Re-envisioning paediatric nurse training in a re-engineered health care system

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dc.contributor.authorCoetzee, Minette
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-09T09:25:01Z
dc.date.available2014-12-09T09:25:01Z
dc.date.issued2014-10
dc.description.abstract*Background: South African’s infant and child mortality rates remain high and at the current rate of decline will not meet the Millennium Development Goals of a two thirds decrease by 2015. At the latest available count, there were fewer than 1500 qualified paediatric nurses on the National South African Nursing Council register, with only about 100 nurses graduating with this qualification from South African nursing schools annually. It is not clear, however, if current paediatric nurse training programmes adequately equip nurses to make a real impact on reducing the under-5 mortality rate. In their 2011 interim report, the Ministerial Committee on Morbidity and Mortality in Children under 5 years recommended strengthening paediatric nurses’ training as a strategy to reduce the under-5 mortality rate. *Method: In response to the Committee on Morbidity and Mortality in Children recommendation, a colloquium was convened as a national forum for schools of nursing, departments of health, health care facilities, clinicians and regulatory bodies to advance children’s nursing in South Africa. *Objectives: The goals of the colloquium were to thoroughly investigate the situation in South Africa’s paediatric nurse training, plot ways to strengthen and expand postgraduate paediatric programmes to meet priority child health needs, and to build relationships between the various schools and stakeholders. *Results: Outcomes included the clarification and strengthening of a ‘stakeholder grid’ in nurse training, recognition of the need for more active teaching and learning strategies in curricula linked to national child health priorities, as well as the need to develop and support clinical nursing practice in facilities.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCoetzee, M. (2014). Re-envisioning paediatric nurse training in a re-engineered health care system. <i>Curationis</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9915en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCoetzee, Minette "Re-envisioning paediatric nurse training in a re-engineered health care system." <i>Curationis</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9915en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCoetzee, M., 2014, ‘Reenvisioning paediatric nurse training in a re-engineered health care system’, Curationis 37(2), Art.#1261, 8 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v37i2.1261en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2223-6279en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Coetzee, Minette AB - *Background: South African’s infant and child mortality rates remain high and at the current rate of decline will not meet the Millennium Development Goals of a two thirds decrease by 2015. At the latest available count, there were fewer than 1500 qualified paediatric nurses on the National South African Nursing Council register, with only about 100 nurses graduating with this qualification from South African nursing schools annually. It is not clear, however, if current paediatric nurse training programmes adequately equip nurses to make a real impact on reducing the under-5 mortality rate. In their 2011 interim report, the Ministerial Committee on Morbidity and Mortality in Children under 5 years recommended strengthening paediatric nurses’ training as a strategy to reduce the under-5 mortality rate. *Method: In response to the Committee on Morbidity and Mortality in Children recommendation, a colloquium was convened as a national forum for schools of nursing, departments of health, health care facilities, clinicians and regulatory bodies to advance children’s nursing in South Africa. *Objectives: The goals of the colloquium were to thoroughly investigate the situation in South Africa’s paediatric nurse training, plot ways to strengthen and expand postgraduate paediatric programmes to meet priority child health needs, and to build relationships between the various schools and stakeholders. *Results: Outcomes included the clarification and strengthening of a ‘stakeholder grid’ in nurse training, recognition of the need for more active teaching and learning strategies in curricula linked to national child health priorities, as well as the need to develop and support clinical nursing practice in facilities. DA - 2014-10 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Curationis LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 SM - 2223-6279 T1 - Re-envisioning paediatric nurse training in a re-engineered health care system TI - Re-envisioning paediatric nurse training in a re-engineered health care system UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9915 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9915
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCoetzee M. Re-envisioning paediatric nurse training in a re-engineered health care system. Curationis. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9915.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS OpenJournalsen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentChild Nurse Practice Development Initiativeen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)*
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dc.sourceCurationisen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v37i2.1250
dc.titleRe-envisioning paediatric nurse training in a re-engineered health care systemen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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