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KwaZulu-Natal College of Nursing
Vision, Mission and Core Values
Vision
The vision of KZNCN is leadership and excellence in nursing education through
production of competent nurses and midwives/accouchers capable of rendering
optimal and quality health care to the population of KwaZulu-Natal province and
globally.
Mission
The mission of KZNCN is to provide accessible and affordable undergraduate
and postgraduate education and training of nurses and midwives/accouchers
competent to enhance individual, family and community-based health in a
culturally diverse society. The mission will be accomplished through
- Offering integrated and comprehensive nursing education programmes with clinical learning exposure and evidence-based approach to teaching and learning. Programmes offered are relevant and responsive to the current and future health care needs of the population and the country's burden of disease.
- Employment of appropriately qualified and competent staff that is committed to offering/implementing quality nurse education programmes.
- Promotion of the integration of theory, practice and research to advance scientific and theoretical foundations of nursing to improve health outcomes within all health care settings.
Core Values
- Excellence: State of continually striving towards achieving the highest standard and quality.
- Adaptability: Flexibility and quick response to unexpected changing, evolving and unpredictable situations involving self, individuals, families, groups and communities.
- Accountability: Ability to take responsibility and be answerable for one's own actions
- Creativity: Scholastic ability to develop innovative products.
- Honesty: Characteristic of being truthful, fair, honest and morally upright.
- Respect Acknowledgement, consideration, appreciation and regard for the unique and different contributions made by all.
- Caring: Ability to transcend self and serve all people with consideration given to the holistic nature of people, and the complexity of the human condition.
- Integrity: Sound moral and ethical principles and consistency that stand out even under scrutiny.
- Trust: Being trustworthy and dependable in interaction with clear open communication.
