Information on the nursing training courses

Dr. Helga Holst

Training > School of Nursing

The five courses currently available are as follows:

  1. Enrolled Nurse (E/N) programme (Centralised)
  2. Basic Midwifery Course (Centralised)
  3. Bridging Course (leading to registration as a Professional Nurse) (Decentralised)
  4. Primary Health Care (Decentralised)
  5. Advanced Diploma in Midwifery and Neo-natal Nursing Science (Decentralised)

Enrolled Nurse (E/N) programme

  • Qualification: Enrolled Nurse(Level 4)
  • Intake: 3 a year of 30 per intake
  • Duration of course: 2 years
  • Currently enrolled (June 2008): 214
  • Enrollment in the following months: February / June / October

Basic Midwifery Course

  • Qualification: Midwife (Level 5)
  • Intake: 2 a year of 12 per intake
  • Duration of course: 1 year
  • Currently enrolled (June 2008): 11
  • Enrollment in the following months: March / July

 Bridging Course (leading to registration as a Professional Nurse)

  • Qualification: Professional Nurse (Level 5)
  • Intake: 2 a year of 30 per intake
  • Duration of course: 2 years
  • Currently enrolled (June 2008): 153
  • Enrollment in the following months: April / August

Primary Health Care

  • Qualification: PHCN (Level 6)
  • Delivered in collaboration with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, as set by the Government Notice GN R12/19/19/022/1993 G.N.3(1)(a) of SANC (South African Nursing Council)
  • Intake: 2 a year of 12 per intake
  • Duration of course: 1 year
  • Currently enrolled (June 2008): 27
  • Enrollment in the following months: March / August

Advanced Diploma in Midwifery and Neo-natal Nursing Science

  • Qualification: ADM (Level 6)
  • Delivered in collaboration with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, as set by the Government Notice GN R12/19/19/022/1993 G.N.3(1)(a) of SANC (South African Nursing Council)
  • Intake: 1 per year
  • Duration of course: 1½ year
  • Currently enrolled (June 2008): 0
  • Enrollment in the following months: February

Accreditation

Courses are accredited by the SA Nursing Council (SANC) and are approved by South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) with reference to the National Qualifications framework (NQF).   Three of the courses have external examinations set by SANC.

The Curriculum

The curriculum is reviewed periodically, enriched according to the relevant needs of the public. The strategies of delivery are updated so as to enhance critical thinking, problem solving and produce independent decision makers.  Strategies of evaluation elicit all the above-mentioned components.  The delivery is through a block system combined  with day release to maximize teacher/learner contact.

Evaluation

This is carried out in the form of formative and summative evaluation as well as OSCE - thus ensuring integration of theory and practice.

Fee structure

Fees for the various courses are available on request.

Accommodation

There is limited accommodation available for female students whose homes are beyond the Durban Metro in KwaZulu- Natal.  For more information, contact us.

Application Forms

Download the procedures we follow for students/pupil nurse selection. Download your applications forms:

Mentoring and Caring

The Nurse Educators / Tutors are all counsellors and can thus mentor their students both academically and personally on the often grueling and challenging course of study.

Psychological support is available from the McCord Hospital Psychology Dept when required.

The mentorship is supported by the spiritual upliftment through regular prayer meetings, and deeper spiritual substance is nurtured by the hospital pastor.

At examination time, special services are held by pastors to support the students as they prepare for their examinations.

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