Nursing Program

Program Details

Program Description

The Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Nursing offers knowledge, clinical training and learning experiences in nursing sciences that helps to graduate qualified competent nurses who are able to meet the health needs of all members of society at different ages and at different levels of healthcare through the study of adult health nursing, maternal and newborn health nursing, pediatric nursing, community health nursing, psychiatric and mental health nursing and management and leadership in nursing.

For this purpose, students exercise a number of roles during the course of the study in the general part, which qualifies them to provide specialized competent and safe nursing care, using creative thinking based on facts and evidence. Students are to choose one of the following educational tracks (Minors):

• Critical Care Nursing.
• Midwifery Nursing
• Geriatric Nursing

Graduate Attributes

• Acquire stamina, and own a leading character, able to engage and produce under the pressures of work and life, so as to guarantee continued success, development and self-expression.
• Provide safe nursing care to the whole community, families and individuals, via the application of knowledge, concepts of health promotion and disease and injury prevention.
• Provide specialized patient-centred nursing care that promotes patients’ needs and values within the context of their families, communities and healthcare delivery system.
• Employ technology in nursing care, registration, data retrieval and effective communication with the healthcare team.
• Apply relevant ethical and legal regulations of the nursing profession, taking into consideration cultural differences, while providing nursing care to individuals, families and communities.

Learning Outcomes

• Use creative and innovative thinking in a changing social and technological environment, taking into consideration the different cultures of the individual, family and community.
• Integrate knowledge, skills and professional experience through the use of research evidence in clinical practice.
• Provide specialized patient-centred nursing care that promotes patients’ needs and values within the context of their families, communities and health care delivery system.
• Employ information technology in nursing care, registration, data retrieval and effective communication with the healthcare team members.
• Apply relevant ethical and legal regulations of the nursing profession, taking into consideration cultural differences, while providing nursing care to individuals, families and communities.

Areas of Work

• Hospitals (governmental – Private)
• Specialized centres for critical care.
• Specialized research centres.
• Teaching in universities, institutes & advanced nursing schools.
• Preventive Care: primary, secondary, and tertiary.

Getting started

• Semester 1
  7 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  BMS 114	Anatomy (for nursing)	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  BMS 134	Physiology (for nursing)	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  BMS 174	Microbiology (for nursing)	2	2	0	0	4	3	150	6
  AHN 111	Adult health nursing I (theory)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  AHN 112	Adult health nursing I (clinical)	0	0	0	9	9	3	225	6
  AHN 113	Health Assessment (theory)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  AHN 114	Health Assessment clinical	0	4	0	0	4	2	120	4

• Semester 2
  7 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ENG 151	English as a second language (1)	1	2	0	0	3	2	90	4
  BMS 135	Pathophysiology (for nursing)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  BMS 145	Biochemistry & Nutrition (for nursing)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  BMS 162	General Pharmacology (for nursing)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  CMS 113	Medicine & Surgery (for nursing)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  AHN 121	Adult health nursing II (theory)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  AHN 122	Adult health nursing II (clinical)	0	0	0	9	9	3	225	6

• Semester 3
  8 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ENG 251	English as a second language (2)	1	2	0	0	3	2	90	4
  CMS 241	Obstetrics & Gynecology (for nursing)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  MCH 211	Maternal & Newborn Health Nursing (theory)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  MCH 212	Maternal & Newborn Health Nursing (clinical)	0	0	0	9	9	3	225	6
  PCA 211	Health education in nursing	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC1	University Requirement (1)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC2	University Requirement (2)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UE1	Elective University (1)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 4
  8 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  CMS305	Pediatric Medicine & Surgery (for nursing)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  MCH221	Pediatric Nursing (theory)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  MCH222	Pediatric Nursing (clinical)	0	0	0	9	9	3	225	6
  MCH223	Developmental Psychology	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  MCH251	Skills & strategies of teaching in nursing	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  E4	Elective Course (4)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC3	University Requirement (3)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UE2	Elective University (2)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 5
  8 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  CMS381	Epidemiology (for nursing)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  CMS382	Community health Medicine (for nursing)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  MCH231	Research in nursing	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PCA321	Community health nursing(theory)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  PCA322	Community health nursing(clinical)	0	0	0	9	9	3	225	6
  PCA331	Nursing administration (theory)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PCA332	Nursing administration (clinical)	0	0	0	6	6	2	150	6
  UC4	University Requirement (4)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 6
  7 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ENG351	English as a second (3)	1	2	0	0	3	2	90	4
  CMS182	Biostatistics (for nursing)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  CMS312	Psychiatric medicine & Mental Health (for nursing)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PCA311	Psychiatrics Nursing (theory)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  PCA312	Psychiatrics Nursing (clinical)	0	0	0	9	9	3	225	6
  E4	Elective Course (4)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC5	University Requirement (5)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 7
  7 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  AHN 441	Advanced Health assessment for nursing specializations (theory)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  AHN 442	Advanced Health assessment for nursing specializations (clinical)	0	4	0	0	4	2	120	4
  E1	Elective Course (1)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  E2	Elective Course (2)	0	0	0	9	9	3	225	6
  E3	Elective Course (3)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  UC6	University Requirement (6)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UE3	Elective University Requirement (3)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4

• Semester 8
  8 Courses

  Code	Course Name	LCT	LAB	TUT	OTH	CNTCT	CH	SWL	ECTS
  ENG 451	English as a second language 4	1	2	0	0	3	2	90	4
  BMS 461	Applied Pharmacology (for nursing)	3	0	0	0	3	3	135	6
  AHN 451	Applied nutrition for nursing specializations	2	0	1	0	3	3	135	6
  PCA 411	Nursing professional ethics & legislations	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  PCA431	Graduation Project	1	0	2	0	3	3	135	6
  PCA441	Psychosocial Aspects of nursing.	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  E4	Elective Course (4)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4
  UC7	University Requirement (7)	2	0	0	0	2	2	90	4