Nursing & Primary Care
Open AccessStudy of Healthcare Supervisors' Perceptions of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Nursing Process in Senegalese Hospitals in 2025
Authors: Mamadou Seck, Lebem Togtoga, Fatoumata Ba, Bruno Pilote.
Abstract
Introduction: The nursing process (NP) serves as a methodological framework for designing nursing interventions, promoting quality of care, and ensuring continuity and traceability of care. Although it is integrated into initial training in Senegal, the use of this approach in clinical practice remains limited.
Objectives: The study aimed to examine the perceptions of healthcare supervisors regarding knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to the nursing care process.
Materials and Methods: A qualitative study was conducted to explore the perceptions of healthcare supervisors regarding knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to nursing process. Care service supervisors from eight (08) regional hospitals in Senegal were interviewed using semi-structured interviews based on reasoned sampling. A thematic content analysis was performed on the data collected using the complete transcripts.
Results: The added value of the NP in the organization of nursing work and in improving the quality of care is understood by the participants. However, they stated that implementing EHRs is difficult and that the implementation of NP is fraught with obstacles, including a lack of continuing education, excessive workloads, a lack of supervision, and the absence of institutional guidelines. Although there is a willingness to use NP, their use remains limited and confined to the early stages of NP implementation, particularly data collection and planning.
Conclusion: The efficient and effective use of NP requires institutional support, educational reinforcement, and the recognition of supervisors as agents of change within the healthcare organization.
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