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Record-Keeping: A Qualitative Exploration of Challenges Experienced by Undergraduate Nursing Students in Selected Clinical Settings

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  • Emmely Muyakui
  • Vistolina Nuuyoma
  • Hans Justus Amukugo

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Good nursing practice requires detailed record-keeping, which should be timely, comprehensive and accurate. Undergraduate nursing students experience challenges with record-keeping. As a result, a phenomenal qualitative study aimed at exploring and describing the record-keeping challenges experienced by undergraduate nursing students was carried out in one of the northern-eastern regions, Namibia. The data were collected through three focus-group discussions with 23 second-year degree nursing students. It became evident that nursing students experienced challenges with record-keeping in clinical practice, as evidenced by the three themes- theory-practice gap, health system-related challenges and hospital staff-related challenges. This study has implications for nurse educators in terms of promoting uniformity and good record-keeping practices in clinical settings.

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  • Emmely Muyakui & Vistolina Nuuyoma & Hans Justus Amukugo, 2019. "Record-Keeping: A Qualitative Exploration of Challenges Experienced by Undergraduate Nursing Students in Selected Clinical Settings," Global Journal of Health Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 11(7), pages 1-53, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:gjhsjl:v:11:y:2019:i:7:p:53
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