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:

Teaching and training nurses working with children.

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.

How do we work?

  • We partner with nurses, educators, leaders and their institutions to enhance OUR shared knowledge and practice, focusing on the unique strengths and needs, and contexts of African health care environments.

  • We encourage inquiry and the application of evidence-based healthcare, contributing to the global body of nursing knowledge through original research, and to the design and development of innovative tools and solutions.

  • We steward our resources carefully, including grant funding, to maximise the impact of our work and ensure the sustainability of our programmes.
Sixabisene ~ Maximising individual’s contributions ~ Committing to rigour and excellence ~ Collaboration ~ Remaining accountable ~ Taking responsibility ~Sixabisene ~ Maximising individual’s contributions ~ Committing to rigour and excellence ~ Collaboration ~ Remaining accountable ~ Taking responsibility ~

Teaching and training nurses working with children.

554 nurses trained

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nurse specialists (PG Diploma)
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advanced practice nurses (Masters)
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‘Essentials of Nursing Children’ (short courses)
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completed PhD preparedness course for health professionals
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2 completed and 4 current PhD students
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online short courses (designed and launched)

Supporting educators and institutions as they build sustainable contextually appropriate and high quality educational training programmes.

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region specific curricula
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afrocentric models and tools
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workforce observatory reports
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children’s nursing educator forum meetings

Working with children’s nursing leaders and teams to articulate and establish best practice in local and regional clinical facilities and services.

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best practice project sites in 5 countries
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completed ‘facilitating practice change’ short course
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clinical interns
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online journal clubs
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evidence based practice guidelines
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peer reviewed publications / book chapters
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building children’s nursing conferences