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Overview
All activities completed in your own time, ensuring maximum flexibility. An assessment of clinical skills competence in the participants clinical setting is recommended.The Essentials of Nursing Sick Newborns course is run by the Harry Crossley Children’s Nursing Development Unit in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Cape Town.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- An understanding of anatomical, physiological and developmental differences for different gestational age and weight of newborns, and how this impacts the response to illness and the required nature of care.
- An ability to provide safe, quality, evidence-based nursing care to sick newborns, using the Regul8 Framework as a guide.
- A recognition of the important supportive role and resource of the principal caregiver and the ability to provide care for both the newborn, their family and themselves in acute and highly stressful situations.
- An understanding of their role and the complex system and environments where newborns are nursed, to ensure safe and efficient care and the best possible hospital outcomes.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 4 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Nursing View 5 other Short Courses in Nursing in South AfricaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Registered Nurses (Professional and Enrolled).
Work experience
- You must be currently, either regularly or occasionally, working with sick newborns.
- You may work at any level of health facility, you do not need to work in a neonatal high or intensive care or neonatal specific ward.
Tuition Fee
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International
7200 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7200 ZAR for the full programme during 4 months. -
National
7200 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 7200 ZAR for the full programme during 4 months.
Funding
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