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Volume 1, Issue 1 J Nurs Res Pract Nursing Care & Breast Congress 2017
December 11-13, 2017
Page 11
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December 11-13, 2017 | Rome, Italy
Joint Event
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45th WORLD CONGRESS ON NURSING CARE
8TH EUROPEAN BREAST CONGRESS
Lunic Base Khoza, J Nurs Res Pract 2017, 1:1(Suppl)
Exploring the organisational culture practice on the promotion of mental health of newly qualified
nurses to the work environment
Usually newly employed nurses find adjusting to a work setting a challenging experience. Their successful adaptation to
their work situation is greatly influenced by the socialisation process inherent in the organisational culture. The caring
organisational culture promotes mental health. However, the newly employed nurse often finds that the norms are unclear,
disorganised, confusing and restrictive. The purpose of the study was to explore on how the organisational culture impact
on the promotion of mental health of newly qualified nurses to the work environment. A descriptive quantitative survey was
employed to explore the constructs of organisational culture that have a positive or a negative impact on the adaptation of
newly employed nurses to the work setting. Constructs such as conflict resolution; employee harassment; human resource
orientation; goal clarity; identification with the organisation; locus of control; and untoward management style were examined.
Respondents expressed their views as to what constructs of organisational culture had a positive or a negative impact on
their mental health and adjustment to the work settings. Looking down upon the newly qualified nurse competence by their
superiors featured most high as a stressor to them. Supervisors continuously passed yelling remarks such as “their training is
superficial, they do not know how to perform basic procedures, they are lazy and useless, and I would not like to take a shift
with them” and so forth. For the culture to serve its function it must be perceived as correct and valid and if it is perceived that
way, it automatically follows that it must be taught to newcomers.
Biography
Lunic Base Khoza holds NRF C3 rating as an Established Researcher with specialties in Nursing Education, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. For two years
in a role (2012 and 2013), he emerged as UNIVEN’s Best Overall Active Researcher. He has widely published scholar and reviewer of manuscripts for both national and
international journals of high scientific repute. He is elected to serve in the International Council of Nurses Rural and Remote Nurses Network Core Steering Committee,
which is represented by other eight members from international countries. He has been inducted into Hall of Fame for Research Excellence in Nursing in South Africa by
the Forum of University Nursing Deans in South Africa. In 2016, he received a Life Time Achiever award of Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business and Government
and Titans: Building Nations.
Lunic Base Khoza
University of Venda, South Africa