# Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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## Programme Description

The major focus of Bachelor of Science in Nursing programme is to produce graduate
professional nurses capable of delivering safe health care in local, regional, and
international health care systems. The programme prepares professional general trained
nurses with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitude required for the delivery
of high quality and culturally sensitive services. The programme starts with the
foundation of knowledge in the basic sciences, humanities, and related professional
disciplines in the first year followed by the body of related nursing knowledge,
skills and attitudes in subsequent years. These assist graduates to acquire critical
thinking skills relevant for competent and professional practice. The curriculum
is a four-year programme organized in eight semesters, each consisting of 20 weeks
followed by one-year internship in hospitals approved by the Ministry of Health.
After graduation, the nurses should be eligible for registration by the Tanzania
Nursing and Midwifery Council (TNMC).

## Learning Outcomes

 * Demonstrate broad and comparative knowledge of the general scope of nursing and
   its different areas, applications, and its interactions with related subjects
   including anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, parasitology, microbiology, epidemiology,
   infection preventions, biostatistics and ICT, nursing ethics, and professional
   communication. 339
 * Demonstrate detailed knowledge of nursing or a more coverage of a specialist 
   area balanced by a wider range of study including midwifery, paediatric, mental
   health, nursing informatics, emergency and critical care, and anaesthesiology.
 * Demonstrate critical understanding of the essential theories, principles and 
   concepts of nursing and of the ways in which these theories are developed through
   the main methods of enquiry in nursing.
 * Demonstrate critical understanding of the principles of nursing research and 
   data collection methods as a means of advancing the professional knowledge base
   of nursing and develop evidence-based nursing care.
 * Demonstrate critical understanding of the principles of nursing ethics, laws,
   and regulations that govern nursing practice.
 * Employ universal precautions of infection prevention and control during caring
   and nursing procedures.
 * Conduct complete and relevant nursing assessments in a systematic manner.
 * Organize patient care using nursing assessment findings in a comprehensive manner.
 * Produce correct and appropriate nursing care plans for individual patients.
 * Design appropriate discharge plans and create individualized nursing and/or prevention
   plans including patient self-management and behaviour change.
 * Maintain confidence and comfort in the provision of holistic nursing care.
 * Apply knowledge, understanding, and skills in both identifying and analyzing 
   problems and issues and in formulating, evaluating, and applying evidence-based
   solutions and arguments related to nursing.
 * Communicate the results of their researches and other works accurately and reliably
   in a range of different contexts using the main specialist concepts, constructs,
   and techniques of nursing.
 * Apply their subject and transferable skills to contexts where criteria for decisions
   and the scope of the task may be well defined but where personal responsibility,
   initiative, and decision-making are required; and identify and address their 
   own learning needs including being able to draw on a range of current researches,
   developments, and professional materials.

## Programme Structure

### Year 1

#### Semester One

  |  Code |  Course Title |  Status |  Credits |  
   |  NS 111 |  Human Anatomy |  Core |  23 |  
 |  NS 113 |  Medical Biochemistry |  Core |  2E+1 |  
 |  DS 105 |  Development Study |  Core |  9 |  
 |  NS 114 |  Medical Sociology |  Core |  5 |  
 |  NS 115 |  Medical Psychology |  Core |  5 |  
 |  LG 105 |  Communication Skills |  Core |  4 |  
 |  NS 112 |  Basic Medical physiology |  Core |  1E+1 |

#### Semester Two

  |  Code |  Course Title |  Status |  Credits |  
   |  NS 121 |  Pathophysiology |  Core |  15 |  
 |  NS 122 |  Human Nutrition |  Core |  1E+1 |  
 |  NS 123 |  Nursing Ethics and Professional Communication |  Core |  13 |  
 |  NS 124 |  Embryology |  Core |  7 |  
 |  NS 125 |  Developmental psychology and Human growth |  Core |  8 |  
 |  NS 126 |  Biostatistics |  Core |  8 |  
 |  NS 127 |  Information Communication Technology (ICT) Core |  Other |  7 |

### Year 2

#### Semester One

  |  Code |  Course Title |  Status |  Credits |  
   |  NS 211 |  Epidemiology and Research Methodology |  Core |  8 |  
 |  NS 212 |  Medical Parasitology and Entomology |  Core |  2E+1 |  
 |  NS 213 |  Fundamental skills of nursing I (theory) |  Core |  8 |  
 |  NS 214 |  Fundamental skills of nursing practice I |  Core |  16.2 |  
 |  NS 215 |  Microbiology and Immunology |  Core |  2E+1 |

#### Semester Two

  |  Code |  Course Title |  Status |  Credits |  
   |  NS 221 |  Clinical Pharmacology |  Core |  14 |  
 |  NS 222 |  Fundamental Skills for Nursing Practice (Theory) II |  Core |  8.5 |  
 |  NS 223 |  Fundamental skills for nursing practice II |  Core |  17 |  
 |  NS 224 |  Entrepreneurship |  Core |  5 |  
 |  NS 225 |  Curriculum Development and Teaching Methodology |  Core |  8 |  
 |  NS 226 |  Medical Nursing I |  Core |  1E+1 |  
 |  NS 227 |  Surgical Nursing I |  Core |  1E+1 |

### Year 3

#### Semester One

  |  Code |  Course Title |  Status |  Credits |  
   |  NS 311 |  Clinical pharmacology |  Core |  9 |  
 |  NS 312 |  Midwifery 1 (theory) |  Core |  12 |  
 |  NS 313 |  Community Health Nursing I (theory) |  Core |  9 |  
 |  NS 314 |  Pediatric Nursing I (theory) |  Core |  1E+1 |

#### Semester Two

  |  Code |  Course Title |  Status |  Credits |  
   |  NS 321 |  Surgical Nursing practice (Clinical) |  Core |  28 |  
 |  NS 324 |  Medical Nursing practice (Clinical) |  Core |  28 |  
 |  NS 323 |  Pediatric Nursing practice (Clinical) |  Core |  28 |  
 |  NS 322 |  Midwifery practice (Clinical) |  Core |  28 |

### Year 4

#### Semester One

  |  Code |  Course Title |  Status |  Credits |  
   |  NS 411 |  Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing I |  Core |  8 |  
 |  NS 412 |  Emergency and Critical Care |  Core |  8 |  
 |  NS 413 |  Research Methods and Methodology, I |  Core |  14 |  
 |  NS 414 |  Community Health Nursing Practice |  Core |  24 |  
 |  NS 415 |  Mental Health & Psychiatric Nursing Practice I Core |  Other |  12 |  
 |  NS 416 |  Emergency and Critical Care Practice |  Core |  12 |

#### Semester Two

  |  Code |  Course Title |  Status |  Credits |  
   |  NS 421 |  Mental Health & Psychiatric Nursing II (Blended theory, clinical and fieldwork project) |  Core |  15 |  
 |  NS 422 |  Research Methods and Methodology II |  Core |  21 |  
 |  NS 423 |  Nursing Leadership and Management |  Core |  11 |  
 |  NS 424 |  Nursing Informatics |  Core |  7 |  
 |  NS 425 |  Health system Management Residence |  Core |  1E+1 |  
 |  NS 426 |  Advanced Concepts & Skills in Nursing And Midwifery |  Core |  5 |