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5502101
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General Chemistry (1)
Prerequisite: (None)
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(3 credit hours)
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Measurements and significant figures, chemical reactions; stoichiometry;
the gaseous state, thermochemistry; electronic structure and periodicity;
chemical bonding; molecular shapes; states of matter and intermolecular
forces; physical properties of solutions.
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5501101
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General Biology (1)
Prerequisite: (None)
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(3 credit hours)
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Internal structure of the cell; molecules of the cell; cellular
respiration photosynthesis; molecular biology of the gene; genetic code; DNA
replication, protein synthesis; the molecular genetics of bacteria and
viruses, the control of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes;
endocrine, glands and chemical regulation, the Immunology system.
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5701210
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Biochemistry for Nursing
Prerequisite: (5502101)
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(3 credit hours)
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The course begins with a comprehensive overview of the types and
characteristics of the most important reactions of organic chemical compounds
related biochemistry, and then build the characteristics and function of
biochemical compounds of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and general
characteristics of the enzymes and the organization of its work and its
relation to nursing. The production of bio-energy metabolic pathways and
interactions responsible energy storage, construction, nucleic acids and
proteins , an overview of the development of biotechnology and molecular biology
and their relationship to diseases, mechanisms of action of hormones and the
relationship of biochemical nutrition.
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5701204
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Pharmacology for Nursing
Prerequisite:(5701103, 5701210)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course is briefly describing the general principles of
pharmacology and the relationship of the nursing profession in this science,
as well as covering the most important drugs used in the treatment of various
diseases and the relationship of the nurse in administering medications and
observes the action of medications and side effects in the patient. The
course includes self-nervous system drugs, central nervous system drugs,
heart medications and blood vessels, diuretics, anti-infection drugs, cancer
drugs, endocrine drugs, digestive system drugs, respiratory drugs, and
hormones self-positional drugs.
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5701103
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Human Physiology
Prerequisite:(5701104)
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(3 credit hours)
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Course includes a general description of physiology, an
explanation of body fluids and blood physiology of nerves and muscles. The
course describes the functions of systems: circulatory, heart, respiratory
and digestive, urinary and reproductive system in addition to endocrine. It
concludes by explaining the functions of the central nervous system, both
sensory and motor nervous system, both self-friendly and anticholinergic. As
it is referring to some clinical applications when appropriate.
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5701104
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Anatomy for Nursing
Prerequisite: (None)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course aims to identify the natural structure of the human
body and its mechanism of action includes studying the basic structure of the
cell and tissue of the human body as well as all human body organs.
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5701108
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Microbiology for Nursing
Prerequisite:(5501101)
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(3 credit hours)
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The course includes general introduction about microorganisms of
different types of viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites, and their
prevalence in humans and nature, and the cellular and humeral immune
responses are considered in relation to infectious disease. The course
provides knowledge on the most important types of human pathogens, clinical
signs and symptoms, laboratory diagnosis and prevention and treatment.
Hospital acquired infection and procedures to prevent infection in hospitals
and methods of sterilization and disinfection are included.
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5701209
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Clinical Nutrition
Prerequisite:(5701210)
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(3 credit hours)
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Fundamentals related to nutrients & energy with respect to
digestion, absorption, metabolism, functions, dietary sources, diseases of malnutrition
and requirements throughout the life cycle; ; assessment of nutritional
status, formulation and planning diets, nutrition, counselling, and use of
therapeutic diets in the management of common diseases of different body
systems & selected chronic diseases of affluence.
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5701107
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Health Assessment
Prerequisite:(5701103)
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(3 credit hours)
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The
aim of this course (Theoretical and clinical parts) is to provide the
students with the knowledge and skills necessary to assess the individuals'
health throughout the stages of life. In addition, the course aims to develop
the ability of students to practice health assessment based on the functional
health patterns in nursing, which affects the individual's health status. It
enables the student to differentiate any deviations from normal status. The
students will be trained in the faculty of nursing laboratories.
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5701101
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Introduction to Nursing Profession
Prerequisite:(None)
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(2 credit hours)
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This
course introduces the beginning student's to the history of nursing, its
nature and roles. The course has been prepared to provide the student with
basic information and appropriate positive attitudes that will be acquired
while studying and working in nursing profession. This information includes
health and freedom from illness, nursing process, and health care delivery. In addition, it prepares the nursing students to use critical
thinking and decision-making process, which guide to safe and competent
nursing practice.
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5701105
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Foundations of Professional Nursing
Prerequisite:(5701101)
Concurrent with (5701106)
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(3 credit hours)
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This
course is designed to provide the beginning student with
the basic knowledge and positive attitudes related to the individual's
physiological, psychological, and social needs according to the functional
health patterns. This knowledge helps students to understand the integrated
care models and complementary therapies, and therefore reflected in the
planning and implementation of individual nursing care, using the nursing
process steps as a strategy in planning and implementation.
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5701106
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Foundations of Professional
Nursing(Clinical)
Concurrent with (5701105)
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(3 credit hours)
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This clinical course is designed to provide the student with
laboratory guided experiences with emphasis on the student's independent
learning that will assist her/him to master the basic nursing skills. These
skills are presented according to the functional health patterns in parallel
with knowledge provided to the students in the theory course in order to
prepare the students to implement holistic care modalities in the clinical
settings.
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5701201
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Pathophysiology
Prerequisite:(5701103)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course focuses on the physiological changes that occur as a
result of internal and external environmental stressors and pathological
responses of the body that lead to the appearance of the signs and symptoms
of the disease in response to these changes. This course reviews the concepts
and fundamentals of the most common health problems. The content focuses on
the special health needs over individual’s life.
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5701202
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Adult Health Nursing (1)
Prerequisite:(5701105)
Concurrent with (5701203)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course is sequel to the Introduction to Adult Health
Nursing course; It introduces students to the conditions that affect the
functional health patterns of an adult patient. It focuses on the
bio-psycho-social responses of adults to acute and chronic conditions that
affect their functional health patterns. The nursing process will be used as
general framework to formulate nursing diagnosis and nursing interventions
directed towards promoting, maintaining and restoring the health of adults
and their families.
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5701203
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Adult Health Nursing (1) (Clinical)
Prerequisite:(5701106)
Concurrent with (5701202)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course is designed to provide a guided nursing experience,
knowledge and skills essential in preparation of professional nurses who are
responsible to provide nursing care of adult patients with medical and
surgical health conditions. It focuses on the bio-psycho-social responses of
adults to actual and high risk conditions that affect their functional health
patterns. This
course provides the student with the practical
experiences in the clinical settings to deliver nursing care for adult
patients with altered functional health patterns. The nursing process will be
utilized as a framework for care for the individuals and their families. The
course aims at developing the decision-making and problem solving skills, and
linking theory to practice.
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5701205
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Adult Health Nursing (2)
Prerequisite:(5701202)
Concurrent with (5701206)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course, a sequel to Adult Health Nursing-1course. It
introduces students to diseases and critical conditions of adult patients and
their effects on functional patterns of adult’s patients and their families.
Students are expected to have skills and knowledge to make the right decision
when providing care to patients who are suffering from critical health
conditions. Nursing process steps are used as the basis for the
implementation of the nursing plan. Students are expected to demonstrate
decision-making and problem solving skills and provide holistic and diverse
nursing interventions such as health education and promote healthy life style
modifications.
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5701206
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Adult Health Nursing (2) (Clinical)
Prerequisite:(5701203)
Concurrent with (5701205)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course provides the student with the knowledge and skills
appropriate for the care of adults who are suffering from critical health conditions,
focusing on bio-psycho-social responses to patient with actual critical
problems. This course deliberately give the student clinical experience in
specialized medical units. As the student is expected to have basic knowledge
and skills related to pathophysiology, treatment modalities, and advanced
nursing skills, using the nursing process steps primarily to provide nursing
care.
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5701309
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Emergency
and Disaster Care Nursing
Prerequisite:(5701205)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course aims to prepare nursing students to provide care for
people in emergency situations and disasters. This course will provide
students with: definition of disaster nursing; recognition of the community
resources, utilizing disaster planning models; and recognizing the role of
nurses in disaster situations. In addition, The course will include basics of
emergency, first aid and emergency nursing care for specific medical
emergencies. Critical thinking and problem solving is emphasized.
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5701406
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Management and Leadership in Nursing
Prerequisite:(5701301)
Concurrent with (5701407)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course is designed to provide the student with the basic
concepts and principles in management and leadership that necessary to
promote student's ability to manage health care and make appropriate
decisions. Also, it helps students develop leadership ability that enables
him/her to influence the quality of health care and work as a change agent.
Management process is used as a framework in designing the content of the
course.
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5701407
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Management and Leadership in Nursing
(Clinical)
Prerequisite: (5701302)
Concurrent with (5701406)
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(2 credit hours)
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This course is complementary to the management and leadership in
nursing theory course. The course is designed to provide an opportunity for
students to train in health institutions to apply the basic concepts and
principles in management through tasks and activities assigned to him/her
during his/her training. In addition, individual or group projects will be
assigned to test the acquisition of different management skills.
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5701408
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Intensive Clinical Training
Prerequisite: Graduation Semester
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(4 credit hours)
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The aim of this course is to prepare the students for their
future role after graduation, through the provision of independent clinical
training opportunities, and application of knowledge, skills and attitudes
proceeds gained during their studies. Under the guidance of nursing staff who
works in the clinical area, and in coordination with members from the Faculty
of Nursing. In this course, the student will practice on daily
basis “full shift” in one of the health care institutions throughout the graduation semester in the fourth year for 48
shifts.
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5701409
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Nursing Informatics
Prerequisite: (5411099)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course aims to provide nursing students with necessary
concepts to build a computerized information system that will improve the
care provided and the optimal utilization of available resources. This course
will focus on the identification of the health care cost reduction methods,
quality of care, and access to care through automated system.
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5701208
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Concepts of
Therapeutic Communication
Prerequisite: (5701203)
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(2 credit hours)
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This course is considered an
introduction to the various methods that help nursing students to interact
effectively with the patient, family and professional colleagues. The course
focuses on the strategies and principles of communication that help nursing
students to interact positively with patients with different illness and
suffering, and the mechanisms of teamwork among health care providers. The psychosocial aspect of illness and
health will also be addressed Therapeutic communication skills are the
tools to be used by the students. Also students learn the principles of
abstract thinking and basic concepts necessary for carrying out his/her
duties in the future, as a professional nurse.
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5701404
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Mental Health Nursing
Prerequisite: (5701205)
Concurrent with (5701405)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course is designed for the beginner student in mental
health psychiatric nursing. The course is based on the belief in the
humanistic and holistic approach to the individuals during psychiatric
nursing care. The nursing process used as a general framework to discuss
mental health concepts including coping and adaptation strategies among
individuals. Each concept represents a major coping pattern along the mental
health-mental illness continuum is addressed through its relation to the
anxiety continuum, theoretical bases, its manifestation with the five
dimensions of the person, related nursing diagnosis, psychiatric diagnosis,
and nursing care plans.
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5701405
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Mental Health Nursing (Clinical)
Prerequisite: (5701206)
Concurrent with (5701404)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course has been designed to promote nursing students
ability and insight to develop knowledge and gain practical experience when
dealing with an individual who is suffering from mental and psychological
problems, or an individual who is suffering from physical, emotional,
spiritual and social problems of a psychological and mental effects. The
course is planned to facilitate integration and application of the scientific
knowledge acquired from theory class. The nursing process will be applied
through the therapeutic relationship between the nurse and the client. The
focus is on humanistic holistic approach through effective communication with
the health care team members to promote the health and well-being of the
client within the therapeutic environment.
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5701207
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Health Education and Promotion
Prerequisite: (5701203)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course provides the student with the concepts of health
education and primary health care. In addition it introduces the students to
the teaching methods and skills to enhance the health of individuals,
families and society. The course is planned to facilitate integration and
application of the scientific knowledge regarding health promotion theory and
practice. Health education process focused on the main aspects that include disease
prevention and treatment and give students the opportunity to apply the
health education programs for patients who suffer from health and
environmental problems in the community. The scientific research approach
will be utilized in relation to health education.
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5701303
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Foundations of Growth and Development
Prerequisite:(5701206)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course provides the students with the main concepts and
principles that related to individual growth through childhood, adolescents,
adults and elderly people. It focuses on the most important factors that
affect the growth and development of the individual as well as the physical,
psychological, social and cognitive changes that occur during the different
stages of life. The course defines the most important age requirements for
each stage and will focus on the role of the family and the community to help
the individual to reach the optimum level of health by introducing the
importance of comprehensive nursing care for children and adolescents, adults
and the elderly and their families relying on the general framework for the
development of the concept of health maintenance and promotion.
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5701305
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Children and Adolescents Health
Nursing
Prerequisite: (5701205)
Concurrent with (5701306)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course focuses on teaching students the proper nursing care
of the healthy and ill child in all stages of his or her life as a unique
individual with special needs and characteristics within the family and the
community context. Also, it focuses on primary health care for children,
including prevention of health problems for children in different age groups,
as well as treatment and rehabilitation in case of illness. The course
focuses is on the application of the nursing process in the care of children
and young people as well as providing care for people living with various
health problems.
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5701306
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Children and Adolescents Health
Nursing(Clinical)
Prerequisite: (5701206)
Concurrent with (5701305)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course contains the skills necessary for nursing care of
healthy as well as ill children and adolescents. The students will be able to
perform health assessment to the new-born and infants, as well as to the
children and adolescents at different stages of their lives. Then, the
students will compose a holistic plan to meet the client’s physical and
psychological needs, and implement the plan of care in accordance with the
nursing process.
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5701307
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Maternal Health Nursing
Prerequisite: (5701205)
Concurrent with (5701308)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course aims to take care for physical, psychological,
emotional, spiritual, social and economic aspects of women's health and her
family. The focus is on health care through the application of the nursing process
steps. Emphasis will be placed on maintaining women's health during the
reproductive years, which includes: pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum
periods. It also includes fetal growth and development, the immediate care of
the newborn after birth and family planning and gynaecological problems.
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5701308
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Maternal Health Nursing (Clinical)
Prerequisite: (5701206)
Concurrent with (5701307)
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(3 credit hours)
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The course focuses on the application of the principles of
primary health nursing care, which include maintaining the health of women
and prevention of the disease through the application of the nursing process
steps. This course focuses on the student's education and training on the
application of skills related to the care of women during pregnancy,
childbirth and post-natal, as well as teaching the students the skills
related to family planning methods and caring for women with various
diseases.
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5701304
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Scientific
Research & Statistical Methods
Prerequisite:(5701206)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course is designed to introduce students' to the basic
concepts of research, its nature, purposes, methods, literature review, data
collection, analysis & utilization. It focuses on the application of the
scientific method in dealing with health problems, and allows the student the
opportunity to prepare research projects.
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5701401
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Trends,
Issues and Ethical consideration in Nursing
Prerequisite:(5701206)
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(2 credit hours)
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This course introduces the student to current issues and
problems influencing nursing practice and education and possible approaches
in dealing with them. In addition, it defines the modern trends of nursing
care and education to improve it and apply it in the nursing profession. The
course focuses on ethical issues in nursing profession and their significance
while providing nursing care.
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5701410
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Quality and Safety In Health Care
Prerequisite: (5701302)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course introduces the student to the concepts and
principles related to the maintenance of the health through the prevention of
occupational hazards for nurses and health care recipients and their
families. It includes safety measures in relation to the nurse’s and clients
immediate environment. It focuses on the prevention and management of
accidents, planning safety precaution measured and teaching prevention
strategies.
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5701310
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Nursing
Gerontology
Prerequisite (5701205)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course aims to provide students with the educational
opportunities for the exploration and application of advanced nursing roles
in health care for the elderly. The course focuses on the role of nursing in
meeting the physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of
older persons and their families. The course also includes exploring the clinical
symptoms of the common health problems among the elderly in the community.
The student will learn to provide high quality of nursing care through the
application of standards of care with a multi-disciplinary health team.
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5701402
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Community
Health Nursing
Prerequisite: (5701305, 5701307)
Concurrent
with (5701403)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course designed to prepare students to work in the
community health field and benefit from the concepts that have been studied
in the previous nursing courses. The course focuses on the concept of family
and deal with it in cases of health and illness, and family interactions with
the local community and the assessment methods for community and family, and
how to care for elderly and people with special needs. Also, it will
introduce students to the various roles of community health nurse available in
the community, including the role of the nurse in school health.
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5701403
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Community
Health Nursing (Clinical)
Concurrent
with (5701402)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course provides the student with the most recent concepts
related to the community and family health, and how student practice the role
of community health nurse. The student will understand the principles of
environmental health, community health, care methods and health education in
different settings, including health care centers, homes, schools, factories
and organizations care for people with special needs and the elderly.
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5701301
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Critical
Care Nursing
Prerequisite: (5701205)
Concurrent
with (5701302)
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(3 credit hours)
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This course provides the student with advanced knowledge in
dealing with critical cases that require urgent attention in the intensive
care departments. The article includes an explanation of a number of critical
health disorders of the various body systems in addition to the diagnostic
and treatment nursing procedures used in the intensive care departments,
which mainly depend on the skills of analysis, critical thinking and dealing
with advanced medical technology.
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5701302
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Critical
Care Nursing - Clinical
Concurrent
with (5701301)
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(3 credit hours)
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The focus of this course is on nursing practice associated with
critical care, especially in intensive care departments. The course aims to
provide the student with basic and advanced clinical nursing skills to meet
the physiological, psychological and social needs of patients in critical
situations in intensive care departments.
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