courses - College of Nursing
1. Pediatric Nursing
Course Code: 433 -EM-7
Credit Hours: 2 hours
Course Objectives :-
- Provide students with the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to provide competent care for children during health and illness from birth to adolescence.
- Implementation of safe nursing skills using laboratory simulation
- Apply the principles of ethics and children's rights during the provision of care in the hospital.
Course Content: -
1- Birth defects of newborns
2- Infectious diseases of children
3 - respiratory diseases of children
4 - diseases of the urinary system for children
5- Children's tumors
6 - diseases of the glands of children
7 - malnutrition diseases
8 - diseases of the nervous system of children
9 - diseases of the circulatory system
Top references:
Hockenberry,M ., Wilson,D., and Rodgers, C., (2017):Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 10th Edition, Mosby.
2. Course Title : Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing
- Course Code : 431 Suck 7
- Credit Hours : 7 Credit Hours
- Course Objectives :-
This course aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills in providing nursing care to women during different stages of life, including pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium..
Course Content :-
• Anatomy and functions of the female reproductive system.
• Menstrual cycle
• Normal pregnancy
• Natural childbirth
• Natural puerperium
• High-risk pregnancy
• High-risk childbirth
• High-risk puerperium
• Family Planning
• Gynecological problems
- Top references :
• Olds SB., London ML., Ladewing PW. and Davidson MR. (2004): Maternal –Newborn nursing and woman's health. 7th edition, Pearson Education. Canada.
• Leifor G. (2011): Introduction to maternity and pediatric Nursing. (6th edition) Elsevier Sounders. USA.
3. Course Title: Growth and Development
Course Number and Code: 332Nmw-2
Number of credit hours: Two hours
Course Objectives:
1- Providing the student with a scientific background on the stages of growth and development in humans in different periods of life.
2- Providing the student with knowledge about the role of the nurse in protecting society from behavioral deviations during the different period of life.
3- Help the student to identify natural growth milestones in different periods of life.
Summary of content:
1) Principles and theories of growth and development.
2) Intrauterine fetal development
3)Newborn
4) Growth and development of infants
5) The growth and development of a young child
6) The growth and development of a preschool child
7) Growth and development of a school-age child
8) Adolescence
9) Early stage of adulthood
10) Mid-adulthood
11) Late adulthood
Top references:
Patricia Humphrey and Patty Maynard Hill,(2008) :Human growth and development throughout life New York : Wiley.