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Student nurse perceptions : a case study to illuminate the perceptions developed by student nurses which result in absenteeism as the behaviour of choice in response to difficulties in their educational programme

The problem which prompted the undertaking of this study was that of increasing absenteeism amongst student nurses at one South African Nursing College. The information, obtained from individual and group interviews, was analysed to identify the perceptions developed by student nurses. Absenteeism i...

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Main Author: Heighway, Valerie
Other Authors: Millar, Clive
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: School of Education 2016
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description The problem which prompted the undertaking of this study was that of increasing absenteeism amongst student nurses at one South African Nursing College. The information, obtained from individual and group interviews, was analysed to identify the perceptions developed by student nurses. Absenteeism is shown to be a behavioural response to environmental and other factors in the world of the student nurse. A theoretical model is proposed to explain three main types of absenteeism and the factors which contribute to absenteeism and attendance.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/22100 Student nurse perceptions : a case study to illuminate the perceptions developed by student nurses which result in absenteeism as the behaviour of choice in response to difficulties in their educational programme Heighway, Valerie Millar, Clive Nursing students - South Africa Nursing - Study and teaching - South Africa Absenteeism (Labour) - South Africa Adult education The problem which prompted the undertaking of this study was that of increasing absenteeism amongst student nurses at one South African Nursing College. The information, obtained from individual and group interviews, was analysed to identify the perceptions developed by student nurses. Absenteeism is shown to be a behavioural response to environmental and other factors in the world of the student nurse. A theoretical model is proposed to explain three main types of absenteeism and the factors which contribute to absenteeism and attendance. 2016-10-04T10:12:11Z 2016-10-04T10:12:11Z 1990 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22100 eng application/pdf School of Education Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Nursing students - South Africa
Nursing - Study and teaching - South Africa
Absenteeism (Labour) - South Africa
Adult education
Heighway, Valerie
Student nurse perceptions : a case study to illuminate the perceptions developed by student nurses which result in absenteeism as the behaviour of choice in response to difficulties in their educational programme
thesis_degree_str Master's
title Student nurse perceptions : a case study to illuminate the perceptions developed by student nurses which result in absenteeism as the behaviour of choice in response to difficulties in their educational programme
title_full Student nurse perceptions : a case study to illuminate the perceptions developed by student nurses which result in absenteeism as the behaviour of choice in response to difficulties in their educational programme
title_fullStr Student nurse perceptions : a case study to illuminate the perceptions developed by student nurses which result in absenteeism as the behaviour of choice in response to difficulties in their educational programme
title_full_unstemmed Student nurse perceptions : a case study to illuminate the perceptions developed by student nurses which result in absenteeism as the behaviour of choice in response to difficulties in their educational programme
title_short Student nurse perceptions : a case study to illuminate the perceptions developed by student nurses which result in absenteeism as the behaviour of choice in response to difficulties in their educational programme
title_sort student nurse perceptions a case study to illuminate the perceptions developed by student nurses which result in absenteeism as the behaviour of choice in response to difficulties in their educational programme
topic Nursing students - South Africa
Nursing - Study and teaching - South Africa
Absenteeism (Labour) - South Africa
Adult education
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22100
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