Netcare Education- Western Cape Campus, Bellville

Update on the opening of applications for nursing studies at Netcare Education Faculty of Nursing and Ancillary Healthcare

Communication Update 6, issued 25 January 2017Netcare Education would like to inform all applicants that nursing education in South Africa is in transition. The previous nursing qualifications are being phased out by the South African Nursing Council (SANC) and will be replaced by entirely new nursing qualifications. The transition involves a large scale change in the country concerning many different stakeholders.

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To all prospective students who successfully completed the Netcare Education Designate Programme (NEDP – an Academic Development Programme)

Communication update 7, issued 23 January 2017As previously communicated Netcare Education would like to reiterate that nursing education in South Africa is in transition. The previous nursing qualifications are being phased out by the South African Nursing Council (SANC) and will be replaced by entirely new nursing qualifications.

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Important notice to prospective applicants on the opening of applications for nursing studies at Netcare Education Faculty of Nursing and Ancillary Healthcare (FNAH)

Update 5, issued 20 August 2016As per previous communication notifications 1-4 to prospective applicants, the basic nursing programmes, otherwise known as legacy programmes, which were previously offered by private nursing education institutions (“PNEI”), are currently in the process of being phased out.

Post-basic specialist programmes

Registered nurses (RNs) and enrolled nurses (ENs) can further their careers by specialising in post-basic fields of healthcare by means of in-service certificate programmes or post-basic diploma programmes.

In-service certificate programmes provides the minimum skills for safe practise in a specialised unit. Post-basic diploma programmes are aimed at developing advanced intellectual and clinical competence in selected fields of interest, qualifying those who successfully complete a programme to work as a leader, consultant, educator or specialist practitioner in providing evidence-based care to patients, together with other team members, within the scope of practice.

Netcare Education’s holistic and integrated approach to education and training combines theory with workplace based experiential learning in hospitals. Integrated training is provided in applied anatomy and physiology, disease entities, applied pharmacology, nursing diagnosis, and treatment of patients, with additional components covering research, administration, teaching and applied nursing dynamics.

Who we are

Netcare Education’s Faculty of Emergency and Critical Care (FECC) continues to lead the way in paramedic and advanced life support education, by combining theoretical teaching and cutting-edge technology with practical training to provide world-class courses and emergency medical professional resources to serve our communities and country.

World-class education and training

The FECC team of highly qualified and dedicated instructors have extensive experience in education and training as well as emergency medical practice.

Current educational methodology, state-of-the art training aids and equipment in our modern, purpose-built facilities ensure that the learning experience simulates the real emergency environment. Students have access to a comprehensively stocked resource centre, as well as a computer and simulation laboratory.

All of these factors ensure cutting-edge academic content in a stimulating learning environment conducive to producing confident, effective and up-to-date emergency care providers at basic, intermediate and advanced life support levels.

Accreditation

Netcare Education (Netcare Hospital Management (Pty) Ltd), including its Faculty of Emergency and Critical care is provisionally registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training until 31 December 2017, as a private higher education Institution under the Higher Education Act of 1997. Registration certificate no. 2014/HE07/010.

The FECC is furthermore accredited with the following professional organisations:

• Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
• Resuscitation Council of South Africa (RCSA)
• South African Department of Labour (DoL)
• International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
• American Heart Association (AHA)