A human resource strategy to facilitate competencies of assistant nurse managers in the public health facilities in the Western Cape
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2017
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
The health workforce provides the most important input to any health system. There are estimated
to be 59.2 million full-time paid health workers worldwide. The workforce has a strong
comprehensive impact on the performance of the health system. Competent nurse managers are
needed, particularly in countries such as South Africa, which places nurses at the epicentre of the
health delivery system. During the implementation of the Occupational Specific Dispensation in
2007, the post of Assistant Director of Nursing was amended to Assistant Nurse Manager on a
higher managerial level and newly appointed ANMs were expected to be competent. A generic
human resources strategy was initiated in 2010 because of complaints about the competencies of
nurse managers in the South African public health sector. This attempt excluded assistant nurse
managers. The aim of this study was to develop a human resources strategy for facilitating the
competencies of ANMs at the public health facilities in the Western Cape.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Nursing)