Students have to attend classes and do laboratory work as well as clinical work in health-care settings. Students care for patients in the clinical areas, and they provide basic care, e.g., washing and feeding patients, and they also carry out more specialised functions, such as giving medication, putting up IV fluids and executing doctors’ orders.
A stipulated number of practical hours must be done before students are able to qualify. They also have to pass all the modules. Practical experience is obtained in various hospitals and health-care institutions in and around the Nelson Mandela Bay area. Student nurses will be in class on average 24 hours per week and will spend on average 16 hours in the clinical areas, e.g., hospitals or clinics, per week. You will actively care for patients right through your training programme. You will be comprehensively orientated in the beginning of the programme. All the necessary particulars and requirements will be given to you at the orientation programme.