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ArticleNursing open2018

We need higher education: Voice of nursing administration from Kabul, Afghanistan.

Wais M Qarani, Rafat Jan, Khwaja M I Saeed, Laila Khymani

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Article in Nursing open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Wais M QaraniFrench Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) Kabul Afghanistan.ORCID 0000-0002-2823-0903
Rafat JanSchool of Nursing and Midwifery Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery (AKU-SoNaM) Karachi Pakistan.
Khwaja M I SaeedHead of Grant and Contract Management Unit (GCMU) Ministry of Public Health Kabul Afghanistan.
Laila KhymaniAga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi Pakistan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo explore the educational profile of nursing managers and head nurses at public hospitals in Kabul, Afghanistan.

designA descriptive cross-sectional study design was employed.

methodA self-administered pre-tested questionnaire was used to recruit 86 nursing managers and head nurses from 17 public hospitals in Kabul. SPSS version 19 was used to analyze and report the data through descriptive statistics.

resultsIt was found that, none of the participant was prepared with higher education in nursing; rather they had only diploma in nursing; and 84.9% of them had completed their nursing diploma before 2002.; 11.6% of participants were currently studying; and all were in non-nursing disciplines. On the other hand 100% of the participants expressed intention for further studies mainly in leadership and management, computer skill, English language, in-service nursing trainings and higher education in nursing.

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Afghanistancontinuous professional developmenthigher educationnursing administrationpublic hospitals

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PMID30062025
PMCPMC6056442

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