Global demand for trained nurses

At some time or other, almost everyone of us will need nursing care. Then – when we are frightened, sick, in pain or helpless – we understand the value of nurses who are compassionate, knowledgeable, cheerful, gentle and reassuring.

These are the values we instill in those who graduate from the ABH Nursing School.

Registered, accredited courses
The ABH Nursing School is provisionally registered with the Department of Higher Education as a Training College and our courses are fully accredited nationally and internationally, with graduates receiving certificates from the Department of Education.

We offer both a one-year enrolled nursing assistants course and and a two-year enrolled nurses course. Clinical training takes place at local provincial hospitals, including the RK Khan Hospital, Clairwood Hospital and Addington, as well as within our own frail care centres.

Our students consistently achieve outstanding results, a tribute to the quality of the training they receive under the guidance of Sr K Pillay, principal of the school.

Facilities
The new Victor Daitz Nursing & Training Centre, which opened in June 2009, offers modern and well-proportioned classrooms, offices and a skills laboratory, capable of accommodating 120 student nurses annually.

Impact on the community
ABH has been offering formal nursing training for over 15 years. What originally began as a facility to help personnel gain formal qualifications has become an important job creation, poverty alleviation and empowerment programme.

With a shortage of trained nurses globally, students who complete the course are virtually guaranteed to find employment.

Tuition fees provide a valuable source of income to support our other programmes, and for those students who are unable to pay fees, various funding permutations exist.

For more information about the Nursing School, kindly contact the Principal, Mrs K Pillay, on tel. 031 404-9523.