Abstract
The African Journal of Primary Health & Family Medicine welcomes submissions that encourage scholarly exchange between family medicine and primary health care researchers and practitioners across Africa and the developing world, whilst providing a contextual and holistic view of family medicine as practiced across the continent.
Highlights
Urbanisation and the mal-distribution of health care professionals in South Africa over decades have led to nurses functioning beyond the legal parameters of their professional scope of practice
The Nursing Act had to be amended in the 1980s to make provision for registered professional nurses, in certain circumstances, to carry out functions normally performed by medical practitioners or pharmacists: Section 38A was inserted in the Nursing Act, No 50 of 1978, through promulgation of the Amendment Act, No 71 of 1981
This amendment became a reality through consultation between the nursing, medical and pharmacy professions, in cooperation with the Department of Health at the time. The nature of this manual reflects the above spirit of concern that transcends defined professional boundaries amongst the key role players in health care provision, and understanding of empowerment as an essential key to transform the preparation of clinical nurse practitioners, within the realities of the health care needs of the South African population today
Summary
Urbanisation and the mal-distribution of health care professionals in South Africa over decades have led to nurses functioning beyond the legal parameters of their professional scope of practice. Book title: South African Clinical Nurse Practitioner’s Manual Review Title: Comprehensive nursing practice in Primary Health Care
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