Open AccessCommunity-based curriculum in psychiatric nursing science
Author(s) -
Savasthian Arunachallam,
A Botes,
Antoinette Gmeiner
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v23i2.628
Subject(s) - curriculum , nursing , situational ethics , focus group , nurse education , government (linguistics) , legislation , exploratory research , community health , nursing research , medicine , psychology , medical education , sociology , pedagogy , public health , political science , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , anthropology , law
As community-based health care delivery is now a prominent feature of the health care system in South Africa, nursing curricula are being challenged to prepare student nurses for community-based nursing roles and responsibilities. The purpose of this study was to describe guidelines for a community-based curriculum in psychiatric nursing science for a nursing college in KwaZulu-Natal. A qualitative, quantitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was employed. To reach the purpose of the study, a situational analysis was done in three phases to identify the principles for a community-based curriculum for psychiatric nursing science.