Bachelor of Nursing

Vision

To be a leading nursing program recognized for academic excellence, community services and research activities.

Mission

To graduate highly qualified professional nurses primed to meet community needs and research activities.

Program

The Bachelor of  Nursing program at the Mohammed Al-Mana College for Medical Sciences provides nurses with a strong foundation in behavioral, life, and nursing sciences to offer quality care to individuals. The nursing program trains graduates in nursing practice, promotes health, prevents illness, and cares for people of all ages and in various healthcare and community settings. They are also prepared to become leaders in their profession and play an integral role in the healthcare team.

Credit hours: 142 hours.
Years of study : 5 years (1 Year Foundation Year + 3 years Nursing program + 1 year internship).

2+X Global Health Program

2+X Global Health Program is incorporated in all MACHS five programs.

It is comprised of two years of unified courses in each program before students are introduced to their specialized courses.

The 2+X Global Health Program is attested by the World Education Services (WES), stating that the MACHS-taught component of the 2+X Global Health Program is equivalent of two full years of undergraduate study at a regionally accredited U.S. institution for the purposes of admission and transfer credit.

This allows students to transfer easily to other majors either within the college or internationally without the loss of credits.

Program Goals

  • Nursing Practice and Health Assessment.
  • Nursing Care of Adults.
  • Psychiatric Nursing.
  • Obstetrical and Gynecological Nursing.
  • Critical Care Nursing.
  • Nursing Care of Children.
  • Community Health Nursing.
  • Geriatric Nursing.
  • Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice.
  • Leadership and Nursing Management.

Clinical Experiences

The Bachelor of Nursing program at the Mohammed Al-Mana College for Medical Sciences offers students practical training in different clinical settings, such as hospitals, clinics, community health agencies, and homes for the elderly.

Assessment

A variety of assessment techniques are used in order to assess the knowledge and skill gained during and at the end of each course.

  • Formative assessment – includes quizzes, midterm, assignments, projects, clinical skills evaluation, clinical assignments and many other methods to evaluate the ongoing knowledge and skills of the students throughout the semester.
  • Summative assessment – comprehensive written final exam for theory and an Objectively Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE) for the clinical

Internship Year

The internship program for Nursing at the Mohammad Al-Mana College for Medical Sciences spans 52 weeks and allows interns to hone their practical skills, apply their knowledge, and demonstrate competency. The program is divided into two parts and aims to facilitate the intern’s transition into their professional role.



Part 1 is inclusive of a general rotation in all medical surgical, maternity, pediatric, critical and management areas.



Part 2 provides opportunities for students to further develop and refine their nursing care skills in a specialty area of interest, with a focus on provision of holistic care to clients and their families.

Study Plan

First Year

Level 1

Course Code Course Title Required
or Elective		 Pre-Requisite Courses Credit Hours Type of requirements
(Institution, College or Department)
ENGL 100 – 1 English Language Required Admission 6 College
ISLC 100 Islamic Culture I Required Admission 2 College
PHYS 100 General Physics Required Admission 3 College
LRSK 100 Learning & Searching Skills Required Admission 2 College
COMP 100 Computer Skills & Information Technology Required Admission 2 College
PHEDU 101 Health & Physical Education Required Admission 1 College

Level 2

Course Code Course Title Required
or Elective		 Pre-Requisite Courses Credit Hours Type of requirements
(Institution, College or Department)
ENGL 100-2 English Language Required ENGL 100 – 1 5 College
ISLC-200 Islam Medical Jurisprudence Required ISLC-100 2 College
BIOL-100 Biology Required Admission 4 College
CHEM 100 General Chemistry Required Admission 4 College
COMM 100 Communication Skills Required Admission 2 College
ETHS 100 Introduction to Ethical Dimensions for Healthcare Professionals Required Admission 1 College

Second Year

Level 3

Course Code Course Title Required
or Elective		 Pre-Requisite Courses Credit Hours Type of requirements
(Institution, College or Department)
ENGL 200 English for Specific Purposes Required ENGL100 – 2 2 College
HUAP 210 Human Anatomy & physiology I Required BIOL-100 4 Department
BIOC-210 Biochemistry Required CHEM-100 BIOL-100 3 Department
MICR 210 Microbiology Required BIOL 100 3 Department
BIOS 210 Biostatistics Required BIOL 100 2 Department
MDTR 210 Medical Terminology Required ENGL 100-2 2 Department

Level 4

Course Code Course Title Required
or Elective		 Pre-Requisite Courses Credit Hours Type of requirements
(Institution, College or Department)
NURS 221 Health Assessment Required HUAP 210 5 Department
HUAP 220 Human Anatomy & physiology II Required HUAP 210 4 Department
EPDE 220 Epidemiology Required BIOS 210 2 Department
NURS 220 Fundamentals of Nursing Required HUAP 210 4 Department
Third Year

Level 5

Course Code Course Title Required
or Elective		 Pre-Requisite Courses Credit Hours Type of requirements
(Institution, College or Department)
PATH 310 Pathophysiology Required HUAP 210 HUAP 220 3 Department
PHCO 310 Pharmacology Required HUAP 210 HUAP 220 BIOC 210 3 Department
NUTR 310 Nutrition Required BIOC 210 2 Department
PSYC 310 Psychology Required NURS 221 2 Department
EDUC 310 Principles of Education Required NURS 221 2 Department
NURS 310 Nursing Care of Adults I Required NURS 220 NURS 221 PHCO 310 5 Department

Level 6

Course Code Course Title Required
or Elective		 Pre-Requisite Courses Credit Hours Type of requirements
(Institution, College or Department)
NURS 320 Nursing Care Of Adults II Required NURS 310 5 Department
NURS 321 Obstetrical & Gynecological Nursing Required NURS 310 5 Department
NURS 322 Geriatric Nursing Required NURS 310 2 Department
NURS 323 Growth and development across the life Required NURS 221 2 Department
*ELEC * Elective course Required – 2 Department
Fourth Year

Level 7

Course Code Course Title Required
or Elective		 Pre-Requisite Courses Credit Hours Type of requirements
(Institution, College or Department)
ENGL 300 English for Academic Purposes Required ENGL 200 2 College
RESE 410 Research & Evidence based Practice Required BIOS 210 EPDE 220 3 Department
NURS 410 Nursing Care of Children Required NURS 320 NURS 323 5 Department
NURS 411 Community Health Nursing Required NURS 320 NURS 321 5 Department
NURS 412 Nursing Informatics Required COMP 100 NURS 310 2 Department

Level 8

Course Code Course Title Required
or Elective		 Pre-Requisite Courses Credit Hours Type of requirements
(Institution, College or Department)
NURS 423 Psychiatric Nursing Required NURS 320 PSYC 310 5 Department
NURS 424 Critical Care Nursing Required NURS 410 NURS 411 5 Department
NURS 425 Leadership & Nursing Management Required NURS 410 NURS 411 5 Department
RESE 420 Research Project Required RESE 410 ENGL 300 2 Department
Fifth Year

Internship (NURS 500 & NURS 501) mandatory for graduates. 

Graduate Attributes

Knowledgeable

One of the key graduate attributes of our program is to produce knowledgeable graduates who are equipped with the necessary skills and expertise to excel in their chosen field.

Critical Thinker ​

Developing critical thinkers is one of the major goals of our educational program, as we strive to equip our students with the ability to analyze complex information, evaluate different perspectives, and make informed decisions.

Professional

Our educational program is designed to prepare students to become professionals who possess the necessary skills, knowledge, and ethical values to succeed in their chosen career and make valuable contributions to their respective fields.

Ethically Driven

We strive to produce ethically driven graduates who value integrity, respect, and social responsibility, and who are committed to upholding ethical principles and standards in their personal and professional lives.

Community Commitment

We strive to produce graduates who are actively engaged in serving their communities, promoting social justice, and making positive contributions to society.

Competent

Our program aims to produce competent graduates who possess the necessary skills, knowledge, and practical experience to succeed in their chosen profession and make meaningful contributions to their respective fields

Research Minded

Our educational program fosters a research-minded approach, as we aim to produce graduates who have a deep appreciation for the value of research, possess the necessary skills to conduct high-quality research, and are committed to advancing knowledge in their respective fields.

Information technology literate

Our program emphasizes the importance of information technology literacy, as we aim to produce graduates who are proficient in utilizing technology to access, analyze, and communicate information, and who possess the necessary skills to adapt to a constantly evolving technology landscape in their chosen fields.

Units and Committees

Mohammed Al-Mana College for Medical Science has various committees 
and units focused on education, including:

Description
Curriculum development Committee aims to develop and update the study plans periodically to be in line with the scientific development and requirements of the NCAAA, as well as follow up the implementation of these plans after adoption.

Roles and Responsibilities
1.Discuss and approve program and courses specifications. 
2. Discuss & approve PLOA plan and annual reports with its improvement plan. 
3. Approve updated changes in the program and courses (graduate attributes, LOs, teaching strategies, assessment methods, rubrics, clinical manual, and clinical evaluation tools etc.). 
4. Approve new program proposal. 
5. Adoption of substantive changes in existing courses. 
6. Develop indicators (direct & indirect) to measure the programs. 
7. Discuss all issue that affect high quality in delivering the programs.

Description
Quality and Accreditation Committee keen to monitor the quality assurance practices.

Roles and Responsibilities

 
1. Promote awareness and orient faculty members on the quality practices. 
2. Provide continuous assistance to the faculty in the preparation of course portfolios. 
3. Monitor & submit all soft course portfolios to the center of quality at the end of every semester. 
4. Facilitate the conduction of surveys like CES, PES, SES …etc. every semester at designated time. 
5. participate in the monitoring of the college strategic plan and college quality standards. 
6. Monitor the different indirect indicators to measure the program progress. 
7. Prepare and discuss the yearly Department operational plan. 
8. Conduct meetings at regular intervals to keep the members informed about any updates regarding quality and development. 
9. Coordinate activities with the Quality and accreditation center. 
10. Monitor the KPIs of annual report plan in the department. 
11. Discuss annual KPI report for the program and improvement action plan. 
12. Discuss different survey report (for students, faculty, graduates, alumni, employer etc.) and improvement action plan.

Description
Department learning outcomes Assessment committee (PLO) is responsible to monitor and assess the program learning outcome.
Roles and Responsibilities

  1. Develop the PLO assessment plan and report it annually for 4-year cycle, including indicators (direct & indirect) to measure each PLO.
  2. Fix target and internal benchmark for each PLO .
  3. Review courses report to collect the CLOs assessment results and aggregate them to determine the achievement of each PLO.
    4. Revise all direct and indirect assessment methods (exams results, surveys etc.) for program and courses that are used to assess PLOs & CLOs and identify the final program learning outcomes achievement.
    5. Compare actual performance with target, internal and external benchmark. 
    6. Set an improvement plan to achieve the target and monitor its implementation to close the loop. 

Description
Research committee is derived from the MACHS Scientific Research Unit to enhance the research activities in the department. The committee aims to spread the awareness of the importance of the research and to improve the research skills among faculties and students.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Improve the faculty and students research skills through providing interdisciplinary research training and guiding for faculty and students which will be conducted in central SRU. 
2. Facilitate the communication channels between faculty, students and SRU. 
3. Review the proposal of the research and forward it to the DC and SRU for an approval.

Description
Academic advising is vital to students’ development throughout their academic career, it provides them with expert advice and resources to enhance their learning experience. Academic advising is one of the most important pillars of the educational process, which accompanies students throughout their academic lives. It is 
provided by experts from the faculty who are called academic advisors. The academic advisor provides advice in line with the students’ study requirements.

Roles and Responsibilities

 
1. Conducts orientation programs for new students (Level 3) as well as new faculty members. 
2. Discuss academic problems of any students with his/her advisor and HOD. 
3. Discuss students’ behavioral problems and take necessary action. 
4. Maintains and submit report of academic advising statistics such as number of students’ registration in each semester, add and drop, withdrawal, warning 
5. Discuss incident reports and approve disciplinary action for any incident case and maintain records. 
6. Maintain a record of communication with another department, registrar 
regarding transferring the file, missing students in the SMAX …. etc.

Description
Scheduling committee is a committee in the department to arrange the student class schedule, faculty schedules, and the faculty workload according to the college policies in line with the Mission, Vision and Values of MACHS.

Roles and Responsibilities

  1.  Prepare the departmental class schedule and review it with the central scheduling committee and HOD.
  2. Propose the number of the needed new faculty to be recruited to maintain the faculty students’ ratio according to the college policies. 
  3. Propose the needed faculty from the other departments. 
  4. Assign the classrooms based on the students’ capacity.
  5.  Propose the needed resources from the resource committee. 
  6. Prepare the faculty workload and review it with the HOD to get the approval from the college council. 
  7. Share the class schedule with the students and faculty after getting the approval from HOD.
  8. Monitor the students’ capacity to adjust, add, or delete classes. 
  9. Update the committee documents regularly to meet the departmental needs. 
  10. Coordinating with the exam scheduling and provide them with the required information to prepare the exam schedules.

Description

Examination Committee is responsible to ensure and safeguard the quality of examinations/ assessment.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Review and approve the student’s marks. 
2. Preparing departmental exam schedules. 
3. Review exams reports and approve post-hoc result analysis. 
4. Discusses students excuses and approve for the make up or re-set exams. 
5. Review, update & create the internal policies and procedures for the exams. 
6. Ensure proper adherence to the policies and the procedures. 
7. Assignee the internal exam reviewer and the exam moderators. 
8. Checks the skewed distribution courses. 
9. Responsible about Learning and Teaching standard (according to NCAAA). 
10. Submit annual reports. 

Description

The committee specializes in practical training of all practical materials in addition to practical training (internship) after completing all the hours of study plan which is a full year training in the hospital facilities.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Review and approve clinical plan for each semester. 
2. Review and approve internship plan. 
3. Review and approve the clinical rotation for each semester. 
4. Review, update and approve all the clinical assessment tool. 
5. Discusses the clinical problems of the courses and the intern. 
6. Approve final clinical exam plan. 
7. Submits the material and supplies needs per semester. 

Description

Community & Extracurricular Committee is a committee that falls under the central community committee and specializes in the planning and coordination of community activities in line with the Mission, Vision and Values of MACHS.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Develop and create different policies related to community & extracurricular activities. 
2. Prepare annual community activity plan. 
3. Organize the community activities. 
4. Provide support for faculty members providing community services. 
5. Communicate with different institutions that are benefiting from the community services. 
6. Communicate with students who would like to volunteer in the community services activities. 
7. Arrange transport plan if required. 
8. Discuss the community activity report for each activity.

Description

Facilities and Resources Committee is responslible about planning and following up on the development of the facilities and recourses.

Roles and Responsibilities

1 Do need assessment on facility and resources based on curriculum requirement, number of students and stakeholder feedback. 
2. Submit purchasing orders to the purchasing department and follow up. 
3. Receive the requested order from the purchasing department. 
4. Maintain the Inventory list and check it annually. 
5. Check regularly the status of the facility and resources. 
6. Set the maintenance plan and follow it and submit annual maintenance report. 
7. Receive stakeholder satisfaction survey from Quality and Accreditation Departmental Committee and do improvement plan and follow up. 

Units and Committees
Nursing

Mohammed Al-Mana College for Medical Science has various committees and units focused on nursing education, including:
Description
Curriculum development Committee aims to develop and update the study plans periodically to be in line with the scientific development and requirements of the NCAAA, as well as follow up the implementation of these plans after adoption.
Roles and Responsibilities
1.Discuss and approve program and courses specifications.
2. Discuss & approve PLOA plan and annual reports with its improvement plan.
3. Approve updated changes in the program and courses (graduate attributes, LOs, teaching strategies, assessment methods, rubrics, clinical manual, and clinical evaluation tools etc.).
4. Approve new program proposal.
5. Adoption of substantive changes in existing courses.
6. Develop indicators (direct & indirect) to measure the programs.
7. Discuss all issue that affect high quality in delivering the programs.
Description
Quality and Accreditation Committee keen to monitor the quality assurance practices within the Medical Laboratory Department.
Roles and Responsibilities
1. Promote awareness and orient faculty members on the quality practices.
2. Provide continuous assistance to the faculty in the preparation of course portfolios.
3. Monitor & submit all soft course portfolios to the center of quality at the end of every semester.
4. Facilitate the conduction of surveys like CES, PES, SES …etc. every semester at designated time.
5. participate in the monitoring of the college strategic plan and college quality standards.
6. Monitor the different indirect indicators to measure the program progress.
7. Prepare and discuss the yearly Department operational plan.
8. Conduct meetings at regular intervals to keep the members informed about any updates regarding quality and development.
9. Coordinate activities with the Quality and accreditation center.
10. Monitor the KPIs of annual report plan in the department.
11. Discuss annual KPI report for the program and improvement action plan.
12. Discuss different survey report (for students, faculty, graduates, alumni, employer etc.) and improvement action plan.
Description
Department learning outcomes Assessment committee (PLO) is responsible to monitor and assess the program learning outcome.
Roles and Responsibilities
1. Develop the PLO assessment plan and report it annually for 4-year cycle, including indicators (direct & indirect) to measure each PLO.
2. Fix target and internal benchmark for each PLO .
3. Review courses report to collect the CLOs assessment results and aggregate them to determine the achievement of each PLO.
4. Revise all direct and indirect assessment methods (exams results, surveys etc.) for program and courses that are used to assess PLOs & CLOs and identify the final program learning outcomes achievement.
5. Compare actual performance with target, internal and external benchmark.
6. Set an improvement plan to achieve the target and monitor its implementation to close the loop.
Description
Medical Laboratory Research committee is derived from the MACHS Scientific Research Unit to enhance the research activities in the department. The committee aims to spread the awareness of the importance of the research and to improve the research skills among faculties and students.
Roles and Responsibilities
1. Improve the faculty and students research skills through providing interdisciplinary research training and guiding for faculty and students which will be conducted in central SRU.
2. Facilitate the communication channels between faculty, students and SRU.
3. Review the proposal of the research and forward it to the DC and SRU for an approval.
Description
Academic advising is vital to students’ development throughout their academic career, it provides them with expert advice and resources to enhance their learning experience. Academic advising is one of the most important pillars of the educational process, which accompanies students throughout their academic lives. It is provided by experts from the faculty who are called academic advisors. The academic advisor provides advice in line with the students’ study requirements.
Roles and Responsibilities
1. Conducts orientation programs for new students (Level 3) as well as new faculty members of the CLS department.
2. Discuss academic problems of any students with his/her advisor and HOD.
3. Discuss students’ behavioral problems and take necessary action.
4. Maintains and submit report of academic advising statistics such as number of students’ registration in each semester, add and drop, withdrawal, warning
5. Discuss incident reports and approve disciplinary action for any incident caseand maintain records.
6. Maintain a record of communication with another department, registrar regarding transferring the file, missing students in the SMAX …. etc.
Description
Scheduling committee is a committee in the department to arrange the student class schedule, faculty schedules, and the faculty workload according to the college policies in line with the Mission, Vision and Values of MACHS.
Roles and Responsibilities
1. Prepare the departmental class schedule and review it with the central scheduling committee and HOD.
2. Propose the number of the needed new faculty to be recruit to maintain the faculty students’ ratio according to the college policies.
3. Propose the needed faculty from the other departments.
4. Assign the classrooms based on the students’ capacity.
5. Prepare the faculty workload and review it with the HOD to get the approval from the college council.
6. Share the class schedule with the students and faculty after getting the approval from HOD.
6. Monitor the students’ capacity to adjust, add, or delete classes.
7.Update the committee documents regularly to meet the departmental needs.
8. Coordinating with the exam scheduling and provide them with the required information to prepare the exam schedules.
Description
Examination Committee Examination Committee is responsible to ensure and safeguard the quality of examinations/ assessment at Medical Laboratory Department at MACHS.
Roles and Responsibilities
1. Review and approve the student’s marks.
2. Preparing CLS departmental exam schedules.
3. Review exams reports and approve post-hoc result analysis.
4. Discusses students excuses and approve for the make up or re-set exams.
5. Review, update & create the internal policies and procedures for the exams.
6. Ensure proper adherence to the policies and the procedures.
7. Assignee the internal exam reviewer and the exam moderators.
8. Checks the skewed distribution courses.
9. Responsible about Learning and Teaching standard (according to NCAAA).
10. Submit annual reports.
Description
The committee specializes in practical training of all practical materials in the Medical Laboratory Department in addition to practical training (internship) after completing all the hours of study plan which is a full year training in the hospital facilities.
Roles and Responsibilities
1. Review and approve clinical plan for each semester.
2. Review and approve internship plan.
3. Review and approve the clinical rotation for each semester.
4. Review, update and approve all the clinical assessment tool.
5. Discusses the clinical problems of the courses and the intern.
6. Approve final clinical exam plan.
7. Submits the material and supplies needs per semester.
Description
Community & Extracurricular Committee is a committee that falls under the central community committee and specializes in the planning and coordination of community activities of the Medical laboratory Department in line with the Mission, Vision and Values of MACHS.
Roles and Responsibilities
1. Develop and create different policies related to community & extracurricular activities.
2. Prepare annual community activity plan.
3. Organize the community activities.
4. Provide support for faculty members providing community services.
5. Communicate with different institutions that are benefiting from the community services.
6. Communicate with students who would like to volunteer in the community services activities.
7. Arrange transport plan if required.
8. Discuss the community activity report for each activity.
Description
Facilities and Resources Committee Planning and following up on the development of the facilities and recourses.
Roles and Responsibilities
1 Do need assessment on facility and resources based on curriculum requirement, number of students and stakeholder feedback.
2. Submit purchasing orders to the purchasing department and follow up.
3. Receive the requested order from the purchasing department.
4. Maintain the Inventory list and check it annually.
5. Check regularly the status of the facility and resources.
6. Set the maintenance plan and follow it and submit annual maintenance report.
7. Receive stakeholder satisfaction survey from Quality and Accreditation Departmental Committee and do improvement plan and follow up.

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Nursing Program

Knowledge & Understanding

  • Recognize the basic concepts, principles, and theories of different health sciences relevant to the field of nursing.

  • Relate the knowledge of health sciences with nursing science to provide comprehensive, updated, and culturally congruent nursing care based on ethical principles for individuals, families, and communities.

  • Describe the research process and methodology relevant to nursing science.

Values

V1: Show perseverance, cooperation and leadership skills in a professional, ethical manner when dealing with individuals and groups.

V2: Exhibit commitment and responsibility towards the community to enhance quality of life.

V3: Display independently and self-awareness in knowledge and performance in order to enhance continues personal development

 

Skills

S1: Utilize critical thinking when applying nursing knowledge that is built on evidence based practice to optimize the care of individuals, families, groups, and community in different health setting

S2: Integrate problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills to set a plan of care to improve health care outcomes at all levels across life span.

S3: Apply methodological skills and appropriate analytical research skills that are necessary to conduct nursing research.

S4: Communicate professionally and effectively both verbally & non-verbally using modern digital technology and statistical techniques that are used in health care professions.

S5: Demonstrate competence in a wide range of clinical nursing skills across the lifespan.

S6: Demonstrate capability in using up to date equipment and technology that is related to the nursing field.

Future opportunities

  • Registered Nurse

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