Nursing
Admission to Program
Admission to the program is explained in the HCT Admission Policy described in the Academic Policies section of this Catalog.
Program Mission
The Bachelor of Nursing program aims to equip UAE National graduates with the knowledge, skills and competencies that meet national and international nursing standards to deliver safe, quality care and optimize health for individuals, families and communities. Upon completion of the program UAE National graduates will be prepared to meet industry expectations and will be offered employment.
Program Description
The Bachelor of Nursing program is a four-year post-foundation, 134 credit program that prepares the student for entry into professional practice as a generalist nurse. It includes a mix of theoretical knowledge in nursing, human and behavioral sciences, as well as other areas such as investigatory, managerial and communication knowledge and skills, all of which are required for competent, safe practice as a professional registered nurse. The program includes a knowledge base that examines the fields of: acute and chronic medical / surgical nursing; maternal and newborn health; child and adolescent health; mental health; care of the patient with complex and high dependency health needs; and community health. The program incorporates extensive supervised professional clinical education in selected and relevant clinical healthcare settings.
Program Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this program the graduate will be able to:
- Apply knowledge from the nursing, allied health, behavioral sciences, best practice and other relevant sources to provide quality healthcare services in clinical and nonclinical settings.
- Utilize the nursing process framework to provide holistic care for individuals, families, and communities in different settings to optimize health and well being.
- Demonstrate effective cognitive, technical, critical thinking, and communication competencies to establish, implement, deliver and evaluate nursing care plans within healthcare settings.
- Utilize evidence-based practice research to improve patient health outcomes to meet the changing healthcare needs of individuals, families and communities and to generate solutions that would contribute to the nursing body of knowledge and evaluation of the professional nursing care.
- Demonstrate professional competencies and technical leadership attributes to lead and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team in a diverse range of clinical settings.
- Demonstrate the ability to generate innovative solutions to improve the quality of clinical nursing practice.
- Demonstrate leadership and management skills and competencies to provide safe and optimum quality care in a variety of healthcare settings.
- Demonstrate professional, moral, legal and ethical attributes relevant to their registered nurses' role in their practice areas and meeting the regulatory and professional standards nationally and internationally.
Completion Requirements
Bachelor of Nursing
Students must successfully complete a minimum of 134 credits as follows:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Health Science Core Courses | 21 | |
| Nursing Core Courses | 52 | |
| Nursing Practicum Courses | 28 | |
| General Studies | 33 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 134 | |
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Health Science Core Courses | ||
| Required Credits: 21 | ||
| HSC 1023 | Chemistry for Health Sciences | 3 |
| HSC 1033 | Anatomy and Physiology | 3 |
| HSC 1113 | Introduction to Healthcare Systems and Professional Practice | 3 |
| HSC 1123 | Work Health and Safety | 3 |
| HSC 1803 | Medical Terminology for Health Sciences | 3 |
| HSC 4006 | Capstone Research Project for Health Sciences | 6 |
| Nursing Core Courses | ||
| Required Credits: 52 | ||
| HNR 2003 | Fundamentals of Nursing (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 2014 | History Taking and Physical Assessment | 4 |
| HNR 2022 | Communication and Health Education Skills | 2 |
| HNR 2033 | Pathophysiology | 3 |
| HNR 2102 | Microbiology | 2 |
| HNR 2113 | Clinical Pharmacology | 3 |
| HNR 2124 | Adult Health Nursing I (Theory) | 4 |
| HNR 2143 | Social and Behavioral Sciences for Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 3023 | Adult Health Nursing II (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 3043 | Maternal Health Nursing and Care of the Newborn (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 3103 | Mental Health Nursing (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 3123 | Child and Adolescent Health Nursing (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 3142 | Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing | 2 |
| HNR 4013 | Community Health Nursing (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 4023 | Evidence- Based Practice | 3 |
| HNR 4103 | Management of Individuals with Complex Health Needs (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 4113 | Leadership and Quality Management in Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 4122 | Nursing Informatics | 2 |
| Nursing Practicum Courses | ||
| Required Credits: 28 | ||
| HNR 2013 | Fundamentals of Nursing (Practice) | 3 |
| HNR 2154 | Adult Health Nursing I (Practice) | 4 |
| HNR 3033 | Adult Health Nursing II (Practice) | 3 |
| HNR 3052 | Maternal Health Nursing and Care of the Newborn (Practice) | 2 |
| HNR 3112 | Mental Health Nursing (Practice) | 2 |
| HNR 3133 | Child and Adolescent Health Nursing (Practice) | 3 |
| HNR 4022 | Community Health Nursing (Practice) | 2 |
| HNR 4033 | Management of Individuals with Complex Health Needs (Practice) | 3 |
| HNR 4126 | Consolidated Nursing Practice | 6 |
| General Studies | ||
| Required Credits: 33 | ||
| English, Arabic or other Languages | ||
| Required Credits: 12 | ||
| Humanities or Art | ||
| Required Credits: 3 | ||
| Information Technology or Mathematics | ||
| Required Credits: 6 | ||
| The Natural Sciences | ||
| Required Credits: 3 | ||
| The Social or Behavioral Sciences | ||
| Required Credits: 9 | ||
| Description | Data |
|---|---|
| Total Required Credits | 134 |
| Maximum Duration of Study | 6 years |
| Minimum Duration of Study | 4 years |
| Cost Recovery Program | No |
| Program Code | BHNRU |
| Major Code | HNR |
Recommended Sequence of Study
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Credit Hours | |
| HSC 1013 | Human Biology | 3 |
| HSC 1113 | Introduction to Healthcare Systems and Professional Practice | 3 |
| HSC 1803 | Medical Terminology for Health Sciences | 3 |
| LSM 1113 | Statistical Mathematics | 3 |
| LSS 1003 | Life and Future Skills | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| HSC 1023 | Chemistry for Health Sciences | 3 |
| HSC 1033 | Anatomy and Physiology | 3 |
| HSC 1123 | Work Health and Safety | 3 |
| LSC 1103 | Professional Communication and Reporting | 3 |
| LSS 1123 | Basic Research Methods | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Semester 3 | ||
| HNR 2003 | Fundamentals of Nursing (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 2013 | Fundamentals of Nursing (Practice) | 3 |
| HNR 2014 | History Taking and Physical Assessment | 4 |
| HNR 2022 | Communication and Health Education Skills | 2 |
| HNR 2033 | Pathophysiology | 3 |
| LSC 2223 | Future Skills Capstone | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 18 | |
| Semester 4 | ||
| HNR 2102 | Microbiology | 2 |
| HNR 2113 | Clinical Pharmacology | 3 |
| HNR 2124 | Adult Health Nursing I (Theory) | 4 |
| HNR 2154 | Adult Health Nursing I (Practice) | 4 |
| AES 1013 | Arabic Communications | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Summer | ||
| AES 1003 | Emirati Studies | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 3 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Semester 5 | ||
| HNR 2143 | Social and Behavioral Sciences for Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 3023 | Adult Health Nursing II (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 3033 | Adult Health Nursing II (Practice) | 3 |
| HNR 3043 | Maternal Health Nursing and Care of the Newborn (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 3052 | Maternal Health Nursing and Care of the Newborn (Practice) | 2 |
| ICT 2013 | Computational Thinking and Coding | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Semester 6 | ||
| HNR 3103 | Mental Health Nursing (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 3112 | Mental Health Nursing (Practice) | 2 |
| HNR 3123 | Child and Adolescent Health Nursing (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 3133 | Child and Adolescent Health Nursing (Practice) | 3 |
| HNR 3142 | Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing | 2 |
| BUS 2403 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Semester 7 | ||
| AES 1033 | Islamic Culture | 3 |
| HNR 4013 | Community Health Nursing (Theory) | 3 |
| HNR 4022 | Community Health Nursing (Practice) | 2 |
| HNR 4023 | Evidence- Based Practice | 3 |
| HNR 4033 | Management of Individuals with Complex Health Needs (Practice) | 3 |
| HNR 4103 | Management of Individuals with Complex Health Needs (Theory) | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Semester 8 | ||
| HNR 4113 | Leadership and Quality Management in Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 4122 | Nursing Informatics | 2 |
| HNR 4126 | Consolidated Nursing Practice | 6 |
| HSC 4006 | Capstone Research Project for Health Sciences | 6 |
| Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 134 | |
Additional courses may be offered in each Summer Semester at the discretion of the Academic Faculty.
Hasan Al-Omari, Assistant Professor, PhD in Nursing, University of Kansas, USA, 2007
Ligy Thandiackal, Lecturer, Masters Science-Nursing, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India, 2011
Mohammed Kasasbeh, Assistant Professor, PhD in Nursing, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 2015
Saed Azizeh, Assistant Professor, Doctorate in Nursing, University College Cork, Ireland, 2016
Sultan Mosleh, Assistant Professor, PhD in Nursing, University of Aberdeen, UK, 2011
Yousef Aljawarneh, Lecturer, PhD in Nursing, University of Texas-UTHealth-Houston, USA, 2018
Samantha Qasem Ismaile, Assistant Professor, PhD in Health Sciences- Sub-Specialty in Leadership and Administration in Nursing, Medical Education and Nursing Ethics, Durham University, U.K, 2014
Mona Mohmmad Almalik, Assistant Professor, PhD in Midwifery, University of Aberdeen, UK, 2011
Heyam Fawwaz Dalky, Assistant Professor, PhD in Mental Health Nursing, University of Texas-UTHealth-Houston, USA, 2009
Sarah Sanad, Lecturer, Master of Science in Nursing, University of Jordan, Jordan, 2009