Strategic Plan for Nurse Education, Training and …

1 Strategic plan for Nurse education , Training and Practice 2012/13 2016/17 2 Table of contents Foreword by the Minister of Health ..3 Acknowledgement by the Director General of 5 Abbreviations .. 6 Executive summary .. 8 Summary of 11 1. Introduction and background .. 13 2. Purpose of the 16 3. Objectives of the Strategy .. 16 4. Situational Analysis .. 16 5. Strategic priorities and recommendations of the Strategy .. 31 6. Implementation .. 55 7. Monitoring and evaluation .. 55 8. Signing off of the Strategy.

2 56 9. Implementation plan .. 56 10. Availability of the Comprehensive Strategy, Annexures and 75 Strategic plan for Nurse education , Training and Practice 2012/13 2016/17 3 List of tables Table 1 Nursing education programmes and NQF levels .. 20 Table 2 SANC Professional Conduct Cases 2003 2008 .. 24 Table 3 Future supply of nurses .. 29 Table 4 Professional nurses, HRH goals 2011-2026 .. 54 Table 5 Implementation plan .. 57 Table 6 Summary of potential costs .. 72 List of figures Figure 1: Production of nurses: 4-year 17 Figure 2: Production of nurses: Bridging course.

3 17 Figure 3: Production of nurses: Enrolled Nurse 18 Figure 4: Production of nurses: Auxiliary Nurse 18 Figure 5: Production of .. 18 Figure 6: Nursing specialist qualifications 1996 18 Figure 7: Growth of Nursing education and Clinical Nursing Science, Treatment & Care 19 Figure 8: Proposed CNO Cluster for South Africa .. 45 List of Annexures 1. Nursing Compact 2012 .. 77 2. Results of a snap survey amongst 50 Professional Nurses in 79 3. Key global developments in health professional education .

4 81 4. Model for clinical education and Training .. 83 5. Responsibilities: CNO at national 102 6. Responsibilities: CNO at provincial level .. 104 7. SANC Audit tool .. 106 8. Sample performance contract for a nursing 112 9. Policy guidelines for nurses returning to practice .. 122 10. Self-assessment and audit tools for PPE .. 124 11. Framework for the recognition of post-graduate qualifications .. 134 12. Specs for contemporary white uniforms .. 137 13. Project plan : Nursing Human Resources for Health.

5 138 Strategic plan for Nurse education , Training and Practice 2012/13 2016/17 4 Foreword by the Minister of Health The Ministry of Health recognises the essential role of the nurses in achieving: A long and a healthy life for all South Africans . Our country faces a quadruple burden of disease consisting of HIV and AIDS; communicable diseases; non-communicable diseases; and violence and injuries with consequent high levels of morbidity and mortality. The Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) for 2009 2014 has as one of its focus areas the improvement of the health profile of all South Africans.

6 Cognizant of the magnitude of the nursing challenges, in April 2011, the Department of Health called together all the nurses of South Africa and other key stakeholders to the National Nursing Summit with the aim to reconstruct and revitalise the Nursing Profession for a Long and Health Life for All South Africans. Major challenges facing the nursing profession, identified by the Summit, are categorised into the following categories: i. Nursing education and Training ; ii.

7 Resources in nursing; iii. Professional ethos and ethics; iv. Governance, leadership, legislation and policy; v. Positive practice environments; vi. Compensation, benefits and conditions of employment; and vii. Nursing human resources for health. The National Nursing Summit culminated in the Nursing Compact, which represents a summary of collective decisions taken at the event. Against this background, I appointed a special Task Team to develop a plan of action to address Nurse education , Training and practice by developing a Strategy for Nurse education , Training and Practice with an Implementation plan .

8 I am pleased that the Ministerial Task Team has focused on the problems highlighted in the Nursing Compact. Strategic plan for Nurse education , Training and Practice 2012/13 2016/17 5 Through this Nurse education , Training and practice Strategic plan , the reconstruction and revitalisation of the nursing profession in South Africa will be strengthened. The strategy will ensure that our country has nurses of high calibre who can contribute to addressing the healthcare needs of all South Africans.

9 I thank the special Ministerial Task Team for producing this Strategy for Nurse education , Training and Practice. Working in collaboration with the nine Provincial MECs for Health, I commit myself to provide leadership and the necessary resources required to ensure the successful implementation of this Strategic plan for Nurse education , Training and Practice. DR PA MOTSOALEDI, MP MINISTER OF HEALTH DATE: MARCH 2013 Strategic plan for Nurse education , Training and Practice 2012/13 2016/17 6 Acknowledgement by the Director-General of Health The Department of Health is deeply grateful to all participants of the country s first national Nursing Summit in April 2011 whose contributions provided the foundation for this Strategic plan .

10 This document is the product of hours of work by the special Ministerial Task Team (MTT) appointed by the Honourable Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi following the Summit. I would like to thank the task team members who represent a cross-section of nursing stakeholders in South Africa: Ms Daisy Mafubelu (Chairperson); Professor Judy Bruce, Ms Nelouise Geyer, Ms Thembeka Gwagwa, Mrs Catherine Makwakwa, Dr Sipho Mkhize, Professor Laetitia Rispel and Ms Maureen Sithole.