University Requirements Student must complete 19 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
10032100	Remedial English	0
Remedial English (E10032100) is a three-hour non-credited English course offered to students who score poorly (i.e. below 50%) on the placement test. Since the major concern of this course is to improve the students? proficiency before starting their ordinary university English basic courses and major courses taught in English, special emphasis has been placed on enhancing the students? ability to effectively acquire the four language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Specifically, the course attempts to ensure an academically acceptable performance on the part of the students at the level of the English basic courses. Moreover, the course aims at expanding students? vocabulary needed for various tasks.
11000101	Islamic Culture	3
This course aims to establish the concept of Islamic culture and its position among the other international cultures, its position in the Muslim life, its sources, its bases and its characteristics. It also aims to introduce the Islamic culture in faith, worship, relations, morals, and knowledge, to discuss the clash between cultures in addition to Globalization, Human Rights, Woman Rights, Democracy and other contemporary issues.
11000102	Arabic Language	3
This course aims to improve the level of students in language skills and various literary, read and absorb and express written, and oral and tasted literary, through texts flags authors and poets in different eras, lessons in grammar and spelling, and brief definition months dictionaries and Arab old ones the modern and how to use them. This course aims to implement the Arabic language in the areas of reading and expression of both types oral and written communication.
11000103	English Language I	3
University English I (E11000103) is a three credit-hour university-required English language course designed for students who need to work on the four skills of the language: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The development of vocabulary and skills of comprehension are integral parts of the course. In addition, various reading strategies (making predictions, identifying main ideas, reading for details, relating information in the text to life experience) are introduced and developed through a wide range of topics for reading and writing. The course encourages a more analytical and independent approach to study and helps prepare the students for any subsequent exam preparation.
11000105	Palestinian Studies	3
The course is mandatory for university students from various disciplines, so it provides students with knowledge and `information about the Palestinian reality and in particular the political developments of the Palestinian cause since its inception until the present day in line social and economic developments and political which constitute the main pillars for the study of the Palestinian political reality. This course aims to study the Palestinian issue from its beginning until present in social, economic and political issues.
11000108	Community Service	1
This course aims to connect university students with charitable, community, and public institutions, while also enhancing students? role towards society and familiarizing them with humanitarian needs by providing assistance to targeted groups. It seeks to improve the living conditions of marginalized and impoverished populations. The course prioritizes achieving the greatest possible number of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the Palestinian context. This is not only through raising awareness and introducing these goals, but also by offering students opportunities to engage practically in implementing various SDGs locally. Students will participate in programs, projects, and activities aimed at reducing poverty and hunger, providing medical services, treatment, and medication to marginalized and poor groups, supporting gender equality and education, including persons with disabilities and special needs, preserving water resources and natural resources, raising awareness on alternative and clean energy, caring for the environment and agriculture, recycling solid materials, rejecting discrimination, promoting green spaces, and encouraging productive and forestry farming. Students enrolled in the course can join different stages designed with alternatives for each phase, allowing them to complete the requirements under flexible conditions. This approach benefits the community while developing students? skills and experiences.
11000117	Leadership and Communication Skills	1
The course aims to assist students in acquiring modern concepts in the field of communication and understanding the essential skills for effective communication with oneself and others. This is achieved through the use of effective teaching methods that rely on student engagement and motivation to learn through training and self-directed learning. The course emphasizes skill development through teamwork and interactive methods, helping students improve their verbal and non-verbal communication skills by learning public speaking and the fundamentals of oration. Additionally, it helps students develop active listening skills, and contributes to enhancing their abilities in dialogue and persuasion, overcoming public speaking anxiety, self-promotion, negotiation, job interviews, presentation and delivery, and writing. The course also provides students with knowledge about innovative and creative ideas that can be implemented, as well as how to write a resume. Furthermore, the course aims to refine students' personalities through participation in group presentations.
11000126	Introduction to Computer Science and Skills	2
This course aims to enrich students with the basic computer skills alongside with the theoretical and practical backgrounds behind those skills. First of all, software and hardware components of a computer are discussed. This forms the substrate from which a student can realize the practical applications of a computer, especially in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thereafter, the student awareness for the security vulnerabilities of a computer system is improved through discussing the threats associated with the absolute dependability on the Internet in storing critical data. This is conducted with presenting the basic secure Internet frameworks for students with emphasis on scientific research platforms (ResearchGate, Google Scholar, LinkedIn,?etc). Finally, word processing, statistical analysis and presentation software are discussed with practical applications in the lab.
11000324	English Language -II	3
University English II (E11000324) is a three-credit hour university-required English language course which is offered to students majoring in Human Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing and Optometrics. This course aims to enable students to read and comprehend English texts relevant to their fields in addition to helping them enter work market or pursue higher education. It places emphasis on developing skills of reading comprehension and increasing students' vocabulary as well as on developing skills of critical thinking, problem solving and decision making through exercises and study cases and relatively, short texts relevant to healthcare, development of medical doctors, pharmacists, nurses and optometrists. The course, also, stresses the skills of speaking and writing.

Speciality Requirements Student must complete 133 credit hours

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Prerequests
7000402	Nursing Project	3	7000408
The student will be able to utilize the steps of the research process in the proposal and/or conduct of circumscribed nursing research project. In this course a relevant nursing problem is identified. Systematic observations of events should be carried out using relevant quantitative or qualitative methods. The validity and reliability of the methods should be discussed. The results should be presented, interpreted, discussed and related to a theoretical level. The work is to be documented in the form of a paper organized in a conventional scientific way. Included in the course are presenting a defense of the work and acting as an opponent of another project. Students will select a small research project of actual interest. Faculty members will assist as supervisors for the area of the study. The finding of a written research paper will be present to the seminar group. It is required and restricted to last semester senior nursing students.
7000408	Research Methods for Biomedical Sciences	3	10216236 or 10216235
Writing a genuine theoretical or experimental study or a special project that addresses a variety of topics in speech-language-hearing pathology developed under the direction of a faculty member. Student should use scientific approaches to research questions, designs, statistical procedures, methodologies, and scientific writing. Students might be advised to use computer software for statistical analysis.
7102101	Anatomy & Physiology for Health Sciences 1	3	7104101
This Course is designed to provide the students with a basic understanding of the structure and function of the human body and the mechanisms for maintaining homeostasis within it. The human body is discussed as separate systems, but the relation between different body systems is explained. The cells and tissues, nervous, skeletal, muscular, digestive, and urinary systems are discussed in this course. The methodology of course teaching includes lecture component and practical application for some theoretical approaches.
7102102	Anatomy & Physiology for Health Sciences 2	3	7102101
The course provide an introduction to human morphology, function at the cell, tissue, and organ system levels of organization. The human body is also dealt with as separate systems with understanding of the morphology, mechanisms governing the function of different human organ systems such as the cardiovascular, immunological, musculoskeletal, hematological, and genital. The courses are taught through theoretical lectures and practical demonstrations
7103200	Pathology for Nursing Students	2
The course will include general pathology, with an introduction to inflammatory processes such as injury, inflammation & repair, immunity, and neoplasia that are common to many organ systems. The course also will discuss diseases of specific organ systems - systemic pathology -and how each of these basic pathological processes is seen in that organ system.
7104101	General Biology for Health Sciences	3
A discussion of biology activity at the level of the single cell. Cell structure. Chemicalconstituents, material exchanges with the environment and the cell membrane. Majorenergy generating biochemical pathways. Photosynthesis and control of cellularactivities
7105403	General Microbiology	3
This course introduces nursing students to basic concepts in microbiology including, bacteriology, virology, mycology and Parasitology. The course has three credit hours, which covers a variety of microbiological and immunological techniques, with experiments designed to illustrate major concepts of bacteriology, virology, mycology and immunology.
7106203	Introduction to Epidemiology	2
This course is designed to introduce students in all fields of public health to the background, basic principles, and methods of public health epidemiology. We will also discuss the biological, behavioral, sociocultural, and environmental factors associated with the etiology and distribution of health and disease. Topics covered in this course include basic principles of epidemiology; measures of disease frequency; epidemiologic study designs: experimental and observational; bias; confounding; outbreak investigations; screening; causality; and ethical issues in epidemiologic research. In addition, students will develop skills to read, interpret and evaluate health information from published epidemiologic studies.
7109304	Clinical Pharmacology for Nursing Students1	3
Clinical Pharmacology for Nurses I provides students with an overview of pharmacology and a basic understanding of the clinical applications of pharmacotherapy within the context of the nursing process and need prioritization. The course will help the nursing students develop an understanding of how drugs are introduced in clinical practice and how they are used in managing and preventing health problems affecting the nervous system, cardiovascular system, renal system, and respiratory system. The course will cover the different classes of drugs used with special emphasis on their routes of administration, mechanisms of action, contraindications, and adverse effects. The nursing students will learn how to apply these concepts to the role of nurses in administering medications and monitoring their effects.
7109305	Clinical Pharmacology for Nursing Students 2	3	7109304
Clinical Pharmacology for Nurses II builds on what students have learned in Clinical Pharmacology for Nurses I. The course will enable the nursing students to gain an understanding of how the different classes of drugs are used to prevent or for the management of diseases and health issues affecting the gastrointestinal system, immune system, endocrine system, and reproductive system. Additionally, the nursing students will be introduced to the different drugs used in the management of infectious diseases and malignancies. The drugs will be introduced within the context of the nursing process and prioritization needs.
7227102	First Aid	1
A practical compulsory course based on a weekly lecture. This course aims to push students to deal with patients and the hospital environment in various departments and facilities. In addition, students receive a brief overview of first aid principles
7227203	Nursing Ethics and Professionalism	1
This course addresses Ethical aspects and Professionalism of the professional nurse's role in health care delivery and management. This course provides an opportunity for students? nurses to assess ethical and legal issues confronting nurses and other health care providers in a variety of health care delivery settings. It focuses on the identification and analysis of legal and ethical concepts and principles underlying nursing and health care. In addition it will explore values, codes, ethical theories and principles that govern ethical decisions in professional practice within nursing care settings.
7401115	Fundamentals of Nursing I Lab	2	7401123
This course is designed to enable students practice infection prevention practices, assessing vital signs, safely administer and accurately calculate medication, implement hygienic practices for patients and their environment. Nursing process is the framework when implementing nursing skills in fundamental of nursing lab.
7401116	Fundamentals of Nursing II Lab	1	7401115 7401124
This course is designed to enable students practice nursing skills that is essential in treating patient with fluid, electrolytes and acid base imbalance. Nursing Skills used when caring for patient with oxygenation alterations, elimination alteration, malnutrition status and patients with loss of skin integrity conditions. Nursing process is the framework when implementing nursing skills in fundamental of nursing lab.
7401121	Lab. Health Assessment	1	7401125
This course applies principles and skills learned in the nursing health assessment course on healthy and ill individuals. Opportunity is given to students to use effective communication and psychomotor skills to collect data about health history and to conduct comprehensive physical examination. Emphasis is placed on maintaining confidentiality and ethical principles in interacting with clients.
7401122	Introduction to Nursing	2
This course provides an introduction to nursing in which students will be introduced to the history and development of nursing locally and internationally. The course also provides an overview of the health care delivery system in connection to the Palestinian health system, policies, quality metrics and health outcomes, reducing gaps and health inequalities, and eliminating racism, exclusion and discrimination in the health system. Topics covered also include the relationship between society and health, health manpower in general and the allied health professions in particular. The primary, secondary and tertiary health care services and the modalities of service provision are discussed. Students are provided with an overview of each of different allied health professions, the distinctive role of each of the professions within the health care team; significant aspects of the work of each of the professions, and the skills and competencies required. Nursing Theories and other theories that are important to nursing practice are also discussed. The course also focuses on nursing vocabulary expansion, improvement of reading academic texts in the field of nursing, and medical terms.
7401123	Fundamentals of Nursing I	3
The concepts of health/ill health/disease, and the significance of the environment for health and health promotion as well as illness prevention at the living conditions of the individual at different ages are studied from physical, mental, sociocultural and spiritual points of view. This course is also designed to provide concepts basic to the practice of clinical nursing. The nursing process is presented as a frame of reference in meeting the human needs of people and on the delivery of health care in a variety of settings. Emphasis on nursing concepts, procedures, and their applications in the nursing lab.
7401124	Fundamentals of Nursing II	2	7401123 7401115
This course builds on the unifying concepts basic to nursing practice introduced in foundations of nursing (I). The students will build on the concepts of the nursing process in providing care to individual clients requiring primary and select secondary interventions. Emphasis will be placed on nursing intervention skills in non-acute and selected acute health care settings
7401125	Health Assessment	2
This course provides students with knowledge and skills necessary to assess individual health status during health and illness. Students are directed to use effective communication skills to collect data about health history and appropriate psychomotor skills to conduct comprehensive physical examination. Knowledge from medical sciences and critical thinking are used to determine health alterations of the individual.
7401206	Basic Life Support (BLS)	0
This course provides the students with the skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for victims of all ages and will practice CPR in team setting. The student will learn how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) and how to relieve choking (foreign body airway obstruction). The skills will enable the student to recognize emergencies such as sudden cardiac arrest and know how to respond to them. Students will complete the course at An-Najah Life Support Training Center which extends over one day. Guidelines for the American Heart Association will be used.
7401304	Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)	0	7406304 or 7401204 or 7401202 or 7401206
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) is designed for students to participate in management of cardiopulmonary arrest and other cardiovascular emergencies through didactic instructions and active participation in simulated cases, students will enhance their skills in the recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute arrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Students will complete the course at An-Najah Life Support Training Center which extends over two days. Guidelines for the American Heart Association will be used
7401402	Comprehensive Exam for Nursing	0	7406500 or 7401401
The comprehensive exam is one of the basic requirements which must nursing student going through at the end of the study to obtain a certificate of bachelor?s degree in nursing. The comprehensive exam is a requirement for graduation from the Nursing program at An-Najah National University. The courses adopted in the comprehensive exam (8 courses) are: 1. Adult Health Nursing (Introduction, I, II, III, IV, V, & VI) and Fundamentals of Nursing (I & II) 2. Maternal Health Nursing (I, II). 3. Nursing Ethics; Professionalism. 4. Pediatric and Adolescents Health Nursing (I, II, III) 5. Administration and Management in Nursing. 6. Mental Health Nursing (I, II). 7. Community Health Nursing.
7402407	Administration and Management to Nursing	2	7405201 or 7406304 or 7401204
This course prepares the nursing students to coordinate and manage client care in diverse health care settings. Emphasis is placed on key organizational structures and operation of healthcare. In addition to leadership, management functions and related skills, as planning, organizing, staffing, collaboration, delegation, coordination, and working in a team, recruitment procedures, and concepts of change organizational, and time management. Quality, safety and risk management, clinical decision-making models, the dependence - independence spectrum in health & illness, and leadership & change management will be covered.
7406102	Communication	1
The course explores the basic principles and concepts in Effective communication skills, compassion and empathy. It focuses on the methods used for healthy or sick individuals and/or group(s) in the community or in health care institutions. The course is organized around the elements of the teaching learning process. Emphasis will be on assessment of learning needs, instructional objectives, teaching modalities, educational resources, and evaluation of the teaching/learning process. Theories and/or models that explain and influence health behavior will be explored. Opportunity for microteaching will also be arranged. The course focuses on the methods used in counseling of healthy individuals of all ages and patients with problems interfering with their normal daily lives. Theories of communication and group processes are studied. The course also centers on communication approaches and techniques relevant to the provision of nursing care to individuals and groups. In order to explain man?s interaction with the environment, social, psychology theories focusing on social communication, social networks, roles, social influences and attitude changes are studied. Theories concerning learning, giving information and evaluation are also studied. The topics related to Support, counseling and training and the person (caregiver, patient) is in the center (Patient; including the patients in the therapeutic decision making, Caregiver; Coping with stress, burnout and violence prevention) will be covered.
7406103	Introdaction to Sociology	2
This course is an introduction to sociology as a way of understanding the world. Sociology is a field of study that explains social, and economic phenomena in terms of social structures, social forces, and group relations. The course will introduce students to the nursing field by focusing on several important sociological topics, including socialization, culture, the social construction of knowledge, inequality, race and ethnic relations, and poverty.
7406104	Biochemistry & Chemistry for Nursing	2
A lecture course that involves basic concepts of chemistry. Atomic and molecular structures are covered with periodic table, chemical bonds, and stoichiometry. Aqueous solutions, gas laws and other topics are also covered. Gas laws, Stoichiometry empirical formula and other topics related to general chemistry will be discussed.
7406105	Fundamentals of Nursing II/ Clinical	1	7401124
The simulation and clinical settings will afford practical experience in application of the principles and skills taught in the theory portion of this class. Students will be expected to demonstrate beginning competency in application of the nursing process.
7406106	Nutrition from Infancy to Old Age and Clinical Nutrition	1
This course includes normal and therapeutic nutrition. The role of nutrition in promoting wellness and regaining wellness will be emphasized. Nutritional care of clients with abnormal reactions due to a single or multiple problems will be covered. Furthermore, common nutritional problems in Arab World as well as nutritional education to individuals, families, and communities will be emphasized.
7406108	Introduction to Adult Health Nursing	2
This course is the first of a series of adult health nursing courses. Students will build their theoretical base for future application. It will focus on acquisition of knowledge related to health care delivery and evidence-based nursing practice, critical thinking, ethical decision making, and the nursing process, individual and family homeostasis, stress, and adaptation, overview of transcultural nursing, chronic illness and disability, principles and practices of rehabilitation, and fluid and electrolytes: balance and disturbance that will be applied in students? clinical practice.
7406201	Adult Health Nursing 1	3	7401124 7406108
This course is focusing on body systems. Building on previous courses, this course provides for the acquisition and application of basic adult health nursing, incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical reasoning/clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient-centered nursing care to diverse adult patients experiencing chronic and acute conditions, requiring medical/surgical interventions in variety of settings particularly focused on Cardiovascular and Circulatory Function & Gas Exchange and Respiratory Function. The course uses all components of the nursing process with increasing degrees of skill; it incorporates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, professional standards, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse. It includes math computational skills, basic computer instruction related to the delivery of nursing care and nursing care related to cardiovascular, respiratory, and pre/intra/post-operative care. Application of knowledge and skills occurs in the nursing skills laboratory and a variety of clinical settings. Additionally, it focuses on health education, and respiratory and cardiovascular surgeries and rehabilitation.
7406202	Adult Health Nursing 1/Clinical	1	7406201
This course provides for the acquisition and application of basic adult health nursing in the clinical setting, incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical reasoning/clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient-centered nursing care to diverse adult patients experiencing chronic conditions requiring medical/surgical interventions in variety of settings particularly focused on Cardiovascular and Circulatory Function & Gas Exchange and Respiratory Function. The course uses all components of the nursing process with increasing degrees of skill; it incorporates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, professional standards, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse. Students will demonstrate appropriate assessment skills, analyze data, formulate nursing diagnoses, and develop a plan of care in the clinical setting. Additionally, it focuses on Respiratory and cardiovascular surgeries and rehabilitation.
7406203	Adult Health Nursing 2	3
This course provides for the acquisition and application of basic adult health nursing, incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical reasoning/clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient-centered nursing care to diverse adult patients experiencing chronic and acute conditions, requiring medical/surgical interventions in variety of settings particularly focused on Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function, Metabolic and Endocrine Function, and Kidney and Urinary Tract Function. The course uses all components of the nursing process with increasing degrees of skill; it incorporates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, professional standards, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse. It includes math computational skills, health education, basic computer instruction related to the delivery of nursing care and nursing care related to Digestive and Gastrointestinal system, Metabolic and Endocrine systems, and Kidney and Urinary Tract system. Application of knowledge and skills occurs in the nursing skills laboratory and a variety of clinical settings. Additionally, it focuses on surgeries and rehabilitation of Digestive and Gastrointestinal system, Metabolic and Endocrine systems, and Kidney and Urinary Tract system.
7406204	Adult Health Nursing 2/Clinical	1	7406203
This course provides for the acquisition and application of basic adult health nursing in the clinical setting, incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical reasoning/clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient-centered nursing care to diverse adult patients experiencing chronic conditions requiring medical/surgical interventions in variety of settings particularly focused on Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function, Metabolic and Endocrine Function, and Kidney and Urinary Tract Function. The course uses all components of the nursing process with increasing degrees of skill; it incorporates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, professional standards, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse. Students will demonstrate appropriate assessment skills, analyze data, formulate nursing diagnoses, and develop a plan of care in the clinical setting. Additionally, it focuses on surgeries and rehabilitation of Digestive and Gastrointestinal system, Metabolic and Endocrine systems, and Kidney and Urinary Tract system.
7406207	Pediatric and Adolescents Health Nursing 1: Growth and Development	2
This course provides an overview of the theory and principles of human growth and development from conception through adolescence. Content includes an in-depth study of the interrelatedness of physical, cognitive, social and emotional aspects of development. Development is studied in the context of family, gender, culture, language, ability, socioeconomics, diversity, and society. Special emphasis will be on the theories of Piaget, Vygotsky, Erikson, and Gardner.
7406210	Adult Health Nursing 3	4
This course builds on the previous Adult Health Nursing courses, focusing on concepts of adult health nursing applied to the care of acutely ill patients incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical reasoning/clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient-centered nursing care. The course uses all components of the nursing process with increasing degrees of skill; it integrates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, professional standards, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse. It includes math computational skills, basic computer instruction related to the delivery of nursing care related to Immunologic, Hematologic, Integumentary Functions including Burns, and Sensory Function. Application of knowledge and skills occurs in the nursing skills laboratory and a variety of clinical settings. Additionally, health education, Surgeries and rehabilitation related to each subject will be covered.
7406211	Adult Health Nursing 3/Clinical	1	7406210
This course provides for the acquisition and application of adult health nursing in the clinical setting, incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical reasoning/clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient-centered nursing care to diverse adult patients experiencing chronic conditions requiring medical/surgical interventions in variety of settings particularly focused on Immunologic, Hematologic, Integumentary Functions including Burns, and Sensory Function. The course uses all components of the nursing process with increasing degrees of skill; it incorporates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, professional standards, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse. Students will demonstrate appropriate assessment skills, analyze data, formulate nursing diagnoses, and develop a plan of care in the clinical setting. Additionally, Surgeries and rehabilitation related to each subject will be covered.
7406212	Adult Health Nursing 4	4
This course builds on the previous Adult Health Nursing courses, focusing on concepts of adult health nursing applied to the care of acutely ill patients incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical reasoning/clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient-centered nursing care. The course uses all components of the nursing process with increasing degrees of skill; it integrates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, professional standards, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse. It includes math computational skills, health education, basic computer instruction related to the delivery of nursing care related to Orthopedic, Neuroscience, Theater Nursing, and Problem in movement coordination. Application of knowledge and skills occurs in the nursing skills laboratory and a variety of clinical settings. Additionally, Surgeries and rehabilitation related to each subject will be covered.
7406213	Adult Health Nursing 4/Clinical	1	7406212
This course provides for the acquisition and application of adult health nursing in the clinical setting, incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical reasoning/clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient-centered nursing care to diverse adult patients experiencing chronic conditions requiring medical/surgical interventions in variety of settings particularly focused on Orthopedic, Neuroscience, Theater Nursing, and Problem in movement coordination. The course uses all components of the nursing process with increasing degrees of skill; it incorporates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, professional standards, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse. Students will demonstrate appropriate assessment skills, analyze data, formulate nursing diagnoses, and develop a plan of care in the clinical setting. Additionally, Surgeries and rehabilitation related to each subject will be covered.
7406216	Pediatric and Adolescents Health Nursing 2:Premature and Neonates	2
This course will introduce the student to basic of nursing neonatal care. The purpose of this course is to provide an opportunity for students to apply advanced problem-solving skills using selected clinical problems relevant to neonatal critical care. It is designed to assist the student in acquiring advanced theoretical knowledge in the physiological, behavioral, medical and nursing sciences required for solving neonatal-focused problems through the identification and analysis of relevant literature reviews and research papers. In solving these clinical problems, students will develop differential medical and nursing diagnoses and plans of care, as well as critically analyze the health and illness management strategies and outcomes presented in each case. The major focus of this course is the healthy neonate, development, care and nutrition. Concepts explored are: child health promotion strategies, health education, and high-risk situations which include the common neonatal disorders. The care of pre-term babies and the problems associated with pre-term birth are also a focus. The student will learn to associate a therapeutic procedure to a cardiopulmonary disorder or other related disorders, in a neonate. In addition, they will learn about specific airway management techniques applicable to the neonatal population.
7406217	Pediatric and Adolescents Health Nursing 2:Premature and Neonates/Clinical	1	7406216
This clinical course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to incorporate nursing theory, current research and evidence, and complex skills in caring for high-risk preterm neonates and their families. Emphasis is placed on the integration of the neonatal nurse practitioner role in the assessment and development of a comprehensive management plan for the high-risk preterm neonate under the supervision of faculty and preceptors.
7406218	Gerontology	1
The general aims of the course are that the student should achieve the competence in gerontology and geriatrics that is required to independently plan, carry out and evaluate nursing actions as a specialist nurse in the care of elderly. On completion of the course, the student should be able to: - demonstrate advanced knowledge of biological, psychological, cultural, social and mental aspects of aging - reflect and see relations between the health of the elderly population, unhealth and conditions in society from a gender as well as national and international perspective - analyze and reflect on different theories about aging and current gerontological, geriatric and nursing theories research - reflect and apply an approach that preserves the integrity and autonomy of the elderly - apply advanced knowledge of different geriatric and psychogeriatric diseases to be able to assess the specific preventive measures, care and rehabilitation needs of the multimorbid elderly - show advanced knowledge of pharmacokinetic changes during the aging, drug-related problems in elderly - use medical engineering equipment in a safe way - apply and independently meet the elderly's specific needs of terminal care - demonstrate advanced knowledge of organization and leadership in the care and nursing of elderly.
7406302	Adult Health Nursing 5	3	7406201 7406203 7406210 7406212 7105403 7109305 7103200 7102102
This course is designed to bridge the gap in knowledge of palliative care by providing an overview of the concept of palliative care and a discussion of the benefits and barriers to optimum palliative care at the end of life. Central to this discussion is an emphasis on the importance of talking to patients about the value of palliative care, of clearly presenting the prognosis and appropriate treatment options and goals, and of ensuring that advance planning is completed. The majority of the course focuses on the assessment and management of the most common end-of-life symptoms, with particular attention to pain, the most prevalent, as well as the most distressing, physical symptom. Psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patient and family are also discussed. Palliative care presents unique challenges for some patient populations, most notably older patients, children/adolescents, and patients receiving critical care. It aims also to provide the student with a better understanding of palliative care for a range of illness states but with an emphasis on cancer and the rationale for care. To enhance their professional development in this area of health, access to resources designed to support learning for all nurses caring for a dying person irrespective of their practice setting is explored. Health education related to the topics will be covered also.
7406303	Adult Health Nursing 5/Clinical	1	7406302
This course will focus on adults with cancer. Course content will reflect a critical analysis of the existing theories that influence health related behaviors, health promotion, illness prevention, and decision making. Contextual issues within the broad social, economic, and cultural environments of cancer care will be addressed. It will provide students in five disciplines (medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, spiritual care) with opportunity to explore the interprofessional care of families experiencing cancer along the illness trajectory from diagnosis through to bereavement or long-term survivorship. Key themes that will be explored include family theory, models of family and couple counselling/therapy, family assessment, therapeutic conversations and interventions.
7406304	Adult Health Nursing 6: Critical Care Nursing	4	7406302
Advances in technology and medicine mean that increasing numbers of severely ill patients are surviving with a corresponding need for intensive nursing care. Critically ill patients are often managed in an intensive care unit within a hospital where sophisticated equipment is available to enable frequent monitoring of vital signs, assisted ventilation and, when life-threatening crises occur, and rapid resuscitation measures. This course focuses on the causes of single and multi-organ system dysfunction and the human responses to life threatening illness. Nursing care focused on restoring physiologic and psychological stability to the severely ill client will be explored. Core concepts of complex pathophysiology, current treatment modalities, health education, and the role nurses perform when providing care to critically ill patients are discussed.
7406305	Adult Health Nursing 6: Critical Care Nursing/Clinical	2	7406304
This course will focus on practical side of the theoretical bases Based on the central concepts of nursing, person, nursing, health and environment the course objectives are to be able to carry out a person-centered care within intensive care i.e. protect autonomy, security and integrity of patients and their families. In addition, the objectives are to deepen knowledge and skills in nursing care and medical treatment to patients within intensive care.
7406306	Technological Innovation &Nursing Informatics	1
This course will focus on application of computer technology that supports the dissemination of health care data, information and knowledge. It introduces nursing informatics as an integration of nursing, computer, and information sciences for the support of nursing practice. It will familiarize practicing nurses with the effective utilization of technology and its applications throughout all aspects of health delivery.
7406307	Introduction to Psychology and Developmental Psychology	2	7406103
This course will introduce students to the fundamental principles of psychology and to the major subjects of psychological inquiry (Developmental psychology). It has been designed to not only provide the student with the tools necessary for the study of psychology but to present the student with a sampling of the major areas of psychology research. The course begins with a short overview of how psychology developed as an academic discipline and an introduction to a number of the principal methodologies most commonly deployed in its study. The subsequent units are arranged around broad areas of research, including emotion, development, memory, and psychopathology.
7406308	Maternal Health Nursing 1: Obstetrics Genetics,Embryology	4	7406304
The theory course provides opportunities for the students to acquire adequate knowledge base in the area of reproductive health, and obstetric and neonatal nursing utilizing knowledge from the biophysical sciences, humanities, growth and development, health education, problem solving and the nursing process: to promote, and maintain, health of individual?s families and groups with needs related to reproductive health, and safe motherhood. Anatomy and physiology of male and female, genetic, embryology, obstetrical and neonatal problems are also introduced with an expanded knowledge related to women?s health issues. The course includes the study of obstetrics and the nursing care of women during various phases of childbearing. Integration of genetic/genomic information into nursing practice, including ethical, legal, psychological, cultural, and social issues are examined in this course.
7406309	Maternal Health Nursing 1: Obstetrics Genetics,Embryology/Clinical	1	7406308
This course will provide clinical preceptorship in the labor, delivery and postpartum setting. Course will focus on female reproductive anatomy and physiology and focuses on the physiologic and pathophysiologic processes associated with labor and delivery. Frequently encountered complications of pregnancy and the common medical and pharmacologic interventions are discussed. Nursing assessments and interventions during the intrapartal period are emphasized throughout the course. It also provides the necessary skills to prepare students to begin caring for mother-infant dyads during the postpartum period and includes a discussion of the goals and advantages of couplet care, assessment of postpartal newborn problem and appropriate nursing interventions. Postpartal and newborn teaching protocols, based on principles of adult learning, as wells as topics of proper perinatal documentation, medico-legal aspects, culturally competent care, and high-risk social behaviors and the relationship to perinatal care will also be addressed. This course have focus on Basic Fetal Heart Monitoring and Postpartum Care.
7406310	Maternal Health Nursing 2: Gynecology	3	7406304
This course will provide students with knowledge about different types of gynecological disorders focusing on menstrual disturbances, gynecological oncology, sexually transmitted disease and the preventive measures. The student should be familiar with different certain uterine, ovarian, cervical, and vaginal anomalies and diseases. A deeper discussion of pre pregnancy and pregnancy at risk, violence, nutrition, health promotion, grief process and updated coverage of contraception, complementary/alternative therapies will be covered. Nursing care of women?s pre- and post-operative with appropriate counseling and referral if needed.
7406311	Maternal Health Nursing 2: Gynecology/Clinical	1	7406310
The course is designed to help students to integrates knowledge from the accompanying maternal health theory course as well as provide nursing care of the woman during normal and abnormal aspects of the maternity cycle and apply the nursing process to assess, plan and implement the quality care for women during their reproductive utilizing cycle and problem-solving techniques to manage physical, emotional, social and ethical problems in the areas of reproductive health, safe-motherhood. It also considers neonate assessment and gynecological conditions of women in different stages of their lives. The major emphasis of the clinical areas are pregnancy, labor, preperium, and gynecological problems
7406312	Pediatric and Adolescents Health Nursing 3:Pediatric and Adolescents Health	3	7406207 7406304
This course introduces the students to appropriate scientific knowledge, which enables them to develop their own unique clinical and educational approach to care for children, and their families. It will stress the health problems of the infant and child and the nursing care that necessary in restoring health to the child. The course moves from simple to complex issues; starting with concepts of normal growth and development, health education, health promotion and maintenance, and the prevention of illnesses and accidents and then to select health problems (chronic and common health problems, and communicable diseases). This is achieved through utilizing the nursing process, developmental theories, new trends and the latest approaches in the management and caring of children. The course encourages students to utilize knowledge synthesis; problem solving techniques, critical thinking, and family centered approached in the provision of empowered care
7406313	Pediatric and Adolescents Health Nursing 3: Pediatric and Adolescents Health/Clinical	1	7406312
In clinical practice the students will develop skills in providing nursing care to the child along the health/illness continuum, including psychosocial, developmental and physical health promotion, risk reduction and illness care. Clinical experiences will include an emphasis on nursing care of the well child & the child with acute, chronic &/or life-threatening conditions, Students will have the opportunity to incorporate family theory, models of family, family structure and function and parenting behaviors into their nursing care. Risk factors for child mortality & morbidity will be assessed. Stressors on children with acute & chronic illness will be evaluated. Nursing interventions will be implemented which minimize the psychological and physiologic distress experienced by children and their families, Key elements of culture, spirituality, poverty, heredity, ethics and health beliefs on child health practices will be Integrated into the nursing care.
7406314	Mental Health Nursing 1	3	7406307
This course incorporates the concept of nursing process in explaining mental health issues, mental disorders, major theories in mental health, Psychopathology of mental health disorders, impact of various psychiatric and personality disorders and how can students utilize different steps in nursing process to help individuals with psychiatric-and mental health disorders and their families to retain and maintain the optimal level of mental health. This course also explains different theories and modalities which can help individuals to deal with various types of life stressors in a healthy and constructive ways. This course gives great emphasis on communication skills and how they affect the interaction with clients and other health professionals in the psychiatric settings. In this course, students learn different treatment modalities which are used to treat individuals with emotional and mental.
7406315	Mental Health Nursing 1 Clinical	1	7406314
This course provides nursing students an opportunity to deal directly with clients who suffer from emotional and mental disorders and receiving care in psychiatric care settings (inpatient & outpatient) where students can assess these clients and the resulting behavior exhibited by them by utilizing nursing process in planning and providing nursing care for those individuals based on knowledge gained from biological, social, psychological sciences as well as humanities and nursing. Student?s clinical experience will be provided in hospitals, community, and day care centre, rendering services to patients with mental health and psychiatric problems and their families. Skills and attitudes of students will be enhanced in caring for patients receiving various therapeutic treatments. Students deal with clients by demonstrating high skills in therapeutic communication whether with individuals or in groups. Also, students help in maintaining therapeutic environment and work with clients in helping them to select the best coping methods to deal with life stressors as well as working with mental and social health team in helping those clients when using different modalities in psychiatric treatment and helping them and their families to retain and maintain optimal level of mental health to go back to community to live as normal as possible.
7406316	Mental Health Nursing 2	2	7406314
This course is continuity of part one of mental health nursing. It will focus on applying the nursing process in the psychiatric setting, physical conditions that influence group dynamics, psychodrama, therapeutic modalities with families, and Milieu therapy
7406317	Mental Health Nursing 2 Clinical	1	7406316
This course provides nursing students an opportunity to deal directly with clients who suffer from emotional and mental disorders and receiving care in psychiatric care settings (inpatient & outpatient) where students can assess these clients and the resulting behavior exhibited by them by utilizing nursing process in planning and providing nursing care for those individuals based on knowledge gained from biological, social, psychological sciences as well as humanities and nursing. Student?s clinical experience will focus on applying the nursing process in the psychiatric setting, physical conditions that influence group dynamics, psychodrama, therapeutic modalities with families, and Milieu therapy
7406401	Emergency, Trauma Nursing,and Nursing During Emergencies and Calamities	3	7406304
This course introduces the emergency nurse to the provision of care in the emergency setting. The concepts of assessment of the emergency department patient and the initial prioritizing of care will be explored. The nursing and medical science related to cardiac and pulmonary emergencies will be discussed in detail. The theoretical concepts and knowledge gained will enable the emergency nurse to engage in discussions regarding the principles of emergency nursing, specifically for those patients presenting with a cardiac or respiratory emergency. The content will be primarily oriented toward the adult patient. Reference to physiological changes throughout the age span including neonates, infants, pediatric and geriatrics will be made when appropriate. This course will enable the student to develop proficiency in the emergency management of patients experiencing a trauma or health breakdown and provide support for their families. This course will encompass triage, legal and ethical issues, managing acute emergencies and communications strategies in the ED. Another part of this course will provide the students with knowledge that will help them to provide efficient nursing care during emergency and disaster situations either in pre-hospital settings or in hospital setting and also in disasters.
7406402	Emergency, Trauma Nursing,and Nursing During Emergencies and Calamities/Clinical and Simulation	2	7406401
This course aims to support the development of students in an expanded practice role in an emergency care setting. The course provides theoretical knowledge as well as mentored clinical practice in the assessment, clinical decision making and treatment of common emergency department patient conditions. This course will provide learning and practical application of knowledge in the clinical setting supporting students in development of the skills required for independent clinical management of common problems. Assessments will validate acquisition of clinical and theoretical knowledge.
7406403	Community and Public Health Nursing	4	7106203
This course provides students with foundational public health knowledge, covering concepts such as health, illness, wellness, community, population health, and levels of prevention, while exploring the roles and standards of practice in community/public health nursing. It emphasizes cultural diversity, sensitivity, communicable disease prevention (including investigations and immunizations), and health promotion through education. Students will examine family and community health assessment, nursing process application, and preventive strategies for at-risk populations, as well as analyze national and international health policies and their political-economic influences. The course also highlights effective communication techniques (e.g., motivational interviewing, group collaboration), health informatics, and interdisciplinary approaches to community assessment, planning, and evaluation. Additionally, it covers global health principles, environmental risk reduction (using ecological and precautionary approaches), and data methods from international organizations, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of contemporary public health nursing practice.
7406404	Community and Public Health Nursing/Clinical	2	7406403
The course introduces the scope of community health nursing, with emphasis on nursing care rendered in homes and health agencies for the promotion of health and prevention of illness based on the concept of primary health care Provides theory and practice essential to the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the clients across the lifespan in the community individuals, families, groups. Emphasis is on the study and application of nursing role components inherent in community health for health promotion and as disease prevention based on the concepts of primary health care, self-care, and home health care. Conceptual and scientific frameworks applied to community-oriented nursing practice including environmental health, epidemiology, evidence-based practice, community health education, theories, models, and principles. Environmental health focuses on the types of health organizations in the community and the services rendered in the promotion of health and prevention of illness, as well as on the national programs dealing with the elements of primary health care.
7406405	Promoting Community Health and Preventing Diseases/Clinical and Project	2	7406403
Students will have practices in promoting community health in a variety of populations and preventing diseases including occupational diseases. Examples of workplace health program components and strategies include: - Health education classes - Access to local fitness facilities - Company policies that promote healthy behaviors such as a tobacco-free campus policy - Employee health insurance coverage for appropriate preventive screenings - A healthy work environment created through actions such as making healthy foods available and accessible through vending machines or cafeterias - A work environment free of recognized health and safety threats with a means to identify and address new problems as they arise
7406500	Intensive Clinical Nursing	7	7406402 7406309 7406311 7406217 7406313 7406315 7406317 7406305
This course offers a fourth-year students the opportunity to be able to develop expertise and to implement problem solving and management principles in the nursing management of selected groups from the health-illness continuum and to practice nursing independently in three levels of prevention: primary, secondary, and tertiary at different clinical setting (hospital and community health centers). Students will apply theoretical knowledge to clinical settings with emphasis on leadership role, management and changing agent role, and taking full responsibility under the supervision of clinical instructors and nurse in charge of clinical setting as preceptors. The course also provide practice essential to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of clients in different clinical setting as well as to apply nursing skills related to health promotion, health maintenance, health restoration and disease prevention and treatment among the target aggregates. This training will offer students the opportunity to take full responsibility as a charge nurse before graduation. This course aims at providing clinical training opportunity for the fourth-year nursing students to reinforce and integrate clinical skills and knowledge acquired during their study. The student will provide nursing care under the supervision of preceptors in the clinical areas of their choice with the guidance and indirect supervision of faculty members.
10216236	Biostatistics for Nursing Students	2
This course introduces the methods of statistical data classification and presentation, as well as their collection, organization and analysis. It also introduces principles of probabilities, some probability distributions, and distribution of samples, testing of hypotheses, simple linear regression and correlation, analysis of variance. There will be also medical and biological applications on all of the aforementioned.