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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: 

Diploma: General Nursing 
SAQA QUAL ID QUALIFICATION TITLE
58017  Diploma: General Nursing 
ORIGINATOR
General SGB 09 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
The individual Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary for each Learning Programme recorded against this qualification is shown in the table at the end of this report.  SFAP - Sub-framework Assignment Pending 
QUALIFICATION TYPE FIELD SUBFIELD
Advanced Certificate  Field 09 - Health Sciences and Social Services  Curative Health 
ABET BAND MINIMUM CREDITS PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL QUAL CLASS
Undefined  240  Level 5  NQF Level 06  Regular-ELOAC 
REGISTRATION STATUS SAQA DECISION NUMBER REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 		 SAQA 9900/00  2018-07-01  2023-06-30 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2023-06-30   2025-06-30  

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.  

This qualification does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification. 

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION 
Conversion of enrolled nurses to professional nurses. (Registered in terms of the South African Nursing Acts amended by No. 5 of 1995).

To provide qualifying learners with skills to independently identify patients/clients' needs and problems, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of nursing care.

To supply professional nurses who have the necessary knowledge, skills, professional thinking behaviour and attitudes to pursue their profession as clinical nurses and managers of health care in both hospital and community settings. 

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
The candidate must have completed the Enrolled Nurses 2 year course in terms of the South African Nursing Act as amended in 1995 and in terms of Regulation 2175 of 19 November 1993.

Standard 8 and experience as an Enrolled Nurse

Standard 10 and qualification as an enrolled nurse

The two year curriculum of the enrolled nurses course is as follows:
  • Ethical foundations of nursing
  • The law governing the practice of nursing
  • Medico legal risks prevention thereof
  • The social, psychological and physicle relationships in disease
  • The preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative aspects of health
  • Science principles underlying nursing
  • Microbiology, Parasitology and Pharmacology
  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Nutrition and dietetics
  • General nursing including surgical and medical conditions 
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    RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? 
    N 

    EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES 
    Specific Outcomes:

    1. Conduct health assessment throughout life span in hospital and community settings.
    2. Make individual and family diagnosis in relation to deviation from normal health behaviour across the life span in hospital and community settings.
    3. Draw up nursing care plans for family and individuals in relation to health and minor illness in hospital and community settings.
    4. Manage and/or refer emergencies appropriately.
    5. Draw up intervention/prevention programme proposals for community and environment.
    6. Implement prevention/intervention plan/programmes.
    7. Evaluation of process of implementation and outcome of implementation.

    Second year:
    1. Work effectively in a team.
    2. Demonstrate interpersonal skills in all health situations.
    3. Identify with Ethos of Nursing and Health Professions.
    4. Effectively manage a health care unit/programme.
    5. Use a wide range of processes, techniques, tools and material to gather information, solve problems, create and evaluate products and communicate results.
    6. Use equipment and technology in health setting safely, appropriately and ethically.
    7. Demonstrate awareness of personal values, strengths, abilities and aspirations and understanding of how these will influence future choices and opportunities.
    8. Demonstrate appropriate research methodology to access knowledge in health fields.

    Critical Cross-field Outcomes:

    1. Identify, analyse, formulate and solve convergent and divergent health related problems of professional, individual and social kinds creatively and innovatively.
    2. Work effectively with others as a member of health team group organisation community and contribute to the group output in tasks.
    3. Manage and organise his/her personal academic and life responsibilities.
    4. Communicate effectively using visual mathematical and/or language skills in modes of oral and/or written presentations.
    5. Use science and technology effectively and critically in the domains of social and health sciences.
    6. Demonstrate understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that the problem contents do not exist in isolation.
    7. Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information and use it appropriately as required. 

    ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 
    This can be evaluated in the form of tasks, in study material written (and in some cases orally) assignments portfolio tasks, projects, case studies and examinations. Learners will be assessed on the abilities to:

    1.
    Assess, identify and diagnose problems in health across the life span.

    2.
  • Describe existing and potential problems in health across the life span.
  • Describe existing and potential problems in relevant health problems.
  • Develop and facilitate solutions and strategies to address existing and potential health problems.

    3.
  • Formulate responses to resolve problems identified.
  • Explore alternative strategies to address health issues in culturally diverse society.
  • Render culturally congruent health care.

    4.
  • Communicate the evidence of group interaction through professional and scientifically based written and/or reporting.
  • Work effectively with others as a member of the team, group, organisation and community.

    5.
  • Apply knowledge and strategies to facilitate solutions to existing and potential health related problems that arise in diverse society.

    6.
  • Implement intervention planned.

    7.
  • Critically evaluate viewpoints on the current nursing care situations in relation to divergent health problems.

    Second year:

    1.
  • Demonstrate respect for opinion of others through written and/or oral reporting without any bias.
  • Demonstrate tolerance of diversity within a group.
  • Undertake health related projects and provide evidence of successful interaction with others.

    2.
  • Interrelate with individuals families, groups and community in health context.
  • Interrelate with people in small and large group context.
  • Overcome communication problems creatively.

    3.
  • Show awareness of aspects such as health ethics and professional practice.
  • Critically interpret dynamic changes and related issues in health care system environment.
  • Use appropriate ethical codes and principles.
  • To act as advocates and role models in health care settings.

    4.
  • Solve health related problems by generating alternative strategies to deal with those problems at primary, secondary and tertiary level of care.
  • Identify and solve nursing problems by drawing up their own experience base.
  • Use their knowledge and experience to offer suggestions for solving health problems at a community and national levels.
  • Use appropriate models of organisation and presentation as required in nursing discipline.
  • Use scientific methods of investigation testing and evaluation in nursing/health fields.
  • Use various skills to draw out cultural contexts of others (e.g. listening skills, empathy, open mindedness etc.)
  • Give health education within clients' cultural contexts.
  • Take precautions to prevent medico legal hazards.
  • Demonstrate competence in medical and surgical nursing in a given situation.

    5.
  • Apply appropriate leadership skills in crisis situations.
  • Illustrate the value of open mindedness and tolerance of self and others.
  • Assess applicability limitations and impact of various types of technology in academic and health fields.

    6.
  • Select appropriate health related technology to suit needs of individuals and groups.
  • Use technology (computers internet) where appropriate and feasible in health.
  • Use technology in appropriate context to assess, store or distribute and facilitate quality health care knowledge.
  • Demonstrate consideration of ethics involved in health science and technology issues.
  • Analyse impact of technology in society within health fields.
  • Use natural resources in a suitable way.

    7.
  • Organise their study plans
  • Use creative and various learning strategies which suit their personal and professional situations and contexts.
  • Think independently and offer evidence to support their decision.

    8.
  • Assess their own strengths and weakness and develop coping strategies.
  • Collect, analyse, organise and evaluate related information and ideas from a variety of sources in various health fields and specific disciplines.
  • Critically analyse a research report.
  • Critically evaluate and utilise information from different sources to solve health related problems in the relevant fields of nursing.
  • Integrate information from different sources to address problems in relevant health or nursing fields.
  • Use library and other resources effectively to suit their individual academic and professional needs.

    Critical Cross-field Outcomes:

    1.
  • Solve health related problems by means of exploring and critically assessing direct and indirect factors relevant to nursing within a given nursing care context.
  • Solve health related problems by generating alternative strategies to deal with those problems at primary, secondary and tertiary levels of care.
  • Identify and solve nursing problems by drawing up the theoretical knowledge and experiential base of individual disciplines in nursing fields.
  • Analyse national and local community in terms of health related problems, needs and opportunities.

    2.
  • Show evidence of personal skills (tolerance, empathy, listening skills etc.) in group situations.
  • Demonstrate respect for opinions of others through written and/or oral reporting without bias.
  • Use effective communication skills within the group.

    3.
  • Organise study plans
  • Use creative and various learning strategies that suit the personal and professional situations and contexts.
  • Assess their own strengths and weaknesses and develop coping strategies.

    4.
  • Communicate their ideas and provide supporting evidence in a sustained manner.
  • Follow language convention of the written and/or oral use in health related discipline issues, policies and reports.
  • Use appropriate models of organisation and representation as required in nursing discipline.
  • Recognise own communication limitations and problems and seek help appropriately.
  • Identify and illustrate nursing/health related jargon.
  • Use language to critically analyse, evaluate and critique others' health related ideas.

    5.
  • Use scientific methods of investigation, testing and evaluation in nursing/health fields.
  • Suit the needs of individual or group.
  • Use technology e.g. (computers interment etc.) where appropriate and feasible in health fields.
  • Use natural resources in sustainable way.
  • Demonstrate consideration of ethics involved in health science and technology issues.

    6.
  • Connect abstract knowledge of theory to reality of the individual, personal and professional context.
  • Draw up their prior knowledge (personal and professional) and experience (personal and professional) appropriately when investigating and analysing health fields around them.
  • Look beyond and across traditional disciplinary boundaries for possible health solutions.
  • Follow an integrated approach to learning and studying.

    7.
  • Demonstrate basic research skills.
  • Use library and other resources effectively to suit their individual, academic and professional needs.
  • Collect, collate, analyse and integrate information from a variety of sources.
  • Act responsibly as a researcher and life long scholar e.g. appropriate
  • Referencing and avoiding plagiarism.

    Continuous assessment by clinical facilitators (practice supervisors) and sursing unit personnel using assessment tools.

    Formative assessment includes tests, assignments, projects, clinica workbook, student accompaniment.

    Summative assessment:
    1. Internal examination:
    OSCE (practical examination)

    2. External examination:
    South African Nursing Council Written Examination 
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    ARTICULATION OPTIONS 
    Upon completion of this diploma the qualified learner can proceed to diploma in midwifery, community health, psychiatry and any chosen post-basic nursing speciality. 

    MODERATION OPTIONS 
    Written Examination:
    Markers and moderators appointed by the South African Nursing Council in accordance with Examination rules as set in SANC Regulation R683 of 1989 as amended by R8 of 1993.

    Practical Examination:
    A system of second examiner and external examiner is used for OSCE examination. 

    CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS 
    Professional nurses with qualification in nursing education. 

    REREGISTRATION HISTORY 
    As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2012; 2015. 

    NOTES 
    As per the SAQA decision to re-register all provider-based qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework that meet the criteria for re-registration, this qualification has been re-registered from 1 July 2018. As per the SAQA decision to re-register all provider-based qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework that meet the criteria for re-registration, this qualification has been re-registered from 1 July 2018. This qualification has been derived from a provider-based qualification, in order to record Learning Programmes against it. 

    LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: 
     
    LP ID Learning Programme Title Originator Pre-2009
    NQF Level    		 NQF Level Min Credits Learning Prog End Date Quality
    Assurance
    Functionary    		 NQF Sub-Framework
    58021  Diploma: General Nursing  University of South Africa  Level 5  Level N/A: Pre-2009 was L5  240     CHE  HEQSF 
    20967  Diploma: General Nursing  University of Zululand  Level 5  Level N/A: Pre-2009 was L5  240     CHE  HEQSF 


    PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THESE LEARNING PROGRAMMES: 
    This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.
     
    LP ID Learning Programme Title Accredited Provider
    58021  Diploma: General Nursing  University of South Africa  
    20967  Diploma: General Nursing  University of Zululand  


    All qualifications and part qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework are public property. Thus the only payment that can be made for them is for service and reproduction. It is illegal to sell this material for profit. If the material is reproduced or quoted, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) should be acknowledged as the source.