Cost of Training Nurses in Ethiopia.
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1986-09
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Addis Ababa University
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In manpower training, as in any other area , efficient uses of resources is always desirable since it is one of the most important determining factors . Simultaneously, quality of the training should also be givDn due consideration in parallel with that f efficiency. The promissi Dg or effective outcome of training of nurses obviously is not different .Qu t of the five schools fo r the training of nurses in the country , the Centralized School of Nursing of Addis Ababa and the Nursing School of l~smara are studied . Choice ofthese schools i s based on convenience and feasibility for the study .The main concern of the study is to estimate the cost of training nurse s in Ethiopia based on the experiences of the two schools of nurs ing . The study also c overs the effect of attrition ~n the cost of training & the staff - student ratios during 1973 - 1977 E , C. The study sho>ls that, on the average the Centralized School of Nursing spends Birr 2145 . 35 per student per year while the Asmara Nursing School spends Birr '1306 . •t4 per student per year . The average total cost per student from enrollment up to graduation at the Centralized School of Nurs ing i s Birr 6233 . 12 while at Asmara School of Nursing it is Birr 3686 . 00 .An average Bttrition rate of students of 20. 4% per year at the Centralized School of Nursing and 15 . 5% per year at Ls:nara Nursing School is observed based on studying three consecutive batches in both schools . Attrition has shNID a statistically significant effect on the cost of the training in both schools .If there Here not any attritirn of students , the mean cost "auld be reduced by 27 . 5% for tlae Centralized School " f Nursing and by 19% for the Asmara Nursing School. Cost per student per year and cost per trained student betHeen the t'10 schools Here also compared. And it has found out that the Centralized School of Nursing spends significantly more in both aspec ts . (P < 0 . 0005 ) . The !tsmara Nursing School has staff- student ratio Hith an annual average of 1 :20 and ranging frnm 1:13 to 1 :24 . The Centralized School rf Nursing has an average staff- student ratio of 1:13, ranging from 1 : 10 to 1 :15 . In both cases only the teaching staff are considered frr calculating staff- student ratios .Recommendations are made based on the findings of the study
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Cost , Nurses Training