Open AccessPositioning public nursing colleges in South African higher education: Stakeholders’ perspectives
Author(s) -
Zanele P. Zwane,
Ntombifikile Gloria Mtshali
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v42i1.1885
Subject(s) - nurse education , legislation , grounded theory , context (archaeology) , corporate governance , higher education , quality (philosophy) , nursing , politics , health care , theory of change , qualitative research , political science , public relations , medicine , sociology , business , paleontology , anthropology , biology , social science , philosophy , finance , epistemology , law
Public nursing colleges (PNCs) are currently redeploying from provincial departments of health to higher education to become part of a unified higher education system in South Africa. As primary producers of nurses, this migration process needs to be managed carefully, with stakeholders having a common understanding of this process.