Bachelor of Science in Nursing
College of Nursing
Nursing careers
offer opportunities for service in a high-demanded profession. AAS with
Nursing or Diploma in Nursing graduates have the academic credentials to
have registration with the Bangladesh Nursing Council and those required
to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLE-RN) of USA and
upon its successful completion, to practice as a registered nurse in the
concerned state of USA. Students with AAS in Nursing can also enter into
degree program of IUBAT collaborating universities in USA and can at the
sametime, be treated as qualified to give care to patients and families
as beginning staff nurses on the basis of IUBAT AAS in Nursing degree/Diploma
in Nursing. Such graduates can also rejoin the BSN program at a later stage.
Curriculum
The circulum of AAS in Nursing/Diploma
in Nursing is in line with the curriculum of BSN degree, mostly consisting
of courses offered in freshman and sophomore years, with some modification
and addition of practicum. Students are required to complete parts of general
education course requirements and part of the nursing course requirements,
as follows :
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ENG
101 Basic English Composition (4)
ENG
102 English Comprehension and Speaking (3)
ENG
203 Advanced English Composition (3)
PSY
105 General Psychology (3)
PHI
114 Introduction to Philosophy (3)
CHM
104 General Chemistry (3)
CHM
116 General Chemistry Lab (1)
MAT
101 Mathematics (4)
BIO
201 Biology (3)
BIO
202 Biology Laboratory (1)
NUR
201 Introduction to Pharmacology [3]
NUR
203 Human Anatomy [3]
***NUR 206 Anatomy Lab [1]
NUR
204 Human Physiology [3]
***NUR 207 Human Physiology
Lab [1]
NUR
101 Concept of Health and Illness [2]
NUR
114 Introduction to Nursing-I [2]
NUR
115 Nursing Lab-I [1]
NUR
116 Introduction to Nursing-II [3]
NUR
117 Nursing Lab-II [1]
NUR
219 Medical & Surgical Nursing of Adults-I [3]
NUR
220 Medical & Surgical Nursing of Adults-I Lab [2]
NUR
221 Medical & Surgical Nursing of Adults-II [3]
***NUR 222 Medical &
Surgical Nursing of Adults-II Lab [2]
NUR
225 Medical & Surgical Nursing of Adults-III [2]
NUR
226 Medical & Surgical Nursing of Adults-III Lab [2]
NUR
335 Maternal and Child Health Nursing-I [3]
NUR
336 Maternal and Child Health Nursing-I Lab [2]
NUR
337 Maternal and Child Health Nursing-II [3]
NUR
338 Maternal & Child Health Nursing-II Lab [2]
NUR
340 Mental Health Nursing-I [2]
NUR
341 Mental Health Nursing-I Lab [1]
NUR
342 Mental Health Nursing-II [2]
NUR
343 Mental Health Nursing-II Lab [2]
***NUR 420 Nursing Professional
Orientation [3]
REQUIREMENTS FOR AAS GRADUATION :
The AAS in Nursing/Diploma in Nursing will be conferred only to the student who has fully complied with the graduation requirements and has applied for it. The requirements are that the student has :
1. completed all the prescribed
courses with a minimum of 88 credit hours.
2. earned at least "C" grades
in each of the nursing courses as well as in English courses.
3. earned at least passing
grade (D) in each of the remaining courses.
4. earned a cumulative grade
point average (CGPA) of 2.5.
5. earned at least a passing
grade in the comprehensive examination.
6. earned passing grade
in the practicum.
7. satisfactory behavior
and discipline.
8. library and financial
clearance from the college and university.