Abstract
M.Cur. (Professional Nursing)
The overall objective of this study is to describe guidelines for professional
nurses as clinical learning facilitators. In view of existing problems such as staff shortages, overcrowded wards, student exploitation in the service situation, lack of supervision, assessment and evaluation, lack of student status, block system and inadequate preparation of professional nurses for the clinical learning facilitator's role, nursing education has to strive for excellence in order to be in line with the Reconstruction and Development Programme, the National Health Plan, the message of the Minister of Education in the White Paper on Education and Training in South Africa, the South African Nursing Council, the South African Nursing Association, and the economical, social and technological changes in South Africa.