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Transforming Nursing Education to Strengthen Health System in Malawi: An Exploratory Study

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dc.contributor.author Bvumbwe, Thokozani
dc.contributor.author Mtshali, Ntombifikile Gloria
dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-15T20:04:39Z
dc.date.available 2022-11-15T20:04:39Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.citation Bvumbwe, T. & Mtshali, N. G. (2018). Transforming Nursing Education to Strengthen Health System in Malawi: An Exploratory Study. The Open Nursing Journal, 12, 93-105. DOI: 10.2174/1874434601812010093 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.2174/1874434601812010093
dc.identifier.uri repository.mzuni.ac.mw/handle/123456789/357
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Malawi made great strides to increase the number of nurses through the Emergency Human Resource for Health Program. However, quantity of health workforce alone is not adequate to strengthen the health system. Malawi still reports skill mix imbalance and geographical mal-distribution of the nursing workforce. Health systems must continuously adapt and evolve according to the health care needs and inform health professionals’ education to accelerate gains in health outcomes. The Lancet Commission reported that health professionals’ education has generally not lived up pace with health care demands. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe the strategies being implemented in Malawi to improve nursing education. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to explore strategies being implemented, identify stakeholders and their targets in order to share practices with countries experiencing similar nursing education challenges. METHODS: This was a cross sectional descriptive study with a concurrent mixed method design. One hundred and sixty participants including nurse practitioners and educators responded to a questionnaire. Fifteen nurse practitioners and eight nurse educators were also engaged in one to one interview. RESULTS: Respondents showed varied opinion on how nursing education is being implemented. Six themes as regards strategies being implemented to improve nursing education emerged namely- capacity building, competency based curriculum, regulation, clinical learning environment, transformative teaching and infrastructure/ resources. CONCLUSION: Findings of this study show that the strategies being implemented to improve nursing education are relevant to closing the gap between health care needs and nursing education. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Bentham Open en_US
dc.title Transforming Nursing Education to Strengthen Health System in Malawi: An Exploratory Study en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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