New Nursing Education Programmes: What Next
Dr Sharon Vasuthevan
Acting Chairperson S.A. Nursing Council
FPNL
2016 Nursing Conference
New Nursing Education Programmes - What next?
Nursing Profession
Globally Priorities
for Nursing &
Midwifery
Nursing Education
SANC
Nursing Leadership
South African Nursing Council
Gatekeeper of the Profession• Governance & Regulation
• Monitoring and evaluation• Annual reporting on progress• Responding to healthcare requirements
• Professional Registration• Maintains the register for Nursing & Midwifery
• Accreditation of Programmes and Clinical Learning• Qualifications• Professional requirements for entry• Professional entry assessment• Quality Assurance
• Scope of Practice & Practice Standards• Charter of good practice• Development of Standards for Practice
• Continuing Professional Development • Focus on competence and outcomes• Annual Practice Certificates
• Research & Data Analytics• Evidence based regulation• Publications• Research Articles• Database of Nursing Information
Robust Regulatory
Systems
Professional Cycle
Nursing Categories
Scope of Practice
Qualifications
Accreditation
Registration
CPD
RegulationsSANC - APC
Nursing Act
Guidelines & Standards
SANC & CHE
SAQAProfessional Assessment
TECHNOLOGY
PRE-REGISTRATIONNURSE
What’s new
• Higher Education Registration
• Dual Accreditation System
• Provider Examinations/Assessments
• Professional Assessment prior to Registration
• Continuous Professional Development to retain on the registration
Post Registration Nursing
Specialization
Competencies
Qualification
Practice Standards
CPD
Registration
Identify new areas Clinical Nurse
Specialist
Advanced Clinical
Specialist
What’s new?
• Clinical Nurse Specialist with a Post Graduate Diploma
• Advanced Clinical Specialist with a Clinical Masters Degree
• Invitation for new areas of specialization
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Nurses and Midwife• In the process of being established in terms of the Nursing Act, 2005 (Act
33 of 2005,) sections 39 and 59 and other legislative & policy directives.
• SANC has conducted the CPD Pilot in two Provinces one predominantly urban and the other predominantly rural in nature.
• The outcome of the Pilot study will determine how the implementation of the CPD System will unfold.
• The CPD activities are divided into four (4) thematic areas, viz. • Ethical Legal domain; • Area of Practice; • Leadership and Management and • Teaching and Research.
What does this mean for Nursing Education?
Finally arrived in Higher Education
• High calibre school leavers
• Critical Thinkers• Innovative teaching
and learning• Empowered
students• Mentoring and
Coaching• Clinical competence• Fast track their
careers• Flexibility
Accreditation is the first
step
Nursing Profession
Industry Drivers for Change
• Escalating cost of healthcare
• Increased regulation
• Burden of disease
• Access to technology
• Informed communities – value for money
• Scarce human resources
• Disillusioned workforce
• Nursing driven healthcare model
• Universal Healthcare Coverage
Gaps between legacy and new qualification outputs
Further shortage of
staff
Reduced outputs
from NEIs
Quality of patient care
Creative staffing
• Staffing Norms• Accelerate training• Retention Strategies• Use nurses to their
highest scope• Revised
remuneration packages
• Drive quality of care• Advocacy
Global Priorities for the future of Nursing and Midwifery
Nurse Training Targets
USA Goals—by 2020:
•Increase the proportion of bachelor’s-prepared nurses to 80%
•Double the number of nurses with doctorate degrees
What about us in South Africa?
Full Practice Authority
Nurses practising at their highest scope
Joint Leadership
• TRIAD/QUAD – Regulator, Education,
Association and CNO
• Joint Responsibility and
Accountability
• Involvement in policy making
• Shared vision
• Multiple voices with a single message
• Measures for success of the
relationships
Transformative Leadership
• Holding the leaders accountable for delivery
• Remain focussed on driving the Nursing Agenda
• Development of the leaders – influencing skills
• Succession Planning for future leaders
• Responding to changing dynamics in health
• Get involved
Nursing & Politics
• Politics and Nursing – not in the same sentence!
• Public policy and politics shape nursing
• Political activism to protect our profession from internal and external threats
• Task shifting
Promote Nurse Leadership
• Nurses account for only 5 percent of hospital board positions
• Fewer nurses are in Senior & Executive positions
Where do we start?
• Shake off our apathy
• Learn from our role models
• Gain political savvy
• Lobby decision makers and legislators
• Take up leadership roles
Turbulent Times Build Great LeadersRobin Sharma
The 5 Rules
• Speak with candor
• Prioritize
• Adversity breeds opportunity
• Respond versus react
• Kudos for everyone
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone
Neale Donald Walsch
The future is in our hands! !