Faculty of Nursing & Health Sciences

Bachelor Degree in Nursing

Course Description

NURS 131 First Aid and Personal Safety (Cr. 3)
This course is designed to provide the student with the first aid principles and skills necessary to help victims of accidents, emergencies, and disaster situations.

NURS 200 Introduction to Nursing   (Cr. 3)
This course is designed to provide the student with various health and nursing concepts.  It also provides the student with a wide body of knowledge of the principles governing health maintenance and promotion, as well as illness prevention.

NURS 251 Fundamentals of Nursing I   (Cr. 5)
The course is 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 in the delivery of health care in a variety of settings.
Prerequisite: NURS 200

NURS 252 Fundamentals of Nursing II   (Cr. 5)
The course provides continued emphasis on nursing concepts, principles and techniques that are basic to the practice of nursing. It emphasizes the acquisition of knowledge and skills required in the delivery of quality nursing care for clients in the hospital, their homes and in the community.
Prerequisite: NURS 251

NURS 332 Maternity Nursing   (Cr. 5)
The course gives information for students about women's health issues and reproductive health, caring for the women during pregnancy, labor and after delivery.  It presents also specific measures in the prevention of disease and the promotion of health.
Prerequisite: NURS 334 or NURS 335

NURS 333 Pediatric Nursing   (Cr. 5)
The course helps the students to develop an awareness of the importance of current child and infant care.  It stresses health problems of the infant and child and the nursing care necessary in restoring health to the child and family. Content mainly focuses on the development and health issues of the infants and children as well as their physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs.  Clinical experience complements the theories that are presented.
Prerequisite:  PSYC 231, NURS 334, or NURS 335

NURS 334 Medical Surgical Nursing I (Cr. 5)
The course presents an integrated approach to the study of health and illness. It is designed to give a broad general background in the care of adults who have medical & surgical problems. Emphasis is placed upon the nursing intervention involved in the maintenance and restoration of physiological equilibrium, it covers the following units and body systems: (Acid based balance, Pain, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Oncology).
Prerequisite: NURS 252

NURS 335 Medical Surgical Nursing II (Cr. 5)
The course presents an integrated approach to the study of health and illness. It is designed to give a broad general background in the care of adults who have medical & surgical problems. Emphasis is placed upon the nursing intervention involved in the maintenance and restoration of physiological equilibrium, it covers the following units and body systems: (Fluids and Electrolytes, Gastro-intestinal, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic, Hematology and Renal).
Prerequisite: NURS 252

NURS 336 Medical Surgical Nursing III  (Cr. 5)
The course presents an integrated approach to the study of health and illness. It is designed to give a broad general background in the care of adults who have medical & surgical problems. Emphasis is placed upon the nursing intervention involved in the maintenance and restoration of physiological equilibrium, it covers the following body systems and units: (Neurology, Musculoskeletal, Endocrine, Dermatology, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat (EENT), AIDS.).
Prerequisite: NURS 334 or NURS 335


NURS 337 Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing (Cr. 5)
Nursing concepts current to clinical practice in critical care nursing are included.  Emergency, coronary care, intensive care and operating room nursing are especially emphasized.  Clinical experience will complement the theories that are presented. 
Prerequisite: NURS 334, NURS 335, NURS 336

NURS 340 Mental Health Nursing (Cr. 2)
This course focuses on the application of mental health nursing concepts in client care. Students will be helped to develop effective communication and counseling skills in order to handle difficult and stressful situations for those who have conflict in daily life. Theoretical content includes concepts of mental health and mental illness, emotional response to illness, stress and anxiety, coping adaptation, crisis interventions and prevention of unhealthy level of stress. It will also focus on exploration of attitudes toward death and dying and responsibilities to the dying person and the family. This course will discuss common emotional conditions that are associated with political violence, domestic violence and sexual abuse. This is an introductory course for psychiatric nursing course that will be studied in the fourth year. Assignment and projects will be designed to facilitate the students’ synthesis of classroom material, individualized application of Mental Health concepts.
Prerequisite- PSYC 231

NURS 342  Psychiatric Nursing  (Cr. 3)
This course will focus on the basic concepts of psychiatric nursing and the delivery of care to client and families experiencing psychiatric disorders and mal adaptive behaviors. Emphasis is on the community mental health illness continuum throughout the life span and the nursing role in assisting the client with problem solving in a community setting.
Prerequisite: NURS 340

NURS 343  Community Health Nursing  (Cr. 4)
This course is designed to help the students to address the community as client and focus on clinical prevention and promotion of population health through the application of evidence based community health nursing practice, emphasize will be on the health care polices, finance and the role of the nurse and the local community agencies in meeting health needs.
Prerequisite: NURS332, NURS333, NURS 334, NURS 335

NURS 344  Gerontology Nursing  (Cr. 1)
This course is one credit course will focus on ageism, societal attitudes regarding the elderly, and responses to the aging process, both from the individual and social perspective, will be examined. Cultural variation and responses to aging and the social, political, and economic implications of a rapidly expanding aging population in the Palestinian community and in other regions of the world, will be analyzed. Resource and service availability for the elderly-locally, regionally, and inter nationally—will also be assessed, Theoretical content includes concepts of mental illness, and chronic diseases.

NURS  350  Nursing Management (Cr. 3)
The primary goal of this course is to present the leader and manager roles as challenging and rewarding and to provide information, skill and tools that enable one to develop effective leadership and management skills.  Students acquire knowledge related to concepts and principle of nursing management as well as learn the role and function of manager in clinical practice.

NURS  351, 352  Pharmacology I, II  (Cr. 2,2)
These courses are designed to give the students information about medicine including generic and trade names for the common drugs  in use, administration, actions, interactions, doses, uses, side effects, contraindications  and special focus on nursing considerations.

NURS 354 Nursing Research  (Cr. 2)
The course explores skills essential to the research process through critical analysis of research studies, and the application of principles of research methodology to selected projects.

NURS 355  Professional Foundations (Cr. 2)
The course is a study of relationships and responsibilities of professional nursing with emphasis on current issues and professional organizations, as well as the planning and the discussing of career development.  The course is required and is restricted to the last semester senior nursing students.

NURS 388 Clinical Practicum  (Cr. 0)
This is a non-credit program designed to provide the Nursing student with an additional 400 clinical hours in a hospital setting for the mastery of nursing skills under the guidance of the nursing staff where the student is assigned.  It has to be completed in the summer session after the third year of study.
Prerequisite: NURS 251, NURS 252, NURS 333, NURS 334 or NURS 335

NURS 389 Nursing Seminar (Cr. 1)
This course is designed to give the senior nursing student an opportunity to study in depth an area of specific interest.  Faculty members assist and coordinate the student's work.  It gives the student the chance to present their topic or finding of a written research paper, it is required and restricted to last semester senior nursing students.

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