• B. Cur degree at UPE 1988 – 1991
• Afrox training as health and safety representative 1994
• Afrox training on incident reporting and investigation 1995
• Nosa course re: health and safety 1996
• Municipality acknowledgment of HIV/Aids education 1996
• Wound care seminar 3M 1997
• Wound care Smith & Nephew 1997
• Continence training by Coloplast 1998
• Ergonomics training 1999
• Represented St. George’s Hospital at international
infection control seminar 1999
• OBL completed and 2001
• OBL assessor 2001
• Safety representative (9 years) , and committee
member (7 years) 2002
• Burn Management course – Smith & Nephew 2002
• Completed training and competency in applying
profore compression, and doing dermagraphs.
Smith & Nephew 2003
• Quality programme November 2004
• Wound care specialist training – WCA / Hertfordshire university May 2005
• Certificate obtained in Frontline management in November 2005
• Private nurse practitioner’s license obtained August 2006
• Burn care specialist training – WCA Smith& Nephew April 2007
• Certificate obtained in Emergency Burn Care – April 2007
• Fistula training done with Coloplast - October 2007
• Comprehensive wound assessment course – Eloquent, March 2008
• Qualified as Assessor in September 2008 , awaiting SAQA registration
• Currently busy with Diploma in Nursing Education at NMMU
Also attended numerous in-service training/workshops such
as: Disciplinary procedures; Industrial relations; Grievance procedures; Assertiveness workshops; HIV/AIDS counselling- currently counsellor; Performance appraisal skills; Quality Care workshop; micro-organisms and infection control
| Membership |
• South African Nursing Council (SANC) |
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• Ibhayi infection control committee |
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• Critical care committee |
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• Visionary nurse practitioner's forum -chairperson |
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• WHASA – chairperson |
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• NEA |
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1987 B.Sc Microbiology at Pretoria University
1987 Nursing assistant at Eugene Marais Hospital, Pretoria
1988 – 1991 Trained at Provincial Hospital Port Elizabeth
1991 – 1993 Casualty Department at Provincial Hospital Port Elizabeth
| 1993 |
Current St. George's Hospital |
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• Promoted to second-in-charge 1.6.1995 |
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• Promoted to unit manager 1.11.1998 |
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• Started wound clinic as additional unit to surgical ward 01.06.2005 |
Moved to position of clinical co-ordinator 01.12.08, still running wound clinic. |
Wound care involvement
• Actively promoted wound care as surgical ward also had large vascular cases.
• Started assisting vascular surgeon re patient’s wound care on outpatient basis since 1996
• Outpatient wound care done as needed, then twice weekly and in 2003 mornings aonly for full week,
• Clinic started as own little unit off surgical ward in 2005 and
• Currently clinic is run as a full week facility for all wound care patients referred to us by own staff,community and all other areas
• Started wound care team in hospital in June 2004 (and only one in Company) and has had first ten members successfully pass wound care exams in November 2005
• Second group of staff passed exams and clinical practise November 2008
• Obtained certificate from Hertfordshire University in wound care in May 2005.
• Attended Burn care academy in Durban in April 2007 and obtained certificate from International Burn association re emergency care in burns. Also completed intensive course re management of burn wounds obtaining certificate.
• Currently involved in educating Link nurses re wound care
• Involved in project with Life college of nursing to develop student evaluation tools in co-operation with NMMU
• Life college of Learning allocated two groups of En students ( 14,16) to woundclinic for their aseptic skills and wound care training ( a first in our hospital and company)in 2008 and all passed successfully.
• Assisting re wound care training and clinical advice in hospitals in PE (provincial and private)as well as for our partners of multidisciplinary team when called on.
• Currently chairperson of WHASA Eastern Cape region.
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