Migrant nurse tells of UK experience
For the last 10 years, professional nurse AILEEN TURNER has commuted between Cape Town and London in an attempt to make a decent living doing what she does best.
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17 May 2005
When nursing is a calling
Chief professional nurse Ruth Kgesa has been nursing for 34 years, and today supervises a surgical female ward at CHB Hospital, which has between 32 and 42 patients at any time.
Read More » When nursing is a callingHuge workloads endanger patients
The huge workloads being shouldered by nurses are endangering the lives of patients, yet government does not seem serious about negotiating with nurses, says Thembeka Gwagwa, the general secretary of the Democratic Nurses'€™ Organisation of SA (Denosa).
Read More » Huge workloads endanger patientsHospital has little chance of filling posts
There are over 200 vacancies for professional nurses at King Edward Hospital in Durban and a very small possibility that these posts will ever be filled.
Read More » Hospital has little chance of filling postsSlow road to transform Chris Hani-Baragwanath
Four years ago, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehwau) launched a transformation project at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.
Read More » Slow road to transform Chris Hani-BaragwanathHIV poses greatest HR challenge
HIV/AIDS poses the greatest challenge to human resource development in the health sector, according to studies carried out by various research institutions.
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