Since 2 January 1981, The Department of Nursing Science has offered nurse training to young Zulu women in KwaZulu-Natal. Training commenced, firstly with training Nurse Educators and Nurse Administrators, as, initially, black students of Nursing Education and Administration, in order to remain at work and at home with their families, studied through UNISA.
In 1984, the Bachelor Curationis Degree accepted the first students. In 1988, the first Honours Bachelor Curationis Degree was commenced and in 1992 the Master Degree in Nursing was commenced.
Currently the Department of Nursing Science offers a Bachelor of Nursing Degree, a full Master Degree Doctor of Nursing Degree. All Degrees are accredited with the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and the South African Nursing Council (SANC).
The department of Nursing Science has a proud heritage of training nurses, Nurse Educators and Administrators, many of whom have become leaders in Nursing within KwaZulu-Natal and the SANC
The Department of Nursing Science offers a Bachelor of Nursing Degree, Full Research Master Degree in Nursing and a full research Doctoral Degree in Nursing.
The Department of Nursing Science has four Doctors of Nursing and four staff who hold Master Degree qualifications.
The Department offers a dedicated state of the art undergraduate skills laboratory where lectures and simulated work integrated practical sessions are held. Students are placed in real work situations from first year in the hospitals and clinics of our partner, the Provincial Department of Health of KwaZulu-Natal.
As a result of our student’s exposure to real and simulated clinical experiences through all four years of the Degree, our graduates are competitive in the marketplace as graduated Professional Nurses.
The Department of Nursing Science continues to offer post graduate expertise in Nursing Education, Nursing Administration, Midwifery, Intensive Care Nursing and Community Health Nursing and has on the staff specialists in Nursing Human Resource Management, Midwifery and Advanced Midwifery, HIV and Aids, Tuberculosis, Spiritual Care, Malaria and e-Learning.