The Harry Crossley Children’s Nursing Development Unit _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Building children’s nursing in Africa for Africa
A nurse-led teaching and scholarship unit in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Cape Town, based at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
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We continue to build capacity in children’s nursing in Africa, supporting nurses, educators and leaders, as they strive for best outcomes for children through contextually appropriate evidenced-based practice and with a commitment to unapologetic African nursing excellence.
What do we do?
We sustain and build a programme of work focused around three pillars of activity:
How do we work?
Teaching and training nurses working with children.
554 nurses trained
Supporting educators and institutions as they build sustainable contextually appropriate and high quality educational training programmes.
Working with children’s nursing leaders and teams to articulate and establish best practice in local and regional clinical facilities and services.