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The management of the institutions
each determines the number of enrolled
nursing auxiliaries, enrolled nurses,
professional nurses and other categories
of staff that can be released on
study leave. The courses that can be
followed while on study leave include
the following:- the second year pupil
nurse course, the bridging course, the
four-year diploma course and all the
post basic courses.
The factors that determine the number
of staff that can be released include the
number of posts available once qualified
and the minimum number of staff
required to maintain a high level of care
and service delivery.
The SANC has also determined the
number of bridging course students for
each nursing college and for each
clinical facility. This is to ensure that
students do not overrun the facilities
and cause discomfort to patients. It also
ensures that there are adequate learning
KwaZulu-Natal
(1) The following table reflects the situation in this regard
experiences for the nurses and that the
quality of care is maintained.
The same situation is relevant for the
learner auxiliary and staff nurses
(3)
trained by private schools but who are
allocated for their practical training in
our institutions.
The ratio of tutors to students has been
set at 1:17 in an attempt to maintain a
high quality of student-tutor contact
and meaningful clinical accompaniment.
Gauteng is in the process of re-opening
Bonalesedi Nursing College which will
enable us to further increase the intake
of basic students. Coronation Nursing
College is being reopened as the post
basic school and will further enable the
numbers of students to increase.
As the student numbers have increased,
so an appropriate number of tutor posts
have been created to maintain the 1:17
ratio.
2005 2006 2007
Public Private Public Private Public Private
Enrolled Nurse 710 1 830 818 1 722 507 1 478
Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary 124 1 235 51 1 029 72 1 086
2005 2006 2007
Bridging (Public and Private) 852 935 849
4-year Comprehensive Programme — Universities
and Nursing Colleges
243 429 647
(2) The SA Nursing Council accreditation
certificate for each nursing education
institution and the available teaching/
learning resources determine the number
of nurses who can be trained in each
year.
(3) It is possible to apply to the SA Nursing
Council for an increase in the number
of nurses who can be trained in each
year provided that the teaching/learning
resources are adequate for the
number applied for.