderly people. At the Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery (AKU-SONAM), baccalaureate nursing students chose an elective course on care of elderly clients, where theory is offered in a blended form and clinical experience is provided by visiting senior old aged home. In this article, the students have two weeks to work with elderly clients, where they plan some interventions based on their assessment, to improve communication with the elderly, to increase their involvement and to advance their health behaviors
Exploring community midwives\u27 perceptions of their work experience after deployment in the rural areas of Chitral, Pakistan.
No full textAims:
To explore the perceptions of community midwives about their work experiences after deployment in the rural settings of Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Methods:
A qualitative descriptive approach was used, conducting in-depth semi-structured interviews with 13 community midwives.
Findings:
The three major themes that emerged from the analysis of the data were: (1) rural community midwives\u27 perceptions of their role and competencies, (2) factors facilitating and hindering the rural community midwives\u27 ability to function, and (3) continuation of community midwives\u27 services in the future.
Conclusions:
The study findings highlighted the factors that empower and obstruct community midwives in providing services in rural areas. The majority of the community midwives felt empowered because of their increased earning capacity and enhanced competencies in performing their roles. However, some of them shared challenges in terms of socio-cultural and financial constraints. These findings have important implications for midwives working in rural areas
