Nurses need greater support and professional empowerment
- International Nurses Day is celebrated annually on 12 May.
- Experts at SU wrote opinion pieces.
- They focused on some of the challenges that nurses face.
International Nurses Day is celebrated annually on 12 May. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University focused on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on nurses in South Africa and the need for greater support for new nurse graduates. Click on the links below to read the articles as published.
Dr Phillipa Haine, Prof Bronwyne Coetzee & Prof Ashraf Kagee (The lasting psychological impact of COVID-19 on South Africa's nurses – Weekend Argus)
Isabella du Preez (New nurse graduates in critical care units need better support – Mail & Guardian)
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