Proposing evidence-based strategies to strengthen implementation of healthcare reform in resource-limited settings: a summative analysis.

Objectives: Many resource-limited countries have adopted and implemented healthcare reform to improve the quality of healthcare, but few have had much impact and strategies in support of these efforts remain limited. We aimed to explore and propose evidence-based strategies to strengthen implementation of healthcare reform in resource-limited settings.

Design: Descriptive and exploratory designs in two phases.

Factors influencing the retention of registered nurses in the Gauteng Province of South Africa.

Background: South Africa is a source country for many destination countries that recruit registered nurses who emigrate for personal and/or professional reasons. A large number of South African nurses belong to the baby boomer generation (born between 1943 and 1964) who will retire within the foreseeable future. Statistics from the South African Nursing Council show a decline of 42.