Nursing Varsity College is an accredited & registered education and training institution which offers accredited qualifications.
Nursing Varsity College provides professional training to students and then place them in Hospitals, Clinics, Agricultural sector & business sector.
Nursing Varsity College is a leading private college which specializes in Agricultural training and Healthcare training.
Nursing Varsity College is also registered as a private company and it offers quality healthcare training education to empower our communities.
Nursing Varsity College is accredited by SETAs to offer full qualification under these faculties :-
Agriculture
Business Adminstration
Health
Information Technology
Nursing Varsity College offers full qualifications and part qualifications . We offer contact learning ,Online learning and distance learning. We are situated at Empangeni , Old Mutual Building, 38 Turnbull Street, Empangeni under the City of Umhlathuze.
Occupational Certificate
Health Promotion Officer
(Nursing Skills)
SAQA ID 94597
HEALTH PROMOTION OFFICER (Nursing Skills)
NQF level 3
SAQA ID 94597
DESCRIPTION
Health Promotion Officer is new profession in health sector that deal with prevention of diseases and improving health lifestyles.
PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION
Purpose:
The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to:
• Carry out basic assessments of communities, households groups and individuals.
• Provide basic health education and referrals for a wide range of services.
• Support and assist in navigating the health and social services system.
CAREER FIELDS
Upon successful completion of this programme, learners will be able to work in Health Care Centers including clinics, Testing and counseling centers, rehabilitation centers, TB Centers, Schools, waste disposal plants, water purification plants,mines, Health Research centers, Cancer foundation, heart foundation, diabetes foundation, social department, department of housing , food manufacturing industries, pharmaceutical industries.
Duties may include but not limited to :
Treat simple diseases, injuries, wounds and refer to the clinic
• Provide basic Nursing care
• Take temperature, Bp, Pulse and respiration
• Check outbreak of transmitted diseases, teach and refer for treatment
• Check Sexual Transmitted Infections, teach and refer for treatment
• Check children and refer for immunisation
• Check pregnant mothers, mothers who have given birth and their babies and refer for treatment
• HIV and AIDS testing and counselling
• Check drug and substance abusers and refer them to rehabilitation centres
• Teach people about dangers of drug and substance abuse
• Teach people about cleanliness of in-house, environment and water
• Teach about women and men’s health
• Teach about child’s health
• Teach about health life styles
• Provide palliative care
