International Nurses Day celebration at CPUT
COLLABORATION: Nursing staff from all four major Western Cape universities are joining forces to celebrate International Nurses Day
Monday, 12 May 2014
For the first time in the Western Cape the Deans of Nursing Programmes at all four major universities will be joining forces for International Nurses Day.
Deans from University of the Western Cape, University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University and CPUT Health and Sciences faculties will meet at CPUT’s Bellville Campus to address nurses from across the private and public sectors on May 12.
Nurses will network, reaffirm their pledge and light the lamp which symbolises their dedication to nursing, tell stories about their careers and be addressed by the ex-matron of a big city hospital.
International Nursing Day commemorates the birthday of one of the most famous nurses in history - Florence Nightingale.
CPUT’s Dr Hilda Vember says the theme is "Nurses - A force for change - A vital resource for health".
The collaborative effort is hopefully the first of many more events of this nature.
“We decided to collaborate as we are always talking about doing projects together, but up till now, we have not done so. We are so fortunate in the Western Cape that all four universities are in close proximity to each other, unlike our counterparts in the other provinces. So this will be a first, but hopefully it would be the beginning of collaboration amongst all four institutions,” says Vember.
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