Celebrating 27 years of uniting nurses

SANC NURSING INDABA 2023. DAY TWO.

PANEL DISCUSSION: The second and last day of the SANC Nursing Indaba 2023 has commences at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg. The second session is comprised of a panel discussion, made up of SANC Council members, on a number of areas in nursing. The Panel is fielding questions from the floor. Some of the questions … Read more

DENOSA host International Nurses Day event for Eastern Cape nurses in East London on Friday 19 May 2023.

MEDIA ALERT Friday, 19 May 2023. HUNDREDS of nurses from various facilities and from all the districts of the province of Eastern Cape will converge on East London in the Buffalo City on Friday, 19 May 2023, as the organisation will host the International Nurses Day event for the nurses of the province at Cambridge … Read more

Professor Agnes Makhene.

Unprofessional Conduct. We still find that our colleagues still behave unprofessionally. Unprofessional conducts could be as a result of difficulties in a personal/professional life affecting their work-life balance. …. Cases that we’ve had and finalized as the Council. Maternity related. 29% Poor nursing care. 25% Medication-related. 10% I personally think we need to change the … Read more

Dr Sindi Mthembu: Principal of KZN College of Nursing.

Career-pathing from legacy to higher education sub-framework. Career pathing for all of us is important for one’s professional growth. Background: transformation in higher education necessitated transition in learning areas, including nursing. New nursing programmes should have started in January 2020. NEIs were busy trying to align to the new requirement. 2015, there was a big … Read more

Nursing Education, Technology and Social Media.

Dr Sharon Vasuthevan. Nursing Education, Technology and Social Media. Nursing Training. There is no way that we are going back to pre- COVID-19 days. “By embracing tech, nurse educators will be preparing and equipping student for future trends. I always say that practice assist in education.” Telemedicine during COVID ensured that people got their medication. … Read more

SANC NURSING INDABA 2023.

Dr Tendani Mabuda. Director of Nursing Education: Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness on Western Cape College of Nursing as a centre for higher education Transitional arrangement: public colleges can offer qualification on the higher education sub-framework while waiting to be deemed as public higher education colleges. Now we have to comply with the … Read more

Chairperson’s report on the work of the 16th Council for the term: Dr Moshibudi Molepo.

SANC NURSING INDABA 2023. She reported on the statutory committees that the Council has. Social and ethics committee has not been established but remains the outstanding proposal. “The Council strives for excellence. Our mandate is to regulate nursing and midwifery profession while protecting the community.” We have few achievements. “We wanted to make sure that … Read more