It constitutes one of four policies of focus identified at a broad consultative workshop held with key nursing stakeholders (33).
It is encouraging that nursing stakeholders eventually finalised a new Framework for Nursing Qualifications in South Africa and produced the Regulations required by the Nursing Act of 2005.
With regard to contextual factors, SANC and nursing stakeholders have grappled with the introduction of the Department of Education into the regulation of nursing education.
Despite observing a decrease in the demand for nurses in the labour market during economic downturns, nursing stakeholders should keep in mind that the demand for nurses will eventually increase upon economic recovery.
Finally, education and research institutions should work collaboratively with the nursing stakeholders and decision makers in order to investigate and address the underlying causes for nurse dissatisfaction with the hospital work environment in rural and remote communities in Lebanon.
Nursing stakeholders were dissatisfied with the Scope of Practice Regulations and qualifications inherited from the previous Nursing Act of 1978 and had strongly advocated for an overhaul of these provisions.
First, the CNO should provide leadership and serve as the 'glue' that brings together different nursing stakeholders to discuss and implement the recommendations contained in the National Strategic Plan on nursing education, training, and practice (25).
The selection of these four policies was influenced by two factors: prioritisation by key nursing stakeholders at a consultative workshop held in 2008 (31); and the policies represented different stages of policy development.
Different nursing stakeholders – the national nursing association, professional interest groups, university nursing academics, college nursing educators, nursing managers, the nursing council, and private sector nurses – were involved to a greater or lesser degree in the development of the four national policies of interest.
(KII 25, Nursing Manager) The majority of key informants complained about the lack of cohesion or lack of collective action amongst different nursing stakeholders, which include the national nursing association, professional interest groups, university nursing academics, college nursing educators, nursing managers, the nursing council, and private sector nurses.
