Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNS) Program
SPECIALTY : Nursing Science
DURATION : 4 years (8 Semesters)
DEGREE IN VIEW : Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNS)
DEPARTMENT : XXXXXXXX
SCHOOL : School of Health and Medical Sciences (SHMS)
Category : undergraduate
Mission
To train highly qualified nurses capable of providing holistic high quality nursing care in diverse clinical situations locally, nationally and internationally.
Program Objectives
To train nurses who are equipped with requisite knowledge, modern scientific reasoning and competent in appropriate application as relates to the discipline in their daily performance of given tasks as a member of a health team.
The four – year BNS program aims to equip its graduate nurse to be able to:
- Practice skilled, personalized, dynamic and comprehensive holistic nursing care in any clinical setting.
- Apply the nursing process in planning nursing care for patients in the hospital and community settings.
- Utilize scientific principles and reasoning in the problem-solving process in rendering nursing services in hospitals, communities and other settings where health care is provided.
- Employ sound clinical judgment when making decisions on behalf of the patient assigned to his or her care.
- Exhibit leadership and management skills in the coordination and delivery of nursing care.
- Exhibit professional ethics and moral judgment in patient care decisions and relationships with other colleagues of the profession.
- Co-ordinate delivery of high quality and holistic care.
- Apply evidence-based practice in the improvement of nursing care in hospitals and community settings.
INTERNSHIP
Internship is an integral part of the training and counts towards graduation. All students are required to participate in inter-session internships for 3 weeks every second semester during the first 3 years, and for eight months of their last year in selected hospitals and health centers. They will rotate through the following disciplines:
- General Medicine Internship;
- General Surgery internship;
- Pediatric/Neonatal Nursing Internship;
- Psychiatric Nursing Internship
- Operating theatre, Intensive Care and Anesthesia Internship.
- Obstetrics & Gynecology Internship.
- Oncology/Hemodialysis.
Admission Requirements
- Five Ordinary Level passes including the English Language, Mathematics and Biology.
- Advanced Level passes (at least two subjects including Biology)
- State Registered Nurse, with passes in five GCE Ordinary Level subjects (English Language, Biology and Mathematics inclusive), plus at least one A/Level pass preferably in a science subject.
All candidates are required to sit for and pass a competitive entrance examination (written and oral). Certificate grades are also scored as part of the competitive examination.
Graduation Requirements
For successful completion of the program a student is expected to cover a total of 268 (not 240?) credits to obtain the degree of Bachelor of Nursing Sciences (BNS).
Career Opportunities
The knowledge and skills obtained by a BNS graduate from CATUC provides the graduate with the opportunities to be Self-employed, government and non-governmental organizations employed, as well as the possibilities to teach in professional and/or research institutions.
Fees
The tuition fee per year is 569,500 FCFA for home students and 1,139,000CFAF for foreign students. To read more about fees click here.
