Attitudes of professional nurses towards strikes implications for nursing education
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Date
1998
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University of Zululand
Abstract
The main aim of this study was to ascertain the attitudes of professional nurses towards
strike action and its implication on nursing education.
The study was done in two hospitals in the KwaZulu-Natal province. A descriptive
survey was undertaken. The total sample consisted of two hundred professional nurses.
The study revealed that the majority of professional nurses were against strikes, but the
feeling that they are exploited by the employing body and management policies appears
to make nurses to strike. The strong influence of Trade Unions in nurses strikes was
also confirmed. Many factors were identified as causing strikes, but poor salaries and
working conditions were the main causes of these strikes.
The study also revealed that patients suffer a lot during strikes and student nurses also
suffer because there was no clinical teaching and learning.
Recommendations made highlighted the urgent need for active participation of the
employing body, management, professional nurses, and the public in preventing nurses
strike.
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Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of Master of Arts (Curationis) in the Department of Nursing Science at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 1998.
Keywords
Strikes - professional nurses