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PubMed1991

[Demand for and supply of nurses in South Africa].

The threatening crisis in the nursing profession, especially in the public sector, led to a national investigation that was directed to the HMAC. A national nursing manpower analysis was undertaken by private consultants by means of a descriptive survey. A registered nurse/population ratio of 1:416 was recommended by the South African Nursing Council and accepted by the HMAC. The demand presently exceeds the supply and an actual annual student output of 4000 is required. It was also emphasized that only 65% of the college capacities are being utilised and a potential supply of matriculants amounts to 3300 p.a. Important recommendations include active marketing of the profession, phasing in of a registered nurse/population ratio of 1:416, as well as an appropriate increase of posts for students, tutors and clinical nurses.

Ethnicity↗
PubMed1991

Enrichment education. Key to NCLEX success.

The authors' nursing school experienced major changes in its student body during the 1980s. They describe how a concurrent decrease in the NCLEX success rate of its graduates was dealt with by the faculty.

Curriculum↗
PubMed1991

[Rehabilitative success of a social therapy sailing project].

This article wants to present figures about subsequent development of adolescents age fourteen to eighteen with behavioural disorders, who underwent a social therapeutic and educational treatment during a sailing tour, backed by German Federal Youth Welfare Act. 114 adolescents were investigated. The figures describe where they came from, their characteristics before and after the project and the drop outs. Finally a follow up study of 61 of the adolescents in the program can be presented. As a result it could be shown, that the adolescents were very unsufficiently described, that they were treated without success in other institutions before, and that they grew up under bad conditions. A fifth of them left the eight months program after three months. Within an average investigation time of three Years and two months more than half of the adolescents showed an improvement in at least one of the following criteria: further education, better social adaption, decrease of delinquency and further need of care in a psychiatric or educational institution.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Characteristics of continuation high school students.

This study examined the psychodynamics of students enrolled in a continuation high school. Forty continuation students were randomly selected and administered the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale and an author-prepared questionnaire which investigated students' experiences in a wide range of areas. The findings revealed that, contrary to expectations, these students had adequate self-concepts. Their responses to the questionnaire appeared to suggest that they were satisfied with their alternative school placement.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

Antenatal care and educational problems of unmarried teenage mothers in Nairobi.

Part of a detailed analysis of 864 unmarried teenage mothers delivering in Pumwani Maternity Hospital and Kenyatta National Hospital is presented. Teenage pregnancy amounted for 42.3% of all deliveries of unmarried mothers. Most teenage patients were above 16 years of age, had a religious background of wide coverage, had low quality antenatal care and low education. 94.6% were found to be primigravidas. This dominance has also been found by other workers.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

Family study of Kenyan children with school refusal.

The problem of school non-attendance is an increasing one in our setting and yet its cause has not been established. This paper presents data of work done through interviews with parents and observations of the home environments of the sample cases in attempt to establish factors associated with school non-attendance. After the initial interviews, the children were seen periodically for follow-ups, usually at two to three monthly intervals for at least one year, by the team which consisted of a consultant psychiatrist, a clinical psychologist, a paediatric registrar and a psychiatric social worker. Out of the ten cases sampled for the study, nine were of school phobia and one of conduct disorder (truancy). Generally, family characteristics significantly associated with school non-attendance in this study were neuroticism in parents, unstable family relationships occasioned by marital discord, parental expectations of high academic performance by the child and, to some extent, poverty. The common management approaches used were family therapy, counselling and anti-depressant pharmacotherapy.

Adolescent↗
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ODWIN expansion program: a study in success.

Of 182 students who successfully completed an eight-week program for high school graduates with marginal credentials and who were admitted to schools of nursing, 125 (69 percent) subsequently received degrees or certificates. This success rate compares favorably with national and regional norms. This study documents the marginality of the students' credentials and evaluates their success rates. Of 11 academic variables correlated with successful completion of nursing programs, the two subjective evaluations of each student by the academic personnel teaching the eight-week program were the only variables to reach significance (p = .01).

Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate↗