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Clinical experience for BSN

Based on the reformation done for the BSN program by CAA, MOE, UAE, the first two-year students get their clinical experience in the simulated lab. In the first year of the program itself, the students begins the course foundation of nursing practice with practical experience in the simulated lab settings. In the second year, the program expands to include working with both healthy people and those experiencing acute illness; increasingly complex situations; and engages in experience that demonstrates interconnection of hospital and community care and is provided in the highly simulated setting in clinical skill lab. In the third and fourth years of the program, students have an opportunity to learn advanced concepts and more specialized skills in caring for individuals experiencing complex health challenges in both hospital and community settings. It focuses on professional growth and responsibility to contribute to the development of health care through leadership.

Practical, Simulation & Clinical hours for each course of the BSN Program Details of the first two years of BSN program for Practical, Simulation are as follows:

Clinical Skill Lab (CSL) and Simulated Lab (SL)

Year Course Semester I Semester II
Practical Hours Simulation Lab Hours Practical Hours Simulation Lab Hours
Year 1 Foundations of Nursing Practice - 1 75 60 - -
Foundations of Nursing Practice - 2 - - 60 30
Year 2 Health Assessment 60 60 - -
Adult Health Nursing -1 (includesfollowing areas given below) : 45 - 30 -
Medical - 80 - 30
Surgical - 40 - 30
Total 180 240 90 90

Clinical Hospital

Year Course Semester I Semester II
Credit Hour Clinical Hour
Year 3 Gynecology 60 -
Pediatrics (including Nursing Leadership and Management) 60 60
30 30
Adult Health Nursing - 2 (includes Nursing Leadership and Management 0 0
Ear Nose Throat (ENT) 24 24
Orthopedic 48 48
Ophthalmic 18 24
Dermatology 12 -
Operating Theatre Medical 48
Medical unit 0 54
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 60 60
Total Actual Hours 360 300
Year 4 Obstetrical Nursing 120 120
Community Health Nursing 60 60
Medical ICU/CCU 12 24
Surgical ICU 12 24
Emergency room 12 24
Surgical Unit 12 24
Medical Unit 12 24
Practicum 240 180
Total Actual Hours 480 480

Clinical experience for RNBSN

In the first semester after two weeks of theory classes, the clinical experience will begin in the hospital settings. In the second year, the program extends to community care, evidence based practice and leadership training in the hospital.

RNBSN Clinical Rotation - Actual hours

Year Course Semester I Semester II
Clinical Hours Clinical Hours
Year-1 Adult Health Nursing: Medical 20 20
Surgical 20 20
Critical Care 20 20
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 60 60
Obstetrical/ Gynecological Nursing 60 120
Pediatrics (including Nursing Leadership and Management) 60 60
Year-2 Community Health Nursing 120 120
Nursing Leadership and Management 60 60
Total Actual Hours 420 480
Course Year Course Total
Year-1 Year-2
I II I II
Adult Health Nursing includes the following areas given below:
Medical Wards 1 2 - - 3
Surgical Wards 1 2 - - 3
Critical Care Unit 2 2 - - 4
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing includes the following area given below:
Psychiatric 2 2 - - 4
Obstetrical and Gynecological Nursing includes the following areas given below:
Obstetrics 2 4 - - 6
Gynecology 2 2 - - 4
Pediatric Nursing includes the following area given below:
Pediatrics 2 2 - - 4
Community Health Nursing - - 4 3 7
Nursing Education - - 4 3 7
Nursing Leadership and Management - - 4 4 8
Nursing Research Project - - - 6 6
Semester Total 12 16 12 16 56