Background Nurses play a key role in cases of cardiopulmonary arrest by promptly attending to and... more Background Nurses play a key role in cases of cardiopulmonary arrest by promptly attending to and initiating cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation thus requires nurses to possess appropriate attitudes, competencies, and adherence to the best nursing practice. Cardiac arrests are a prevalent cause of fatalities, being responsible for approximately 30% of deaths worldwide. Despite this statistic, however, research in this specific field is lacking in Namibia. Objective The objective of this research was to examine registered nurses’ knowledge, attitudes toward, and practice with regard to cardiopulmonary resuscitation at a selected teaching hospital in Namibia. Methods A cross-sectional survey design using a self-administered questionnaire was utilized to purposively recruit 158 registered nurses from the inpatient and outpatient departments of a teaching hospital in Namibia. Descriptive and chi-square tests were performed using SPSSv26. Results The re...
Advances in human services and public health (AHSPH) book series, 2021
Hepatitis E (HEV) remains one of the foremost public health problems globally and it is estimated... more Hepatitis E (HEV) remains one of the foremost public health problems globally and it is estimated to have affected one-third of the human population. Usually, symptoms appear 2 to 9 weeks after exposure to the virus and include fever, fatigue, lack of appetite, abdominal pain, and jaundice. While the government has a duty to provide access to clean water, communities, and individuals can equally play an important role in practicing and maintaining good physical and environmental hygiene. In Namibia, the spread of HEV has been a public health concern since it's outbreak in 2017. Before then, the country had two outbreaks in 1983 and 1995-1996 which affected mainly areas lacking potable water and waste disposal facilities in Kavango region. This chapter ought to provide an overview and different prevention measures and supportive management approaches used to contain and prevent the spread of HEV. The above statistic calls for plans and actions from national, regional, district management teams to implement effective active surveillance interventions in place that are geared towards curbing the spread of HEV.
Introduction The global consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be overstated. Vaccinations ... more Introduction The global consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be overstated. Vaccinations are one of the leading strategies to protect against the virus, and it is likely that students’ understanding and desire to be vaccinated can be major factors in helping contain the pandemic. Nonetheless, no studies looked into the vaccine attitude, knowledge and willingness in Namibia. Objectives To assess and describe the association between knowledge, attitudes, and willingness of undergraduate students to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the school of education, nursing and economics and management science at the university campus in Namibia. Methods The study employed a cross-sectional descriptive study from 203 undergraduate university students using a convenience sampling. Data analysis was done using SPSSv28 and descriptive statistics were used to depict trends in data while a Pearson's correlation determined the relationship between the study variables. Results The data showed t...
Aim Vaccinations remain one of the most effective measures to prevent and control the spread of C... more Aim Vaccinations remain one of the most effective measures to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19, while also reducing hospitalizations and deaths, yet many are unwilling to be vaccinated. This study explores the barriers and facilitators affecting the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among frontline nurses. Design A qualitative, explorative, descriptive, and contextual research strategy was employed. Methods A sample of 15 nurses were selected via purposeful sampling to the point of data saturation. The participants were nurses at the COVID-19 vaccinations Centre in Rundu, Namibia. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and analyzed thematically. Results Three themes and 11 subthemes were identified, namely: (a) barriers, (b) facilitators, and (c) measures to increase the COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Barriers included living in deep rural areas, unavailability of vaccines, and misinformation, whereas scared of death, availability of COVID-19 vaccines, and family influenc...
Background: Gender-based violence (GBV) is a critical public health concern, demanding for global... more Background: Gender-based violence (GBV) is a critical public health concern, demanding for global coordinated efforts. While nursing students form part of a healthcare team with significant roles in identifying and responding to abused victims, studies assessing their readiness to combat GBV are limited in Namibia.Aim: To assess undergraduate nursing students’ perceptions and to determine the relationship of the study variables to readiness to combat GBV during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Namibia.Setting: This study was conducted at a university satellite campus in Namibia.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was used to collect data from 105 third and fourth-year undergraduate nursing students using ADKAR model. Data were analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 27.0, for descriptive statistics and logistic regression in determining relationships between study variables.Results: The study results show a mean readiness of 1.65 ± 0.19. ...
ABSTRACT Background: Student satisfaction is increasingly becoming a policy driver for evaluating... more ABSTRACT Background: Student satisfaction is increasingly becoming a policy driver for evaluating the quality of education and the accreditation of academic programmes. Although student satisfaction is viewed as a yardstick of academic success, it remains understudied in Namibia. Objective: To determine undergraduate students’ satisfaction with the nursing programme at a university campus in Namibia. Methods and materials: A cross-sectional descriptive survey, with use of a non-proportional quota sampling strategy was used to recruit 147 undergraduate nursing students. Data were analysed using SPSSv27, using mean score and logistic regression as inferential statistics to predict the relationship between variables. Results: The study found a mean satisfaction of 3.27 ± 0.91 among the 147 respondents. The majority of the respondents (70.6%) were generally satisfied, whereas 29.4% were dissatisfied with the nursing programme. The frequent areas of satisfaction were in-class teaching (90.5%), simulation-based teaching (76.9%) and staff conduct (62.6%), whereas dissatisfaction was associated with access to school services (52.4%). A significant prevalence of satisfaction was found among the second and third year students (55.8%, 60.9%, p = 0.00). The predictors for dissatisfaction were being male vs. female (54.1% vs 45.3%) and having retired parents (70.5%, p < 0.05). Conclusion: The study identified important areas of dissatisfaction in a nursing programme. A high level of dissatisfaction was linked to a lack of access to the building’s emergency exit plans (62.5%) and teaching facilities, i.e., the computer and clinical laboratories (55.8%). It is vital for nursing training schools to take cognisance of these areas, toward optimising quality nursing education.
Although varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is preventable and curable, the disease remains a public he... more Although varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is preventable and curable, the disease remains a public health problem in Namibia. Access to vaccination in the country remains a challenge for many citizens including students. No previous study has been conducted to assess awareness on the prevention and control of VZV in Namibia. The overall purpose of the study was to investigate the awareness of hostel students on prevention and control measures for VZV in Namibia. The objective of the study was to assess and describe the awareness of hostel students on the prevention and control measures for VZV in Namibia. A quantitative descriptive study using an online questionnaire was used. Simple random sampling was used to select 165 respondents. Descriptive statistics and a non-parametric Kruskal Wallis test were performed to test the mean differences between variables and the significance of the data. A great proportion of the respondents, 70.7% (n=118), were aware that VZV is caused by a virus ...
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Background: Student satisfaction is increasingly becoming a policy driver for evaluatin... more ABSTRACT
Background: Student satisfaction is increasingly becoming a policy driver for evaluating the quality of education
and the accreditation of academic programmes. Although student satisfaction is viewed as a yardstick of academic success, it remains understudied in Namibia.
Objective: To determine undergraduate students’ satisfaction with the nursing programme at a university campus
in Namibia.
Methods and materials: A cross-sectional descriptive survey, with use of a non-proportional quota sampling
strategy was used to recruit 147 undergraduate nursing students. Data were analysed using SPSSv27, using mean
score and logistic regression as inferential statistics to predict the relationship between variables.
Results: The study found a mean satisfaction of 3.27 ± 0.91 among the 147 respondents. The majority of the
respondents (70.6%) were generally satisfied, whereas 29.4% were dissatisfied with the nursing programme. The
frequent areas of satisfaction were in-class teaching (90.5%), simulation-based teaching (76.9%) and staff
conduct (62.6%), whereas dissatisfaction was associated with access to school services (52.4%). A significant
prevalence of satisfaction was found among the second and third year students (55.8%, 60.9%, p = 0.00). The
predictors for dissatisfaction were being male vs. female (54.1% vs 45.3%) and having retired parents (70.5%, p
< 0.05).
Conclusion: The study identified important areas of dissatisfaction in a nursing programme. A high level of
dissatisfaction was linked to a lack of access to the building’s emergency exit plans (62.5%) and teaching facilities, i.e., the computer and clinical laboratories (55.8%). It is vital for nursing training schools to take cognisance of these areas, toward optimising quality nursing education.
The Government of Republic of Namibia through the services rendered by the Ministry of Health and... more The Government of Republic of Namibia through the services rendered by the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) continues to provide various free health services including contraceptives to its citizens. Nevertheless, several challenges related to unplanned pregnancies among tertiary student’s remains a challenge, which includes poor reproductive health status, socio-economic consequences rapid-population growth, rural-urban migration of youths accompanied by proliferation of informal settlements around cities, high youth unemployment and crime. This requires institutions of higher learning to establish which strategies are likely to address these problems of unplanned pregnancies among tertiary students. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the contributing factors to pregnancies amongst tertiary students at a selected satellite campus in order to make recommendations to the University of Namibia (UNAM). An exploratory, descriptive and qualitative design was ...
Online learning remains one of the most powerful enablers and accelerators for realising higher e... more Online learning remains one of the most powerful enablers and accelerators for realising higher education studies by enhancing teaching by means of innovative technologies and pedagogies. However, the success rate of students studying through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) remains very low. Therefore, institutions of higher learning in Namibia should continuously establish and assess the challenges affecting the students who opt to study via distance mode to devise strategies required to address such challenges. The objective of this study was to understand the challenges experienced by students studying through ODL at Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Namibia and establish the challenges they face. A qualitative, phenomenological, explorative, descriptive and contextual research strategy was employed in this study to explore and describe challenges experienced by students’ studying through ODL at HEI’ satellite campus in Namibia. A purposive sampling was utilised in the selec...
Background A poor understanding of health literacy and inadequate health practices among nurses c... more Background A poor understanding of health literacy and inadequate health practices among nurses can be detrimental to a population’s health. The starting point of solving this problem is through the provision of methodical health literacy and health practice education in the nursing curriculum. This study explored nursing students’ understanding of the concept of ‘health literacy’ and their health practices at a university in Namibia. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 205 nursing students. A simple stratified sampling method was used and data were collected using a self-reporting Understanding of Health Literacy (UHL) questionnaire. Pearson correlation, independent t-test and One-way ANOVA were used to analyse the data. Results The overall mean Understanding of Health Literacy score was 13.04 ± 1.52. The majority ( n = 157; 76.5%) of the students were found to have adequate health literacy scores, 21.5% had moderate health literacy scores, and only 2...
Caring behaviour is central to all health care organizations and their employees. Nurses spend co... more Caring behaviour is central to all health care organizations and their employees. Nurses spend considerable time with patients and they are ethically bound to provide quality nursing care, regardless of their patients’ social class, gender or ethnic background. To improve patients’ experience of care, it is important that nurses are aware of factors – both within themselves and in their working environment – that might influence their attitude and behaviour. The purpose of this study was to describe and assess factors contributing to nurses’ negative behaviour at a public health facility in Namibia. A quantitative, non-experimental, explorative and descriptive design was used. Simple random sampling was used to select 64 nurses. A pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data, which were then analysed with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 23, using descriptive statistics. The study results showed a strong association of nurses’ negative behaviour t...
Hepatitis E (HEV) remains one of the foremost public health problems globally and it is estimated... more Hepatitis E (HEV) remains one of the foremost public health problems globally and it is estimated to have affected one-third of the human population. Usually, symptoms appear 2 to 9 weeks after exposure to the virus and include fever, fatigue, lack of appetite, abdominal pain, and jaundice. While the government has a duty to provide access to clean water, communities, and individuals can equally play an important role in practicing and maintaining good physical and environmental hygiene. In Namibia, the spread of HEV has been a public health concern since it's outbreak in 2017. Before then, the country had two outbreaks in 1983 and 1995-1996 which affected mainly areas lacking potable water and waste disposal facilities in Kavango region. This chapter ought to provide an overview and different prevention measures and supportive management approaches used to contain and prevent the spread of HEV. The above statistic calls for plans and actions from national, regional, district ma...
Background Nurses play a key role in cases of cardiopulmonary arrest by promptly attending to and... more Background Nurses play a key role in cases of cardiopulmonary arrest by promptly attending to and initiating cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation thus requires nurses to possess appropriate attitudes, competencies, and adherence to the best nursing practice. Cardiac arrests are a prevalent cause of fatalities, being responsible for approximately 30% of deaths worldwide. Despite this statistic, however, research in this specific field is lacking in Namibia. Objective The objective of this research was to examine registered nurses’ knowledge, attitudes toward, and practice with regard to cardiopulmonary resuscitation at a selected teaching hospital in Namibia. Methods A cross-sectional survey design using a self-administered questionnaire was utilized to purposively recruit 158 registered nurses from the inpatient and outpatient departments of a teaching hospital in Namibia. Descriptive and chi-square tests were performed using SPSSv26. Results The re...
Advances in human services and public health (AHSPH) book series, 2021
Hepatitis E (HEV) remains one of the foremost public health problems globally and it is estimated... more Hepatitis E (HEV) remains one of the foremost public health problems globally and it is estimated to have affected one-third of the human population. Usually, symptoms appear 2 to 9 weeks after exposure to the virus and include fever, fatigue, lack of appetite, abdominal pain, and jaundice. While the government has a duty to provide access to clean water, communities, and individuals can equally play an important role in practicing and maintaining good physical and environmental hygiene. In Namibia, the spread of HEV has been a public health concern since it&amp;#39;s outbreak in 2017. Before then, the country had two outbreaks in 1983 and 1995-1996 which affected mainly areas lacking potable water and waste disposal facilities in Kavango region. This chapter ought to provide an overview and different prevention measures and supportive management approaches used to contain and prevent the spread of HEV. The above statistic calls for plans and actions from national, regional, district management teams to implement effective active surveillance interventions in place that are geared towards curbing the spread of HEV.
Introduction The global consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be overstated. Vaccinations ... more Introduction The global consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be overstated. Vaccinations are one of the leading strategies to protect against the virus, and it is likely that students’ understanding and desire to be vaccinated can be major factors in helping contain the pandemic. Nonetheless, no studies looked into the vaccine attitude, knowledge and willingness in Namibia. Objectives To assess and describe the association between knowledge, attitudes, and willingness of undergraduate students to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the school of education, nursing and economics and management science at the university campus in Namibia. Methods The study employed a cross-sectional descriptive study from 203 undergraduate university students using a convenience sampling. Data analysis was done using SPSSv28 and descriptive statistics were used to depict trends in data while a Pearson's correlation determined the relationship between the study variables. Results The data showed t...
Aim Vaccinations remain one of the most effective measures to prevent and control the spread of C... more Aim Vaccinations remain one of the most effective measures to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19, while also reducing hospitalizations and deaths, yet many are unwilling to be vaccinated. This study explores the barriers and facilitators affecting the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among frontline nurses. Design A qualitative, explorative, descriptive, and contextual research strategy was employed. Methods A sample of 15 nurses were selected via purposeful sampling to the point of data saturation. The participants were nurses at the COVID-19 vaccinations Centre in Rundu, Namibia. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and analyzed thematically. Results Three themes and 11 subthemes were identified, namely: (a) barriers, (b) facilitators, and (c) measures to increase the COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Barriers included living in deep rural areas, unavailability of vaccines, and misinformation, whereas scared of death, availability of COVID-19 vaccines, and family influenc...
Background: Gender-based violence (GBV) is a critical public health concern, demanding for global... more Background: Gender-based violence (GBV) is a critical public health concern, demanding for global coordinated efforts. While nursing students form part of a healthcare team with significant roles in identifying and responding to abused victims, studies assessing their readiness to combat GBV are limited in Namibia.Aim: To assess undergraduate nursing students’ perceptions and to determine the relationship of the study variables to readiness to combat GBV during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Namibia.Setting: This study was conducted at a university satellite campus in Namibia.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was used to collect data from 105 third and fourth-year undergraduate nursing students using ADKAR model. Data were analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 27.0, for descriptive statistics and logistic regression in determining relationships between study variables.Results: The study results show a mean readiness of 1.65 ± 0.19. ...
ABSTRACT Background: Student satisfaction is increasingly becoming a policy driver for evaluating... more ABSTRACT Background: Student satisfaction is increasingly becoming a policy driver for evaluating the quality of education and the accreditation of academic programmes. Although student satisfaction is viewed as a yardstick of academic success, it remains understudied in Namibia. Objective: To determine undergraduate students’ satisfaction with the nursing programme at a university campus in Namibia. Methods and materials: A cross-sectional descriptive survey, with use of a non-proportional quota sampling strategy was used to recruit 147 undergraduate nursing students. Data were analysed using SPSSv27, using mean score and logistic regression as inferential statistics to predict the relationship between variables. Results: The study found a mean satisfaction of 3.27 ± 0.91 among the 147 respondents. The majority of the respondents (70.6%) were generally satisfied, whereas 29.4% were dissatisfied with the nursing programme. The frequent areas of satisfaction were in-class teaching (90.5%), simulation-based teaching (76.9%) and staff conduct (62.6%), whereas dissatisfaction was associated with access to school services (52.4%). A significant prevalence of satisfaction was found among the second and third year students (55.8%, 60.9%, p = 0.00). The predictors for dissatisfaction were being male vs. female (54.1% vs 45.3%) and having retired parents (70.5%, p &lt; 0.05). Conclusion: The study identified important areas of dissatisfaction in a nursing programme. A high level of dissatisfaction was linked to a lack of access to the building’s emergency exit plans (62.5%) and teaching facilities, i.e., the computer and clinical laboratories (55.8%). It is vital for nursing training schools to take cognisance of these areas, toward optimising quality nursing education.
Although varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is preventable and curable, the disease remains a public he... more Although varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is preventable and curable, the disease remains a public health problem in Namibia. Access to vaccination in the country remains a challenge for many citizens including students. No previous study has been conducted to assess awareness on the prevention and control of VZV in Namibia. The overall purpose of the study was to investigate the awareness of hostel students on prevention and control measures for VZV in Namibia. The objective of the study was to assess and describe the awareness of hostel students on the prevention and control measures for VZV in Namibia. A quantitative descriptive study using an online questionnaire was used. Simple random sampling was used to select 165 respondents. Descriptive statistics and a non-parametric Kruskal Wallis test were performed to test the mean differences between variables and the significance of the data. A great proportion of the respondents, 70.7% (n=118), were aware that VZV is caused by a virus ...
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Background: Student satisfaction is increasingly becoming a policy driver for evaluatin... more ABSTRACT
Background: Student satisfaction is increasingly becoming a policy driver for evaluating the quality of education
and the accreditation of academic programmes. Although student satisfaction is viewed as a yardstick of academic success, it remains understudied in Namibia.
Objective: To determine undergraduate students’ satisfaction with the nursing programme at a university campus
in Namibia.
Methods and materials: A cross-sectional descriptive survey, with use of a non-proportional quota sampling
strategy was used to recruit 147 undergraduate nursing students. Data were analysed using SPSSv27, using mean
score and logistic regression as inferential statistics to predict the relationship between variables.
Results: The study found a mean satisfaction of 3.27 ± 0.91 among the 147 respondents. The majority of the
respondents (70.6%) were generally satisfied, whereas 29.4% were dissatisfied with the nursing programme. The
frequent areas of satisfaction were in-class teaching (90.5%), simulation-based teaching (76.9%) and staff
conduct (62.6%), whereas dissatisfaction was associated with access to school services (52.4%). A significant
prevalence of satisfaction was found among the second and third year students (55.8%, 60.9%, p = 0.00). The
predictors for dissatisfaction were being male vs. female (54.1% vs 45.3%) and having retired parents (70.5%, p
< 0.05).
Conclusion: The study identified important areas of dissatisfaction in a nursing programme. A high level of
dissatisfaction was linked to a lack of access to the building’s emergency exit plans (62.5%) and teaching facilities, i.e., the computer and clinical laboratories (55.8%). It is vital for nursing training schools to take cognisance of these areas, toward optimising quality nursing education.
The Government of Republic of Namibia through the services rendered by the Ministry of Health and... more The Government of Republic of Namibia through the services rendered by the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) continues to provide various free health services including contraceptives to its citizens. Nevertheless, several challenges related to unplanned pregnancies among tertiary student’s remains a challenge, which includes poor reproductive health status, socio-economic consequences rapid-population growth, rural-urban migration of youths accompanied by proliferation of informal settlements around cities, high youth unemployment and crime. This requires institutions of higher learning to establish which strategies are likely to address these problems of unplanned pregnancies among tertiary students. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the contributing factors to pregnancies amongst tertiary students at a selected satellite campus in order to make recommendations to the University of Namibia (UNAM). An exploratory, descriptive and qualitative design was ...
Online learning remains one of the most powerful enablers and accelerators for realising higher e... more Online learning remains one of the most powerful enablers and accelerators for realising higher education studies by enhancing teaching by means of innovative technologies and pedagogies. However, the success rate of students studying through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) remains very low. Therefore, institutions of higher learning in Namibia should continuously establish and assess the challenges affecting the students who opt to study via distance mode to devise strategies required to address such challenges. The objective of this study was to understand the challenges experienced by students studying through ODL at Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Namibia and establish the challenges they face. A qualitative, phenomenological, explorative, descriptive and contextual research strategy was employed in this study to explore and describe challenges experienced by students’ studying through ODL at HEI’ satellite campus in Namibia. A purposive sampling was utilised in the selec...
Background A poor understanding of health literacy and inadequate health practices among nurses c... more Background A poor understanding of health literacy and inadequate health practices among nurses can be detrimental to a population’s health. The starting point of solving this problem is through the provision of methodical health literacy and health practice education in the nursing curriculum. This study explored nursing students’ understanding of the concept of ‘health literacy’ and their health practices at a university in Namibia. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 205 nursing students. A simple stratified sampling method was used and data were collected using a self-reporting Understanding of Health Literacy (UHL) questionnaire. Pearson correlation, independent t-test and One-way ANOVA were used to analyse the data. Results The overall mean Understanding of Health Literacy score was 13.04 ± 1.52. The majority ( n = 157; 76.5%) of the students were found to have adequate health literacy scores, 21.5% had moderate health literacy scores, and only 2...
Caring behaviour is central to all health care organizations and their employees. Nurses spend co... more Caring behaviour is central to all health care organizations and their employees. Nurses spend considerable time with patients and they are ethically bound to provide quality nursing care, regardless of their patients’ social class, gender or ethnic background. To improve patients’ experience of care, it is important that nurses are aware of factors – both within themselves and in their working environment – that might influence their attitude and behaviour. The purpose of this study was to describe and assess factors contributing to nurses’ negative behaviour at a public health facility in Namibia. A quantitative, non-experimental, explorative and descriptive design was used. Simple random sampling was used to select 64 nurses. A pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data, which were then analysed with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 23, using descriptive statistics. The study results showed a strong association of nurses’ negative behaviour t...
Hepatitis E (HEV) remains one of the foremost public health problems globally and it is estimated... more Hepatitis E (HEV) remains one of the foremost public health problems globally and it is estimated to have affected one-third of the human population. Usually, symptoms appear 2 to 9 weeks after exposure to the virus and include fever, fatigue, lack of appetite, abdominal pain, and jaundice. While the government has a duty to provide access to clean water, communities, and individuals can equally play an important role in practicing and maintaining good physical and environmental hygiene. In Namibia, the spread of HEV has been a public health concern since it's outbreak in 2017. Before then, the country had two outbreaks in 1983 and 1995-1996 which affected mainly areas lacking potable water and waste disposal facilities in Kavango region. This chapter ought to provide an overview and different prevention measures and supportive management approaches used to contain and prevent the spread of HEV. The above statistic calls for plans and actions from national, regional, district ma...
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Background: Student satisfaction is increasingly becoming a policy driver for evaluating the quality of education
and the accreditation of academic programmes. Although student satisfaction is viewed as a yardstick of academic success, it remains understudied in Namibia.
Objective: To determine undergraduate students’ satisfaction with the nursing programme at a university campus
in Namibia.
Methods and materials: A cross-sectional descriptive survey, with use of a non-proportional quota sampling
strategy was used to recruit 147 undergraduate nursing students. Data were analysed using SPSSv27, using mean
score and logistic regression as inferential statistics to predict the relationship between variables.
Results: The study found a mean satisfaction of 3.27 ± 0.91 among the 147 respondents. The majority of the
respondents (70.6%) were generally satisfied, whereas 29.4% were dissatisfied with the nursing programme. The
frequent areas of satisfaction were in-class teaching (90.5%), simulation-based teaching (76.9%) and staff
conduct (62.6%), whereas dissatisfaction was associated with access to school services (52.4%). A significant
prevalence of satisfaction was found among the second and third year students (55.8%, 60.9%, p = 0.00). The
predictors for dissatisfaction were being male vs. female (54.1% vs 45.3%) and having retired parents (70.5%, p
< 0.05).
Conclusion: The study identified important areas of dissatisfaction in a nursing programme. A high level of
dissatisfaction was linked to a lack of access to the building’s emergency exit plans (62.5%) and teaching facilities, i.e., the computer and clinical laboratories (55.8%). It is vital for nursing training schools to take cognisance of these areas, toward optimising quality nursing education.
Background: Student satisfaction is increasingly becoming a policy driver for evaluating the quality of education
and the accreditation of academic programmes. Although student satisfaction is viewed as a yardstick of academic success, it remains understudied in Namibia.
Objective: To determine undergraduate students’ satisfaction with the nursing programme at a university campus
in Namibia.
Methods and materials: A cross-sectional descriptive survey, with use of a non-proportional quota sampling
strategy was used to recruit 147 undergraduate nursing students. Data were analysed using SPSSv27, using mean
score and logistic regression as inferential statistics to predict the relationship between variables.
Results: The study found a mean satisfaction of 3.27 ± 0.91 among the 147 respondents. The majority of the
respondents (70.6%) were generally satisfied, whereas 29.4% were dissatisfied with the nursing programme. The
frequent areas of satisfaction were in-class teaching (90.5%), simulation-based teaching (76.9%) and staff
conduct (62.6%), whereas dissatisfaction was associated with access to school services (52.4%). A significant
prevalence of satisfaction was found among the second and third year students (55.8%, 60.9%, p = 0.00). The
predictors for dissatisfaction were being male vs. female (54.1% vs 45.3%) and having retired parents (70.5%, p
< 0.05).
Conclusion: The study identified important areas of dissatisfaction in a nursing programme. A high level of
dissatisfaction was linked to a lack of access to the building’s emergency exit plans (62.5%) and teaching facilities, i.e., the computer and clinical laboratories (55.8%). It is vital for nursing training schools to take cognisance of these areas, toward optimising quality nursing education.