Bachelor of Nursing
Health Sciences and Social Services - Curative Health
Purpose and Rationale
Purpose: Upon successful completion of this qualification, learners are eligible for registration with the South African Nursing Council as professional nurses and midwives. The qualification aims to:
- Produce competent professional nurse practitioners in various health service settings.
- Provide learners with skills, knowledge, and attitudes to contribute meaningfully to health services.
- Equip learners with a sense of equity, justice, and service ethics to work responsibly.
- Offer transferable skills for other professions and general life, including problem-solving, empowerment, communication, policy assessment, project management, and research.
Qualifying Learner Abilities: Upon completion, learners will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of biological and natural sciences, psycho-social sciences, and pharmacology in nursing and midwifery care.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate population-based health care.
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for individuals and groups across lifespans.
- Promote health, prevent illness, provide nursing care, and promote rehabilitation independently.
- Utilize research for health care improvement.
- Manage health care facilities.
- Demonstrate professional and clinical leadership.
- Promote self and others' professional development.
- Exhibit clinical judgment and critical thinking.
- Register as a Professional Nurse and Midwife with the South African Nursing Council.
Rationale: This qualification enables learners to function as registered professional Nurses and Midwives, providing comprehensive care as per legislative frameworks. Reports show a growing demand-supply gap, declining new entrants, and an aging nurse population. This qualification is crucial for bolstering the number of competent Nurses and advancing learners to postgraduate studies. It equips learners with obstetric, mental health, and primary health care skills. With a comprehensive view and patient-referral ability, Nurses can take responsibility in any healthcare setting. The need for Nurses and Midwives to enhance healthcare quality is vital, requiring quality measures implementation and benchmarking practices. Learners are prepared for leadership roles, focusing on team capacity development. The qualification emphasizes practice, academic growth, specialization, and research opportunities.
Outcomes
- Identify and address ethical and legal issues based on critical reflection on the suitability of different moral value (and legal) systems to nursing and midwifery practice.
- Apply knowledge of biological and natural sciences, psycho-social sciences and pharmacology in the provision of safe nursing and midwifery care, throughout the life span, in a variety of health care settings and communities in response to community needs.
- Manage a health care unit and a health facility based on the understanding of the roles and relationships within the multidisciplinary team.
- Access, produce and manage information effectively to a range of audiences, including health information systems.
- Conduct research in investigating nursing and health-related problems to improve the quality of care that is responsive to the needs of the individual, the family and the community, following the national legislative and policy frameworks.
- Apply learning strategies effectively to address their own and other's professional and personal ongoing learning needs in a self-critical manner.
- Apply knowledge of theories, methods and techniques in the practice of safe clinical nursing.
- Maintain optimal health of a woman, her family and baby, post-partum, postpartum and intrapartum.
Assessment Criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
- Create advocacy activities to promote individual, group, and community rights concerning law and health care provision.
- Interpret and apply ethical codes, professional accountability, and responsibility.
- Apply the practice consistently reflecting a clear understanding of South Africa Nursing and Health Care legislation.
- Utilize nursing interventions based on individualized plans for mentally ill persons.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
- Apply knowledge of psychology and sociology to enhance health care delivery.
- Utilize consistent interventions with mentally ill persons.
- Provide support to patients recovering from illness.
- Use technology in the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
- Plan and provision for health care based on sound assessment.
- Establish systems for efficient service delivery.
- Manage pharmacological preparations and treatment effectively.
- Implement quality management systems.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
- Promote community involvement in health care.
- Document assessment accurately and timeously.
- Communicate effectively using various media.
- Use interpersonal skills to establish supportive relationships.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:
- Conduct research based on ethical principles.
- Provide care based on scientific evidence.
- Develop strategies based on epidemiological principles.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:
- Engage in professional development activities.
- Develop research activities for professional knowledge.
- Mentor others according to their needs.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7:
- Implement nursing care according to plans.
- Diagnose and manage conditions.
- Deliver nursing care for long-term and terminally ill patients.
- Contribute to the prevention and control of complications.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8:
- Facilitate the preparation of women and families for pregnancy and childbirth.
- Conduct obstetric history-taking and physical examinations.
- Monitor the wellbeing of the foetus.
- Deliver postnatal care for the wellbeing of mother and child.
Integrated Assessment:
- Utilize South African Nursing Council regulations for competence.
- Incorporate formal and informal continuous assessment strategies.
- Design evaluation strategies based on level descriptors and scope of practice.
Formative Assessment:
- Assignments.
- Demonstrations.
- Practical work.
- Projects.
- Tests.
Summative Assessment:
- Examinations.
- Portfolios.
- Presentations.
- Tests.
Qualification Details
- Type
- National First Degree(Min 480)
- NQF Level
- 08
- Min. Credits
- 480
- SAQA Source
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