The Emergency Nurses Society of South Africa
ENSSA was established during the 2nd EMSSA “Emergency Medicine in the Developing World” Conference, held in November, 2009 in Cape Town. ENSSA has been established as a sub group of the Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa.
The aim of ENSSA is to promote the advancement of emergency nursing in South Africa through leadership, education, collaboration and practice development and research.
To read regular updates please visit the “ENSSA Blog“.
The Executive Committee is:
- President – Petra Brysiewicz
- Vice president – Tanya Heyns
- Secretary – Jean Augustyn
- Officers – Mande Toubkin, Sue-Ann Mohapi, Pria Govinden & Ntombi Ngeno
The benefits of joining ENSSA are:
- News of various events, educational workshops etc of interest to emergency nurses
- Resources such as practice guidelines, database of emergency nursing research, articles etc
- Contributing to the development of the scope of practice and competencies for emergency nurses through our Emergency Nurses Standards group Contact Tanya Heynes (vice president) for any further information regarding this tanya.heyns@up.ac.za
- Mentoring for writing for publication
- Access to the African Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Coming soon: A journal publishing on Emergency Care in Africa
- Being part of a dynamic national community of emergency nurses!
ENSSA will accept as members any nurses (registered or enrolled with the South African Nursing Council) who are involved in emergency care. Nurses from outside South Africa are also welcome to join the organisation. To join please view the EMSSA Membership page.
ENSSA Practice Guidelines
Upcoming events:
Further details CONTACT US
Jean Augustyn (secretariat) jean.augustyn@mediclinic.co.za
Petra Brysiewicz (president) brysiewiczp@ukzn.ac.za