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SANC NURSING INDABA 2023. Legal consequences of unprofessional conduct cases. By Ms Kaseke. “Nurses should not be easily intimidated. If we had that, we could have half the cases that we have could be halved.” Often the cases are caused by the failure to act, more than acting. And most cases are caused by nurses … Read more

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

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

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

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

SANC NURSING INDABA 2023. Address by Dr Anban Pillay – Deputy Director General in the NDoH, responsible for regulation for entities and professional councils. He commended the 25-member Council for holding the second Nursing Indaba to give account of its work over the years. “It’s an important democratic process to account on what it has … Read more

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

SANC NURSING INDABA 2023. Opening remarks by the Chairperson of SANC: Dr Moshibudi Molepo. …. Welcome members of the 16th SANC Council and all the nurse leaders and managers of our country, the clinical practitioners, researchers, educators and student chapters. All the 500 of you here physically and 1000 who have joined virtually. This is … Read more

The first day of the South African Nursing Council’s (SANC) Nursing Indaba kicked off at Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg where where nurses discussed the issues and challenges that confront the profession in modern day period. The day also saw many speakers addressing the 500 delegates attending physically and 1000 who joined virtually on a number … Read more

KZN’s Most Caring Nurse for 2023 announced at the DENOSA IND event in Empangeni. Zintle Ndlovu, a nurse from Netcare Kingsway, has been announced as the Most Caring Nurse for 2023 in KwaZulu-Natal. She was announced as the winner of the Marilyn Lahana Caring Award, which is administered by DENOSA. As part of her going … Read more