Fundamentals of Nursing / Theory
Fundamental of Nursing / Clinical
Communication Skills & Health Education
Maternal and Women Health Nursing / Theory
Maternal and Women Health Nursing / Clinical
Emergency and First Aid / Theory
Emergency and First Aid / Clinical
Child Health Nursing / Clinical
Mental Health Nursing / Theory
Mental Health Nursing / Clinical
Trends and Ethics in Nursing Profession
Scientific Research Methods / Theory
Community Health Nursing (Theory)
Community Health Nursing / Practice
Nursing Leadership and Management / Theory
Nursing Leadership and Management / Practice
Critical Care Nursing / Theory
Critical Care Nursing / Clinical
Clinical Training / Internship
Health
of Older Adults and Gerontology Concepts
This
course focuses on the theoretical knowledge and concurrent laboratory
experiences to develop cognitive, psychomotor and affective skills that will
help nursing students to provide basic nursing care. Definitions of Nursing and
scope of nursing will be emphasized. Introduction to the role of the
professional nurse and the relationship of nursing to nursing history will be
emphasized. An overview of health care delivery models with emphasis on
professional nursing role. It also focuses on concepts of health, wellness and
well-being. Critical thinking and problem solving skills are emphasized. It is
considered as a faculty requirement module for first year nursing students.
This
course focuses on the theoretical and conceptual basis for nursing management
of adult clients experiencing acute and chronic illness. The impact of social,
cultural, psychological, physical, spiritual factors will be explored. It
enables the students to develop assessment, critical thinking and decision
making skills required for planning and implementing the appropriate nursing
care to clients suffering a wide variety of commonly presenting acute and
chronic illness.
This
course provides the nursing student with the clinical experiences regarding the
care of patient with acute and chronic illnesses. It aims at providing
essential clinical nursing skills to meet the physiological, psychological and
safety needs of these patients. Students will be exposed to different learning
opportunities using recent technology, developing decision making, critical
thinking and clinical skills necessary for providing complex medical and
surgical care. Core knowledge and skills from prerequisite courses will be used
to support practice. A variety of health care settings will be utilized to
maximize student skills and experience.
The purpose of this course
is to provide the nursing students with the knowledge and skills pertinent to
health education by focusing on the principles and main concepts of interpersonal communication as well as the
teaching and learning process used in raising health awareness of clients/
patients and empowering them to change their behavior. Strategies of teaching and learning are
explored to help the students to identify the learning needs of their
clients/patients, initiate a participatory teaching-learning process, and
prepare a health education plan for them. Emphasis will be on assessment,
planning, developing and evaluating a health education program applied to the
well and sick individual, family, group and community, to improve their
knowledge, attitude and health behaviors.
This course provides
theoretical foundation for health assessment, physical examination and clinical
experience for implementing knowledge in practice setting. Students will learn
methods and techniques of interviewing history taking, physical examination,
common and important symptoms. Assessment of mental status will also be
included. Critical thinking skills are applied to analysis of data for
identifying nursing and collaborative problems.
This course is designed
for nursing students who are learning to interview patients, to examine them and
to understand and assess their health problems. This course provides the skill
foundation for health assessment, physical examination and clinical experience
for implementing knowledge into practice setting. This course is also designed
for mastering the different techniques of physical examination; identify
abnormalities with special emphasis to the common and or important problems.
This course introduces
nursing students to the interrelationships among nutrition, food and the
environment as they impact health status. Emphasis is placed on the multiple
factors that influence food intake. The role and function of nutrients in
health promotion and wellness throughout the life cycle (maternal and infant
nutrition) will be discussed.
The focus of this course
is on normal pregnancy, physiologic and psychological changes experienced, and
care of the normal newborn. The nursing process is used in identifying and
meeting the needs of the childbearing family to facilitate optimal functioning.
This theory course provides opportunities for the student to acquire an
adequate knowledge utilizing knowledge from the biophysical sciences,
humanities, growth and development, problem solving abilities and the nursing
process. The impact of psychosocial and cultural values and practices of the
childbearing family are explored.
The course is designed to
help students to integrates knowledge from the accompanying maternal health
theory course and provide nursing care of the woman during normal and abnormal
aspects of the maternity cycle and apply the nursing process to assess, plan
and implement the quality care for women during their reproductive utilizing
cycle and problem solving techniques to manage physical, emotional, social and
ethical problems in the areas of reproductive health, safe-motherhood. It also
considers neonate assessment and gynecological conditions of women in different
stages of their lives.
This course focuses on the
theoretical knowledge about emergency nursing which is an essential component
of health care delivery system. This course is designed to give students the
chance to gain in depth understanding of nature of emergency nursing and role
of nurse in meeting different needs of patient. It provides the students with knowledge that
will help them to provide efficient nursing care during emergency and disaster
situations either in pre-hospital settings or in hospital setting and also in
disasters. This module will include three main parts namely basics of emergency
, first aid and emergency
nursing care for trauma in the different body systems and first aids and
emergency nursing care for specific medical emergencies. Critical thinking and
problem solving is emphasized
This
course is designed to provide nursing students with the skills required to care
competently and safely for seriously ill patient or injured victim. It will
present the psychomotor skills associated with assessment and provision of
first aid and emergency nursing care for patient in emergency situations or
disasters either in pre-hospital or in-hospital settings. It focuses on the
application of immediate rapid and accurate nursing assessment and provision of
first aid and emergency nursing care according to priorities
This course enables the
students to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide nursing
care to infants, children (one month to adolescence) and their families sick or
will, at different developmental stages. The course focuses on nursing care of
infants, children and adolescence with actual / potential alterations in health
(common medical and surgical problems) with emphasis on care of infants and
children with congenital anomalies. Guided learning experiences are provided in
the laboratory, acute care pediatric sitting (MCH &hospitals)
This module represents the
clinical part of pediatric nursing and offered as a faculty requirement for the
third year nursing students. The module focuses on the health problems of
infancy and childhood in a developmental framework and stressing the importance
of the nurses' role in health promotion and maintenance. The module also
concerned with the principles and skills of nursing assessment, including
interviewing, observation, physical and behavioral assessment. The preconception
and prenatal influences on child health and well-being are also considered with
special emphasis on the preventive aspects of care. Clinical evaluation and
care plans will be assessed accordingly at faculty lab, nursery school, medical
health centers, and pediatric inpatient departments (Medical, Surgical and
Premature Units).
This course is designed
for senior nursing students. It aims at introducing the theoretical underpinnings
of psychopathology symptomatology bio-psychosocial
management of psychiatric disorders with focus on the adult population. Nursing
process is introduced in the assessment, diagnoses planning intervention and
evaluation of psychiatric disorders. This course is consonant with a clinical
practicum that uses the theoretical knowledge, in understanding disorders and
in implementing the steps of the nursing process in the care of patients in
hospitals and community settings.
This course is concurrent
with the theory course o Mental Health Nursing. It is designed for senior
nursing students and provides them with the opportunity to implement the
concepts and theoretical background in the practice setting, and in simulation
situations designed by the course facilitator. The students will spend the
majority of the practicum in an inpatient acute or chronic setting. The
students will learn the nursing role and nursing contribution to the treatment
tram, and the management of the psychiatric ward. The students will utilize the
nursing process to assess patients and plan their nursing care. They will have
the opportunity to implement principles of health problems and while
implementing appropriate therapeutic interventions to variety psychiatric
disorders in clinical area. The course will focus on the development of
competencies necessary for the practice of mental health nursing with emphasis
on the use of self in relationships with patients and health team members. This
course will assist the students to further consolidate their theoretical
knowledge and their understanding of psychiatric disorders, its manifestation,
identification and management.
The
purpose of this course is to provide the nursing students with knowledge and
skills necessary for effective assessment of growth and development, for
promoting normal growth and development, and for detecting any disorders of newborns,
infants and children. This course is designed to explore the physiological and
cognitive aspects of human growth and development throughout the life span,
with special reference to applicability to nursing practice. It provides the
students with a sound theoretical base. It additionally fosters an appreciation
of the need for individualized health care.
This course explores the
historical, educational, ethical and legal foundations of professional nursing
practice; Its focus are concepts and perspectives in ethics and professional
practice and career development based on international and national trends. The
objectives and content of this RN-BSN course are derived from the Faculty of
Nursing philosophy and conceptual framework, as well as the strategy of nursing
formulated by the Jordanian Nursing Council; this course also prepares the
student for the role transition into the Jordanian health care system as well
as the expectations in the regional health care systems; Current research and
advancement in theory and clinical practice also determine content. The course
helps the students develop practical understanding of the ideals and standards
of the nursing profession, and to equip them to apply general principles
intelligently to changing situations to achieve effective outcomes. It also
helps students to develop the core skills required of competent members of a
moral community as follows: value clarification, sound ethical-decision making,
collaborating with others to determine ethical standards or policy.
This course is designed to
offer third year nursing students with teaching learning experiences that help
them to value the importance of research in promoting nursing profession. This
course introduces the learner to the basic concepts in nursing research and its
purposes. It is considered an overview of research steps. It mainly provides an
introduction to research proposal writing.
This course is designed to
help the fourth year level students acquire a broad perspective of community
health nursing (CHN) by applying different concepts of community health nursing
with emphasis on health promotion and primary health care; It familiarizes the
students with best practices in community health nursing by building on
knowledge and skills acquired in prerequisite courses; the students are taught
community assessment as well as utilizing the nursing process. Health promotion
and disease prevention strategies are used in primary health care, home health
care, geriatric homes and rehabilitative care settings. Emphasis is placed on
the family in wellness and illness in various community settings with focus on
rural communities surrounding the
This course ultimately
aims at developing, modifying and promoting students’ and people’s knowledge,
attitude and health behaviors.
This Community Health Nursing
(CHN) course is designed to orient the fourth year nursing student to the
international and national community nursing disciplines, principles and gain
abroad perspective of CHN at the three levels (i.e. individual, family, and
community). The focus will be on the health status and health care need of
Jordanian population groups, to develop strategies for health promotion, and
illness prevention, mental health is included as well. Furthermore, the course
provides student with opportunities for comprehensive practice in different
community health nursing settings under close faculty supervision, based on a
context of primary health care and current models of health promotion, in
addition to the previous clinical knowledge and skills acquired in previous
courses. The CHN roles are family and community
oriented rather than hospital –based, which focus on prevention rather than
treatment .In addition the students are introduced to the nurses’ role as a
member of a multidisciplinary health team, who is able to apply the basic
principles of epidemiology to nursing practice and taking professional
responsibilities for improving the health of Jordanian population. Throughout
this course, students will utilize the problem solving approach by the
implementation of the nursing process in diverse community settings such as
schools, health centers, industrial areas, homes, elderly homes, and
rehabilitation centers.
This course prepares the students to assume their
nursing leadership and management roles with focus on their interactions with
the health care team members in future work settings. It familiarizes the
students with management theories, organizational behavior theories and
leadership styles that are relevant to the practice of nursing management. It
explores the elements of the management process as well as change management
strategies and their applications. It enhances students’ leadership skills in
maintaining best practices and standards of care. Nursing units in hospitals
are the framework used for the application of the theories and knowledge base
included in this course.
This course prepares the students to assume their
nursing leadership and management roles with focus on their interactions with
the health care team members in health care work settings in
This course focuses on
having the students acquire advanced scientific knowledge that moves them
beyond fundamental techniques in the provision of care for patients within the
critical care environment. This course is designed to give students the chance
to gain in depth understanding of nature of critical care nursing and role of
nurse in meeting the different needs of critically ill patient with the
different acute and life threatening conditions. Knowledge developed through
this course will enable students to collaborate in the provision of a
comprehensive management to patients who are admitted to the critical care
settings and their families and to identify the major system organ alterations
that nurses frequently encounter in critical illnesses. Critical thinking and
problem solving is emphasized in assessment and prioritizing patient‘s needs
and nursing interventions
This course is designed to
provide nursing students with the skills required to care competently and
safely for critically ill patient. It focuses on having the students expand
their knowledge base and master critical care nursing psychomotor skills
associated with assessment and provision of comprehensive nursing care for
patient with acute life threatening conditions and attitudes through reflection
in and on action in clinical settings. It also focuses on the application of
immediate rapid and accurate nursing assessment and provision of quality
nursing care according to priorities. It enable the students to provide
comprehensive quality nursing care for critically ill patient with different
body system alterations, with different types of invasive devices and with
different types of machines encountered in critical care settings and to
understand the critical care environment in which practice occurs in order to provide care for the critically
ill patients in the different critical care settings. Nursing process is used
as an approach of providing holistic patient care .Critical thinking, clinical
judgment, decision making and team work are emphasized in this course.
A clinical training
internship is an occupational-specific work experience designed to allow
students to make practical applications of theory and research based knowledge
taught in the classroom. This course will be supervised and followed up by
nurse faculty and selected nurse in the clinical area in A or B shifts.
This course explores
information and issues related to the physical, mental, emotional, economical
and psychosocial health and needs of older adults in view of the aging
populations with focus on