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, 120 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 extensive base of knowledge 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 Goals
- Educate the baccalaureate nursing students 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.
- Cultivate an educational environment of compassion, endurance, competence, excellence, innovation, creativity, collaboration, and professional development.
- Prepare the baccalaureate nursing students with leadership qualities in the variety of healthcare settings and to the nursing practice and education.
- Prepare the baccalaureate nursing students to meet the national and international healthcare industry expectations for high quality of care and outcomes through certification, licensure, and other professional requirements.
- Contribute to and promote excellence in scholarly activities and evidence-based practice in nursing and healthcare fields.
- Foster excellence in nursing education through integration of the latest technological innovations.
- Promote students-faculty interaction and involvement in health promotion and education activities for individuals, families and communities.
Program Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this program the graduate will be able to:
- Develop and apply a range of knowledge and relevant principles from the nursing, allied health, behavioral sciences, evidence-based practice and other relevant sources to provide quality healthcare services for patient, family, and community in variety of healthcare settings.
- Provide holistic, safe, quality, culturally appropriate, person-centered care to patients, families, groups, and community through effective utilization of the nursing process framework and supported by evidence-based clinical practice in a variety of healthcare settings.
- Communicate effectively verbally and non-verbally with patients, families, and members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, including the use of informatics and healthcare technologies to provide and coordinate holistic, safe, quality and person-centered care in a variety of healthcare settings.
- Utilize scientific and evidence-based knowledge regarding alteration and changes in healthcare needs of patients, families, groups, and community to generate solutions and manage projects which promote, maintain and sustain person-centered care and professional nursing practice.
- Apply professional nursing competencies, decision making skills, and technical leadership attributes to work independently as well as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team to formulate creative and innovative solutions that contribute to high-quality care in a variety of healthcare settings.
- Demonstrate the ability to comprehend multiple perspectives through professional nursing attributes to formulate effective innovative solutions and actions to improve and promote the quality of nursing profession and practice.
- Integrate knowledge and skills in leadership, safety, nursing management, quality improvement in the delivery of quality healthcare for patients, family and community in a variety of healthcare settings while contributing to the sustainable development of the healthcare system.
- Demonstrate professional commitment to the nursing profession and demonstrate moral, legal and ethical accountability that acknowledge human diversity, influence professional practice and meet regulatory and professional standards nationally and internationally.
- Engage in inter-professional partnership and development in different healthcare contexts and assimilate new knowledge and skills into nursing practice to generate solutions and guide actions which promote, maintain and sustain person-centered care and professional nursing practice.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills related to healthcare technology, informatics, digital health and technology-based patient care to provide safe and quality healthcare services for patient, family, and community in variety of healthcare settings.
Completion Requirements
Bachelor of Nursing
Students must successfully complete a minimum of 120 credits as follows:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing Core Courses - Theory | 63 | |
| Nursing Core Courses - Clinical | 26 | |
| Nursing Core Courses - Lab | 6 | |
| Nursing Elective - Theory | 2 | |
| Nursing Elective - Clinical | 2 | |
| General Studies | 21 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
Note:
To qualify for a Bachelor’s degree in nursing a student is required to:
- Successfully complete the required 120 credit hours specific to the program with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.
- Complete a total of 1792 supervised clinical training hours as part of the clinical courses within the curriculum.
- Complete 100 hours of volunteering work.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing Core Courses - Theory | ||
| Required Credits: 63 | ||
| HNR 1013 | Anatomy and Physiology-I for Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 1023 | Applied Biochemistry For Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 1112 | Principles of Microbiology | 2 |
| HNR 1122 | Human Behavior and Development for Nursing | 2 |
| HNR 1123 | Anatomy and Physiology-II for Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 1132 | Health Education and Therapeutic Communication | 2 |
| HNR 2002 | Health and Physical Assessment | 2 |
| HNR 2023 | Nursing Fundamentals | 3 |
| HNR 2043 | Applied Pathophysiology | 3 |
| HNR 2053 | Applied Pharmacology | 3 |
| HNR 2103 | Adult Medical-Surgical I | 3 |
| HNR 2123 | Nursing Research and Biostatistics | 3 |
| HNR 3012 | Legal and Ethical Considerations in Nursing | 2 |
| HNR 3053 | Adult Medical-Surgical II | 3 |
| HNR 3063 | Maternal Health Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 3113 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 3132 | Healthcare Informatics | 2 |
| HNR 3143 | Pediatric Health Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 4043 | Critical Care Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 4053 | Nursing Research in Practice | 3 |
| HNR 4063 | Community and Public Health Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 4123 | Capstone Research Project for Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 4133 | Nursing Leadership and Management | 3 |
| Nursing Core Courses - Lab | ||
| Required Credits : 6 | ||
| HNR 2001 | Nursing Fundamentals Lab | 1 |
| HNR 2011 | Health and Physical Assessment Lab | 1 |
| HNR 2111 | Adult Medical-Surgical I Lab | 1 |
| HNR 3041 | Adult and Maternal Lab | 1 |
| HNR 3131 | Pediatric Health Nursing Lab | 1 |
| HNR 4041 | Critical Care Nursing Lab | 1 |
| Nursing Core Courses - Clinical | ||
| Required Credits : 26 | ||
| HNR 2133 | Adult Medical-Surgical I Clinical | 3 |
| HNR 3024 | Adult Medical-Surgical II Clinical | 4 |
| HNR 3062 | Maternal Health Nursing Clinical | 2 |
| HNR 3122 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing-Clinical | 2 |
| HNR 3203 | Pediatric Health Nursing Clinical | 3 |
| HNR 4034 | Critical Care Nursing Clinical | 4 |
| HNR 4042 | Community and Public Health Nursing Clinical | 2 |
| HNR 4136 | Intensive Clinical Training | 6 |
| Nursing Elective - Theory | ||
| Required Credits : 2 | ||
| HNR 2602 | Applied Nutrition | 2 |
| HNR 2622 | Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 2 |
| HNR 3612 | Disaster Management and Emergency Preparedness | 2 |
| HNR 3632 | e-Health and Digital Nursing | 2 |
| HNR 3642 | Health Promotion | 2 |
| Nursing Elective - Clinical | ||
| Required Credits : 2 | ||
| HNR 4602 | Gerontology Nursing-Clinical | 2 |
| HNR 4612 | Neonatal Critical Nursing Care-Clinical | 2 |
| HNR 4622 | Perioperative & Cardiothoracic Nursing-Clinical | 2 |
| HNR 4632 | Infectious Disease Nursing-Clinical | 2 |
| General Studies | ||
| Required Credits: 21 | ||
| English, Arabic or other Languages | ||
| Required Credits: 12 | ||
| AES 1013 | Arabic Communications | 3 |
| AES 1033 | Islamic Culture | 3 |
| LSC 1103 | Professional Communication and Reporting | 3 |
| LSC 2193 | Applied Skills Capstone | 3 |
| Humanities or Art | ||
| Required Credits: 3 | ||
| AES 1003 | Emirati Studies | 3 |
| The Social or Behavioral Sciences | ||
| Required Credits: 6 | ||
| LSS 1003 | Life and Future Skills | 3 |
| BUS 2403 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| Description | Data |
|---|---|
| Total Required Credits | 120 |
| 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 | |
| AES 1003 | Emirati Studies | 3 |
| HNR 1013 | Anatomy and Physiology-I for Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 1023 | Applied Biochemistry For Nursing | 3 |
| LSC 1103 | Professional Communication and Reporting | 3 |
| LSS 1003 | Life and Future Skills | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| AES 1013 | Arabic Communications | 3 |
| AES 1033 | Islamic Culture | 3 |
| HNR 1112 | Principles of Microbiology | 2 |
| HNR 1122 | Human Behavior and Development for Nursing | 2 |
| HNR 1123 | Anatomy and Physiology-II for Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 1132 | Health Education and Therapeutic Communication | 2 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Semester 3 | ||
| HNR 2023 | Nursing Fundamentals | 3 |
| HNR 2001 | Nursing Fundamentals Lab | 1 |
| HNR 2002 | Health and Physical Assessment | 2 |
| HNR 2011 | Health and Physical Assessment Lab | 1 |
| HNR 2043 | Applied Pathophysiology | 3 |
| LSC 2193 | Applied Skills Capstone | 3 |
| HNR 2053 | Applied Pharmacology | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Semester 4 | ||
| HNR 2103 | Adult Medical-Surgical I | 3 |
| HNR 2133 | Adult Medical-Surgical I Clinical | 3 |
| HNR 2111 | Adult Medical-Surgical I Lab | 1 |
| HNR 2123 | Nursing Research and Biostatistics | 3 |
| Nursing Elective - Theory | 2 | |
| BUS 2403 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Semester 5 | ||
| HNR 3053 | Adult Medical-Surgical II | 3 |
| HNR 3024 | Adult Medical-Surgical II Clinical | 4 |
| HNR 3041 | Adult and Maternal Lab | 1 |
| HNR 3063 | Maternal Health Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 3062 | Maternal Health Nursing Clinical | 2 |
| HNR 3012 | Legal and Ethical Considerations in Nursing | 2 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 6 | ||
| HNR 3113 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 3122 | Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing-Clinical | 2 |
| HNR 3143 | Pediatric Health Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 3203 | Pediatric Health Nursing Clinical | 3 |
| HNR 3131 | Pediatric Health Nursing Lab | 1 |
| HNR 3132 | Healthcare Informatics | 2 |
| Credit Hours | 14 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Semester 7 | ||
| HNR 4053 | Nursing Research in Practice | 3 |
| HNR 4043 | Critical Care Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 4034 | Critical Care Nursing Clinical | 4 |
| HNR 4041 | Critical Care Nursing Lab | 1 |
| HNR 4063 | Community and Public Health Nursing | 3 |
| HNR 4042 | Community and Public Health Nursing Clinical | 2 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Semester 8 | ||
| HNR 4123 | Capstone Research Project for Nursing | 3 |
| Nursing Elective - Practice | 2 | |
| HNR 4133 | Nursing Leadership and Management | 3 |
| HNR 4136 | Intensive Clinical Training | 6 |
| Credit Hours | 14 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
Additional courses may be offered in each Summer Semester at the discretion of the Academic Faculty.
Yousef Aljawarneh, PhD (Nursing, Acute and Adult Care), University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA.
Saed Azizeh, Doctorate (Nursing, Mental Health), University College Cork, Ireland.
Rana Obeidat, PhD (Adult Health Nursing), University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA.
Sultan Mosleh, PhD (Nursing, Critical Care), University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Ahmad Al-Bashaireh, PhD (Nursing, Acute and Adult Care). University of Florida, USA.
Foad Alzoughool, PhD (Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Physiology and Pathophysiology), University of Ottawa, Canada.
Tania Santina, PhD (Community Health), Université Laval, Canada.
Samantha Ismaile, PhD, (Nursing, Leadership and Administration in Nursing), Durham University, UK.
Sarah Sanad, PhD (Healthcare Management), Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, UAE.
Kathryn Banks, PhD (Nursing, Community Health), University of Alberta, Canada.
Elly Wardani, PhD (Nursing/Healthcare Systems & Leadership; Patient Safety & Quality), The University of Sheffield, UK.
Noordeen Shoqirat, PhD (Nursing, Adult Health Nursing), Queen Margaret University, UK.
Heba Khalil, PhD (Nursing, Acute and Tertiary Care), University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Loai Abu Shahrour, PhD (Nursing, Acute and Adult Care), Griffith University, Australia.
Muwafaq Al-Momani, PhD (Adult Health Nursing). University of Salford, UK.
Domam Alomari, DN (Doctor of Nursing), (Adult Health Nursing), University College Cork, Ireland.
Howieda Fouly, PhD (Nursing, Maternity, Obstetrics & Gynecology), University of Pennsylvania, USA & Assiut University, Egypt.