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MLB News and Notes May - 18
Marlins activate Kim from DL
May 17th, 2007
Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - The Florida Marlins activated pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim from the disabled list Thursday and placed infielder Mike Jacobs on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday, with a fractured right thumb.
Acquired from Colorado on Sunday for pitcher Jorge Julio, Kim will make his first start for the Marlins Friday at Tampa Bay. He is 3-1 with a 10.50 ERA this season.
Jacobs left Sunday's 6-4 loss to Washington after the fourth inning with the injury. He was hitting .281 with four home runs and 14 RBI.
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
A's release Walker
May 17th, 2007
Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - The Oakland Athletics released infielder Todd Walker on Thursday.
Walker, signed to a minor league contract by Oakland before the season, hit .271 with four RBI in 18 games for the A's this season. He started nine games at first base for Oakland while Dan Johnson was on the disabled list.
He had been designated for assignment on May 12.
For his career, Walker has hit .289 with 107 home runs and 545 RBI in 12 major league seasons.
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
Reds place Harang on bereavement list
May 17th, 2007
Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Reds placed starting pitcher Aaron Harang on the bereavement list on Thursday so he could be with his ailing grandfather.
The Reds will announce a corresponding roster move on Friday.
Harang is 5-1 with a 4.42 ERA in nine starts this season. It is not known if he will be able to make his next scheduled start on Sunday.
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
Devil Rays: Baldelli heads to disabled list
Rocco Baldelli is headed back to the DL once again. The outfielder has a "moderate" left hamstring strain, manager Joe Maddon told the AP, which necessitated the move. "We're not sure what that means as far as how long he'll be out," Maddon said. The team activated Greg Norton from the DL to replace Baldelli on the roster.
Rangers: Wilkerson won't need surgery
Brad Wilkerson won't need surgery on his right hamstring injury, but he's expected to be sidelined longer than the 15-day minimum. He is expected to be examined by team orthopedist Dr. Keith Meister when the club goes to Houston this weekend, according to the Dallas Morning News. "It's kind of the same as last year when I hurt my shoulder in May," he said. "I was just starting to swing the bat pretty well and stuff happened. It's disappointing, but it's something I can't really do anything about."
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
Baseball Today - May 18
Fri, May 18, 2007
By Associated Press
San Francisco at Oakland (10:05 p.m. EDT).
Barry Zito returns to Oakland after signing with the Giants in the off season.
-Fausto Carmona, Indians, allowed four hits for his first career shutout and complete game, a 121-pitch performance that beat Johan Santana and Twins 2-0.
-Delmon Young, Devil Rays, hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning and drove in five runs to lead Tampa Bay to an 8-6 victory over Texas.
-Gabe Gross, Brewers, homered twice to lift the Brewers over Philadelphia 3-2.
-Jermaine Dye, White Sox, homered and drove in four runs, powering Chicago to a 4-1 win over New York.
Delmon Young''s second homer of the night, a two-run shot in the 10th inning, helped the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Texas Rangers 8-6 on Thursday night and extend their season-high winning streak to four games. Young drove in five runs in the game.
Fausto Carmona is 5-0 in his last five starts and hasn''t given up a run in 15 straight innings after a 2-0 win over Minnesota on Thursday. ... Boston won for the eighth time in 10 games, 2-1 win in the opener of a doubleheader with Detroit.
Minnesota has lost eight of its last 10 after a 2-0 loss at Cleveland on Thursday.
The Mets pulled off their biggest ninth-inning comeback since 1999 by scoring five runs off Cubs reliever Ryan Dempster on Thursday. Carlos Delgado''s one-out, two-run single off Scott Eyre capped the rally, which set off a wild celebration at home plate.
The Pittsburgh Pirates used four sacrifice flies and took advantage of five Florida Marlins errors in a sloppily played 7-2 win Thursday night. The Pirates, who committed two errors of their own, tied a club record set Sept. 9, 1988, against Philadelphia with four sacrifice flies. The Marlins tied a club record for errors.
Kansas City beat a left-handed starter for the first time this year, winning 7-4 over Dallas Braden and Oakland on Thursday. The Royals had been 0-10 when opponents started lefties.
''It''s not normal. He''s not even human. It was so scary, I thought I was hung over.'''' - Minnesota''s Torii Hunter of Fausto Carmona and his sinker after the Cleveland right-hander shutout the Twins 2-0 on Thursday.
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
Beckett headed for DL
Fri, May 18, 2007
By Associated Press
BOSTON -- Josh Beckett is headed for the disabled list because of a finger injury and is expected to miss two starts before returning for Boston's home game May 29 against Cleveland.
Beckett, baseball's winningest pitcher at 7-0, is recovering from a torn flap of skin on the middle finger of his throwing hand. The right-hander will throw on the side before Friday night's game against Atlanta, which he had been scheduled to start.
The Red Sox said Beckett would go on the disabled list Friday and right-hander Devern Hansack would be recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket to face the Braves. So far this year, no member of the Red Sox's rotation has missed a game because of an injury.
''We included him in this decision a lot,'' manager Terry Francona said of Beckett. ''He was very thoughtful and conscientious in what he was saying to us and we talked to him for a long time about it.''
He said ''nothing went backward at all,'' in Beckett's recovery. ''He will prepare to start in the 29th,'' Francona said.
The finger injury forced Beckett out of last Sunday's 6-5 win over Baltimore after four innings. He had won his other seven starts and has a 2.66 ERA.
With Florida in 2002, Beckett's first full season in the majors, blisters on the middle finger sent him to the disabled list three times. In 2004, he made three more trips to the disabled list, two of them because of injuries to that finger. He stayed off the list last season, his first with the Red Sox.
Hansack will start his second stint with Boston. He was called up May 3 when reliever Mike Timlin went on the disabled list and returned there May 11. In his only appearance, he allowed one run in 2-3 of an inning on May 8 against Toronto.
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
Indians acquire RHP Rosario, completing trade with Mariners
Fri, May 18, 2007
By Associated Press
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians acquired 19-year-old pitcher Gregorio Rosario on Friday, completing a trade with the Seattle Mariners.
Rosario has pitched two seasons for Seattle's Dominican summer league team and is a 11-4 with a 3.01 ERA in 23 starts. The right-hander was in extended spring training in Peoria, Ariz.
The Indians sent right-hander Jason Davis to the Mariners on Sunday.
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
Thursday's AL Capsules
May 17, 2007
BOSTON -Julian Tavarez pitched his most effective game of the season, and the Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers and emergency starter Zach Miner 2-1 on Thursday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
Manny Ramirez and Kevin Youkilis drove in runs for the AL East leaders, who won for the eighth time in 10 games. With his 1,541th RBI, Ramirez moved past Willie Stargell into sole possession of 38th place.
Boston needed Tavarez to pitch deep into the game to save its bullpen, which will be tested this weekend. Josh Beckett (7-0) is going to miss his start Friday with a torn piece of skin on his middle finger. The Red Sox haven't announced a starter for that game or for Sunday.
Tavarez (2-4), who lost three of his previous four starts, allowed one run, four singles and four walks and seven innings. Hideki Okajima pitched a perfect eighth, extending his scoreless streak to 18 2-3 innings, and Jonathan Papelbon finished the four-hitter for his 11th save in 12 chances.
Tavarez (2-4), who lost three of his previous four starts, allowed one run, four singles and four walks and seven innings. Hideki Okajima pitched a perfect eighth, extending his scoreless streak to 18 2-3 innings, and Jonathan Papelbon finished the four-hitter for his 11th save in 12 chances.
CHICAGO - Jon Garland limited New York to a run and six hits over seven innings and Jermaine Dye homered and had four RBIs for the Chicago White Sox.
Chicago's victory came a day after the teams split a day-night doubleheader at U.S. Cellular Field and a day before they both were to start a spirited interleague series. The White Sox go to Wrigley Field on Friday for three games with the Cubs, while the Yankees head to Shea Stadium to play the Mets.
The Yankees had two runners on in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings but couldn't score against Garland (3-2) until Doug Mientkiewicz hit a two-out RBI double in the seventh. Garland walked four and struck out two and was backed by three double plays in running his career record to 2-5 against the Yankees. Bobby Jenks pitched the ninth inning to record his 13th save.
Matt DeSalvo (1-1) lasted only 3 1-3 innings in his third major league start, giving up six hits and four runs.
CLEVELAND - Fausto Carmona outpitched Johan Santana again, and Victor Martinez and Ryan Garko homered in a three-pitch span off Minnesota's ace in the seventh inning, leading the Indians.
Carmona (5-1) allowed four hits for his first career shutout and complete game, a 121-pitch performance that beat Santana (4-4) for the second time in less than a month.
The Indians swept the three-game series and improved to 5-0 this season against one of their AL Central rivals. The Twins have lost seven of eight.
On April 24, Carmona snapped a personal 11-game losing streak by defeating Santana, the two-time Cy Young Award winner. The 23-year-old Carmona won his next start five days later, but he became the odd-man out in Cleveland's rotation when Cliff Lee came off the disabled list.
On April 24, Carmona snapped a personal 11-game losing streak by defeating Santana, the two-time Cy Young Award winner. The 23-year-old Carmona won his next start five days later, but he became the odd-man out in Cleveland's rotation when Cliff Lee came off the disabled list.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Scott Elarton got his first victory since last July and slumping Mike Sweeney had a pair of hits for Kansas City.
The Royals, who were 0-10 when opponents started lefties, got to Dallas Braden (1-3) early. Making his fourth major league start, Braden allowed five runs and six hits in 5 1-3 innings.
Elarton (1-0) gave up four runs and six hits in 5 1-3 innings, getting his first win since July 16 at Detroit. The right-hander made his second start of the season after missing the final 71 games last year and the first 36 this year because of shoulder surgery.
Joakim Soria finished for his eighth save in 10 chances.
Bobby Crosby hit a second-inning home run and drove in two runs as the A's lost two in a row for the first time since ending a three-game slide on April 28.
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
NL Capsules
May 17, 2007
NEW YORK -The New York Mets spent most of the afternoon resting up for the Subway Series. Then in one sudden burst, they went rushing into their biggest rivalry.
Carlos Delgado's two-run single capped a five-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Mets startled the Chicago Cubs 6-5 Thursday.
Manager Willie Randolph started a makeshift lineup because the Mets' rain-delayed, 8-1 win Wednesday night ended at 12:53 a.m. David Wright, Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes were among those scheduled to have a day off.
Instead, Wright and Beltran contributed as pinch-hitters as the Mets pulled off their biggest ninth-inning comeback since 1999.
Delgado's one-out single gave them a final thrill - and their seventh win in nine games - going into Friday night's opener against the New York Yankees at Shea Stadium.
Cubs manager Lou Piniella watched relievers Ryan Dempster (1-2) and Scott Eyre blow the big lead. They lost for the sixth time in eight games, and headed back to Wrigley Field to play the Chicago White Sox on Friday.
Ambiorix Burgos (1-0) won in relief.
Down 5-1 in the ninth, the Mets got going when David Newhan led off with a single and Carlos Gomez singled with one out. Piniella went to the mound to talk to Dempster, who loaded the bases with a walk to Beltran.
Endy Chavez drew a walk that forced in a run, and Ruben Gotay's RBI single brought Eyre from the bullpen. Wright batted for Shawn Green and singled to make it 5-4. Delgado followed with a grounder just beyond diving second baseman Ryan Theriot.
Endy Chavez drew a walk that forced in a run, and Ruben Gotay's RBI single brought Eyre from the bullpen. Wright batted for Shawn Green and singled to make it 5-4. Delgado followed with a grounder just beyond diving second baseman Ryan Theriot.
PHILADELPHIA - Ben Sheets struck out eight in 7 2-3 innings, and Gabe Gross hit a pair of solo homers for the first multihomer game of his big league career, helping Milwaukee end a four-game losing streak.
The NL Central-leading Brewers won 10 of 11 before going on the road and have lost five of seven since.
Sheets (4-2) combined with Francisco Cordero on a six-hitter and Gross added some surprising power from the No. 7 spot in the order, helping prevent the Phillies (20-21) from moving over .500 for the first time this season.
Freddy Garcia (1-3) gave up two runs and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings, and the big hits that carried the Phillies back to .500 after a 4-11 start were silenced. Philadelphia lost for the second time in eight games.
Sheets gave up only three hits, including Pat Burrell's solo homer, through seven innings and five hits in all.
Sheets gave up only three hits, including Pat Burrell's solo homer, through seven innings and five hits in all.
WASHINGTON - Felipe Lopez returned from a rare day off by stopping an 0-for-13 skid with a single, double and go-ahead triple, and Washington rallied to Atlanta.
Last-place Washington has won six of its past seven games, including three of four against Atlanta. That means the Nationals have taken two consecutive series after failing to win any of their first 12 this season.
The recent success has hinged on some top bullpen work and occasional clutch hitting. Washington relied on that formula again, although not until after Chipper Jones' two-run homer to center in the fourth helped Atlanta take a 3-1 lead off Matt Chico (3-4).
The rookie starter allowed three runs and five hits in six innings, but relievers Billy Traber, Jesus Colome, and Jon Rauch combined for three perfect innings, with Rauch earning his third save. Chad Paronto (2-1) was the loser.
The rookie starter allowed three runs and five hits in six innings, but relievers Billy Traber, Jesus Colome, and Jon Rauch combined for three perfect innings, with Rauch earning his third save. Chad Paronto (2-1) was the loser.
DENVER - Livan Hernandez allowed four hits over seven innings, singled twice and scored a run for Arizona.
The win gave the Diamondbacks two victories in the three-game series and their sixth series win of the year.
Hernandez (4-2) gave up a run while walking four and striking out two. He was 2-for-3 for his 30th multiple hit game of his career and a hit short of his career high. He raised his season batting average to .333.
Eric Byrnes had an RBI single and triple. Chris Young had two hits and scored a run for the Diamondbacks. Jose Valverde pitched the ninth for his 14th save in 16 tries.
Colorado wasted a good outing from Josh Fogg (1-5), who allowed two runs and seven hits over seven innings.
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
Brewers 2B Rickie Weeks (wrist) has been downgraded to not expected to play in tonight's game.
Cubs 1B Derrek Lee (neck) has been downgraded to doubtful.
D-Backs LF Scott Hairston (wrist) is not expected to play tonight.
White Sox DH Jim Thome (ribs) is ready to return from the DL, but the team will wait until after their weekend interleague series to activate him.
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Reds place Harang on bereavement list
May 17th, 2007
Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Reds placed starting pitcher Aaron Harang on the bereavement list on Thursday so he could be with his ailing grandfather.
The Reds will announce a corresponding roster move on Friday.
Harang is 5-1 with a 4.42 ERA in nine starts this season. It is not known if he will be able to make his next scheduled start on Sunday.
Reds put another player on bereavement list
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Right-handed reliever Marcus McBeth went on the bereavement list Friday, the second Cincinnati Reds pitcher to leave the team for personal reasons.
Right-handed starter Aaron Harang went on the bereavement list Thursday, allowing him to spend time with his ailing grandfather in San Diego. The Reds don't know whether he will return in time to start against the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field on Sunday.
McBeth was called up from the minors on Tuesday and has yet to appear in a game for the Reds. There was no indication how long he would be apart from the team to deal with an undisclosed matter.
To fill the two roster spots, the Reds called up right-handed reliever Brad Salmon and infielder Jeff Keppinger from Triple-A Louisville.
Salmon made his major league debut on May 2 and went 0-1 in four games with a 3.86 earned run average. He was optioned back to Louisville on May 13.
Keppinger was called up on May 10, when the Reds sent struggling third baseman Edwin Encarnacion to Louisville. Keppinger went 1-for-4 in two games, then was sent back to Louisville on Tuesday.
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
Rockies place McClellan on DL
May 18th, 2007
Denver, CO (Sports Network) - The Colorado Rockies placed right-handed pitcher Zach McClellan on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation.
The move is retroactive to May 14.
McClellan is 1-0 with a 5.79 ERA in 12 relief appearances for Colorado this season. He has 13 strikeouts in 14 innings.
To take his place on the roster, the club has recalled right-handed pitcher Darren Clarke from Tulsa.
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
Atlanta-Boston postponed
May 18th, 2007
Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Friday night's game between the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves at Fenway Park has been postponed due to wet grounds and inclement weather. The game has been rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader for Saturday, May 19, beginning at 7:35 p.m. The opener of the day-night doubleheader will be played at the regularly scheduled time of 1:05 p.m. The forecast calls for continued moderate to heavy rain throughout Friday afternoon and evening and the forecast for Saturday also calls for showers.
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
Tigers recall Miller; option Miner
May 18th, 2007
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - The Detroit Tigers recalled pitcher Andrew Miller from Double-A Erie and the left-hander is scheduled to start Friday night's game against the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a three-game set.
To make room for Miller, who is taking the starting spot of the injured Jeremy Bonderman, the Tigers optioned pitcher Zach Miner to Triple-A Toledo. Bonderman was placed on the disabled list Wednesday with a blister on his pitching hand.
Miner (0-1) suffered the loss in the opener of Detroit's doubleheader at Boston on Thursday, allowing two runs -- one earned -- on six hits over 5 1/3 innings in a spot start for the sick Mike Maroth.
Miller made eight relief appearances for the Tigers last season, posting a 0-1 mark with a 6.10 ERA over 10 1/3 innings. In eight minor-league starts this season, Miller had just one win in eight starts. In Double-A he allowed just one unearned run on six hits over eight innings in a no-decision. With Single- A Lakeland, he was 1-4 with a 3.48 ERA.
Re: MLB News and Notes May - 18
Marlins claim Linden off waivers
May 18th, 2007
Miami, FL (Sports Network) - The Florida Marlins have claimed outfielder Todd Linden off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
Linden failed to clear waivers after the Giants designated him for assignment last week. He drove in just three runs and batted a mere .182 in 30 games this season.
In parts of five big league seasons with the Giants, Linden has batted .217 with seven home runs and 28 runs batted in.
The Marlins opened a roster spot by designating outfielder John Gall for assignment.
Gall had appeared in just three games for Florida this season and was hitless in four at-bats. He played parts of the last two seasons with St. Louis and is a career .245 hitter with two homers and 11 RBI in 53 at-bats.
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|The individual Quality Assuring Body for each Learning Programme recorded against this qualification is shown in the table at the end of this report.
|The individual NQF Sub-framework for each Learning Programme recorded against this qualification is shown in the table at the end of the qualification report.
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|In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.
This qualification does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification.
This qualification will enable the learner to function as a clinically focused, service orientated, independent registered staff nurse, who is able to render basic care to persons with stable and uncomplicated general health problems, as determined by the appropriate legislative framework (stable is defined as: situations in which the client's health status can be predicted or anticipated; and where interventions have predictable outcomes and/or a known level and range of negative outcomes).
The qualification will provide a basis for decision-making about what is within and beyond the defined scope of practice as well as understanding of the referral system in place for anything outside of the scope of practice. Recipients of this qualification will also be able to deal with specified emergencies beyond their scope in case of need. The qualifying learner will apply evidence-based nursing practice, which is based on research, or established practices that have proven to be effective both nationally and internationally within the profession.
On successful completion of this qualification, the learner is eligible for registration with the relevant statutory body as a Staff Nurse. Successful registration will license nurses to practice as a staff nurse as defined in the Nursing Act No.33 of 2005. [The Act defines a Staff Nurse as: "a person educated to practice basic nursing in the manner and to the level prescribed - according to relevant legislation and regulations"].
More specifically, the qualification aims to:
> A methodical, solution-based approach to problem solving.
> An empowerment strengths-based approach to personal development.
> Competence in written and oral communication.
> Capacity to assess and implement health and other policy.
> Ability to plan, implement and manage projects of a varied nature.
> An ability to work independently and as part of a team.
As such, the qualification will also be valuable for those in the profession who may have been practising within the field, but without formal recognition for registration purposes.
In particular, this qualification will be useful for:
This qualification articulates:
Recipients of this qualification will be able to:
Learners will function within the current scope of practice of the staff nurse as formulated by the relevant statutory council, in conjunction with the policies of the institutions of employment.
Professionals carry out their duties:
This qualification is intended to prepare the qualifying learner to meet the service delivery needs of the country. It is envisaged that the majority of the nursing learner population will access this qualification. Practice is focused on quality service delivery within a broad spectrum of health services.
A significant report by Pick, Nevhutalu, Cornwall, and Masuku (2001, July) on the current situation of human resources in health in South Africa, outlines a background of extreme economic and health inequalities of the past, and describes the current landscape still characterised by complex distortions of supply, production, distribution, and development of health personnel.
Pick et al (2001) found that there was considerable overlap of services in the primary health care package; seen as normal, but that some of the professional categories were not available at all points of Primary Health Care delivery. Nurses who had undergone no curative clinical care training provide primary clinical care for large sections of the population, while many health personnel currently provide many service components contained in the PHC package in contravention of their scopes of practice. Scopes often overlap, are too general, are not clearly defined, or are restrictive. The report strongly recommended that scopes of practice of different professionals be revised.
The Report further identified a shortage of professionals - e.g. doctors, nurses, and therapists - mostly in the rural areas. To address these shortages the Report proposed that the scopes of practice of upper- and mid-level workers be redesigned to allow some tasks traditionally assigned to upper-level professionals to be given, with training and associated controls, to workers at a lower level.
Striking inequalities were found between urban and rural facilities in the staffing of nurses. The Report further recommended that the scopes of practice of all categories of nurses be revised to ensure that all categories are able to progress to the next level in the nursing skill hierarchy.
Based on the above findings, Pick et al (2001) then recommended that some of the tasks, traditionally provided by highly specialised professionals, be reassigned, with training and supervision, to workers at a different professional level.
Extension of the tasks of the enrolled nurse is suggested as:
The Act No.33 of 2005, passed in May 2006, makes reference to four categories of nurses and also outlines the scope of practice.
This qualification, one of those categories, is intended for the majority of those nurses in, or wishing to enter the profession, because it meets the minimum requirements for registration as a Staff Nurse. The intention behind the qualification is to create a mid-level practitioner to practice nursing, by far the highest demand category for the existing and projected needs in health service delivery to the community.
Nurses in this category will assume responsibility for the broad scope of health service delivery. It is a more comprehensive qualification than existing qualifications, and upgrades current requirements to meet the new scope of practice for the Nursing Profession, and align emerging practitioners to the health delivery needs of the country. Nurses receiving this qualification will be competent to practice in all contexts, and will no longer be bound by old distinctions between regional and area hospitals. The focus of the qualification is on providing a broad range of maintenance skills rather than dealing with complications of serious illnesses. Qualified persons will plan for basic health care, and carry through the planning of professional nurses.
The qualification is intended to focus on practice rather than academic routes and provides for high quality learning opportunities with a focus on nursing practice. It replaces the old NQF Level 4 qualification - in line with the increased demands placed on the nursing profession in the new health care system - but also allows for more rapid entrance into practice.
The qualification is unit standard based to provide clear indications of how the new qualification links to the revised scope of practice for the profession, and to facilitate the upgrade of existing practitioners. It is further intended to assist in bringing coherence to training provision by providing clearly defined outcomes of learning, and a single standard for the sector. This will make it possible for quality assurance bodies to challenge quality of training provision, and assist training providers in their re-curriculation processes towards the new requirements. The unit standards will also allow for recognition of incremental learning through RPL processes; where the scope has changed, it is easy for currently registered nurses to identify new requirements. The qualification and its unit standards will further facilitate ongoing professional development.
The qualification is intended to promote higher-level cognitive thinking skills. Unit standards assist in clearly demarcating areas for experiential learning (vs. theoretical) - to meet requirements for registration.
Recognition of Prior Learning:
Learners may provide evidence of prior learning for which they may receive credit towards the qualification by means of portfolios, other forms of appropriate evidence and/or challenge examinations, as agreed to between the relevant provider and relevant ETQA or ETQA that has a Memorandum of Understanding in place with the relevant ETQA.
RPL is particularly important, as there are people in the profession with a variety of qualifications of differing quality and scope. It is important that an RPL process be available to assist in making sense of existing qualifications, and helping to standardise qualifications around a common standard. A related issue is that the nursing profession is facing a new scope of practice, based on international standards. It is essential that existing qualifications and all new provisions are aligned to the new scope of practice, and the vision for health care in South Africa.
A further consideration is that there is a big change in the needs of the community that nurses have to serve; this partly explains the 'migration' amongst practitioners to other qualifications. Nurses are finding that their existing qualifications do not meet emerging needs or requirements, and they move to another to meet those needs.
Nursing has historically provided an access to learning for people without education. People have gained entry into nursing through different routes (usually via auxiliary and ancillary health). There are increased numbers of people wanting to access higher education, and RPL will assist in formalising what exists and providing access to learning pathways.
There are also existing staff nurses (those qualified under single bridging courses - the old course was a 2 year qualification that allowed 'enrolled nurses' to become registered nurses); as well as currently enrolled nurses. There are gaps between old qualifications and the requirements of the new scope of practice, and a consequent need to upgrade qualifications. RPL is seen as vitally important in every case to given recognition to learning already in place, making sense of the plethora of different levels and standards in the field, and providing a means for all to gain access to, and progress within, a common learning pathway for the profession.
Access to the Qualification:
In terms of current relevant legislation:
|Nursing training is based on an assumption of 1540 hours of learning per annum - (35 hours per week for duration of 44 weeks).
In order to be credited with this qualification, learners are required to achieve a minimum of 286 credits - to be compiled as follows:
|1. Communicate in a helping manner.
2. Maintain professionalism in own practice of nursing.
3. Apply knowledge of biomedical, biotechnological and psychosocial sciences to the practice of nursing.
4. Develop, implement and evaluate population-based health care.
5. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for individuals and groups with stable uncomplicated health problems based on thorough assessment.
6. Deliver nursing care to sick or disabled individuals and groups with stable uncomplicated health problems.
7. Promote rehabilitation of individuals and groups with disabilities.
8. Deliver safe maternal care.
9. Manage a health care unit.
10. Utilise principles of science and methodology in investigating nursing and health related problems.
Critical Cross-Field Outcomes:
This qualification addresses the following critical cross-field outcomes, as detailed in the associated unit standards:
Learning programmes directed towards this qualification will also contribute to the full personal development of each learner and the social and economic development of the society at large, by making individuals aware of the importance of:
|Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
1.1 Communication is supportive of patients' needs, and deals sensitively with diversity in all respects, and for all contexts.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
2.1 Practice is applied consistently in a manner that reflects a clear understanding and interpretation of the requirements of SA Nursing and Health Care legislation.
2.2 Ethical codes, professional accountability and responsibility, and standards for the practice of nursing are interpreted and applied consistently in line with their spirit and intent.
2.3 Own personal development and management maintains emotional balance, and promotes effective and professional service delivery.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
3.1 Knowledge of applied psychology and sociology is applied in ways, which benefit the level and quality of health care delivery to patients.
3.2 Knowledge of anatomy, micro-organisms and physiology meets requirements for professional health care, and promotes effective health care delivery.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
4.1 Health care provided is appropriate to the particular context, and based on proper health assessment.
4.2 Community involvement in health care is promoted through information sharing, and contact, which promotes ongoing collaboration with the community or group.
4.3 Community health assessments assist in prioritising community needs and reporting findings for effective health care delivery.
4.4 Counselling, where required, is supportive of a range of different needs, including needs of those affected by abuse, neglect, or violence.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:
5.1 Planning and provision for health care is based on sound assessment, and informed decision making. Planning is inclusive of the patient and other key stakeholders.
5.2 Nursing care is implemented in an integrated manner, according to plans.
5.3 Health care status of individuals, groups and/or communities identifies changes in general status in time to implement preventive or corrective measures in the interests of general well being.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:
6.1 Nursing care delivered provides the necessary physical and psychological care and support for long term and or terminally ill patients, in line with the accepted scope of practice for nursing.
6.2 Support provided to patients recovering from acute illness prepares them for discharge in ways that enable the patient, family and significant others to cope with the management of the patient at home.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7:
7.1 Goals set are realistic in terms of functional ability and possible barriers to rehabilitation.
7.2 Assistance provided to the client identifies indicators of relapse or complications and ways of preventing these.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8:
8.1 Care delivered is integrated and provides for the long-term wellbeing of mother and child, in line with the accepted scope of practice for nursing.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 9:
9.1 Management activities are directed towards the establishment of a team approach to health care, and the effective delivery of services within a physically safe and emotionally supportive environment.
9.2 Pharmacological preparations and treatment are managed in ways that ensure the correct storage of drugs, and the correct preparation and administration of pharmacological treatment.
9.3 Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation is documented accurately and timeously, and promotes effective service delivery as well as security and confidentiality of information.
9.4 Standards set for unit health care delivery are monitored regularly, and information gathered identified areas for improvement on an ongoing basis.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 10:
10.1 Technology is used in ways that facilitate the effective diagnosis and treatment of hearing and breathing related conditions.
Integrated Assessment:
Evidence of integration will be required as per the following broad criteria, all within the context of an active learning environment. The guidelines of the relevant statutory health council are used as a reference for clinical competence.
Assessment should take place within the context of:
Assessment will take place according to the detailed specifications indicated in the unit standards associated with each exit level outcome (see "associated unit standards" above).
Over and above the achievement of the specified unit standards, evidence of integration will be required as per the following broad criteria, all within the context of an active learning environment.
Assessors should note that the evidence of integration could well be presented by candidates when being assessed against the unit standards - thus there should not necessarily be separate assessments for each unit standard and then further assessment for integration. Well designed assessments should make it possible to gain evidence against each unit standard while at the same time gain evidence of integration.
Formative assessment:
Throughout the qualification programme formative assessment strategies are used to ensure that exit level and critical cross-field outcomes are achieved and include:
And/or any applicable method, including evidence of involvement in a research project.
Summative assessment:
Can take the form of:
As agreed to by the relevant ETQA or ETQA that has a Memorandum of Understanding in place with the relevant ETQA.
|South Africa is an active member of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) as well as the International Labour Organisation (ILO), member of the African Union (AU), formerly the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Commonwealth. The proposed qualification would meet recognition requirements in most of the member countries of these organisations and throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.
Comparison of Qualifications:
In recognition of the reality of globalisation of nursing and nursing personnel, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) (2001) recommended "global" competencies for the generalist nurse. The ICN defined the generalist nurse as:
"A person who has completed a programme of basic nursing education and is qualified in her/his country to practice nursing. The educational programme prepares the nurse, through study of behavioural, life and nursing sciences and clinical experience, for effective practice and direction of nursing care, and for the leadership role. The first level (generalist) nurse is responsible for planning, providing and evaluating nursing care in all settings for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, care of the sick and rehabilitation; and functions as a member of a health team" (ICN, 200, p. 2).
The ICN further differentiates between what they refer to as a first and a second level nurse. The first level nurse refers to the generalist nurse or the equivalent of a professional nurse in current SA terms. The second level nurse on the other hand refers to a nurse who has completed a programme of study including "nursing theory and clinical practice" (p. 2) in preparation for practising nursing under the supervision of the first level nurse. This would be the equivalent of either the enrolled and nurse or the enrolled nursing assistant in SA terms.
The Role of the Generalist Nurse:
The role includes: "Promotion of health, and prevention of illness of individuals of all ages, families and communities; planning and management of care if individuals of all ages, families and communities with physical or mental illness, disabilities or rehabilitation needs in institutional and community settings and care at the end-stage of life" (p. 3).
Competencies of the Generalist Nurse:
The ICN defined competence as: "a level of performance demonstrating the effective application of knowledge, skill and judgment" (1997, 44; 2001, p. 3). Three broad categories of competencies are identified. These include:
The World Health Organisation (1987) on the other hand has placed emphasis on the issues surrounding the relevance of the education of health professionals. The basic premise on which the WHO's recommendations are based is that effective education of health professionals must produce health professionals who are "responsive to needs to the needs of the populations they serve, in order to achieve the goal of health for all" (WHO, 1987, p. 5), and that such an education should be "based largely in the community, or in any of a variety of health service settings" (p. 5). In this regard, the WHO recommends that education of health professionals be community-based. The WHO views community-based education as "consisting of learning activities that use the community extensively as a learning environment".
Required Competencies of Graduates of Community Based Education Programmes:
The WHO work study group on community-based education classifies competencies of graduates of CBE programmes into:
All health professionals should be able to:
> Respond to health needs and expressed demands of the community by working with the community, in order to stimulate self-care and a healthy life-style.
> Educate both the community and their co-workers.
> Solve or stimulate action for the solution of both individual and community health problems.
> Direct their own and community efforts towards the promotion of health and the prevention of disease, unnecessary suffering, disability and avoidance of death.
> Work as members of health teams and with other health other health teams.
> Act as leaders of such teams when necessary.
> Continue to learn throughout their working experience, in order to maintain and improve personal competence.
Include the following:
The proposed National Diploma: Nursing NQF Level 5 compares with the ICN requirements in the relevant categories of professional nurses.
Scope of Practice:
In developing the scope of practice for nursing in South Africa, the South African Nursing Council (SANC) looked at all the countries where SA Nurses can register. In particular, models were examined for New Zealand, Canada, New Mexico, United Kingdom (UK), and ECSACON (East Central Southern Africa College of Nursing) - which attempts to provide a professional regulatory framework; attempt to benchmark all educational standards for the region.
The scope of practice for nurses in South Africa is based on guidelines produced by the International Council of Nurses (which provides the guidelines and/or competency framework for most countries), as well as the results of research into the countries and regions described above.
The Review:
The Review of the Scope of Practice of Nursing and the profession of nursing began in 1999 when the South African Nursing Council prioritised the need to revise the scope of practice. The factors that influenced the review of the scope of practice was a changing health care system identified in the White Paper for the Transformation of Health and the changes in education system brought about by the National Qualifications Framework and the South African Qualifications Act.
The purpose of the review is to align the practice of nursing to the changes in the national health policy and the legislative framework. Purpose includes:
Challenges facing Nursing Education:
The changes in both the health care system and the education system has created numerous challenges for nursing education and training and some of these challenges are:
Challenges facing the Profession:
South Africa requires nurses that are comprehensively trained to provide nursing care in various contexts (Primary health care, institutional/hospitals, midwifery and mental health settings) and in both rural and urban setting. Comprehensive training does not imply or focus on attaining separate qualifications but rather on the ability to integrate knowledge and skills for the provision of comprehensive nursing care. Each category of nurse will be an independent practitioner in accordance with their scope of practice and the level of training and competence attained.
The Scope, and a Competency Framework:
The revised scope of practice focuses on outlining the practice of the three basic categories of nurses. Education and training of nurses will be informed by the scope of practice and the competencies required for nursing practice, as defined in this qualification (and three others). Where the scope of practice for current categories of nurses is expanded, training to upgrade the skills and competencies will be required.
Each category of nurse is defined and a clear distinction in terms of the practice is made. The scope distinguishes between different areas of practice viz. clinical, ethical and professional and quality of practice. The scope of practice is supported by a competency framework for the profession of nursing. The competency framework provides detailed for and supports an outcomes based approach to nursing education and training.
The scope is outlined:
A staff nurse is a person who:
Scope of Practice:
The scope of the staff nurse is to provide basic nursing care, which entails:
Scope of Professional and Ethical Practice:
The Professional and Ethical practice of a Staff Nurse requires a practitioner to:
Scope of Clinical Practice:
The clinical practice of a staff nurse is to provide basic nursing care for the treatment and rehabilitation of common health problems for individuals and groups. Such practice requires a practitioner to:
Quality of Practice:
The quality of nursing practice of a staff nurse is to:
An examination of the Scope of Practice, as well as those in operations in ICN signatory countries, clearly indicates the alignment of this proposed qualification with international practice.
|This qualification - National Diploma: Nursing - articulates with the Professional Degree in nursing at NQF Level 7, or any other bachelor's degree in the health and social sciences as determined by the provider.
The following diagram shows the location of this qualification in terms of other possible qualifications within the field:
Horizontal Articulation:
Learners can move into a number of related areas in health and allied health sciences, as well as research, education and nursing management, by achieving the credits specified in each qualification, mainly related to specialisation areas particular to each sub-field.
Vertical Articulation:
Learners can move vertically by using this qualification as the basis for any of the qualifications indicated above NQF Level 5.
|As per the SAQA decision, after consultation with the Quality Councils, to re-register all qualifications and part qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework that meet the criteria for re-registration, this qualification has been re-registered from 1 July 2012.
|Carry out a health assessment of an individual of any age group
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Demonstrate knowledge of the anatomy and bio-physical functioning of the human body
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Demonstrate knowledge of the structure and biology of micro organisms as it applies to clinical practice
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Develop and apply strategies to cope with the emotional demands of nursing situations
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Ensure child and adolescent-friendly health and nursing care
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Facilitate community stakeholder involvement in promoting and maintaining health
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Implement and evaluate planned nursing care to achieve identified patient outcomes
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Lead and participate in team approaches to health care
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Manage a community health intervention
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Monitor and stimulate the growth and development of a child and/or adolescent
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Practice in accordance with ethical and legal codes of nursing and the laws of the country
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Provide nursing care to a terminally ill patient and support to the family
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Share information to promote effective decision making in health care
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Create and maintain a safe physical and emotionally supportive environment in a health care unit
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Demonstrate knowledge of applied psychology in the care of health care users
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Demonstrate knowledge of applied sociology in the care of patients
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Demonstrate knowledge of the physiology and biochemical functioning of all body systems
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Develop a care plan in collaboration with patients and/or carers
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Maintain optimum health of the pregnant woman and the family
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Manage childhood illnesses in an integrated manner
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Manage individuals and groups with communicable diseases
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Manage minor ailments and common illnesses
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Manage pharmacological preparations and treatment
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Manage rehabilitation
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Provide nursing care to individuals with long term illness
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Provide postpartum care to the mother and neonate
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Respond to physical and psychological emergency situations
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Utilise relevant legislation, regulations and policy in planning in a health care unit
|Level 6
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L6
|Organise, co-ordinate and review the activities of a health care unit
|Level 7
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L7
|Use communication skills to establish and maintain supportive relationships
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Perform a spirometry screening test in an occupational setting
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Perform an audiometric screening test in an occupational setting
|Level 5
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5
|Develop, maintain and manage an effective information management system for nursing practice
|Level 7
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L7
|Maintain physical and psychological comfort in acute and/or chronically ill patients, and significant others
|Level 7
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L7
|Manage the provision of quality nursing care in a cost effective manner
|Level 7
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L7
|Prepare the patient who has recovered from an acute illness for discharge
|Level 7
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L7
|Provide counselling and intervention for people affected by abuse, neglect, or violence
|Level 7
|Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L7
|Learning Programme Title
NQF Level
|NQF Level
|Min Credits
|Learning Prog End Date
|NQF Sub-Framework
|National Diploma: Nursing
|Level 5
|Level N/A: Pre-2009 was L5
|This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Quality Assuring Bodies have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Quality Assuring Body should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.
|Learning Programme Title
|Accredited Provider
|National Diploma: Nursing
|All qualifications and part qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework are public property. Thus the only payment that can be made for them is for service and reproduction. It is illegal to sell this material for profit. If the material is reproduced or quoted, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) should be acknowledged as the source.


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Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003
Money & Banking - Insight
$100 billion: Understated, underexplained
Sudhanshu Ranade
Progress has been significant in recent years. It took 12 years for the reserves to reach $52.5 billion, in May 2002. In less than 18 months from that date, this figure has almost doubled.
Progress, however, willy-nilly brings problems with it, epecially when it comes about so rapidly and due to factors that are, despite our pretensions, largely beyond our control.
About a year before taking office, Dr Y. V. Reddy, who could then afford to be more candid than the grandeur and constraints of his office will now permit, stated that the `appropriate level of reserves' was determined by the need to be able to intervene in the forex market to check volatility arising out of `mood swings'; to be able to fund imports and service debts, and to ensure against `liquidity risks'.
Somehow, he failed to mention that the `primary', indeed almost the only, reason for acquiring reserves in today's context is to take `surplus' dollars off the forex market, so as to prevent rates of exchange getting determined of their own accord, by the interaction between demand and supply.
A surfeit of dollars, unless it is taken off the market, automatically raises the price of the rupee, on account of the `excess demand'. India, like China, has been trying hard to resist this increase in the `value' of its domestic currency.
A rising rupee has an adverse impact on exports and, perhaps more important from a political point of view, on the profits of exporters.
By increasing the price of a rupee's worth of exported commodity in dollar terms, it tends to price our goods out of the market.
It erodes our `competitive edge', not only vis-à-vis goods that are produced within the United States (the US accounted for 20 per cent of our exports in 2001/02; compared to the 5 per cent that went to our second largest trading partner, the UK); but also vis-à-vis goods exported by, say, China which are, for a variety of reasons, better equipped to retain their competitive position in the face of adversity.
It is because of this that the Commerce Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, publicly called on exporters last Wednesday to take the hardening of the rupee vis-à-vis the dollar "as a challenge, rather than viewing it as a hurdle". What they needed to do, he said, was to "find ways to cut down costs and increase operational efficiency".
In private, no doubt, exporters were treated to reassurances, by the Finance and Commerce Ministries in conjunction based on steps the government proposes to take to deal with their problem.
Another problem about the inflows is that to the extent the dollar is allowed to fall vis-à-vis the rupee, it erodes the degree of protection from imports for domestic producers (and employees) in India; which, too, has obvious political ramifications.
However, mopping up surplus dollars in an effort to keep the exchange rate steady involves a corresponding increase in the quantity of rupees in circulation and therefore raises the spectre of inflation which, apart from the problems it could cause for the economy at large, tends to erode the competitive edge of our exporters, even if the value of the rupee is somehow held steady vis-a-vis the dollar.
One way of restraining this is by urging the stock market onwards. A rise in stock prices (or housing; the generic term used by the IMF is "asset-price inflation") eases the pressure on the prices of domestic goods and services.
It also provides two additional advantages: It increases the value of government holdings in PSUs up by Rs 150,000 crore in the past eight months; and it helps the growth of GDP because the increasing `wealth of the nation' stimulates consumption and hopefully investment in real assets as well.
This, however, is a chancy business, and needs to be supplemented by more reliable mechanisms to trim forex reserves in order to keep domestic prices in check.
When the forex reserves crossed the $100-billion mark a fortnight ago, it was seen as a great success; as if the feat had been brought about by clever planning on our part.
That this is not entirely true is suggested by the fact that, for many years now, the government has been desperately seeking ways of keeping reserves lower than they would otherwise have been. But for these measures, the forex reserves would have crossed the $100-billion mark years ago.
One such step has been to use the pile-up of dollars to retire debt. Other steps include allowing exporters and corporates to retain dollar earnings abroad, and allowing institutional investments abroad.
In 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02 capital account inflows into the economy of $5.8 billion, $12.2 billion, $14.2 billion and $12.2 billion were to a large extent offset by outflows of $3.6 billion, $7.1 billion, $9.7 billion and $7 billion respectively.
In other words, the outflows in these years accounted for 62 per cent, 58 per cent, 68 per cent and 57 per cent of the inflows.
This phenomenon, incidentally, first surfaced in 1997-98; at about the time the battle to check any further rise in the value of the rupee vis-à-vis the dollar began in real earnest.
Alongside net forex inflows, the RBI Annual Report for 2002-03 reports `stable inflows'; i.e. "all capital inflows excluding portfolio flows and short-term capital and credits".
Speaking as a layman, these figures seem alarmingly low compared to the total size of net inflows: $67 million, $71 million, $89 million and and $85 million for 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 respectively; compared to net forex inflows of $10.4 billion, $10 billion, $10.6 billion and $12.6 billion.
A word of explanation would have been welcome. Second, while it is reassuring that, given the present policy on capital convertibility/repatriability, the RBI has excluded portfolio inflows in the computation of `stable inflows', the fact is that net portfolio inflows over the past decade cumulatively amount to as much as $24 billion a quarter of the $100-billion reserve.
The (dollar) value of this money in our books seems to have been computed on the basis of its value at the time of entry.
Nowhere in the RBI's Annual Reports or in the Economic Surveys does one find anything to suggest that the government has any reliable mechanism or procedure in place that regularly provides it with some idea of the `value added'; of the amount that could flow out, if the investors decide to de-invest; taking their capital gains (on which tax-based lock-in periods have been greatly relaxed) with them. On this too some sharing of information and thinking would have been welcome.
One last thing. Finance and the Economy are much harder to master than, say, External Affairs and Defence. To manage this portfolio with a modicum of success one needs a certain amount of humility, a sense of humour, and a rough and ready way of putting jargon and gobbledygook (including articles like this one) to the test.
I. G. Patel's report about a 1961 visit by Morarji Desai to a World Bank-IMF meeting in Washington comes to mind. He relates the story thus: "At a dinner at my house, he sat on a sofa gently knocking his head against the wall. After a while he asked what was behind the wall. When I informed him that there was a stair-well, he said: `Thank God. There was so much resonance that I found myself wondering if there was a big vacuum inside my head'".
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