Nurse shortages and issues with training nurses have made headlines in recent weeks, with some referring to a ‘nursing crisis’ in South Africa. After attending a recent conference hosted by the South African Nursing Council, Thabo Molelekwa dug deeper in search of clarity on where the bottlenec.
The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the faultlines in nursing a critical shortage of nursing staff, a low number of nurses with degree qualifications, too few nurses with advanced degrees such as intensive care specialists, and too few nursing academics for training and research. The Covid-.