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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Doctor of Philosophy: Nursing Science

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
8735	Doctor of Philosophy: Nursing Science
ORIGINATOR
University of Zululand
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
Doctoral Degree	Field 09 - Health Sciences and Social Services		Curative Health
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	256	Level 8 and above	NQF Level 10	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		SAQA 0695/12	2012-07-01	2014-12-31
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2015-12-31		2018-12-31

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 is replaced by:

Qual ID	Qualification Title	Pre-2009 NQF Level	NQF Level	Min Credits	Replacement Status
96501	Doctor of Nursing	Not Applicable	NQF Level 10	360	Complete

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

1. To enable learners to acquire expert knowledge in clinical nursing practice.
2. To develop student towards an integrated conceptual clinical nursing framework.
3. To expose student to a wide spectrum of clientele/patients and give them advanced practical experience.
4. To produce a specialist nurse practitioner.
5. To use the principles enshrined in the Constitution of South Africa to advocate for improvement of Health Care.
6. To understand the advocacy process and the rights of individuals, families, groups and communities.
7. To participate in policy development for nursing/midwifery and health care of individuals, families and communities.
8. To negotiate for stakeholders group involvement in policy formulation.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

MA or M.Cur (Masters Degree)

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

The learner, on completion of this qualification, will:

1. Assume autonomy, responsibility and accountability for the effective management of individuals, families and communities in all settings to ensure quality of care, within the multidisciplinary team.

2. Identify and explore new roles for nurses within the multidisciplinary team.

3. Maintain professional excellence, credibility and competence through continuing education.

4. Function as a health care consultant.

The learner will be assessed on the following core competencies:

1. Implementation of nursing care management activities according to the Scope of Practice
2. Participation in multidisciplinary quality assurance task groups and in peer review.
3. Reviewing the effectiveness of the application of the scientific approach of nursing and Primary Health Care principles for quality care.
4. Application of research principles and utilisation of research findings in solving clinical problems (patient-centred and personnel-centred).

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Integrated assessment

Research project presentation.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

D.Phil or PhD

MODERATION OPTIONS

Both Internal and External moderation.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

D.Phil or PhD

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012.

NOTES

N/A

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

When qualifications are replaced, some of their learning programmes are moved to being recorded against the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replacement.

NONE

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION:

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1.	University of Zululand