This Women’s Month, Life Healthcare, a leading healthcare company, is highlighting the need to support and empower women through education.
Dr Sharon Vasuthevan, Life Healthcare’s group nursing and quality executive, said caring for people is a business and passion.
“Through our Life College of Learning, we are able to develop and empower many South African women as they complete the various nursing and health sciences courses on offer. Most of our staff (83%) and 90% of the students are women which makes them a cornerstone of our operations.”
The college was registered as a private higher education institution with the Department of Higher Education and Training 2008 and is an accredited multi-learning model.
This model lets the college offer relational practice-based nursing to more than 2 000 students annually who study at seven college learning centres in the Western Cape, the Eastern Cape, KZN and Gauteng.
The college has also contributed to the development and empowerment of many of the country’s women who are alleviating the national healthcare skills shortage.
While nursing and health sciences remain the core focus of the programmes, this college also offers life skills workshops that cover a range of topics including managing finances, time management and stress management.
With a number of activities throughout the year, such as career days and community involvement projects, they help students make informed career choices.
“Once qualified as a nurse, there are development opportunities in further studies with a view to becoming a specialist nurse both in clinical and non-clinical areas.
“Some of these specialist areas include critical care, operating theatre nursing, primary healthcare, occupational healthcare, education and management.”
