Post RN Degree Program
Our Post RN degree program is tailored for registered nurses (RNs) seeking to advance their education and career opportunities. Whether you're looking to specialize in a particular area of nursing, pursue leadership roles, or enhance your clinical expertise, our program offers flexible options to accommodate your goals and schedule. With a focus on evidence-based practice and advanced nursing concepts, we empower RNs to take their careers to the next level.
2-YEAR DEGREE PROGRAMME
This program is designed to provide the Registered Nurse at diploma level with the opportunity to acquire a broad liberal degree level education with particular emphasis on theoretical and clinical knowledge related to nursing practice, nursing research, and population health at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. All nursing courses are aimed to prepare nurses to practice competencies, as determined by the Pakistan Nursing Council.
Duration:
Duration of Programe: 02 years, 4 semesters, 60 credits
Semesters Duration: 18 weeks, minimum teaching 16 weeks, exams 2 weeks
Average No of courses per semester: 4-6 (not more than 3labs/practical course /semester)
Expected Outcomes:
After completion of two years Post RN BS nursing program students will:
- Demonstrate the cognitive abilities necessary to integrate the nursing concepts and the multi-disciplinary body of knowledge to provide therapeutic nursing care.
- Exhibit the psychomotor and psychotherapeutic abilities necessary to provide safe nursing care.
- Use critical thinking and the nursing process as bases for clinical decision making.
- Demonstrate caring behaviors towards patients/clients and families from diverse and multicultural populations across the life span.
- Communicate effectively with clients, families and members of the interdisciplinary health care team.
- Utilize appropriate teaching learning strategies for prevention of illness and the promotion and restoration of health to individuals, families and groups.
- Demonstrate leadership skills to promote development of the profession.
- Recognize responsibility for maintaining competence as a registered nurse through self-evaluation and continuing nursing education to become lifelong learner.
- Practice as an ethical and accountable member within the profession of nursing.
Scheme of Studies for Post RN BSN Studies |
|||||||||
Year -1 Semester -1 |
|
Year -1 Semester- 2 |
|||||||
Sr. |
Course No |
Courses |
Credit Hours |
Sr. |
Course No |
Courses |
Credit Hours |
||
01 |
|
SC 611 |
Biochemistry |
2(1.5+ 0.5) |
01 |
NU 621 |
* Advance Concepts in Nursing (II) Mental Health |
04 (2+2) |
|
|
|||||||||
02 |
NU 612 |
Advance Concepts in Nursing I (Adult Health Nursing) |
4 (2+2) |
02 |
SC 622 |
Introduction to Biostatistics |
02 |
||
03 |
SC623 |
Epidemiology |
02 |
||||||
03 |
NU 613 |
Health Assessment |
3(1.5+ 1.5) |
04 |
HU 624 |
Culture Health & Society |
02 |
||
04 |
SC 614 |
Pharmacology |
3 |
05 |
NU 625 |
Introduction to Nursing Models & Theories |
02 |
||
05 |
EN 615 |
English I (Functional) |
2 |
06 |
EN 626 |
English II (Academics) |
02 |
||
06 |
CS 616 |
Computer Skills & Information Technology |
02 |
|
NU 627 |
Principle of Teaching and Clinical Preceptor ship |
3 |
||
Total Credits |
16 |
Total Credits |
17 |
||||||
Year -2 Semester -1 |
Year -2 Semester- 2 |
||||||||
Sr. |
Course No |
Courses |
Credit Hours |
Sr. |
Course No |
Courses |
Credit Hours |
||
01 |
Nu 631 |
Advance Concepts III (CHN) |
04 (2+2) |
01 |
NU 641 |
*Research/ Evidence based Elective project |
4 |
||
02 |
SC 632 |
Introduction to Nursing Research |
03 |
02 |
NU 642 |
**Clinical Practicum |
6 |
||
03 |
NU 633 |
Professional Development and Ethics |
03 |
03 |
EN 643 |
English IV (Scholarly writing) |
2 |
||
|
PS 634 |
Pak Studies |
02 |
|
IS 644/ |
Islamic Studies/Ethics (For |
02 |
||
04 |
NU 634 |
Leadership and Management |
03 |
|
|
ET 644 |
Non-Muslims) |
||
05 |
EN 635 |
English III (Professional writing) |
02 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Credits |
17 |
|
Total Credits |
14 |
|||||
Total Credits for Two Years |
|||||
|
|
Semester-I |
Semester –II |
Total |
Theory & Practice balance = |
|
Year I |
16 Credits |
17 Credits |
33 |
|
|
Year II |
17Credits |
14 Credits |
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Grand Total |
|
64 |
SEMESTER PLAN
LIST OF ELECTIVES
Students are required to take courses from this list.
Code | Title | CrHrs |
---|
List of elective courses may be revised as per requirement.