Year I - Semester 1
Course Description:
Prerequisites: None
This course provides an opportunity to integrate knowledge and skills of
computer science, nursing science, information science, and cognitive
science in clinical nursing, education, administration, and research to
improve healthcare outcomes.
Credit Hours: 2 - 0.5 - 0 = 2.5
Course Description:
Prerequisites: None
This course is an in-depth study of nursing research methodologies. The
focus will be on the inter-relationships among theory, advanced nursing
practice, and research. Emphasis placed on developing skills used in
critical analysis of nursing research for determining applicability of
the research to nursing practice.
Credit Hours: 3 - 0 – 0 = 3
Course Description:
Prerequisites: None
This course provides students with the statistical knowledge and skills
to use effectively in research and its interpretation of the findings.
The content focuses on appropriate statistical methods, correlating to
the study designs utilized in nursing research and practice. It also
enables the student to develop skills in computing and interpreting
parametric and nonparametric statistical tests.
Credit Hours: 2 - 0.5 - 0 = 2.5
Course Description:
Prerequisites: None
This course intend to introduce the students to scholarly writing skills
involving application of principles of effective written communication
and critical reading with emphasis on origination, drafting, revising,
editing, self-assessment and effective critiquing.
Credit Hours: 1 - 0 – 0 = 1
Year 1: Semester 2
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I Courses
This course prepares the
Masters students to the leadership practice role in the complexities of
the health care delivery system that challenge the nursing profession to
adapt to its demands. To be successful in that endeavor, a nurse must
acquire a broad knowledge in nursing leadership and management. A
competent nurse leader has to tackle issues in nursing service along
with maximizing interdisciplinary team functions and generate productive
results. This course prepares the graduates to understand concepts
related to organization, interprofessional collaboration, human
resources development, strategic planning and managing, information
management, quality management, performance appraisal, magnetism,
staffing, scheduling, and budgeting principles.
Credit Hours: 2-0-1=3
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I Courses
The course utilizes the
critical reasoning process to examine the element of nursing knowledge
and knowledge borrowed from other sciences and humanity. Emphasis is on
concept analysis and synthesis of theoretical knowledge. Identification
of the links between theory and empirical indicators. The clinical
relevance of mid-range and practice theories is to design the nursing
interventions for individuals, families, groups, and communities.
Credit Hours: 3-0-0 =3
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I Courses
The student will analyze
theoretical and pragmatic legal-ethical issues regarding professional
nursing and health care. Emphasis is on an understanding of the nurse as
a professional who embraces lifelong learning, incorporates
professionalism into practice and internalizes the values of the
profession.
Credit Hours: 2-0-0=2
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I Courses
This is an introductory
course, designed to prepare the student in Adult-Gerontology Specialty
to provide patient-centered quality care through application of evidence
in practice, in order to improve health outcomes of patients.
Opportunities provided within the course to develop expertise in
conducting comprehensive and holistic assessments using innovative
evidence-based tools and to make clinical judgement regarding acute and
chronic health situations in adult and geriatric populations.
Credit Hours: 2-0-0=2
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I Courses
This is a precursor course
designed for baccalaureate nurses to develop an understanding about
comprehensive management of community health and community health
nursing. It will enable them to provide promotive and preventive health
care for individuals, families and community, emphasizing the impact of
environment on health
Credit Hours: 2-0-0=2
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I Courses
This is an introductory
course, designed to prepare the students to provide family centered care
through application of advanced concepts and theories in view of
optimizing health outcomes among paediatric population. It aims at
actualizing critical thinking and analytical ability among students with
the use of innovative evidence-based tools and techniques.
Credit Hours: 2-0-0=2
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I Courses
This course designed to
focus on implementing principles of psychiatric nursing. Knowledge from
nursing science and related fields introduced to equip the students with
the basic knowledge and skills in the psychiatric mental health nursing
Credit Hours: 2-0-0=2
Year 2: Semester 3
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I & II Courses
This course designed
to provide students with the opportunity to integrate knowledge of
advanced pathophysiology and pharmacology with understanding of acute
and chronic illnesses in the adult and elderly populations
Credit Hours: 6-1-0=7
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I & II Courses
This course provides
opportunity to the graduates in developing competencies in knowledge,
skills, competencies and critical judgments for community health nursing
practice along with incorporating the knowledge of advanced
pathophysiology and pharmacology with emphasis on health promotion,
disease prevention and restoration of health across the lifespan of
individuals, families, groups and communities.
Credit Hours: 6-1-0=7
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I & II Courses
This course designed
to extend the knowledge and skills of graduates in providing holistic
care to the children within the context of their family, community and
environmental settings. It intends to provide advanced educational
experience to develop critical thinking and problem solving abilities,
which will enable them to actualize safe and effective care for the
children with normal and altered level of health care needs.
Credit Hours: 6-1-0=7
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I & II Courses
This course designed
to focus on implementing major concepts and principles of psychiatric
nursing practice. Provide opportunity to integrate nursing sciences with
related different fields to assess, diagnose, and treat clients with
psychiatric mental health problems. Wellness and the promotion of mental
health, care for clients with acute/ chronic mental illnesses, and the
prevention of further psychiatric morbidity or disability are
emphasized. Evidence-Based Nursing research findings are applied to
emphasize the link between psychotherapeutic process and outcomes.
Credit Hours: 6-1-0=7
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I & II Courses
This course prepares
the students to conduct focused and comprehensive health assessments and
management of adults and geriatric clients. The process of diagnostic
reasoning is emphasized as the primary means of collecting and analyzing
data obtained from the client history, physical examination, and
diagnostic procedures pertaining to specific systems. Opportunity
provided to integrate and apply didactic content of Adult Health &
gerontology Nursing 1 and clinical skills in the care of adult and
geriatric patients with acute and chronic illnesses.
Credit Hours: 0-0-4=4
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I & II Courses
This course aims at
providing clinical knowledge, skills and competencies to the students in
rendering comprehensives care to individuals, families, groups and
communities at primary health centers, schools, homes and community
involving the principles of health promotion, disease prevention and
health restoration
Credit Hours: 0-0-4=4
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I & II Courses
This course prepares
the students to develop clinical expertise in performing comprehensive
health assessment and apply theoretical knowledge in management of
children with complex health care needs. Opportunities provided to
develop effective practice behavior reflecting quality care for children
and their families.
Credit Hours: 0-0-4=4
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I & II Courses
This course prepares
the graduates to conduct focused and comprehensive mental health
assessments and management of clients with psychiatric mental health
problems. Critical thinking and decision-making are emphasized as the
main resources of collecting and analyzing data obtained from the
client, family, and conduction of mental status examination. Opportunity
provided to integrate and apply knowledge and skills content of
Introduction to Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, and Psychiatric
Mental Health Nursing 1 in the care of clients with psychiatric mental
health problems and their families.
Credit Hours: 0-0-4=4
Course Description:
Prerequisites: Semester I & II Courses
Thesis is a
faculty-guided scholarly experience that provides the student with an
opportunity to identify a nursing research problem within the clinical,
to pursue its study, and to contribute to the body of nursing knowledge
and practice. The process provides experience in research design,
implementation and evaluation in a setting with faculty guidance.
Credit Hours: 0-1-0 = 1
Year 2: Semester 4
Course Description:
Prerequisites:Semester III Courses
This course is the third
in the series of adult health and gerontology nursing. It is designed to
broaden students’ knowledge and skills in care of adult and geriatric
populations with specific acute and chronic illnesses. An evidence-based
approach to nursing and medical management including pathophysiologic,
pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic modalities are emphasized.
Specifically, genito-urinary, sensory and neurological system disorders
encountered by adults and geriatric patients including emergency care
are also covered
Credit Hours: 5-1-0=6
Course Description:
Prerequisites:Semester III Courses
The course designed to
equip the graduates to apply theories of community health nursing in
practice, with emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention and
health restoration strategies involving advanced knowledge in
pathophysiology and pharmacology while rendering health care to the
community.
Credit Hours: 5-1-0=6
Course Description:
Prerequisites:Semester III Courses
This course designed to
prepare graduates to develop expertise and in-depth knowledge in
management of children with acute and chronic illnesses within
culturally diverse society. It emphasizes development of competency in
providing comprehensive care to the children, based on scientific
knowledge related to advanced concepts of pediatric nursing,
pathophysiology, health assessment and pharmacology. Opportunities will
be created to utilize critical thinking in nursing process as a
framework for providing holistic care to children and their families
experiencing life-threatening illnesses.
Credit Hours: 5-1-0=6
Course Description:
Prerequisites:Semester III Courses
This course continues with
the focuses on implementing major concepts and principles of psychiatric
nursing practice. Emphasizing the roles and functions of the psychiatric
mental health nurse in decision-making based on analyzing of data
collected to meet the needs of the client(s) who is experiencing
alterations in the psychosocial functioning including those with special
population needs. Content includes management strategies and application
of different treatment modalities through integrating nursing science
with other health care professionals
Credit Hours: 5-1-0=6
Course Description:
Prerequisites:Semester III Courses
This practical component
of Adult health Nursing and gerontology 2 designed to provide
opportunity broaden students’ knowledge and skills in care of adult and
geriatric populations with specific acute and chronic illnesses.
Specific procedures related to care of adult and geriatric patients with
genito-urinary, sensory and neurological system disorders discussed.
Credit Hours: 0-0-4 =4
Course Description:
Prerequisites:Semester III Courses
This course intends to
equip the students with the efficient community health nursing skills
for practices, based on the strong scientific knowledge and competencies
directed towards management of health aspects of individuals, families,
groups and community involving collaborative approaches.
Credit Hours: 0-0-4 =4
Course Description:
Prerequisites:Semester III Courses
Course prepares the
students to develop critical thinking and analytical ability in
interpretation of the data obtain from health history ,diagnostic
procedures, assessment based on knowledge of acute and chronic diseases
in providing comprehensive care to children with diverse health care
needs. Students also will be able to appreciate multifaceted role of a
pediatric nurse in practice.
Credit Hours: 0-0-4 =4
Course Description:
Prerequisites:Semester III Courses
This course is a
continuation of the Practicum in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 1. It
will prepare the graduates to conduct focused and comprehensive mental
health assessments and management of clients with psychiatric mental
health problems. Critical thinking and decision making are emphasized as
the main resources of collecting and analyzing data obtained from the
client, family, and mental status examination. Opportunity is provided
to integrate and apply knowledge and skills content of Introduction to
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 1&
2 in the care of clients with psychiatric mental health problems and
their families.
Credit Hours: 0-0-4 =4
Course Description:
Prerequisites:Semester III Courses
Under the guidance of the
thesis supervisor, the students will develop a methodologically sound
study, in the form of a Master of Nursing thesis, which they will defend
at an oral examination. Throughout the thesis process, students will
have the opportunity to continue to develop and incorporate their
learning of advanced nursing theory, research, leadership and practice
into their scholarly work.
Credit Hours: 0-2-0 = 2