Program Description

Bachelor of Sciences in Nursing and Midwifery is a four year integrated nursing and midwifery undergraduate program.

Program Objectives

On completion of the programme, the professional nurse-midwife graduate shall be able to:

• Provide comprehensive, culturally acceptable, evidence based nursing and midwifery care to individuals, groups, families and communities at all levels of care in a variety of settings.

• Collaborate with other members of the health care team to improve health care delivery services in order to improve quality of nursing and midwifery care for sustainable health and development of the community.

• Demonstrate competence in providing health information and counselling to individuals, families, groups and communities.

• Participate actively in professional growth and development for self and others.

• Take a leadership role in planning, implementing and evaluation of individual and community health nursing and midwifery care.

• Participate in supervising and monitoring quality of nursing and midwifery care in various health care settings.

• Participate actively in the promotion, prevention, care, support and rehabilitation programmes for HIV and AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and other diseases of public concern.

• Participate actively in the professional organisations for the improvement of the nursing and midwifery professions.

Programme Outline

Level 1: Semester 1

ECO 1100 Language and Communication

BNM 1101 Chemistry for Health Sciences

EMT 1101 Mathematics

BNM 1103 Fundamentals of Nursing I

BNM 1104 Human Anatomy and Physiology I

BNM 1105 Psychology for Health

BNM 1106 Sociology for Health

Level 1: Semester 2

ECO 1200 Language and Communication II

BNM 1201 Human Anatomy and Physiology II

BNM 1202 Medical Microbiology

BNM 1203 Medical Parasitology

BNM 1204 Community Health Nursing I

BNM 1205 Fundamentals of Nursing II

BNM 1206 Physics for Health Sciences

Level 2: Semester 3

BNM 2300 Medical Surgical Nursing I (Acute Illness)

BNM 2301 Human Nutrition

BNM 2302 Biochemistry

BNM 2303 Pharmacology

BNM 2304 Community Health Nursing II

BNM 2305 Professionalism and Ethics

Level 2: Semester 4

BNM 2400 Gender Issues for Health

BNM 2401 Principles and Practice of Education in Nursing

BNM 2402 Introduction to Counseling

BNM 2403 Medical Surgical Nursing II (Chronic Illness)

BNM 2404 SIT, HIV/AIDS

BNM 2405 Statistics

Level 3: Semester 5

BNM 3500 Psychiatric Nursing

BNM 3501 Pediatric Nursing

BNM 3502 Medical Surgical Nursing III

BNM 3503 Research Methodology and Project Writing

BNM 3504 Community Health Nursing III

Level 3: Semester 6

BNM 3601 Health Services Management

BNM 3602 Low Risk Midwifery

BNM 3603 Anatomy and Physiology of Obstetrics

Level 4: Semester 7

BNM 36X2 Clinical Low Risk Midwifery

Level 4: Semester 8

BNM 4801 High Risk Midwifery

BNM 4802 Neonatology

BNM 48X3 Clinical District Midwifery