In the second year, students receive a theoretical background to the various specialisation internships, incl. paediatrics, psychiatry, social nursing and home nursing, so that they could make an informed choice for the third year. Social skills, psychology, communication skills, and civil and work-oriented law are also important components of the training programme.
The college has been established in 2001.
Degree and period of study: Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Nursing, four years
Faculty staff: 19
Postgraduate students: 10
Undergraduate students: 204
The College Council
The College Council is the highest authority of the college. The Council holds regular meetings to discuss issues that need decisions to be made at the level of College Council or issues that need to be submitted to the President of University or the University Council for authorization.
The College Council is composed of the following members:
Dr. Kafia Mawlood Shareef, Dean of College, Head of Council
Assistant Lecturer Mr.Ismael Bilal Ismael, Assistant Dean for Admin and Students Affairs, Secretary
Dr. Nahida Mahmud Ahmad, Adult Nursing
Dr. Badea’a Muhamad Najeeb, Maternity Nursing
Dr. Shukir Saleem Hassan, Pediatric Nursing
Dr. Suha Ahmad Husain, Basic Sciences
Dr.Sadia Ahmad Khider, Basic Nursing
Departments
The college is comprised of the following departments:
Pediatric Nursing
Maternity Nursing
Adult Nursing
Basic Sciences
Basic Nursing
This is a career-oriented program leading to a certificate in practical nursing within three full semesters over one calendar year. It prepares students for employment in a rapidly growing health care system. Students are admitted in May of each year. The curriculum consists of didactic and clinical learning. Community facilities provide the settings for clinical experience. Emphasis is on providing basic nursing care to assist persons with acute and chronic (recurring) health problems in a variety of settings. Math Requirement—Students accepted into the program must pass a dosage calculation quiz with a score of 90% or above. Practical nursing students must maintain a grade of “C” or better in all required courses and provide appropriate health records including a negative TB test within one year. Students must also have current health care provider CPR and meet the program’s technical standards. Upon completion of the program, students are eligible to apply for the NCLEX-PN to become licensed as an LPN.
Program Requirements 40 Credits
BIO 103 Human Anatomy and Physiology I …………………….. 4
BIO 104 Human Anatomy and Physiology II ……………………. 4
ENG 101 English Composition ………………………………. 3
NUR 111 Introduction to Practical Nursing ………………….. 3
NUR 112 Care of Human Needs ………………………………. 5
NUR 113 Practical Nursing Through Lifespan I ……………….. 6
NUR 114 Practical Nursing Through Lifespan II ………………. 6
NUR 115 Practical Nursing Through Lifespan III ……………… 6
PSY 201 General Psychology ……………………………….. 3
Certificate Requirement ……………………………………..40
Now is an opportune time to become a nurse practitioner. Not only is there is an increased demand nationally for nurses, but there are new and abundant opportunities for nurse practitioners including demand for inpatient nurse practitioner care to the advent of “Express Care” clinics in retail outlets as well as a burgeoning need for providers to care for the uninsured and indigent population. In addition, there is a “graying” of the nation’s nursing profession with many RNs approaching retirement age. Consequently, opportunities for NPs have never been better. We invite you to take a look at our program!
Why Be a Nurse Practitioner?
Are you looking for a career that allows you to have a profound affect on people’s lives? Do you want to promote health living and help prevent illness and suffering? Do you want the autonomy that allows you to practice independently? Then consider becoming a nurse practitioner.
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have advanced clinical training and educational preparation to manage out health care interventions at an “advanced practice level”. Registered nurses can take their basic nursing experience and knowledge to a higher level of practice as a nurse practitioner.
Nurse practitioners work in a variety of clinical settings including outpatient clinics, ambulatory care settings, emergency departments, inpatient units, community health agencies, and private practice settings as co-owners and operators with other nurse practitioners, physicians and other health care providers. The current facts about nurse practitioners (CANP Fact Sheet, 2006):
There are 88,000 nurse practitioners in the United States.
There are 10,959 nurse practitioners in California.
There are 6,877 California nurse practitioners who prescribe/ “furnish” medications.
Nurse practitioners are primary care providers: 90% work in primary care.
Nurse practitioners increase access to care: 68% see Medi-Cal patients, 51% see the uninsured, and 27% care for indigent patients.
Why Choose Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Samuel Merritt University…
A Flexible, Personalized Approach
Samuel Merritt University’s Strong multicultural approach to family-oriented advanced nursing practice in primary care settings makes our family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) track unique. Our small, private college atmosphere promotes close faculty-student relationships. Classes are scheduled on evenings and weekends to meet the needs of adult students and full time study is available. Students completing the track are awarded a Master Science Nursing degree and are eligible for state and national certification. Post-Master study is available for students with MSN degrees in other specialty areas.
Our Students
The FNP track has a consistent history of attracting highly diverse and talented students. Samuel Merritt University is committed to maintaining a community of students that bring a variety of perspectives, including cultural and professional backgrounds, age, gender, and life experiences. Strong academic, social and financial aid support are provided through various student services programs.
Nurse practitioners work in a variety of clinical settings including outpatient clinics, ambulatory care settings, emergency departments, inpatient units, community health agencies, and private practice settings as co-owners and operators with other nurse practitioners, physicians and other health care providers. The current facts about nurse practitioners (CANP Fact Sheet, 2006):
Professional and Personal Qualifications
Students are admitted to the FNP track based on academic preparation, interest in advanced practice nursing and commitment to the underserved. Consideration is given to those who have experience in the health care field either as a health care worker, a volunteer or who have shadowed a nurse practitioner and to those who speak a second language, especially Spanish. We encourage applicants and students alike to become active in the state and regional chapters of the California Association for Nurse Practitioners .
Successful applicants reflect a demonstrated commitment to multicultural primary care and service to underserved communities. Approximately 24 students are admitted each year.
Profile of the nurse
Responsible
Nurses working in all sectors of healthcare. As a nurse are you in for counseling of patients and clients with health problems. You will develop, in consultation with the team, a custom care plan and you are responsible for the coordination and implementation. Within the multidisciplinary team is your nurse input of great value.
Skillslab and internships
Versatile specialist - Our nurse training is practical and varied. It consists of 50% theory and 50% clinical training. If you get a realistic view of your professional future. Through the courses and training to become the multi-expert to serve as polyvalent nurse working in health care.
First Year Nursing
The first column shows the boxes, in the second column is the hours per academic year. New insights and needs in the health plan can be adjusted.
Second Year Nursing
In the second year the education activities common and both theoretical and practical orientation to the various specializations.
Third year nursing
You have the choice between five specializations: geriatric nursing, pediatric nursing, psychiatric nursing, social nursing and hospital nursing. Folders Info: see above
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Basic nursing part-time
The bachelor degree in nursing and get simultaneously (within or outside health care)? Anyone with a degree of at least secondary education can do so through a flexible learning.
The first year of nursing do you do half-time. If you receive at least 4 years after the bachelor degree in nursing. If you are active in healthcare, you can through a customized internship scheme professional experience.
Nursing care is a science based on practices. In practical settings, nursing is done to match for aiding patients’ needs through providing care with creative, skillful, and unique nursing practice methods. You will study the foundations for nursing practices that are the based for the care.
Further, this is a class to develop and study basic nursing practices. Here the nursing practices are studied to make it the base of practical works such as care techniques for daily life, care techniques in medical treatment, and application of nursing care.
Moreover, teachers study and research with students about the method of study to find out the most efficient way of learning.
1 NUR101 ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY / PATHOLOGY 5 3 + 1
2 NUR102 INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN HEALTH 4 2 + 1
3 NUR103 BIOPHYSICS AND RADIOLOGY 5 3 + 1
4 NUR104 BIOCHEMISTRY 5 3 + 1
5 NUR105 CELL BIOLOGY 5 3 + 1
6 NUR106 INTRODUCTION TO NURSING 6 4 + 5
7 NUR107 MICROBIOLOGY 5 3 + 1
8 NUR108 PHARMACOLOGY 5 4 + 1
9 NUR109 PHYSIOLOGY 5 3 + 1
10 NUR110 BASIC NURSING CARE I 6 4
11 NUR111 BIOSTATISTICS 5 3
12 NUR112 SOCIOLOGY 4 2 + 1
13 NUR201 BASIC NURSING CARE II 7 2 + 1
14 NUR202 EPIDEMIOLOGY 5 3 + 1
15 NUR203 DIETETICS AND NUTRITION 4 2
16 NUR204 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 4 2
17 NUR205 GENERAL MEDICINE I 6 3 + 1
18 NUR206 COMMUNITY NURSING I (FAMILY NURSING CARE) 6 2 + 1
19 NUR207 GENERAL MEDICINE II 6 3 + 1
20 NUR208 GENERAL SURGERY 6 3 + 1
21 NUR209 HEALTH EDUCATION 5 3 + 1
22 NUR210 SOCIAL AND HEALTH LEGISLATION 4 2
23 NUR211 PSYCHOLOGY 5 3
24 NUR301 PAEDIATRICS 5 3
25 NUR302 NURSING I - GENERAL AND SPECIALISED MEDICINE 6 2 + 2
26 NUR303 SPECIALISED SURGERY 5 3
27 NUR304 NURSING II - GENERAL AND SPECIALISED SURGERY 6 2 + 2
28 NUR305 NATURE AND ETHICS OF THE PROFESSION 4 2
29 NUR306 PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING 4 2 + 1
30 NUR307 NURSING III - CHILD CARE AND PAEDIATRICS 6 3 + 1
31 NUR308 NURSING IV - MATERNITY CARE 6 3 + 1
32 NUR309 PSYCHIATRY 4 2
33 NUR310 EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND NURSING 5 2 + 1
34 NUR311 COMMUNITY NURSING II 5 2
35 NUR312 HOME NURSING CLINICAL PRACTICE III (TOTAL PATIENT CARE) 4 2 + 1
36 NUR401 NURSING V - CARE OF THE OLD AND GERIATRICS 5 2 + 1
37 NUR402 NURSING VI - MENTA LHEALTH AND PSYCHIATRY 5 2 + 1
38 NUR403 INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE AND NURSING 4 2 + 3
39 NUR404 COUNSELLING 4 2
40 NUR405 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY - CLINICAL PRACTICE IV 4 2 + 2
41 NUR406 LEGAL ASPECTS OF NURSING 4 2
42 NUR407 HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS 4 2 + 1
43 NUR408 ADMINISTRATION OF NURSING SERVICES 5 3
44 NUR409 RESEARCH PROJECT 8 1
45 NUR410 COMMUNICATION AND ADMINISTRATION (MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT OF ANURSING UNIT) CLINICAL PRACTICE V 5 2 + 2
Free Electives Modules
Free Elective is subject offered by department of the University for which a student is qualified to register
General Electives Modules
The student must successfully complete 4 ECTS, from the following list of modules:No. Code Name ECTS Hours / week
1 AECH101 INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY OF CYPRUS 2 2
2 AECH111 CYPRUS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 2 2
3 AEGL101 INTRODUCTION TO GREEK LANGUAGE 2 2
4 AEGL111 MODERN GREEK LITERATURE 2 2
English Language Modules
The student must successfully complete 0 ECTS, from the following list of modules:No. Code Name ECTS Hours / week
1 AENG101 BASIC ENGLISH 0 5
2 AENG102 INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH 0 5
Anatomy
• Physiology
• Biochemistry
• Human Relationships
• Human Development
• Family Sociology
• Bioethics
• Mental Health
• Human Sexuality
• Theory and Method of Health Counseling
• Pathological Treatment I (Internal Diseases)
• Pathological Treatment II (Surgical Diseases)
• Pathological Treatment III (Pediatric and Women’s Diseases)
• Pathology
• Genetics
• Pharmacology
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Nutrition
• Introduction to Nursing
• Public Health
• Epidemiology
• Health Welfare and Administration
• Nursing and Welfare
• School Health
• Industrial Health
• Health Medical Service and Law
• Fundamentals of Nursing
• Nursing Theory
• Health Assessment
• Nursing Skills I • Nursing Skills II
• Assistant Relationship
• Method of Practical Nursing
• Basic Nursing Practice I
• Basic Nursing Practice II
• Introduction to Adult Nursing
• Treatment Recovery
• Medical Treatment and Life Support
• Rehabilitation Nursing
• Clinical Care
• Terminal Care
• Maternal Nursing
• Pediatric Nursing
• Geriatric Nursing
• Mental Health Nursing
• Community Nursing
• Introduction to Home Nursing Care
• Home Nursing Care Internship
• Health Action
• Introduction to Nursing Care for Islands and Underpopulated Areas
• Nursing Research Method
• Early Exposure to Nursing
• Comprehensive Nursing Internship
• Nursing Education
• Nursing Supervision
• Nursing Policy Planning
• Undergraduate Thesis
• Family Nursing
• Nursing for Infectious Diseases
• International Nursing
Training Program for: Guide their actions in the care of human needs of women, newborns, children, adolescents, young adults and elderly in acute and chronic critical.
Participate in programs of health promotion and disease prevention, recovery and rehabilitation of the health of the disease.
Perform quantitative and qualitative research to identify health problems in populations at risk, pose solutions in the areas of their competence.
Conduct mass education in different levels of care.
Design, plan, schedule, implement, execute and evaluate projects and health programs in different areas.
To do so requires: Provision of community service.
Capacity for observation and analysis.
Sense of organization and leadership.
Willingness to interpersonal relationships.
Mental and physical health.
Emotional domain.
Curriculum: Syllabus
Degrees and Titles: Technologist Basic Nursing (3 years).
Bachelor of Nursing.
Bachelor of Nursing.
Duration:
10 academic semesters
Email:
facenfer@ucsm.edu.pe
Bachelor nursing emphasizes community based nursing practice, which is the wave of the future. In fact, the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice is now urging at least two thirds of the basic nursing workforce hold degrees by 2010.
Explore this site and learn about The College of St. Scholastica’s RN to BS Degree Completion Program. We know you’ll find something here that interests you and hope you decide to pursue your studies with us.
Message from the Dean
This is an exciting time to be a student in any of our programs. Nurses are in great demand everywhere! A bachelor’s degree prepares you for an amazing number of exciting career opportunities.
Why are nurses in such demand? The explosion of knowledge and opportunities is at an all time high. The science of health care has expanded phenomenally in the past five years. The economic changes in health care impact nursing in several ways. Patients are in the hospital for increasingly complex diagnostic and treatment procedures. These factors mean that more nurses are needed. More nurses are also needed to work with patients outside the hospital setting. Nurses have important work in schools, clinics, public health agencies and other setting to prevent illness before they occur or assist patients and families after a hospitalization. Nurses with master’s degrees such as nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists have been demonstrated to provide high quality and cost effective health care. These nurses are also in great demand.
Why get a degree at CSS? We have a long and illustrious reputation for excellence. We have access to hundreds of clinical sites, large and small, rural and urban, hospitals and community centers. We have students in nursing, English, physical therapy, psychology, occupational therapy, social work, exercise physiology, management, health information management, and many other majors or graduate programs all learning together. The time is right to start or expand your nursing career. We hope you’ll take a good look at what we’re doing and consider CSS in your future.