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Nursing Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005)

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Regulations regarding the Scope of Practice for Nurses and Midwives, 2022

5. Scope of practice of an auxillary nurse

 

(1) An auxiliary nurse takes responsibility and accountability of the following:
(a) providing basic nursing care as determined and delegated by a professional nurse, general nurse or midwife;
(b) providing basic nursing care in accordance with a standardised plan of care;
(c) providing physical and psychosocial support to a person for the activities of daily living and self-care;
(d) practising in terms of the Code of Ethics for Nursing Practitioners in South Africa;
(e) initiating and maintaining a therapeutic relationship with health care users;
(f) providing assistance, health education and support to individual patients, families and communities to promote health, prevent injuries and illness and maintain the health status of all health care users;
(g) rendering basic first aid;
(h) providing basic palliative and end of life nursing care;
(i) adhering to relevant protocols and guidelines; and
(j) maintaining  concise, complete and accurate nursing records for individual healthcare users.

 

(2) An auxiliary nurse:
(a) may only render basic nursing care that is based on a prescribed plan of care and set standards;
(b) must be supervised by a Professional Nurse, Midwife and General Nurse in situations where there is no prescribed plan of care, or set standards ; and
(c) may not set up or conduct a private practice.