427109

A Phenomenological Study of Postgraduate Students' Experiences Regarding Healthcare Quality

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Last updated: 11 May 2025

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Community Health Nursing

Abstract

All over the world, the quality of healthcare remains problematic due to inadequate funding, inadequate physical facilities, insufficient service delivery, waiting lists, differences in the healthcare providers' abilities, a low understanding of team members' roles, and miscommunication. For those problems, there are different tools and models for improvement. This study aimed to study postgraduate students' experiences regarding healthcare quality. A qualitative descriptive-phenomenological study on 24 postgraduate students recruited judgmentally who have bachelor's or master's degrees and are registered for master's or doctorate degrees from different specialties. Study results revealed that 75.0% of the postgraduate students were nurses, and all had bachelor's degrees. Furthermore, only 16.7% of them attended theoretical courses about healthcare quality. Moreover, postgraduate students expressed limited experience regarding parameters, dimensions, tools, and models related to healthcare quality. The researchers conclude that postgraduate students' experiences regarding quality of care, healthcare quality parameters, quality of care dimensions, tools for improving the quality of care, and quality improvement models are not contextualized. The researchers recommend conducting on-the-job education and training for healthcare professionals concerning healthcare quality.

DOI

10.21608/mnj.2024.274009.1387

Keywords

experiences, healthcare, Postgraduate Students, quality of care

Authors

First Name

Heba

Last Name

Nageh Ouf

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

community health nursing, faculty of nursing, Mansoura university

Email

heba.nageh77@gmail.com

City

Damietta

Orcid

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First Name

Samar

Last Name

Abdelraouf

MiddleName

Elhosieny

Affiliation

Faculty of Nursing

Email

dr.samar444@gmail.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

0009-0002-0864-4743

First Name

Samia

Last Name

Abd El-Mouty

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Assistant professor in Community Health Nursing Department, Mansoura university

Email

aya.shafiq@yahoo.com

City

Mansoura

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Volume

11

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

55633

Issue Date

2024-01-01

Receive Date

2024-03-02

Publish Date

2024-05-01

Print ISSN

2735-4121

Online ISSN

2735-413X

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427,109

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1,468

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Publication Title

Mansoura Nursing Journal

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A Phenomenological Study of Postgraduate Students' Experiences Regarding Healthcare Quality

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11 May 2025