Newsletter. Message from the President s desk. new premises. Closure of office during festive season. VOLUME 3 Number 3.

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1 September 2011 VOLUME 3 Number 3 Message from the President s desk I just don t know how 2011 has gone by! I believe we are moving at such a phenomenal ` pace that if we don t reflect on what we are doing, we may repeat some of the mistakes of the past. That leaves me with reflecting on our Nursing Summit, such an exciting opportunity for the nursing profession with a well developed Nursing Compact that emerged from all the discussion. We are glad that the task team have met, and are beginning to action some of the implementation plans of the Nursing Compact. Failure to meet would have felt like the evolution of the Nursing Strategy. The nursing qualifications are awaiting registration and the various structures responsible continue to move the goal posts. Have we complicated education to such an extent, that it is now beginning to disable the process with dire consequences for human resources for healthcare? The regulations for nursing education and practice await final sign off by the Minister. Once again, the SA Nursing Council submitted on time and made all the relevant amendments, they are now in the hands of the Minister. The absence of regulations means portions the new Nursing Act are not implementable. The National Health Insurance Green Paper and the Draft Human Resources Plan for Healthcare, indicate that South Africa will need in excess of nurses to make it possible to create equal access to healthcare in the next 10 years. So, it begs the question, what can we do differently? If we are already feeling that the pace has accelerated to such an extent, we are going to need many more nurse educators to make this possible. Training of nurse educators and nurse educator development will need to be a priority in the coming years and NEA will be at the forefront to make it happen. Dr Sharon Vasuthevan NEA President Inside this issue: new premises NEA has moved to the new premises in September - our new address is 1177 Woodlands Avenue, Queenswood, Pretoria. To contact us Please use fax number or our addresses to contact us (admin.nea@edunurse.co.za or alternatively ceo.nea@edunurse.co.za). Due to a delay by Telkom with the installation of our lines, new contact details are unfortunately not available yet. Closure of office during festive season Please note that the NEA office will be closed over the festive season from 23 December :30 and re-open on 3 January 2012 at 07:30. President s message 1 Office news 1 Conference feedback 2 Research panel 4 Conference Chapter Exco s 6 HRH plan 6 GNLI 7 NHI green paper 8 CPAS meeting 8 Research strategy 9 R&A project 10 Let s talk 11 Research journal subscription 11 Chapter activities 12 Page 1

2 FUNDISA/NEA/STTI Sun City A comprehensive overview of the conference was provided in the August NEA Newsflash that is now available on the NEA website. This September report will provide readers with some of the feedback received from the delegates who took the time to fill out the evaluation form. Who attended? There were 455 delegates in total who attended the conference. Of these delegates 75% were from the public sector and 25% from the private sector from the institutions identified in the following table: NEI % University 10 Nursing college 60 Nursing school 13 Clinical teaching 13 Other 5 The aging population was again confirmed: Age % Gisela and Christa with International guests Dr Morin and Dr Malata Feedback on the conference The evaluation forms issued at conference remain an important component of evaluating the views and feelings of delegates attending the conference. This is what the delegates said about the conference activities. The overall evaluation of the speakers during the plenary and breakaway sessions were good and delegates liked the plenary sessions more than the breakaway sessions. There were too many choices so delegates felt that they lost out on educational opportunities because of the concurrent and overlapping sessions. There was not enough discussion time during sessions and delegates felt that some chairpersons were rude to delegates. Registration and finding your way to the venues were chaotic on the first day, but settled down in the end and the registration desk staff were complimented on their friendliness and patience. Information on the programme and workshop choices should be more readily available before conference to enable delegates to make their choices early. This will also facilitate more order and clarity of who should attend which workshop. The gala dinner was not very popular and a request was made that the conference registration fee should in future include the gala dinner. For once no-one complained about the food that was served at the conference. The exhibitions and posters were hidden away and delegates did not know where to go to visit these. Page 2 Partnership extended For the first time the STTI Tau Lamda-at- Juta writer s workshop Juta writer s workshop Penny Bellad-Ellis and Gadieja Yon at the NEA stall Large Chapter co-hosted the conference with NEA and FUNDISA which enabled nurse educators to network with educators from neighbouring countries. Far left is Professor Hester Klopper (FUNDISA Chairperson), Dr Karen Morin (STTI President) and Dr Sharon Vasuthevan (NEA President) at the STTI Tau Lamda-at-Large annual general meeting held during the conference. In one of the pictures above is Dr Address Malata (Malawi) the Tau Lamda Chapter-at-large Chapter President.

3 At the conference.. ANSA Fellows inducted at the conference Dr Lizeth Roets received the NEA Nursing Education Excellence Award Some of the NEA Board members at the gala dinner NEA Board members adding the final touches to the NEA birthday cupcakes.. At the clinical model session... Worcester Nursing School received the NEA Award for Collaborative Projects..and pretesting the wares... Military educators well represented At the STTI meeting Page 3

4 Panel discussion with nurse researchers The last session at the conference was started with a very stimulating and exciting panel discussion with some of the Hall of Fame inductees. These are researchers who were acknowledged for their scholarship and outstanding contribution to research. Only four of the recipients were available for this session, namely Professors Marie Poggenpoel, Leana Uys, Hester Klopper and Laetitia Rispel. The session was conducted by the STTI President, Dr Karen Morin, who interviewed these nurse leaders. What was the life changing moment that made you a researcher? LR: after completing my paediatric training, I wanted to leave nursing. Professor Ros Thompson then pulled me in as a clinical tutor, I did my Honours degree in Epidemiology and the rest is history. MP: my dream was to facilitate better mental health for South Africans, but after specialising I realised that you cannot do it on your own or without research. Teaching a master s class in theories and methodologies, made the light go up for me in terms of contributing to research and contributing to the development of other researchers. LU: there was no research culture in nursing and I wanted to be a real academic with teaching, scholarship and community service components. This was a hard road to follow as there were no funds, structure or network. My vision was to create a nursing school to get all three these units going. HK: my office was between the offices of Professor Marie Poggenpoel and Professor Annetjie Botes at the then RAU and my daily contact and interaction with them inspired me. It was also the period when RAU Nursing Science Department had the largest number of PhDs on its staff establishment in the country. The commonalities identified in their responses were that there was an influential person in each of their lives and they all had a vision or idea where they wanted to go. Advice for beginners It is important to master the methodology and what they research. Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies as well as statistics must be understood so that you know what to look for. You have to have a clear problem statement and protocol with the correct methodology. Academics should never be without a project - this is the only way to learn to do it, so you have to keep on doing it! One remarked that a mistake she would not repeat, was Professors Laetitia Rispel, Hester Klopper, Leana Uys and Marie Poggenpoel with Dr Karen Morin (STTI President) Page 4 not to have a research focus as the science world is moving towards focused research activities which leads to researchers becoming experts in that particular field. Get a good mentor. Read and never underestimate the value of reading widely, hone your writing skills and this will stimulate you to read more. The more you read, the faster you will be able to read. One should have an openness to the learning experience - never pretend to know it all. It s not OK not to know that you do not know it all, and not to do anything about it! You have to have passion and tenacity to see things through. Research is hard work with highs and lows - researchers do not always see the effect of what they do like we see in clinical practice. The best way is to keep on going. Don t be too tough on yourself - give yourself a pat on the back if no-one else does it. How do you stay balanced? You have to harmonise your way of living with the rest of your life. There are sacrifices that you have to make and you have to balance all of these challenges. It remains difficult in a male dominated system, even if you have a good support system. Workplaces still do not take women s issues into consideration. Families assist one to balance your life. But it is important to take a break when you are tired - plan time for yourself. Does nursing research inform health policy? This is not happening enough. Health reforms should also include more nurse researchers. We need more large research programmes led by nurses. We have to influence the powers that be on the importance of nursing research. This will require us to be credible researchers. We have to share our research information in the media and we have to publish in scientific and credible, non-peer reviewed journals as well as other media such as newspapers, policy briefs and television. Improving access to funding Access to funding for research is based on a combination of factors and activities. Understand the funding resources - we have to influence from the inside. Interact with the funders. The scope and extent of the research is important - large nationally focused, good quality research is essential. Political savvy is crucial. Focus on the interests of different groups. Use networks to influence some of these issues. It is essential to look at sustainable funding to ensure on-going activities in research. Wow!! Awesome information from the Guru s is it not? Let us learn from them so that in future each of us will also be able to teach others - and others will also think our life journey is awesome? We can do it!

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6 Meeting with NEA Chapter Exco s One of the activities undertaken during 2011, is a meeting of the President and CEO with some of the Chapter Executive Committees. To date meetings have taken place with Western Cape, Port Elizabeth, East London and Free State & Northern Cape Chapters. Purpose of the meetings The purpose of these meetings is to touch base with the members who are making NEA work in the various Chapters. It is well recognised that the work done by the Chapter Committee members is voluntary work and this was also an opportunity to express appreciation for the work that these Committees do. East London Executive Committee Discussions at the meetings Discussions was centred around membership growth and activities in the Chapter over the last 2 years, challenges experienced by the Chapter, Chapter Committee elections, the strategic growth of NEA at national and regional level and any suggestions for change and improvement of the NEA strategies and activities. Challenges identified include active participation by members through attendance of meetings and the difficulty to access funds to attend conferences. In some Chapters participation of universities are limited. Reaching out to the members in more outlying areas remains a challenge. Some of the strategies identified to address these challenges include: Ensuring that there are good speakers at the chapter meetings; Getting sponsors for meetings who provide hand outs and a presentation on products; Regular communication with paid-up members with reminders of meetings and other relevant information; Working with senior leadership at NEIs has proven to be successful; Marketing materials for NEA will assist with spreading the message and the NEA brand; Collaboration with nursing education stakeholders during events raising the visibility of nurse educators has proven successful. Free State/Northern Cape Executive Committee Port Elizabeth Executive Committee Human Resources Plan for Health In May 2011 the Director General for Health, Ms Matsoso, initiated a process to develop a draft HR Strategy for the health sector. The process involved gathering information for key informants, collecting and reviewing policy documents, research and reports on human resources of health in South Africa. The aim of the process was to develop an HR strategy which is based on evidence and reflects the views of role players and stakeholders. Issues addressed This is a comprehensive document addressing human resources in health. Issues affecting HRH in the country were analysed as themes which include sectoral analysis by professional category and the cost, skills mix, level of human resources, equity and maldistribution, factors affecting shortages, provincial HR and STP plans and their use in workforce planning, the re engineered PHC approach and its impact on HRH, retention and recruitment issues, management and leadership, registrars, Academic Health Complexes, Community Health Workers and Mid Level Page 4 Workers, gaps and targets for human resources, professional councils and bodies, research and innovation in the health sciences and previous policy and evaluations. This document aims to provide a distillation of the ideas arising from the review of these themes followed by recommendations, with the ultimate vision to improve access to healthcare for all by Strategic priorities Eight strategic priorities with strategic objectives and interventions have been identified. The priorities include leadership & governance, intelligence and planning for HRH, a workforce of new service strategies ensuring value for money, upscale and revitalise education, training and research, academic training and service platform interfaces, HR management, quality professional care and access to health professionals in rural and remote areas. Launch of HRH plan This HRH plan will be launched on 11 October 2011

7 Global Nursing Leadership Institute The third annual Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI) programme took place in Geneva from September 2011 at the Chateau de Bossey outside Geneva in Switzerland. This is a unique leadership development opportunity aimed at senior and executive nurse leaders across the world. The programme is an ICN initiative and funded by the Burdett Trust and Pfizer theme The 2011 theme for the programme focussed on policy and influencing policy, communicating clear, succinct messages, and building strategic national and global alliances. The programme draws on the expertise of international expert faculty, allowing participants to review and enhance their national and global leadership skills within a collaborative and stimulating learning culture. Selection of participants Chateau de Bossey Interested parties had to apply on the prescribed application form completing all the questions asked on the form as well as getting two references to complete a motivation to indicate how the applicant will benefit from participation in this programme. Class of 2011 The Class of 2011 consisted of 27 candidates from 25 countries around the world. This indeed also improved delegates geography skills to find out where some of the colleagues came from! Facilitators GNLI participants at the UN The programme was facilitated by Dr Stephanie Ferguson from the USA supported by Maite Martinez. Learnings undertaken The learnings of the week focused on group work by participants including participating in Leadership Development Teams with 5-6 countries grouped together to consider similarities and differences in health and nursing in their countries. Presentations had to be prepared and presented to the rest or the group, followed by a rather unexpected challenge for the group to identify the top five challenges, strategies to resolve these and five indicators to measure progress as well as clear, succinct key messages. Dr Tesfa Ghebrehiwet presented an overview of the World Health Assembly (WHA) and its role in promoting nursing and midwifery. Group work consisted of the preparation of interventions on the (WHA) resolutions. Dr Diana Mason presented sessions on Policy & Politics as well as media, public policy and leadership. Both sessions involved group work with the aim to define and present clear, succinct messages to the media, politicians and other leaders. Kathleen Fritsch addressed a regional WHO perspective which reminded participants of the wealth of information that is available at these structures. Prof Sheila Tlou (UNAIDS) addressed the role of nursing leadership in sharing global vision and values with Jack Gibbs (Burdett Trust) highlighting the challenges of climate change. David Benton, the CEO of the ICN, addressed the governance and membership principles of ICN. Dr Ginka Toegel did an entertaining session on the Page 4 Tesfa Ghebrehiwet (ICN) and Stephanie Ferguson (Facilitator) personality analyses and leadership styles based on questionnaires that had to be completed before attending the programme. To illustrate the five personality traits analysed, she divided participants into groups with assignments that clearly illustrated the two opposites of each of the five characteristics highlighted in the analysis. Leadership journeys Dr Diana Mason and Prof Sheila Tlou shared their leadership journeys with delegates. Dr Stephanie Ferguson, during the week s activities, also shared some of her leadership experiences. Outcome A thought provoking experience with many lessons learned by all. Personal development plans have to be developed which will be followed up in three months time. Most importantly new networks were established with a strong drive for Class 2011 to meet at the ICN conference in 2013.

8 NHI discussion paper launched The NHI green paper was published on 12 August 2011 for discussion and comments originally within 2 months of its publication - this date has now been extended until the end of the year to give stakeholders enough time to comment. Access this document on the NEA Website. Principles of the NHI The NHI will be guided by a set of principles which include: The Right to Access as determined in the Constitution of the RSA; Social Solidarity which refers to the creation of financial risk protection for the entire population and cross subsidisation between rich and poor; healthy and sick; Effectiveness through strengthened management systems, evidence based interventions and overall CPAS Meeting August 2011 The College Principals and Academic Staff (CPAS) Forum met during August 2011 at the Ann Latsky Nursing College in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. This 2-day meeting was attended by more than 100 nurse educators from all provinces except Mpumalanga, as well as representatives from NEA, DENOSA, and SANC. The meeting was chaired by Dr Lulu Nkonzo- Mtembu from KZN, vice-chair of CPAS, as the CPAS chairperson, Dr Mkhize, had resigned from the college where he was working and was now employed at the SANC. better performance of the health system; Appropriateness through the adoption of new and innovative health service delivery models; Equity ensuring that those with the greatest need are provided with timely access to healthcare; Affordability through procurement of services at reasonable cost that recognise health as public good; Efficiency through creating administrative structures that minimize duplication. Acceptance of NHI Generally the paper has been well received although there are areas that are vague, such as financing the system and the referral system. Have a look at the document and let us know what your comments and concerns are. Programme of the meeting Guest speakers at this event included Ms Dawn Joseph who addressed delegates on the Gauteng situation regarding nurse educators, Ms Salamina Hlahane, who presented the Health Post concept of community care, and Dr Sipho Mkhize who presented an overview of the levels of the new nursing qualifications. The different provinces presented their work that they had done on selected issues following the Nursing Summit in April 2011 related to the implementation of components of the Nursing Compact. These included proposals on the OSD by Western Cape, Legislation and the position of nursing colleges by Free State, funding of the Model for Clinical Education and Training by Eastern Cape. The reports of Mpumalanga, North West and KZN were not presented due to a lack of time and the meeting agreed that these reports will be circulated by to the delegates on the Monday following the meeting. Ms Shannon Nell (Vice Chair) & Dr Lulu Nkonzo-Mtembu (Chair) New leadership announced At the end of the 2-day meeting, the new leadership was announced. The Exco had had a discussion and proposed to the meeting that Dr Lulu Nkonzo-Mtembu be the Chairperson, Ms Shannon Nell, Netcare, the Vice- Chairperson and Mr B Mochwaro, Free State College of Nursing, the secretariat for CPAS. This proposal was unanimously accepted by the delegates present. Nursing talent At the closure of the meeting delegates were entertained by one of the Ann Latsky students singing in the most beautiful voice. Page 6 Ann Latsky shares their young talent with delegates

9 Developing a Nursing Research Strategy for SA On a sunny, but exceptionally windy day in East London, nurse educators from a variety of nursing education institutions met at the University of Fort Hare campus to consider the development of a nursing research strategy for South Africa. The workshop was attended by NEA, universities, public colleges from all over the country; Life Healthcare and Netcare private colleges and DENOSA. The workshop was hosted by FUNDISA with funding obtained from the NRF to promote research in nursing. Workshop activities The proceedings was initiated by Professor Hester Klopper who welcomed delegates present and then set the scene for the discussions. She reminded delegates of the first doctorates in nursing, namely Professor Charlotte Searle who obtained a PhD in social science and the first nursing doctorate by Prof Mary Mellish in She used the 4-cities metaphor to highlight the journey of research in nursing starting with Athens when research was in pursuit of truth and learning. Learning was a slow process and about oral debate. Then Berlin came with a revolution in research where there was a shift to doing research for the sake of research. Calcutta followed with a passion for service to the people where current knowledge was used to implement. Today we find ourselves in New York where we are subservient to blind market forces with an aim to generate funding or third stream income and the notion of balancing teaching and research with service. Professor Leana Uys then opened up the debate whether the profession wants to take a limited or open approach to nursing research which have to be decided as part of the discussions to follow at this meeting. Professor Dalena van Rooyen presented the preliminary findings of a survey done amongst the universities reflecting on programmes at the institutions, and the status of full time and part time human resources, their academic qualifications and academic publications. The last presentation was by SANTRUST to inform delegates of the programmes they offer to promote research capacity through support for students and their mentors all over Africa. Workshops to discuss a strategy Delegates divided into four groups to discuss the following questions: (a) Where do we want to be with nursing research in 10 years time? (b) What are the challenges in achieving this goal? (c) What will it take to reach this goal? Feedback to the plenary session The discussions were reported back to the plenary session providing a rich and diverse feedback in response to these questions. Common themes identified in the feedback by the four groups included capacity building; collaboration and sharing; dissemination of findings and recommendations as short, succinct summaries that nurses will read; media exposure of research, promoting a research culture and involving students from their basic training in research activities such as field work; mentorship and role modelling; evidence based research; research programmes and larger collaborative research projects; focused research or research in clusters; nurses to position themselves strategically in policy making and decision making bodies; technology and access to technology and the skills to use it. It was agreed that the discussions were inclusive between the different groups in nursing and other disciplines. We have to start from where we are to plan strategies for the way forward. Professor Uys announced that the Tutuka Awards are ring fencing R10million for nursing research, for both doctoral and post doctoral programmes - if other research bodies also put money into nursing research, there would be a phenomenal growth in 10 years time! The papers presented at the workshop will be made available on FUNDISA s website ( All educators qualifying for NRF rating can send their applications to Professor Uys for assistance with the completion of the application. The applications must be in by the end of January What are the most urgent things? The strategies identified during the group work have to be classified into groups and a decision has to be made to determine who does what to take this process forward, for example some of the strategies identified are the responsibility of higher education institutions and some are the responsibility of funding agencies. Consideration has to be given to the cost of these proposed interventions and where the money will come from. Way forward It was agreed that a workgroup would be established with nominated delegates from this gathering to take forward the discussions that took place during the workshop. The Committee will work with these strategies, provide some background and send a first draft out to all present at the workshop to get another round of input. A few rounds will be done to develop a comprehensive strategy that every one agrees with. Page 7

10 Well done R&A project participants!! The final workshop of the 2011 Research & Abstract Project took place at the new NEA/FUNDISA office in Pretoria in September The purpose of this meeting was to evaluate the project and the experience of the participants to make recommendations on how the 2012 project could be improved. Personal experience All participants indicated that their participation in the project brought about personal and professional growth and development. For two of the participants it was the first time to attend a conference as well as to present at a conference. Only two participants had presented at a conference prior to the Sun City Conference. They all described the presentation as a stressful experience, with one participant describing her experience as traumatic in spite of receiving support after the event she went blank just when she had to start speaking at the conference. But on the whole, they performed very well and we want to congratulate them for taking this big step of doing the first presentation on their own work to a large audience filled with mainly unknown faces. They all plan to undertake further studies to improve their own qualifications as educators. Improvement of the project experience Both the participants and project facilitators made a range of proposals that will be considered by the NEA Board to improve the project experience for the next group of participants during Thank you to the facilitators The gratitude of NEA and the project participants goes to Dr Sue Armstrong, Dr Essie Ricks and Dr Portia Jordan for their time and assistance provided during the 2011 project. Dr Portia Jordan Dr Essie Ricks Left to right: Nelouise Geyer (NEA); Dr Sue Armstrong (Facilitator) ; Nancy Nhliziyo (Netcare); Lerato Duiker (SG Lourens); Mashudu Mafunzwaini (SG Lourens); Mpho Lekoatsa (Free State); Cecile Breytenbach (Life Healthcare); Gadieja Yon (Lilitha); Simphiwe Mokhare (NEA) 2012 Research and Abstract Project Applications for the 2012 project has been invited and the closing date is 15 October The objective of the project is to assist nursing college staff with their initiation into nursing research. Due to the intensive mentoring and support required for this process, only one person from each of the colleges will be selected to participate - therefore no more than 12 people. Criteria If you are a NEA member and an educator at a nursing college with less than 8 years teaching experience who have never presented a paper at a conference before, or are not enrolled for a post basic degree, you may qualify to participate in this project. If you already have a post-basic degree, you will unfortunately also not qualify to participate in the project. Application Your application should include a short essay and written approval from your principal that you may participate. Contact your chapter chairperson for more information, or contact us by at the following addresses: Admin.nea@edunurse.co.za or ceo.nea@edunurse.co.za. access It is essential that you have access as most of the work and communication will take place via . CLOSING DATE: 15 October 2011 Page 8

11 Let s Talk! NEA debate & discussion corner This page is created for NEA members to air their views on education matters relating to the education and training of nurses and midwives. Send your contribution to ceo.nea@edunurse.co.za Following the August 2011 FUNDISA/NEA/STTI conference NEA receive the following correspondence from a member on the degree training of nurses in South Africa. What is your views on the statements she makes in her letter to the editor? Let s talk about this topic! First of all I want to convey my congratulations to the organisers of the NEA/FUNDISA/STTI conference for offering such a splendid conference in a magnificent environment. Secondly I want to express my disappointment in myself and other nurse leaders who attended the plenary session on the first day. The distinguished speaker mentioned a few times that the bad name of nursing is ascribed to the degree nurses because they are more theoretically orientated and are not as clinically skilled as the diploma nurses. To my mind this is a major misconception that we cannot allow to continue in the upper echelons of university managements and medical clinicians. It may be a reason why South Africa, contrary to the rest of the world, is aiming to train more nurses in the lower cadre instead of increasing the number of degree trained nurses. Degree trained nurses have the same amount of clinical experience as the diploma trained nurses because the SANC does not distinguish between the two training entities regarding required clinical hours and competence because both offers a four years integrated degree or diploma programme. Perhaps it was not the time or the place to correct these misconceptions, but I trust that colleagues of the esteemed speaker will challenge him on this issue. Let s Talk! Subscribe to scientific journals As indicated by the Hall of Fame researchers, reading widely is an essential component of the nurse educator s professional armour. Not only does it empower us with a wealth of knowledge and information, it also is essential for our teaching responsibilities such as evidence based practice and remaining up to date with the fields that we teach in. So, it is the right thing to do as an educator. Subscribe to scientific journals The good news is that you can now subscribe to scientific journals for free. Two of the journals in which nurses publish, namely Curationis and Health SA Gesondheid are now available as AOSIS OpenJournals on line. All you have to do, is to go onto their websites and subscribe on line - the process is clear and easy to follow. You can go to or to subscribe to these two journals. Alternatively you can also go to to read about open journals and the wide variety of journals that is available from this source. AOSIS OpenJournals specialises in publishing scholarly content across a broad spectrum of scientific fields. Page 9

12 Chapter meetings for 2011 EAST LONDON CHAPTER 19 May Assessment of students 21 July Curriculum development To follow 13 July MPUMALANGA CHAPTER 22 September Research 24 November Juta e-learning Contact: Contact: FREE STATE & NORTHERN CAPE CHAPTER 17 March Elections; Curriculum Development 12 May 21 July 17 November Contact person: NORTHWEST CHAPTER 16 February Klerksdorp 18 May Mmabatho 20 July Rustenburg 12 October Carletonville Contact person: JOHANNESBURG CHAPTER 30 March Nurse Educator Competencies 29 June Elections & Clinical Education Model 09 March 04 May PORT ELIZABETH CHAPTER 28 September Digitalisation 23 November Research Contact person: 17 August 16 November Contact: 14 April KWAZULU NATAL CHAPTER 17 March 5 May PRETORIA CHAPTER 28 September Nursing Summit - What next? 7 July 3 November Contact : Anneline.VanDyk@lifehealthcare.co.za Contact: Magda.Cunze@lifehealthcare.co.za LIMPOPO CHAPTER 22 March Academic support for students 26 May Model for Clinical Education 30 June Counselling students 28 July E-learning WESTERN CAPE CHAPTER 25 March Paarl: Quality Assurance 27 May CPUT: Juta writer s Workshop 26 August Tygerberg Hospital: Teaching strategy 18 November WCCN: Research proposal writing Contact person: Noria.Mogale@dhsd.limpopo.gov.za Page 12 Contact person: Vemberh@cput.ac.za