Professional nursing care in Tanzania

A descriptive study of nursing care in Ilembula Lutheran Hospital in Tanzania

Bibliographic Data

ID23234071
AuthorsAnitta Juntunen (Kajaani University of Applied Sciences), Merja Nikkonen (University of Oulu)
Year1996
Volume24
Issue3
Pages536-544
Publication date1996-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Advanced Nursing (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-2402 • E-ISSN: 1365-2648
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1046/j.1365-2648.1996.22214.x
PMID8876414
OpenAlexW1970494932
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

The purpose of this ethnonursing study is to find new knowledge of the professional nursing care practised in a Bantu cultural context in Tanzania The main questions are How do Bantu nurses describe nursing? What components are there in professional nursing care in Ilembula Lutheran Hospital? The data were collected through participant observation, interviews and personal working diaries in Ilembula Lutheran Hospital Six Tanzaman nurses were interviewed The findings indicated that nursing was based on formal training on one hand, and on a natural mother‐child relationship on the other hand The idea of respect towards life, which is central to the Bantu philosophy of life, guided nursing care In professional nursing care there emerged curing and caring components Protection, encouragement and comfort were distinguished as the main constructs of caring

Bantu languages · Context (archaeology) · Nurse education · Nursing care · Participant observation · Sociology · Tanzania · Team nursing · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Religion, Society, and Development

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