Table 3.
Reported children’s nursing training activity (Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, South Africa and Zambia)
| Country | Institutions | Programmes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Location | Title | Levela | Year est’d | Duration of study (years) | Graduates 2015 | |
| Kenya | 1 | Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, Nairobi | Higher National Diploma in Pediatric Nursing | HND | 2006 | 1 | 15 |
| Higher National Diploma in Pediatric Critical Care Nursing | HND | 2013 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Malawi | 1 | Kamuzu College of Nursing, University of Malawi | Bachelor of Science (Paediatric Nursing) | BSc | 2010 | 3 | 6 |
| Master of Science in Child Health Nursing | MSc | 2010 | 2 | 21 | |||
| Uganda | 0 | Jinja School of Nursing and Midwifery (not currently being offered) | Diploma in Paediatric nursing | HND | – | – | – |
| South Africa | 7 | Ga-Rankuwa Nursing College, Pretoria, Gauteng | Post Basic Diploma in Child Nursing Science | 6 | – | 1 | 22 |
| King Edward VII School of Nursing, Pietermaritzburg, KZN | Post Graduate Diploma Child Nursing Science | 6 | – | 1 | 30 | ||
| PGDip Neonatal Nursing Science | 6 | – | 1 | 30 | |||
| Lilitha Nursing College, East London, Eastern Cape | Post Basic Diploma in Child Nursing Science | 6 | – | 1 | 14 | ||
| Rahima Moosa Nursing College, Johannesburg, Gauteng | Post Basic Diploma in Child Nursing Science | 6 | – | 1 | 20 | ||
| University of Cape Town, Western Cape | Post Graduate Diploma in Child Nursing | 8 | 2006 | 1 | 35 | ||
| Post Graduate Diploma in Child Critical Care Nursing | 8 | 2009 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Masters of Nursing in Children’s Nursing | 9 | 2015 | 2 | –b | |||
| Department of Nursing Science, University of Pretoria Gauteng | Bachelor of Nursing for Registered Nurses with Children’s Nursing Qualification | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | ||
| University of the Free State School of Nursing, Bloemfontein, Free State | Advanced Diploma in Nursing (Child Psychiatric Nursing) | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | ||
| Advanced Diploma in Nursing (Children’s Nursing) | 7 | – | 1 | ||||
| Zambia | 1 | Lusaka Schools of Nursing | Advanced Diploma in Pediatric Nursing | HND | 2014 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | Total | ||||||
aAccording to relevant national framework
bFirst graduates 2017