scholarly journals Pre-deployment preparation of military nurses of the South African National Defence Force for participation in peace support operations

Curationis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer D. Jumat ◽  
Marthie. C. Bezuidenhout ◽  
Theodor G. Neethling
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
The South ◽  
Military Nurses ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Psychological Training ◽  
Resource Requirements ◽  
Professional Nurses ◽  
National Defence

Background: South Africa has dedicated itself to participate in peace support operations (PSOs). The concept of ‘jointness’, involving different arms of services, was adopted within the South African National Defence Force, thus involving nurses in PSOs.Problem statement: Combat-readiness being a prerequisite for those involved in PSOs raised questions as to the readiness of forces to participate in these missions. There is a need for specific nursing care during PSOs, but the role and functions of nurses during such operations were not clearly defined; thus their preparation for these missions had very little scientific grounding.Objectives: These were to explore the pre-deployment preparation needs of military professional nurses during PSOs, and to describe the experience of these nurses whilst being deployed.Method: A quantitative exploratory, descriptive and contextual approach was used. Questionnaires were distributed to 99 professional nurses who had deployment experience, and 72 participated (73% response rate). Relevant peace mission concepts are the environment, jointness, behaviour and mission readiness, which served as the conceptual bases for the study.Results: Findings indicated that the nurses were not fully informed of their responsibilities during deployment or the circumstances under which they would have to work and live. Their preparation is not fully integrated with that of the other armed forces, and deficiencies in their training and development were identified which negatively impact on their mission readiness.Conclusion: Recommendations were made in terms of human resource requirements, psychological training, better integration of jointness training, and content of training and development to ensure mission readiness of nurses.

HUMAN SECURITY AND THE CONCEPTUALISATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE: TIME FOR A REAPPRAISAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abel Esterhuyse
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
South African ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Conceptual Basis ◽  
The South ◽  
The World ◽  
Strategic Changes ◽  
Security Operations ◽  
National Defence

The article traces the unfolding of the human security agenda as the primary organising framework for constructing the security outlook of the South African military. Questions are raised about the utility of human security as a conceptual basis for thinking about and the construction of defence. Human security is historically contextualised within the security conceptualisations of the 1990s. Since then, however, various geo-strategic changes in the world necessitated a return to a more traditional outlook on security and strategy. This reality was also increasingly visible in South Africa's foreign policy approaches and, more specifically, the employment of its armed forces in Africa. The article concludes by arguing, firstly, that the South African armed forces did not at any time critically question how a military should be organised, trained, and equipped for human security operations and, secondly, that the South African National Defence Force never questioned its own operational deployments through the human security perspective.

scholarly journals A relevant ministry for the armed forces: An agenda for the South African National Defence Force chaplains praxis

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mnyalaza T. Masuku
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Church History ◽  
The South ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Military Chaplaincy ◽  
Historical Developments ◽  
The Military ◽  
National Defence

Chaplaincy in South Africa (SA) recently became an attractive ministry and research fields for both ministers and theologians, respectively, more especially since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The military chaplaincy has been flooded with applications and enquiries from ministers and leaders from religions other than Christianity who want to secure their space in the ministry to the SA armed forces. Individual churches are also joining the queue for enquiries. As SA is a multireligious nation, religions other than Christianity are also knocking at the door of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), claiming their right to be accommodated. For this reason, it is important for churches, other religious organisations, leaders, ministers and theological institutions or faculties to have knowledge of this unique world and its context, as well as the ministry dynamics and challenges involved. This will assist them in order to prepare appropriately in terms of shaping the curricula and qualifications of their ministers for effective ministry to the armed forces with special reference to the SANDF. This article investigates the dynamics of the military chaplaincy in relation to historical developments along similar chaplaincies globally, the nature of its ministry to the SA armed forces and the challenges posed by the ministry context (SANDF environment), and finally, it crafts and proposes a suitable curriculum for a relevant and effective ministry in the SANDF and the world.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article is located in the field of Missiology. However, it has interdisciplinary implications that affect disciplines such as Military Science, Sociology, Practical Theology and Church History, which all assist as building blocks towards a relevant ministry for the armed forces.

scholarly journals Professional nurses’ requests to remove their names from the South African nursing council’s register Part 2: research process and results

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie J Ehlers
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Research Process ◽  
The South ◽  
Professional Nurses

In this article data obtained from questionnaires, completed by 91 professional nurses who requested their names to be removed from the South African Nursing Council’s register for the 2000 registration year, are presented and discussed. Opsomming In hierdie artikel word data wat vanaf 91 vraelyste verkry is en deur professionele verpleegkundiges voltooi is wat versoek het dat hulle name van die Suid-Afrikaanse Raad op verpleging se register verwyder word vir die 2000 registrasiejaar, bespreek. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

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