Students are introduced to the classification of living organisms and the morphological characteristics of the following kingdoms of organisms: Prokaryotae, Protoctista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.  The course also examines the life histories and adaptations of some selected members of the various kingdoms e.g. Bacteria and Cyanobacteria; Protozoa with particular emphasis on the Sporozoa; Zygomycota, Ascomycota and Basidiomycota; Chlorophyta and Phaeophyta; Bryophyta; Lycophyta; Filinophyta; Gymnospermophyta, Angiospermophyta; Platyhelminthes, Nematoda; Arthropoda, Amphibia, Pisces, Reptilia, Aves; and Mammalia.

This course is designed as a study of functional Human Anatomy of the normal human body as applicable to health care. The major body systems are studied with an emphasis on the concept of homeostasis and the relationship of structure and function.

This course is designed as a study of the general function and physiological processes of the normal human body as applicable to health care. Functions of human life processes at the cellular, tissue, and organ-system levels of organisation with emphasis on homeostatic mechanisms will be considered.

This comprises a variety of Courses mounted by the Center for African and International Studies.  Each student gets to do one of these courses in the first semester and another one in the second semester of the first year.

This course is taken concurrently with NUR 219 Students will spend six (6) hours per week learning the fundamental technical and health assessment skills necessary to meet the physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of the client. They will have opportunities to apply the nursing process. Practical experience will be on-campus in the Demonstration Room or on an assigned clinical unit under the supervision of nurse technicians and clinicians. Demonstrations with return demonstration of required nursing skills will be included in the course.

The course presents basic concepts and principles of Basic Speech Communication applicable to professional nursing practice, including interpersonal skills; basic interviewing skills; and preparation and delivery of informal presentations. The relationship of the concepts and principles of Basic Speech Communication to Therapeutic Communication, Counselling and Guidance in Professional Nursing Practice will be examined.

This course is taken concurrently with NUR 222. The course is designed to allow the students to apply the nursing process in the care of clients with an acute illness or undergoing a surgical procedure. The nursing process will serve as the guiding framework to assess, diagnose, plan, treat, and evaluate individual responses to common physical, psychological, and social elements of the environment. Students will spend six (6) hours week on an assigned clinical unit under the supervision of nurse technicians and clinicians. Ward conferences will be organized to discuss the students’ clinical experiences and procedures. Demonstrations with return demonstration of selected nursing skills will be included in the course.

This course is an introduction to community health nursing.  Types of communities and the characteristics of healthy communities will be discussed.  The Millennium Development Goals will provide an organizing focus to the discussion of health promotion and health maintenance strategies that promote healthy lifestyles for individuals, families and communities.

This course is taken concurrently with NUR 319. The course is designed to allow the students to apply the nursing process in the care of clients with an acute illness or undergoing a surgical procedure involving the respiratory, haematological or cardiovascular system.  Students will spend six (6) hours per week on an assigned clinical unit under the supervision of nurse technicians and clinicians. In addition, students will develop skills in setting trays and trolleys and preparing clients for a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Ward conferences will be organized to discuss the students’ clinical experiences and procedures. Demonstrations with return demonstration of selected nursing skills will be included in the course.

The primary focus of this course is on preventative health care of populations and application of the principles of public health science. The course is aimed at assisting students gain much insight into personal health management. Components of environmental health and their relationship with occupational health will be examined. Field trips to relevant sites will be in cooperated in the course to enable students’ related theory to real life situations.

This course introduces statistics as a method of collecting, collating, summarizing and analyzing data on health phenomena. It deals with elements of descriptive statistics, probability estimation and statistical inference. The primary goal of the course is to develop an understanding and appreciation for the concepts and methods of modern statistics in students in the health sciences.

This course is taken concurrently with NUR 307. The course is designed to allow the students to apply the nursing process in the care of clients with an acute illness or undergoing a surgical procedure involving the gastrointestinal, urinary or male and female reproductive systems.  Students will spend six (6) hours per week on an assigned clinical unit under the supervision of nurse technicians and clinicians. Demonstrations with return demonstration of selected nursing skills will be included in the course. Ward conferences will be organized to discuss the students’ clinical experiences and procedures.

This course is taken concurrently with NUR 324. This course emphasizes the application of the nursing process to provide nursing care for paediatric clients with an acute illness and surgery. The focus will be on health promotion and health maintenance strategies to meet the physical, developmental, and psychosocial needs of children and adolescents.  Demonstrations with return demonstration of selected nursing skills will be included in the course. Ward conferences will be organized to discuss the students’ clinical experiences and procedures.

This course is taken concurrently with NUR 416. This practical experience will allow the student to apply the advanced concepts of community/public health nursing. Students will complete an in-depth community assessment and design an appropriate health care management plan addressing identified needs.

The purpose of this course is to examine the professional nurse’s role and responsibilities in shaping health care policy at the regional, national and international levels.  Content will focus on developing skills in strategic planning, political processes and organisational development as applied to health care policy.

The emphasis of this course is management of the childbearing family during pregnancy, labour and the puerperium. Emphasis is on the nurse’s role and responsibilities in the detection of deviations from the normal states of pregnancy and complications of pregnancy, labour and the puerperium. Nursing care of the new-born experiencing uncomplicated and complicated delivery will be presented.

This course focuses on the further development of knowledge and skills needed to promote the health of local, national and international communities. A focus will be on the control and management of communicable diseases and the relationship between the environment and the health of communities. The course introduces students to basic epidemiological principles methods and tools. Emphasis will also be placed on the application of epidemiological approaches to the prevention and control of communicable diseases. The management of some communicable diseases of public health concerns will also be highlighted.

This course is taken concurrently with NUR 427. This practical experience takes place in the psychiatric hospital. The student nurse will obtain general psychiatric nurse practice skills and techniques in the management of clients at any stage of the lifespan with various psychiatric disorders in a variety of health care settings. The students are expected to spend six (6) hours daily on the ward under the supervision of preceptors and clinicians.  Ward conferences will be organised to discuss the students’ clinical experiences and procedures.