Validation of a Career Guidance Brochure for Student Nurses Using the Nominal Group Technique
Background: Nursing is a career which, especially for male students, requires one making an informed choice prior to pursuing it. A mixed-method, qualitative study, investigating the professional socialization process of male student nurses in Malawi found that most students did not make an informed...
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| author | Miriam Chinkhata Gayle Langley Aceme Nyika |
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| description | Background: Nursing is a career which, especially for male students, requires one making an informed choice prior to pursuing it. A mixed-method, qualitative study, investigating the professional socialization process of male student nurses in Malawi found that most students did not make an informed choice regarding their selected career. This resulted in some of them facing many challenges which compromised their academic performance, and in some cases, contributed to high attrition rates. An “unmet need” for career guidance was identified by the study participants. Further, the study participants made recommendations on the need to address the unmet need for career guidance. A brochure entitled “A career in nursing and midwifery in Malawi” was designed. This article reports on the validation of the brochure. Objective: The goal of the study was to validate the brochure utilising the Nominal Group Technique. Methods: The validation exercise was part of the mixed method study. Five steps of the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) were utilised, as expounded by Vigra-Atkins, aimed at evaluating the content contained in the brochure. Study participants in four nursing colleges (n = 37) participated by studying the draft brochure and identifying strong and weak areas for improvements. Responses were ranked based on group consensus. Findings: A total of five groups were involved in NGT discussions. Four of the five groups found the brochure relevant and motivating to prospective students. However, two groups suggested that pictures needed to be more gender sensitive. Conclusion: Through the NGT, the brochure was commended by the majority of the participants as being clear and relevant in terms of giving information necessary for a nursing career choice. Finally, the authors recommend the use of the NGT compared to other group-based research techniques, considering the benefits the NGT offers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1b6ab2f7d01463a8d39f39e615108ec2022-12-21T21:46:26ZengUbiquity PressAnnals of Global Health2214-99962018-04-01841778210.29024/aogh.416Validation of a Career Guidance Brochure for Student Nurses Using the Nominal Group TechniqueMiriam Chinkhata0Gayle Langley1Aceme Nyika2Malawi College of Health Sciences. Private Bag 396 Chichiri Blantyre 3Witwatersrand University, Department of Nursing EducationGraduate Support Research and Innovation Department, University of PretoriaBackground: Nursing is a career which, especially for male students, requires one making an informed choice prior to pursuing it. A mixed-method, qualitative study, investigating the professional socialization process of male student nurses in Malawi found that most students did not make an informed choice regarding their selected career. This resulted in some of them facing many challenges which compromised their academic performance, and in some cases, contributed to high attrition rates. An “unmet need” for career guidance was identified by the study participants. Further, the study participants made recommendations on the need to address the unmet need for career guidance. A brochure entitled “A career in nursing and midwifery in Malawi” was designed. This article reports on the validation of the brochure. Objective: The goal of the study was to validate the brochure utilising the Nominal Group Technique. Methods: The validation exercise was part of the mixed method study. Five steps of the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) were utilised, as expounded by Vigra-Atkins, aimed at evaluating the content contained in the brochure. Study participants in four nursing colleges (n = 37) participated by studying the draft brochure and identifying strong and weak areas for improvements. Responses were ranked based on group consensus. Findings: A total of five groups were involved in NGT discussions. Four of the five groups found the brochure relevant and motivating to prospective students. However, two groups suggested that pictures needed to be more gender sensitive. Conclusion: Through the NGT, the brochure was commended by the majority of the participants as being clear and relevant in terms of giving information necessary for a nursing career choice. Finally, the authors recommend the use of the NGT compared to other group-based research techniques, considering the benefits the NGT offers.https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/4 |
| spellingShingle | Miriam Chinkhata Gayle Langley Aceme Nyika Validation of a Career Guidance Brochure for Student Nurses Using the Nominal Group Technique Annals of Global Health |
| title | Validation of a Career Guidance Brochure for Student Nurses Using the Nominal Group Technique |
| title_full | Validation of a Career Guidance Brochure for Student Nurses Using the Nominal Group Technique |
| title_fullStr | Validation of a Career Guidance Brochure for Student Nurses Using the Nominal Group Technique |
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| title_short | Validation of a Career Guidance Brochure for Student Nurses Using the Nominal Group Technique |
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