Abstract
M.Cur.
A staffing programme does not exist in a private hospital that compiles with the criteria cost effectiveness
and quality nursing care. For this reason a study was undertaken to develop a
staffing programme that would facilitate cost-effectiveness as well as quality nursing care.
The nursing managers' role is not only to maintain cost-effectiveness but also to facilitate
wholeness in patients and nursing staff. To achieve wholeness an exploratory. descriptive
instrumental study was conducted and the Nursing Theory of Wholeness was used as a
foundation for this study.
Various research techniques were used such as scheduled observation, a structured
questionnaire, nursing audit and a semi structured interviewing technique to quantify results.
An analysis was conducted retrospectively to verify the statistical significance of a cost effective
staffing programme. A staffing programme was designed consisting of seven steps
to provide a basis for validity and reliability of the programme.
The staffing programme proved to be cost-effective and proved to be statistically significant
and shows a significant difference on a I% significance level (p = <0,003).
The most important conclusion made is that valid, reliable staffing programme was designed
for a nursing service in the private hospital. The staffing programme proved to be easily
comprehended, useful, and relevant to its purpose. Cost-effectiveness was proved.
A patient questionnaire was implemented to test the construct quality nursing. Partial validity
of the construct quality nursing was confirmed.