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Author: Portia Jordan
Wednesday (12 May) is International Nurses Day. In an opinion piece for
Cape Times, Prof Portia Jordan from the Department of Nursing and Midwifery writes about how nurses are transforming the future of healthcare.
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Portia Jordan
Nurses are an unstoppable force, and an incredible workforce in the healthcare environment.
According to the database of the South African Nursing Council, there are approximately 400,000 nurses in South Africa, making nursing an integral and crucial part of our economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States of America expects nursing job growth of 12% through 2028, much faster than the average occupation.
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Author: FMHS Marketing & Communications / FGGW Bemarking & Kommunikasie – Jackie Pienaar-Brink
Published: 06/05/2021
Prof Portia Jordan, executive head of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery at Stellenbosch University (SU), is the new board chairperson of the Forum of University Nursing Deans of South Africa (FUNDISA).
Jordan previously served two terms as treasurer and executive board member and was appointed in her current capacity in February this year. FUNDISA represents 21 university nursing departments.
Jordan s aim is to promote, support, develop and create a transformative landscape for nursing scholarship, education and clinical practice in South Africa in collaboration with the executive board and the heads of the university nursing schools in the country.
Background: Lack of evidence regarding whether a useful examination instrument such as an multiple choice question (MCQ) quiz is reliable for assessing delirium care knowledge. Aims and objectives: To develop and psychometrically test a MCQ-based quiz for assessing the delirium care knowledge of critical care nurses. Design: Instrument development and psychometric evaluation study. Methods: The development and validation process consisted of two phases. The first Phase focused on the quiz development, which was achieved through the following steps: (a) generation of an initial 20-item pool; (b) assessment of content validity; (c) assessment of face validity; (d) conduction of a pilot test, involving the collection of data from 217 critical care nurses through an online survey; and (e) item analysis and item elimination according to item difficulty and discrimination indices. The MCQ quiz was finalized through the development process. The second phase emphasized quiz validation through