Abstract
M.Cur.
The South African Nursing Council requires that a student nurse, when following a course which leads to registration as a nurse (general, psychiatric and community) and midwife, must receive instruction in environmental health. A conceptual framework was compiled after a literature study to create possible subject content and practical learning opportunities which belong in the curriculum of the student nurse. During an investigation in part into environmental health aspects in the Southern Transvaal Region the following was accomplished: - The theoretical subject content with regard to environmental health was identified. - The practical learning opportunities to which a student nurse must be subjected were determined. - A guide was compiled which can serve as a manual to persons who are involved in the 1nstruction of student nurses in environmental health. It is clear that health inspectors desire greater participation in the instruction of student nurses in environmental health than is the case at present. In order to create a more significant environmental health component in the curriculum of the student nurse some recommendations were made. Remediation will therefore become a reality in the implementation of the recommendations. Primary recommendations include the following: - Greater participation by health inspectors in the instruction of student nurses in environmental health. - The subject content of environmental health. - Learning opportunities which can be planned for the practical instruction of student nurses in environmental health.