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Nursing as a profession utilizes knowledge derived from arts, sciences (physical, biological and behavioural), humanities and human experience. Nursing science incorporates clinical competence, critical thinking, communication, teaching learning, professionalism, and caring and cultural competency. Nurses collaborate with other health disciplines to solve individual and community health problems. Nursing facilitates evidence-based practice, compassionate caring among its practitioners in response to emerging issues in healthcare and new discoveries and technologies in profession.
The Nursing Studies Program aims to educate and develop responsible, scientifically – competent researchers, professionals and citizens who will act and lead guided by the principles of sustainability and social responsibility. On the other hand, it also aims to operate the University as a research and educational institution that provide value added to the sustainable development of the economy and of the society in general.
The principal aim of the program is to train nurses by providing excellent knowledge and technical skills, supporting their critical thinking, compassion and vision development, as well as promoting the well-being for the individual, family and community.
More specifically, the program’s objectives are:
• The provision high quality education in nursing care and other relevant topics;
• The preparation for and development of a career in Healthcare Sector;
The enhancement of lifelong learning skills and personal development to contribute to society at large, regarding the major issues of promotion, protection, preservation and rehabilitation of the citizens’ health.
Learning Outcomes
Nursing Studies are designed to form the cognitive background, the skills and the attitudes on which graduates will be able to assess patients’ needs, provide appropriate evidence-based care and acquire the ability to evaluate the relevant healthcare outcomes.
More specifically, upon successful completion of the Nursing Studies, graduates should:
• acquire deep and extensive knowledge of the safe provision of quality nursing care to individuals, families and communities;
• be capable of evaluating and designing necessary and appropriate specialized nursing intervention;
• be essential in the broader healthcare system, both in Cyprus and abroad, and contribute positively to their profession and to society;
• demonstrate professional leadership that is required to bring change and implement evidence-based nursing and best practices;
• operate based on critical analysis and thinking as well as be research-oriented, to achieve the best possible results in their work;
• become exemplary agencies of healthy lifestyles so that community prevention programs will be effective and efficient;
• apply universally accepted human values in the performance of their duties.
Program
Year 1
Semester 1
- Introduction to Nursing Science
- Anatomy, Physiology & Biology Ι
- Bacteriology – Virology – Parasitology
- Fundamental Nursing & Compassion
Elective Courses - One from:
- Computers and applications I
- General Psychology
- Communication and Language Development I
- Nursing Perspectives
- Effective Communication in the Workplace
- Greek Language
Semester 2
- Anatomy, Physiology & Biology ΙI
- Biochemistry – Biophysics – Radiology
- Community Nursing
- Pathology
Elective Courses - One from:
- Communication and Language Development II
- Computers and applications II
- Health and Safety in Healthcare settings
- First Aid
- Introduction to Sociology
Summer Semester
First Clinical Practice
Year 2
Semester 3
- Pharmacology for Nurses
- Surgical Nursing I
- Medical Nursing I
- Health Sociology and Health Psychology
Elective Courses - One from:
- Health Informatics
- Health Economics for Nurses
- Health Systems and Health Policy
- Work Psychology for Career Nurses
Semester 4
- Psychiatric Nursing
- Surgical Nursing II
- Medical Nursing II
- Legal Issues & Nursing Deontology
Elective Courses - One from:
- Psychiatry
- Neurology
- Advanced Community Nursing
Summer Semester
Second Clinical Practice
Year 3
Semester 5
- Transcultural Nursing & Compassion
- Community Psychiatric Nursing
- Nursing Care of Children
- Research Methodology
Elective Courses - Two from:
- Human Resource Management in Health Care Settings
- Healthcare Management & Leadership
- Neurology Nursing
- Philosophy and Ethics for Nursing
Semester 6
- Midwifery Nursing
- Addictions Counseling for Nurses
- Health Promotion
- Epidemiology and Public Health
Elective Courses - One from:
- Principles of Marketing
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Surveillance Infection Control for Nurses
Summer Semester
Third Clinical Practice
Year 4
Semester 7
- Total Quality in Nursing
- Nursing Care of Older Adults
- Health Nutrition and Nursing
- Project I
Elective Courses - One from:
- Nursing Care Plan
- Clinical Nursing Evaluation
- Cardiovascular Nursing Care
- Clinical Surgical Nursing
Semester 8
- Intensive Care Nursing
- Teaching Methods In Nursing
- Clinical Medical Nursing
- Project II
Elective Courses - One from:
- Evidence Based Nursing Practice
- Oncology Nursing
- Palliative Nursing Care
- Emergency Nursing Care
Summer Semester
Fourth Clinical Practice
