Bachelor of Nursing
Health Sciences and Social Services - Curative Health
Purpose and Rationale
Bachelor of Nursing
Purpose
The Bachelor of Nursing aims to produce professional learners competent in the knowledge and skills required for managing and providing an integrated, holistic, scientifically-based nursing and midwifery health care service to all sectors of society. The aim is to develop reflective, caring practitioners capable of integrating principles, theory, proven techniques, and relevant clinical skills in the delivery of a service, focusing on the promotion of health, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of nursing and midwifery related problems.
Rationale
The South African Nursing Council (SANC), the regulatory body for nursing and midwifery in South Africa, has regulated a four-year Bachelor in Nursing Degree, which leads to registration as a professional nurse and midwife. The rationale for this change of regulation, as stated by SANC, is that the learner will be prepared comprehensively and appropriately according to the health needs of the country. This qualification will be different from the former qualification in that learners will only be qualified as a professional nurse and midwife instead of as a professional and community health and psychiatric nurse and midwife.
The qualification aims to provide specialist skills related to midwifery in addition to those of a registered nurse to provide person-centred, evidence-based high-quality care focused toward improving client outcomes. It equips learners with skills related to nursing and midwifery, which also consist of practice.
South Africa is a member of the African Union (AU), Southern African Development Community (SADC), and active member of the International Council for Nursing (ICN). The institution is also a member of the U21 Health Sciences group with members globally. Most member countries of these organizations recognize the qualification. First-world countries like the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Holland, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, and Australia are eager to employ Nurses from South Africa.
On completion of this qualification, learners will be able to register with SANC as a professional nurse and midwife, entitling them to practice independently and within a multidisciplinary team in the private or public health sector or the education or research sector.
Outcomes
- Identify and address ethical and legal issues based on critical reflection on the suitability of different moral value (and legal) systems to the nursing and midwifery.
- Apply knowledge of biological and natural sciences, psycho-social sciences and pharmacology in the provision of safe nursing care throughout the life span, in a variety of health care settings and communities in response to population needs.
- Effectively manage the health care unit and health facility with the understanding of the roles and relationships within the multidisciplinary team.
- Access, produce and manage information effectively to a range of audiences.
- Utilise research in investigating nursing, midwifery and health-related problems.
- Apply learning strategies effectively to address 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 and midwifery that is responsive to the needs of the individual, the family and the community, per national legislative and policy frameworks.
- Provide safe and quality midwifery and neonatal care in a specific, integrated, evidence-based approach in all health care settings.
Assessment Criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
- Identify and address the ethical issues based on critical reflection on the suitability of different moral value systems to the nursing practice.
- Identify and address the ethical and legal issues based on critical reflection on the suitability of different moral value systems to the midwifery practice in line with the nursing profession.
- Address and identify the legal issues based on critical reflection on the suitability of different legal systems to the nursing and midwifery practices.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
- Apply biological and natural sciences, psycho-social sciences and pharmacology in the provision of safe nursing care throughout the life span.
- Apply biological, and natural sciences, psycho-social sciences and pharmacology in the provision of safe nursing care in a variety of health care settings.
- Apply per and biological sciences, psycho-social sciences and pharmacology in the provision of safe nursing care in communities in response to the population needs.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
- Manage the health care unit with the understanding of the roles and relationships within the multidisciplinary team.
- Manage the health facility as a whole with the understanding of the roles and relationships within the multidisciplinary team.
- Manage the cross-cultural environment within the health care unit and health facility with the understanding of the roles and relationships within the multidisciplinary team.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
- Access and produce information having is effectively communicated as required.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:
- Manage the utilisation of the research in health-related problems ethically.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:
- Learning strategies to address other professionals' learning needs are applied in a self-critical manner.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7:
- Apply theories, methods and techniques in the practice of safe clinical midwifery, in response to the needs of the individual, the family and the community per national legislative and policy frameworks.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8:
- Provide safe and quality neonatal care using the right evidence-based approach as it applies to all health care settings.
Integrated Assessment:
- Integrated assessment strategies across related modules are applied and assessed in the classroom, practical venues and in the authentic environment.
- The integrated assessment takes the form of an appropriate variety of assessment methods, for example: written and oral examinations, problem-solving assignments, project presentations, case studies, portfolios, logbooks, clinical scanning assessments and objectively structured clinical examination, reflective practice journals.
- Through the institution's policies on assessment and moderation, assessment practices will be open, transparent, fair, valid, and reliable to ensure that no student is disadvantaged in any way whatsoever.
Formative Assessment:
- Integration of learning and assessment including tests, assignments, practical work, and competency evaluation of practical skills.
- Continuous process focusing on smaller sections of the work in a limited number of outcomes.
Summative Assessment:
- Evaluates the learner's abilities to manage and integrate a larger body of knowledge and to achieve the stated outcomes.
- Focuses on the learner's ability to integrate knowledge and skills in the area of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology.
- Includes theory and practical assessments.
Qualification Details
- Type
- National First Degree(Min 480)
- NQF Level
- 08
- Min. Credits
- 480
- SAQA Source
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