BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
The BSN is a four-year program consisting of general education and professional courses. Professional courses are threaded through from the first year thru the fourth year with 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.
GOALS
The BSN program aims to develop a professional nurse who is able to assume entry level positions in health facilities or community settings. The professional nurse is capable of providing safe, humane, quality and holistic care to individuals in varying age, gender and health-illness status; healthy or at risk families; population groups: and community; sing\y or in collaboration with other health care providers to promote health, prevent illness, restore health, alleviate suffering and provide end of life care.
SPECIFIC ROLES AND CAREERS FOR GRADUATES
The National Nursing Core Competencies Standards of 2012 includes the three (3) major roles of the professional nurse. As a nurse generalist, they can assume the following roles on:
Client Care
Utilize the nursing process in the care of: Mothers, newborns, children, adolescents, adults and older persons; Family, community, population groups, and persons with special needs
Leadership and Management
Serve as Managers and Leaders of Nursing service units and health services and programs
Research
Engage in nursing and health-related research; Evaluate research studies; Apply research process in improving client care
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Program Outcomes |
Performance Indicators |
Apply knowledge of physical, social, natural and health sciences, and humanities in the practice of nursing. |
- Integrate relevant principles of social, physical, natural and health sciences and humanities in a given health and nursing situation.
- Apply appropriate nursing concepts and actions holistically and comprehensively
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Provide safe, appropriate and holistic care to individuals, families, population groups and community utilizing nursing process. |
- Assess with the client (individual, family, population group, and/or community), one’s health status/competence.
- Formulate with the client a plan of care to address the health conditions, needs, problems and issues based on priorities.
- Implement safe and quality interventions with the client to address the health needs, problems and issues.
- Provide health education using selected planning models to targeted clientele (individuals, family, population group or community).
e. Evaluate with the client the health status/ competence and /or process/expected outcomes of nurseclient working relationship. f. Institute appropriate corrective actions to prevent or minimize harm arising from adverse effects
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Apply guidelines and principles of evidence-based practice in the delivery of care. |
- Provide appropriate evidence based nursing care using a participatory approach based on:
- variety of theories and standards relevant to health and healing
- research • clinical practice • client preferences
- client and staff safety
- customer care standards
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Practice nursing in accordance with existing laws, legal, ethical and moral principles. |
- Adhere to ethic-legal considerations when providing safe, quality and professional nursing care.
- Apply ethical reasoning and decision making process to address situations of ethical distress and moral dilemma.
- Adhere to established norms of conduct based on the Philippine Nursing Law and other legal, regulatory and institutional requirements relevant to safe nursing practice.
- Protect clients rights based on “Patient’s Bill of Rights and Obligations.”
- Implement strategies/policies related to Informed consent as it applies in multiple contexts.
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Communicate effectively in speaking, writing and presenting using culturallyappropriate language. |
- Ensure a working relationship with the client and/or support system base on trust, respect and shared decision making using appropriate communication/interpersonal techniques/strategies.
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Document to include reporting up-todate client care accurately and comprehensively. |
- Document client’s responses /nursing care services rendered and processes/outcomes of the nurse client working relationship.
- Ensure completeness, integrity, safety, accessibility and security of information.
- Adhere to protocol and principles of confidentiality in safekeeping and releasing of records and other information.
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Work effectively in collaboration with inter-, intra- and multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams |
- Ensure intra-agency, inter-agency, multidisciplinary and sectoral collaboration in the delivery of health care.
- Implement strategies/approaches to enhance/support the capability of the client and care providers to participate in decision making by the interprofessional team.
- Maintain a harmonious and collegial relationship among members of the health team for effective, efficient and safe client care.
- Coordinate the tasks/functions of other nursing personnel (midwife, BHW and utility worker).
- Collaborate with other members of the health team in the implementation of programs and services.
- Apply principles of partnership and collaboration to improve delivery of health services.
- Collaborate with GOs, NGOs and other socio-civic agencies to improve health care services, support environment protection policies and strategies, and safety and security mechanisms in the community
- Participate as a member of a quality team in implementing the appropriate quality improvement process on identified improvement opportunities
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Practice beginning management and leadership skills in the delivery of client care using a systems approach. |
- Participate in the development and improvement of policies and standards regarding safe nursing practice and relevant to human resource management.
- Manage resources ( human, physical, financial, time) efficiency and effectively.
- Apply management and leadership principles in providing direction to manage a community/village- based.
- Use appropriate strategies/approaches to plan community health programs and nursing service.
- Supervise the implementation of the nursing component of the hea\th services/programs.
- Ensure that all nursing personnel adhere to standards of safety, bioethical principles and evidence based nursing practice. Evaluate specific components of healfh programs and nursing services based on parameters/criteria.
- Maintain a positive practice environment. i. Participate in the planning and implementation of staff development activities to enhance performance of nursing support staff.
- Evaluate performance of nursing support staff using a standard evaluation tool.
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Conduct research with an experienced researcher. |
- Participate in preparing a research proposal complying with the ethical principles in nursing research.
- Conduct a research study as a member of a research team.
- Determine if the research problems/questions, learning outcomes and /or hypotheses are clearly and logically linked to the research purpose, concepts and relationships, and propositions generated from the study framework.
- Analyze if the conceptual framework the summary of review of related literature, research design, and data analysis procedure are logically linked with the research purpose, problems/questions, and hypotheses.
- Establish if the interpretation, implications, and recommendations are consistent with the results considering the limitations of the study.
- Analyze the research study/report for adherence to standards of writing mechanics, ethical principles and guidelines in all phases of the research study.
- Present the research study conducted in partnership with a research team.
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Engage in lifelong learning with a passion to keep current with national and global developments in general, and nursing and health developments in particular. |
- Assume responsibility for lifelong learning, own personal development and maintenance of competence.
- Demonstrate continued competence and professional growth.
- Engage in advocacy activities to influence health and social care service policies and access to services.
- Model professional behavior.
- Engage in advocacy activities to deal with health related concerns and adopts policies that foster the growth and development of the nursing profession.
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Demonstrate responsible citizenship and pride of being a Filipino. |
- Exemplify love for country in service of the Filipinos
- Customize nursing interventions based on Phil culture and values
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Apply techno-intelligent care systems and processes in health care delivery |
- Use appropriate technology to perform safe and efficient nursing activi1ies
- Implement system of informatics to support the delivery of health care.
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Adopt the nursing core values in the practice of the profession. |
- Demonstrate caring as the core of nursing, love God, love of country and love of people.
- Manifest professionalism, integrity and excellence.
- Project the positive professional image of a Filipino Nurse.
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Apply entrepreneurial skills in the delivery of nursing care. |
- Identify opportunities for entrepreneurial nursing practice.
- Apply strategic interventions to address health- related concerns of individuals, families, communities and population groups to any health care setting.
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BSN LEVEL OUTCOMES
These are 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 risx 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 (individuals, 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 positions in any field of nursing.
CURRICULUM
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES |
36 units |
a. Core Courses 24 units
b. Elective Courses 9 units
c. Life and Works of Rizal 3 units |
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PE and NSTP 1& 2 |
14 units |
MAJOR COURSES |
17 units |
PROFESSIONAL COURSES |
125 units |
TOTAL NO. OF UNITS |
192 units |