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The Need
South Africa’s healthcare system is predominantly nurse-based and requires nurses to have the competence and expertise to manage the country’s burden of disease and to meet South Africa’s healthcare needs.
South African Nursing is in crisis, marked by nursing shortages and a radical decline in quality of nursing in both public and private sectors.
Access to an affordable, comprehensive Nursing Program remain a challenge
The Solution
In partnership with Nurses International (NI) and NextGenU.org (NGU) the Nursing Oncology course provides a solid nursing science foundation by enabling evidence-based care, improving practitioner-patient communication and clinical judgement, and developing an overall understanding of the healthcare system and public health policy development.
This Oncology Nursing Course is designed to provide the learner with an understanding of cancer in the local, regional and global context and the need for nurses with specialized knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide safe, competent, quality care to individuals.
Nurses and other Health Care Professionals taking this course will develop the knowledge and skills to deliver effective, holistic, evidence-based care to cancer patients. Additionally, the course will equip them with the skills to communicate excellently, think critically, and make sound clinical judgments to provide high-quality patient care.
Learning resources and materials for this course were provided by accredited, world-class organizations such as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, and International Guidelines, Universities, and peer-reviewed Journals.
The Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) facilitates distance learning.
NextGenU’s Instructional Design team and Nurses International’s team members developed this course with contributions from Kathleen Capone MS, RN CNE, EdD; Stacen Keating PhD, RN; Lillian A Donnelly RN, MSN, NPD-BC; Lori Kerley, DNP, MS, RN; Caitlin M. Cartmell, MFS, BSN, RN; and Jordan Wilson, MSN, RN-BC.
Aims of this program is to help nurses:
Oncology Course Update
Due to the many queries that AICF received from other learners eager to improve their knowledge about cancer, the AICF Board as well as the Nurses International Faculty staff have agreed to making this course available to all interested parties.
The course is now open to registered nurses, nursing students, other healthcare professionals, any staff working within an oncology facility as well as individuals in the pharmaceutical industry involved in the treatment of cancer patients.
Interested in finding out more about our Nursing Programme?
Vivien Katzav
Nurse Program Manager
082 600 8428
Jeanette Schwegman
CEO, AICF
082 600 8472