About University of Kwazulu-Natal School of Nursing

University of Kwazulu-Natal School of Nursing Undergraduate Courses

Bachelor of Nursing

CHS – NURS 1 Eligibility; Bachelor of Nursing

Candidates are eligible to apply for selection to register for the qualification Bachelor of Nursing provided they have

1. a) An NSC degree pass with English (HL/FAL) and Life Orientation 4 and Mathematics/Maths Literacy 3 and Life Sciences Level 4
2. b) 30 points excluding Life Orientation.

CHS – NURS 2 Professional Indemnity

For all work-based or clinical learning, students are required to provide proof of professional indemnity before being allowed to enter the work-based or clinical learning area.

CHS – NURS 3 Exam Subminimum

A subminimum of 50% shall apply to all practical examinations which are part of nursing modules.

CHS – NURS 4 Statutory Body Requirements

No student shall be allowed to graduate unless the minimum hours of clinical work for the programme, as prescribed by the South African Nursing Council, have been completed.

CHS – NURS 5 Curriculum for the Bachelor of Nursing

1. a) The curriculum for the qualification Bachelor of Nursing as approved by the CAAB shall extend over eight semesters or four years of full-time study.
2. b) Students shall obtain at least 512 credits (including all prescribed modules) to qualify with a BN degree.

CHS – NURS 6 IsiZulu Language Requirement

Students whose home language is not from the Nguni group of languages shall be required to complete one 16 credit module of isiZulu, as one of the non-nursing electives.

CHS – NURS 7 Progression

To maintain their good standing, and to avoid either warning for slow academic progress or exclusion from the University, students must maintain minimum rates of progression through their qualifications. Minimum rates of acceptable progression for this qualification are set out below.

Number Semesters registered	Min. Progression requirements	“At Risk” threshold (75% of Maximum)	Normal progression
1	32	48	64
2	64	96	128
3	96	144	192
4	144	192	256
5	176	240	320
6	224	288	384
7	256	336	448
8	344	384	512
9	392	448
10	440	512
11	472
12	512

Bachelor of Nursing (B-NUR)
Module code	Name of Module	Credits	Semester
NURS100	Fundamental Nursing	32	Year
ANAT113	Human Anatomy	32	Year
HPHS1NU	Introductory Physiology for nursing	16	2
CHEM100	Special Science	16	1
	Elective 1 (Soc Sc)	16
	Elective 2 (Soc Sc)	16
	Elective 3 (Soc Sc)*	16
Level 2
NURS230	Preventive & Promotive Health	32	Year
HPHS2NU	Physiology themes for nursing	16	1
	Elective 3 (Soc Sc)*	16
	Elective 4 (Soc Sc)	16
	Elective 5 (Soc Sc)	16
	Elective 6 (Soc Sc)	16
	Elective 7 (Soc Sc) level 200a	16
	Elective 8 (Soc Sc)level 200b	16
	Total credits: level 2	128/144
Level 3
NURS301	Nursing 301: General Nursing	48	1
NURS313	Administration in Nursing Units	8	2
NURS331	Nursing 302: General Nursing	40	2
NURS308	Research in Nursing	16	2
TAMM21N	Pharmacology for Nurses	16	Year
	Total credits: level 3	128
Level 4
NURS401	Psychiatric Nursing	48	1 or 2
NURS403	Primary Health Care	16	2
NURS405	Midwifery	48	1 or 2
	Total credits: level 4	112
	Total credits for the degree	512

Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice) (Pipeline students only)

CHS – NURS 6 Eligibility: Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice)

Candidates are eligible to apply for selection to register for the qualification Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice) provided they are;

1. a) nurses who are registered or enrolled with the South African Nursing Council (SANC) and who have had relevant post-registration experience if appropriate; or
2. b) nurses who have obtained a nursing qualification from another country and who are not registered or are not register-able by the SANC, but who, in the opinion of the Senate, hold qualifications equivalent to those demanded from general nurses in the Republic of South Africa, and
3. c) have met the University’s requirements for undergraduate study, and
4. d) have qualified to enter the stream of their choice as spelt out below.

The additional requirements for entering the individual streams are;

       Advanced Clinical programmes:

The applicant must have completed a minimum of 6 (six) months of clinical experience in the selected field of study.

       Non-clinical Programmes:

The applicant must be currently working or have previously worked for a minimum period of one year.

              Comprehensive Clinical Programmes:

The applicant must have registration or a qualification as a nurse or midwife.

CHS – NURS 7 Curriculum for the Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice)

1. a) The curriculum for the qualification of Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice), comprising modules with a total credit value of 384 credits as approved by the School, shall extend over six semesters of full-time study or not less than ten semesters of part-time study.
2. b) Students shall choose one of eight specialist streams and follow the approved curriculum for that stream. The specialisation modules, which are not common to all eight streams at any Level, shall total at least 64 credits in every specialised stream. They must all be passed in order to obtain a qualification in that stream

CHS – NURS 8 Progression

To maintain their good standing, and to avoid receipt of warning of slow academic progress and potential exclusion from the College, students must maintain minimum rates of progression through their qualifications. Minimum rates of acceptable progression for this qualification are set out below

Number Semesters registered	Min. Progression requirements	“At Risk” threshold (75% of Maximum)	Normal progression
1	16	48	72
2	56	96	128
3	96	120	168
4	136	192	256
5	176	232	312
6	216	288	384
7	256	336
8	288	384
9	336
10	384

Curriculum for Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice)(Pipeline) Stream 2: Nursing Management
Code	Name of Module	Credits	Sem
Level 1
NURS110	General Nursing 1a	32	Year
NURS110	General Nursing 1b	32	Year
	Elective 1	16
	Elective 2	16
	Elective 3	16
	Elective 4	16
	Total credits: level 1	128
Level 2
NURS260	General Nursing 2a	32	Year
NURS260	General Nursing 2b	32	Year
NURS130	Nursing Management 1	32	1
	Elective from inside or outside the school	32
	Total credits: level 2	128
Level 3
NURS240	Nursing Management 2	32	2
NURS341	Managing Learning Organisations	16	1
NURS219	Nursing Philosophy	16	2
NURS319	Nursing Research Project	32	year
NURS217	Nursing Research Theory	16	2
NURS342	Evaluation of Health care programmes	16	2
	Total credits: level 3	128
	Total credits for the degree	384

 

Curriculum for Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice) (Pipeline Students Only) Stream 1: Nursing Education (BN-ADP)
Code		Name of Module		Credits	Sem
Level 1
NURS110		General Nursing 1a		32	Year
NURS110		General Nursing 1b		32	Year
		Elective 1		16
		Elective 2		16
		Elective 3		16
		Elective 4		16
		Total credits: level 1		128
Level 2
NURS260	General Nursing 2a		32			Year
NURS260	General Nursing 2b		32			Year
NURS102	Principles & Methods of Teaching & Evaluation		16			2
NURS103	Theories of Learning for Health Professional		16			1
	Elective from inside or outside the school		32
	Total credits: level 2		128
Level 3
NURS219	Nursing Philosophy		16			2
NURS217	Nursing Research Theory		16			2
NURS319	Nursing Research Project		32			Year
NURS307	Facilitation of Recognition of Prior Learning		16			2
NURS221	Curriculum Development		16			1
NURS224	Issues in Health professional Education		16			2
NURS341	Managing Learning Organisations		16			1
	Total credits: level 3		128
	Total credits for the degree		384

 

Curriculum for Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice) (Pipeline) Stream 3: Comprehensive Practice
Code	Name of Module	Credits	Sem
Level 1
NURS110	General Nursing 1a	32	Year
NURS110	General Nursing 1b	32	Year
	Elective 1	16
	Elective 2	16
	Elective 3	16
	Elective 4	16
	Total credits: level 1	128
Level 2
NURS120	Mental Health Nursing 1	32	1
NURS262	Community Health Nursing 1	32	1
NURS260	General Nursing 2a	32	Year
NURS260	General Nursing 2b	32	Year
	Total credits: level 2	128
Level 3
NURS200	Mental Health Nursing 2	32	2
NURS263	Community Health Nursing 2	32	2
NURS219	Nursing Philosophy	16	2
NURS217	Nursing Research Theory	16	2
NURS319	Nursing Research Project	32	year
	Total credits: level 3	128
	Total credits for the degree	384

Curriculum for Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice) (Pipeline) Stream 4: Advanced Mental Health
Code	Name of Module	Credits	Sem
Level 1
NURS110	General Nursing 1a	32	Year
NURS110	General Nursing 1b	32	Year
	Elective 1	16
	Elective 2	16
	Elective 3	16
	Elective 4	16
	Total credits: level 1	128
Level 2
NURS260	General Nursing 2a	32	Year
NURS260	General Nursing 2b	32	Year
NURS250	Advanced Mental Health Nursing 1	32	1
	Elective from inside or outside the school	32
	Total credits: level 2	128
Level 3
NURS310	Advanced Mental Health Nursing 2	32	2
NURS341	Managing Learning Organisations	16	1
NURS342	Evaluation of Health Programmes	16	2
NURS217	Nursing Research Theory	16	2
NURS219	Nursing Philosophy	16	1
NURS319	Nursing Research Project	32	Year
	Total credits: level 3	128
	Total credits for the degree	384

 

Curriculum for Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice) (Pipeline) Stream 5: Oncology and Palliative Care
Code	Name of Module	Credits	Sem
Level 1
NURS110	General Nursing 1a	32	Year
NURS110	General Nursing 1b	32	Year
	Elective 1	16
	Elective 2	16
	Elective 3	16
	Elective 4	16
	Total credits: level 1	128
Level 2
NURS260	General Nursing 2a	32	Year
NURS260	General Nursing 2b	32	Year
NURS205	Foundations of Oncology	16	1
NURS204	Oncological Conditions	16	2
	Elective from inside or outside Nursing	32
	Total credits: level 2	128
Level 3
NURS330	Oncological and Palliative Nursing	32	1
NURS342	Evaluation of Health Care Programmes	16	2
NURS341	Managing Learning Organizations	16	1
NURS219	Nursing Philosophy	16	2
NURS217	Nursing Research Theory	16	2
NURS319	Nursing Research Project	32	year
	Total credits: level 3	128
	Total credits for the degree	384

 

 

Curriculum for Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice) (Pipeline) Stream 6: Advanced Midwifery & Neonatal Intensive-Care Nursing
Code	Name of Module	Credits	Sem
Level 1
NURS110	General Nursing 1a	32	Year
NURS110	General Nursing 1b	32	Year
	Elective 1	16
	Elective 2	16
	Elective 3	16
	Elective 4	16
	Total credits: level 1	128
Level 2
NURS260	General Nursing 2a	32	Year
NURS260	General Nursing 2b	32	Year
NURS233	Foundations of Neonatology	16	1
NURS235	Neonatal Nursing	16	2
	Elective from inside or outside Nursing	32
	Total credits: level 2	128
Level 3
NURS300	Advanced Midwifery	32	year
NURS219	Nursing Philosophy	16	2
NURS342	Evaluation of Health Services	16	2
NURS341	Managing Learning Organizations	16	1
NURS217	Nursing Research Theory	16	2
NURS319	Nursing Research Project	32	year
	Total credits: level 3	128
	Total credits for the degree	384

 

Curriculum for Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice) (Pipeline) Stream 7: Critical Care and Trauma
Code	Name of Module				Credits		Sem
Level 1
NURS110	General Nursing 1a				32		Year
NURS110	General Nursing 1b				32		Year
	Elective 1				16
	Elective 2				16
	Elective 3				16
	Elective 4				16
	Total credits: level 1				128
Level 2
NURS260	General Nursing 2a				32		Year
NURS260	General Nursing 2b				32		Year
NURS234	Trauma Nursing				16		2
NURS211	Critical Care Nursing A				24		1
	Elective from inside or outside Nursing				32
	Total credits: level 2				128
Level 3
NURS212	Critical Care Nursing B				24		2
NURS303	Issues in Critical Care Nursing				16		2
NURS219	Nursing Philosophy				16		2
NURS217	Nursing Research Theory				16		2
NURS319	Nursing Research Project				32		year
NURS341	Managing Learning Organizations				16		1
NURS342	Evaluation of Health Systems				16		2
	Total credits: level 3				128
	Total credits for the degree				384
Curriculum for Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice) (Pipeline) Stream 8: Primary Health Care Nursing
Code		Name of Module	Credits			Sem
Level 1
NURS110		General Nursing 1a	32			Year
NURS110		General Nursing 1b	32			Year
		Elective 1	16
		Elective 2	16
		Elective 3	16
		Elective 4	16
		Total credits: level 1	128
Level 2
NURS260		General Nursing 2a	32			Year
NURS260		General Nursing 2b	32			Year
NURS231		Primary Care 1	32			1
		Elective from inside or outside nursing	32
		Total credits: level 2	128
Level 3
NURS232		Primary Care 2	32			2
NURS341		Managing Learning Organizations	16			1
NURS342		Evaluation of Health Systems	16			2
NURS219		Nursing Philosophy	16			2
NURS217		Nursing Research Theory	16			2
NURS319		Nursing Research Project	32			year
		Total credits: level 3	128
		Total credits for the degree	384
Curriculum for Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Practice) (Pipeline) Specialization Choice Stream
Code		Name of Module		Credits		Sem
Level 1
NURS110		General Nursing 1a (Exemption with credit)		32		Year
NURS110		General Nursing 1b (Exemption with credit)		32		Year
		Elective 1		16
		Elective 2		16
		Elective 3		16
		Elective 4		16
		Total credits: level 1		128
Level 2
NURS260		General Nursing 2a (Exemption with credit)		32		Year
NURS260		General Nursing 2b (Exemption with credit)		32		Year
NURS219		Nursing Philosophy		16		1 & 2
		3 x 16 credit electives		48
		Total credits : 2		128
Level 3
		Elective 1		16
NURS217		Nursing Research Theory		16		1 & 2
NURS319		Nursing Research Project		32		2
		Elective 2x 32 credits from within or outside the School of Nursing within UKZN		32
NURS341		Managing Learning Organizations		16		1
NURS342		Evaluation of Health Care Programmes		16		2
		Total credits :Level 3		128
		Total overall credits for BNAP degree		384

Nursing

CHS – NURD 1 Eligibility for Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing

Candidates are eligible to apply for selection to register for the qualification of Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing provided they have obtained a relevant Masters degree or a professional qualification deemed appropriate by the School.

Curriculum for Doctor of Philosophy – Nursing(PHD-NR)
Code	Name of Module
NURS91Y	PhD Nursing year 1
NURS92Y	PhD Nursing subsequent year
NURS9CY	PhD Nursing continuing