Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Roseau, Dominica
BSc
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Feb 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is the preferred degree for many professional nurses. The BSN does two things. It gives you the skills and practice theory necessary to think critically in patient care as a professional RN. It positions you for the advanced study if you choose to pursue it at some later date.
- The nursing program provides the health care systems with a useful tool for producing competent professional nurses to respond to priority health needs and emerging issues of people by providing holistic nursing care that is ethical, safe, and evidence-informed to positively impact the health and quality of life of sick individuals, families, groups, and communities.
- The program adopts the primary health care approach and cross-sectoral actions to tackle social determinants of health. It is within this context that the curriculum encompasses the management and care of the mental, psychological, emotional, and physical health of the sick.
- This three-year nursing curriculum comprises twenty-four competency-based modules, which are covered in six semesters.
- The courses are sequenced in such a way that, during the first year, you gain a sound knowledge of scientific principles and related health determinants for the nursing discipline.
- The modules are built on the scientific foundation and progress achieved in a way that offers learners opportunities to acquire critical thinking skills by their final year increasingly.
- The courses are also sequenced in such a way that learners are provided with a theory which is immediately followed by a clinical module to allow for adequate exposure to experiential learning for developing required competencies.
- The curriculum is competency-based and learner-centered, with emphasis on the learners’ development of nursing competencies, including lifesaving skills. Implementation involves learner-centered approaches such as problem-based learning, which incorporates the principles of self-directed learning and group processes.
- Mentorship during clinical attachment will be provided by nursing educators and mentors to ensure that the learners acquire clinical competencies in the various domains being studied.
- The curriculum is built upon the eight key concepts of humankind, environment, research, legal/ethical/political dimensions, information processing, teaching/learning, health promotion, and management. The development of these eight key concepts leads to four outcome abilities inherent to nursing practice. These outcome abilities are caring, critical thinking, communication, and professional practice.
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) curriculum is aimed at preparing professional Nurses at the Graduate level who are competent to deliver holistic nursing care to individuals, families, and communities.
The curriculum will be delivered through a baccalaureate four-year, credit-based, program consisting of two Semesters and a summer practicum with a maximum of five courses per semester.
The administration of the program will reflect the application of the Global Standards for the Initial Education of Professional Nurses and Midwives, and the regulations of the General Nursing Councils. Learning Outcomes for each course will require the learner to utilize critical inquiry skills, and evidenced-based findings; explore the nursing environment, and exercise sound professional judgment while internalizing and integrating the concepts. The courses will incorporate the 6 threads of the program; basic needs, the life cycle, the individual, family, and communities, the nursing process, health teaching and counseling, leadership, and management. The tutorial is divided into classroom, laboratory, and clinical sessions. The courses necessary as prerequisites to the nursing courses will be taught in the first two years. The final year includes an elective and a senior practicum. Continuous assessment is the basis for the movement of learners from one level to the other. This will include written examinations as well as clinical assessments and the maintenance of professional conduct. Learners will be expected to satisfactorily complete the competencies of each year to move to the next level of the program.
Program structure
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 |
| Anatomy 4 | Pathophysiological 4 | Nursing Care 1 month- 19 years & Practicum 4 | Nursing Leadership 3 |
| Physiology 5 | Pharmacology 4 | Adult Health Nursing 2 20 years-64 years & Practicum 5 |
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| Fundamentals of Communication 3 | Nutrition 3 | Psychiatry/Mental Health &Illness & Practicum 4 | Nursing Clinical Elective 4 |
| Sociology 3 | The Nursing Process 3 | Research 3 |
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| Psychology 3 | Health Assessment 4 |
| Caribbean Society and Culture 2 |
| Nursing Professionalism 3 |
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| Total 21 | Total 18 | Total 16 | Total 9 |
| Fundamentals of Chemistry 3 | Caring for the child-bearing family 4 | Specialized Nursing and Practicum 6 | Nursing Practicum 45 |
| Microbiology 3 | Adult Health Nursing 1 20 years- 64 years 5 | Nursing Care of Older Person 4 | Public Speaking and Creative Writing 2 |
| Information Technology 3 | Community Nursing 3 | Nursing Management 3 |
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| Biochemistry 3 | Epidemiology 3 | Statistics 3 |
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| Health Promotion and maintenance of wellness 3 | Foreign Language 3 |
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| Total 15 | Total 18 | Total 16 | Total 56 |
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| Total 36 | Total 36 | Total 32 | Total 65 |
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| Program Total | 110 Credits |