Bachelor Of Nursing

Introduction :

The department of nursing at An-Najah National University offers undergraduate program leading to the degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing. This program prepares professional nurses who can work with a multidisciplinary health team in order to meet the client’s health needs and to upgrade the quality of health care in various health settings.

Mission :

Educate and develop students to equip them for a rapidly changing and innovative field. The Bachelor of Science program prepares highly competent, qualified, and caring nurses who meet the health care needs, prepares individuals for entry level professional practice and provides a foundation for leadership roles and graduate studies. The nursing programme is committed to graduate nurses who are grounded in theory and research, and responsive to the health care needs and expectations of individuals, families, community, and the profession.

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing prepares students to think critically, make decisions and function effectively in their interpersonal and team surroundings. The general education courses in humanities and social and biological sciences provide a strong foundation for the nursing theory and clinical/experiential courses. Nursing graduates are prepared to understand and respond to the vast and changing healthcare needs of individuals and communities in this society.

Vision :

Palestine of the 21st century goes through intense social political processes with immediate health-related ramifications: The political situation has introduced new healthcare needs and has accelerated the aging of the country's population; unstable economy effects healthcare provision and budgets; political and security turmoil take their toll on the physical and mental welfare of individuals and entire communities. These processes also effect healthcare organization as well as nurses and their patients against this backdrop.

The college of Nursing is committed to promote nurse professionalism in Palestine. A highly qualified nurse, who can provide a comprehensive response to clinical, technological, managerial and psychological challenges of care, is the graduate we aspire to educate.

Our mission is to :

• Offer a model for excellence and leadership in nursing through innovative curricula, cutting-edge teaching methods and community involvement.
• Develop leading edge, high-impact knowledge, methods and faculty expertise.
• Educate and develop students to equip them for a rapidly changing, creative, global, technology- enabled and, increasingly, technology- driven business environment
• Provide every student with a memorable, life-transforming experience through dedication to the highest academic standards, the highest standards of educational delivery, and relentless pursuit of operational excellence.

Objectives :

The Bsc in Applied Nursing Science is planned to enable participants to:

•  Prepare nurse who can practice safely, competently& effectively.
• Educate students who are flexible &adptable in their approoach to work with patients an their families during illness.
• Prepare qualified professional nurses as to meet  the need of the local communities.
• Raise the standards of health care both in health and sickness by prepaing independent qualified nurses who are able to function competently at the preventive and curative level.
• Critique concepts (such as evidence based practice, health promotion, humanities, information technology, life sciences, professional issues, psychology, social policy and sociology) which contribute to nursing knowledge and to evaluate their relevance for practice.
• Understand different methodological approaches to research and appreciate the contribution research makes to the development of nursing knowledge.
• Analyse theories of innovation and change and decision making to analyse the changing structure of health care and the role of nursing within a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Utilize the principles of praxis to develop practice
• Integrate the academic disciplines that contribute to nursing and use them to analyse specific aspects of practice.
• Analyse theoretical developments in nursing and critically evaluate their relevance to practice.
• Evaluate the usefulness of evidence selected from various contemporary sources in the development of nursing practice
• Articulate strategies for developing evidence based practice
• Use various methods, including information technology, to collect and analyse evidence from a wide range of sources
• Demonstrate an ability to synthesis information to analyse clinical problems
• Analyse principles of communication theory for presenting information to the users and providers of health care.
• Provide a broad general education, an excellent grounding in the buisiness disciplines and sufficient development in a major or concentration to ensure that students can make competitive contributions to organizations or ventures upon graduation.
• To ensure that all graduates are capable as well as knowledgeable and prepared to develop and assume greater responsibility throughout their careers.
• To encourage and develop intellectual curiosity, analytical and research capability, sound management decision- making processes and the ability to plan, organize and control activities to achieve goals.
• Improve the knowledge about human health, especially through education, research and public service.
• Assisi individuals” students” in obtaining education and training required to enter and advanced within the nursing profession.

Intended learning Outcomes

To obtain the Bachelor of Science in nursing degree the student should have:

• acquired the knowledge and skills required to be able to work independently as a nurse in general health care
• acquired knowledge in general and specific nursing
• developed self-knowledge and the power of insight, and through an ethical approach and a holistic picture of man thereby developed the ability to have good relationships with patients and their families.
• acquired knowledge about conditions in society that affect the health of men and women and be able to initiate and participate in health promotion and preventive care
• acquired knowledge concerning the economics and organisation of health care that is of importance to health care
• acquired knowledge concerning the planning, leadership and co-ordination of care, and developed a professional approach as preparation for teamwork and collaboration among all personnel groups.
• acquired the ability to instruct patients and their families and to supervise care staff.
• provide competent, safe care autonomously for the patients & their families.
• recognize individuality of each patient and his/her family and foster the development decision making throughout the care giving process.
• promote lifestyle practices that enhance the health and wellbeing of the patients and their families.
• demonstrate informed decision-making skills & the ability to make informedifferncial diagnosis

Criteria for Admission to the Nursing Program :

• Tawjihi 75% or above.
• Completed secondary scientific education.
• Satisfactory outcome of an interview evaluating background and suitability for a Nursing Speciality.
• Proficient knowledge of English