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 |