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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED QUALIFICATION: 

Doctor of Nursing 
SAQA QUAL ID QUALIFICATION TITLE
96501  Doctor of Nursing 
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  360  Not Applicable  NQF Level 10  Regular-Provider-ELOAC 
REGISTRATION STATUS SAQA DECISION NUMBER REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE
Registered-data under construction  EXCO 0324/24  2024-07-01  2027-06-30 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2028-06-30   2031-06-30  

Registered-data under construction

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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? 
N 

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 
Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). 

MODERATION OPTIONS 
Both Internal and External moderation. 

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS 
D.Phil or PhD. 

NOTES 
N/A 

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: 
When qualifications are replaced, some (but not all) of their learning programmes are moved to the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replaced qualification.
 
NONE 


PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION: 
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.
 
1. University of Zululand 


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