IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SECTION 31(1) AND (2) OF THE NURSING ACT (ACT NO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SECTION 31(1) AND (2) OF THE NURSING ACT (ACT NO. 33 OF 2005 PRESENTERS: MS SA MCHUNU (SANC REGISTRAR AND CEO) MS SJ NXUMALO (sanc SENIOR MANAGER - EDUCATION AND TRAINING)

OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION INTRODUCTION SECTION 31(1) (2) OF THE NURSING ACT LEGACY NURSING QUALIFICATIONS PRONOUNCEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATIN AND TRAINING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROCESS FOLLOWED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEQSF ALIGNED NURSING QUALIFICATIONS NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK METHODOLOGY USED TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS TO THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS

OUTLINE CONTINUES FUTURE ASSESSMENT/BOARD EXAMINATION SANC AND CHE LEGAL MANDATES AREAS OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN CHE AND SANC CONDITIONS FOR ACCREDITATION OF NEIs PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS-UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES CONCLUSION

SECTION 31(1)(2) NEW NURSING ACT OF 2005 OLD REPEALED ACT OF 1978 PROFESSIONAL NURSE REGISTERED NURSE MIDWIFE STAFF (GENERAL) NURSE ENROLLED NURSE NURSING AUXILIARY ENROLLED NURSING AUXILIARY AUXILIARY MIDWIFE - NURSE/MIDWIFE SPECIALIST AS GAZETTED IN REGULATION NUMBER 368 OF 15 MAY 2014 (SECTION 31(2) NO CATEGORY

LEGACY QUALIFICATIONS QUALIFICATIONS DEVELOPED IN LINE WITH THE REPEALED NURSING ACT COURSE LEADING TO ENROLMENT AS A NURSE COURSE LEADING TO ENROLMENT AS A NURSING AUXILIARY PHASED OUT IN 2015 FOLLOWING A SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED OVERPRODUCTION NON-EMPLOYMENT ON COMPLETION OF TRAINING

LEGACY QUALIFICATIONS IN PROGRESS BRIDGING COURSE FOR ENROLLED NURSES LEADING TO REGISTRATION AS A GENERAL NURSE OR A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE (R.683) EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF A NURSE L (GENERAL, PSYCHIATRIC AND COMMUNITY) AND MIDWIFE LEADING TO REGISTRATION(DIPLOMA OR DEGREE) (R.425) DIPLOMA IN MIDWIFERY (R.254) DIPLOMA IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING FOR REGISTRATION AS A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE (R.880) DIPLOMA IN COMMUNITY NURSING SCIENCE (R.276)

LEGACY QUALIFICATIONS CONTINUE CLINICAL NURSING SCIENCE PROGRAMMES LEADING TO REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (R.212) DIPLOMA IN CLINICAL NURSING SCIENCE, HEALTH ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT AND CARE (R.48) DIPLOMA IN NURSING ADMINISTRATION (R.1501) DIPLOMA IN NURSING EDUCATION (R.118)

PRONOUNCEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING HAS, IN LINE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT, 1997 (ACT 101 OF 1997), DECLARED THAT THE LAST ENROLMENT DATE FOR FIRST TIME ENTERING STUDENTS INTO ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES THAT ARE NOT ALIGNED TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS SUB- FRAMEWORK (HEQSF) IS 31 DECEMBER 2019 (GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO. R. 801 OF 2016, PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF 06 JULY 2016).   THIS EFFECTIVELY MEANS THAT NO STUDENTS SHALL BE ENROLLED INTO ANY LEGACY QUALIFICATION AFTER 31 DECEMBER 2019

COMMUNITY SERVICE PLACEMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PRACTITIONERS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONDITIONS OF SERVICE ARE ALSO DETERMINED BY THE EMPLOYER THE NURSING ACT IS UNDER REVIEW, PROPOSALS TO ADRESS THE CHALLENGES

PROCESS FOLLOWED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEQSF ALIGNED NURSING QUALIFICATIONS THE NURSING PROFESSION WAS INVOLVED THROUGH WORKSHOPS (PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL) SINCE 2005-NQF WITH 8 LEVELS ROADSHOWS IN 2010-NQF WITH 10 LEVELS ADOPTION OF THE FRAMEWORK IN JULY 2010 AT SANC COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHERE THERE WAS REPRESENTATION FROM SERVICE, NURSING EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, LABOUR

NURSING QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK NQF LEVEL QUALIFIATION TYPE CREDIT VALUE REGISTRATION WITH SANC 10 DOCTORAL DEGREE (PROFESSIONAL) DOCTORAL DEGREE (RESEARCH) 360 NO PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION WITH SANC DATABASE TO BE CREATED 9 MASTER`S DEGREE (PROFESSIONAL) MASTERS` DEGREE (RESEARCH) 180 (ADVANCED NURSE/MIDWIFE SPECIALIST) NO PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION WITH SANC BUT DATA BASE TO BE CREATED 8 HONOURS DEGREE POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA BACHELOR`S DEGREE 120 NURSE/MIDWIFE SPECIALIST (SECTION 31(2) PROFESSIONAL NURSE AND MIDWIFE (SECTION 31 (1) (A) 7 ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN MIDWIFERY MIDWIFE (SECTION 31 (1) (B) 6 DIPLOMA IN NURSING GENERAL NURSE (STAFF NURSE) (SECTION 31 (1) (C) 5 HIGHER CERTIFICATE IN NURSING AUXILIARY NURSE (SECTION 31 (1) (D)

METHODOLOGY USED TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS COMPETENCY FRAMEWORKS WERE DEVELOPED FOR VARIOUS CATEGORIES SCOPES OF PRACTICE REGULATIONS REGULATIONS ACCREDITATION CRITERIA (ACCREDITATION POLICY AND PROCEDURE) QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS TO THE NEW QUALIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO BE ADMITTED TO THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATION(S), A PERSON MUST BE IN POSSESSION OF AT LEAST A NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE AS ISSUED BY UMALUSI WITH THE RELEVANT SUBJECT COMBINATION OR AN EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION WHICH ALLOWS HIM/HER ACCESS TO A HIGHER CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA /DEGREE QUALIFICATION DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF QUALIFICATION ONE INTENDS TO PURSUE. ALL NEIs (PUBLIC/PRIVATE) MUST BE REGISTERED AS HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN ORDER TO OFFER THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING NB. PRE NURSING NOT A REQUIREMENT

FUTURE ASSESSMENT/BOARD EXAMINATION DISCUSSION DOCUMENT IS IN PLACE (PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION ASSESSMENT SYSTEM) NEXT PHASE IS BENCHMARKING OF THE SYSTEM REFINE FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW SYSTE

SANC AND CHE LEGAL MANDATES MANDATES OF COUNCIL ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHE) AND SOUTH AFRICAN NURSING COUNCIL (SANC) ARE DERIVED FROM THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AND THE NURSING ACT ACCREDIT NURSING PROGRAMMES

AREAS OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN CHE AND SANC LETTER OF ENDORSEMENT REQUIRED FROM SANC TO CHE FOR NURSING PROGRAMME JOINT EVALUATION OF PROGRAMMES JOINT ACCREDITATION VISITS SHARING OF INFORMATION

CONDITIONS FOR ACCREDITATION OF NURSING EDUCATION INSTITUTION (KEY) LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH (PROVINCIAL) (SECTION 4(1) (G) OF R.173 REGISTRATION WITH DHET (SECTION 2(1)(B) OF R.173

PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS-UNDERGRADUATE SUBMISSIONS MADE: - UNIVERSITIES PUBLIC NURSING COLLEGES PRIVATE NURSING EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS CURRENTLY NO NEI HAS MET ALL THE REQUIRED CONDITIONS OTHER THAN HIGH EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS - POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES COMPETENCIES DEVELOPED FOR 14 SPECIALIZATIONS REGULATIONS ARE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES DEVELOPED PRACTICE GUIDELINES APPOINTMENT OF EXTERNAL EVALUATORS UNDERWAY

CONCLUSION