The School of Medical Sciences shall become a frontline research organization, implementing high-priority development projects, and providing specialized and continuing education to local and international students and professionals.
The School of Medical Sciences will develop professionals in the fields of Nursing, Midwifery, and the Allied Health Sciences, capable of providing disciplined, competent, and creative care of their patients and clients within a multi-national and multicultural work environment.
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program is designed to prepare students for a career in the healthcare industry. It equips them with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide quality nursing care. The curriculum emphasizes the integration of theoretical and practical learning experiences to ensure the holistic development of future nurses.
The degree shall be Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). To ensure the quality of the nursing graduates, the degree is conferred upon completion of at least four-year BSN program offered by a college, professional institution or university duly recognized by the Commission on Higher Education. In The Philippines, the BSN degree is equivalent to Level 6 of the Philippine Qualifications Framework
The BSN is a four-year program consisting of general education and professional courses. Professional course are threaded through from the first year thru the fourth year with the emphasis on the nursing concepts with corresponding Related Learning Experiences (RLE). The BSN Program provides an intensive nursing practicum that will refine further the nursing competencies to ensure achievement of the BSN program outcomes required of an entry level nurse.
These are the outcomes expected to be achieved at the end of the specific year level. The level outcomes are as follows:
First year: At the end of the first year, given simulated situations in selected settings, the learners demonstrate basic nursing skills in rendering safe and appropriate care utilizing the nursing process.
Second year: At the end of the 2nd year, given a normal and high-risk mother and newborn, child, family, communities and
population groups in any health care setting, the learners demonstrate safe, appropriate and holistic care utilizing the nursing
process.
Third Year: At the end of the third year, given individuals, families population groups, and communities with physiologic and psychosocial health problems and maladaptive patterns of behavior in varied health care settings, the learners demonstrate safe, appropriate and holistic care utilizing the nursing process and applying research and evidence-based practice.
Fourth Year: At the end of the fourth year, given groups of clients (individual, families, population groups, and communities) with health problems and special needs, the learners demonstrate safe, appropriate and holistic care utilizing the nursing process and can assume first level entry position in any field of nursing.
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