Course Description/ Syllabus

Course DescriptionSyllabusCurriculum

Course No	Course description
NURS 101	Fundamental of Nursing (I)
	This course introduces classic nursing principle that underpin future clinical practice. Principle include such things as comfort measures, assistance with daily living activities. Environmental concerns, positioning and transporting, asepsis and sterile technique, medication administration, intrusive therapies and use of the nursing process with particular emphasis on the intervention component.
ELT 103	Advanced English
	The course reinforces academic writing skills. In this course students write different types of essays based on the ideas they are exposed to in the reading selections. The emphasis is on the writing process in which students go through many stages from brainstorming and outlining to producing a complete documented piece of writing.
KUR 105	KurdologyI
	The territorial extent of Kurdistan, the ethnic and geographical extent of Kurdistan, Numerical extent of the Kurds, the geography of Kurdistan, Physical aspect, the living andscape and habitat, the human aspect, an anthropological profile of Kurdistan. Origins and pre-Islamic history, the Islamic period up to 1920, from 1920 to the present day, the fundamental structures of Kurdish society, the Kurdish family, tribal organization, language and folklore.
IT 103	Introduction to Information of technology
	This course is designed to make the student familiar with Computer literature. Information Technology Concepts are Introduced with an emphasis on software and hardware utilization. Students will be exposed to a board range of computer Technology and IT topics including; Understanding Computer, Hardware, software, Computer and communication, Multimedia, web pages & Internet, Networking and the role of IT in public life. This course is divided into two sections: a lecture and lab.
DBT 101	Academic Debate and critical thinking I
	This course is designed to develop students’ abilities and skills in academic communication and debate. The topics of this course train the students on using sources for academic communication, putting knowledge into good use, and raising academic questions and answering questions in an academic way. The course also aims to teach students how to accept and respect differing opinions, and how to conduct academic arguments.
NURS 103	Introduction to Nursing
	The student receives all information on nursing, evolution of nursing, history of nursing in details and most common famous nurse overall the world.
NURS 107	Biochemistry
	Nurses are needs basic information on the main and common biochemical function, and the information about most common biochemical labs and the procedure for each procedure.
NURS 105	Nursing Professional Ethics
	This course provides a broad overview of Introduction to Nursing Profession and how it applies to everyday life. Major professional concepts are presented, including history, professional development, socialization.

NURS 102		Fundamental of Nursing II
		During the second course of first stage the student will receive the second course on fundamental of nursing, which is for more advanced practice on basic patients need during nursing care, wound dressing, advanced wound care, injection such as intramuscular injection, intravenous , subcutaneous and intradermal injections
NURS 208		Anatomy
		A study of the anatomical structure of the human body. Body structure will be studied by organ systems and will involve a balance between gross anatomical study and histology. Form-function relationships will be emphasized. The laboratory study will involve working with human skeletal collections and dissection of cadavers and preserved specimens.
PHY 202		Physiology
		During this course the students will receive the physiological function of the human body, lectures on all physical function of all parts and organs, such as neural function cardiovascular circulation, gastrointestinal and all other parts. Beside information on cells function, this also a basic science for nursing intervention.
ELT 104		Technical English
		This course is continuation of ELT 103, which is build the oral, reading and writing English skills of non-native speakers of English of Computer and Information Technology department students, in order to prepare for specific academic work in English. It teaches advance level of students the language and skills they need to understand and work in the world of computers.
DBT 102		Academic Debate and critical thinking II
		This course is the continuation of DBT 101. The topics of this course train the students on using sources for academic communication, putting knowledge into good use, and raising academic questions and answering questions in an academic way. The course also aims to teach students how to accept and respect differing opinions, and how to conduct academic arguments.
KUR 106		KurdologyII
		This course is a continuation of Kurdology I. A further study of history of Kurdistan and Kurds as well as major events and figures in after-Islam period.

Second Year

Course No	Course description
NURS 201		Adult Nursing I
		The students will receive the comprehensive knowledge, practices through labs and clinical in the hospital will learn how providing the nursing management for all adult related diseases, both communicable and chronic conditions. The nursing students will receive all information and practices for chronic condition such as Diabetes, hypertension, cardiac, renal, and all others.
NURS 206		Nutrition
		During this the information about the nutrition and it is components. The healthy diet, and the effects of nutrition on achieving nursing goal.
NURS 202		Health Assessment
		In this course the students will learn the health assessment of patients and healthy including child and adult individuals. The comprehensive information and skills will provide through practices and theory. The nursing students are able to do physical assessment for both patients, and healthy persons.
NURS 203		Microbiology
		The microbiology in a basic science for the health, the students will receive information though theory and labs all information related to bacteriology as a science and the procedure to identify the bacteria.
NURS 205		Pharmacology for Nurses I
		They will receive detailed theory about the medication, and they will teach all tread and scientific names of each medication, beside of this they will teach the mechanism of medication on the physiological body, and it is side effects.
NURS 207		Adult Nursing II
		A comprehensive information for the surgical cases and the practical for patients associated with surgical cases, the students they will go to the surgical wards, operation theater, and all other related to surgical cases.
NURS 208		Human growth and development
		The student receives human growth and development in all stages which are prenatal, infant, toddler, preschool, school age, adolescent, young adult, middle adult, and over 65 years old, and all theories related to the subject, they will receive information about psychosexual, psychosocial and cognitive theories, and they practice the knowledge in related setting practices.
NURS 209		Pathophysiology
		The students will receive detailed information about the diseases and it is pathology. Detailed information about all diseases and the process of path of body.
NURS 210		Basic emergency life support
		The student will receive this subject to learn and practice the main save patient process during emergency cases, they will receive
NURS 211		Applied Pharmacology II
		The students will receive the information

Third Year

Course No	Course description
NURS 301		Maternal & Neonatal Nursing
		During this course the student receiving the detailed information and practice on women condition and diseases, pregnancy, and main diseases associated mothers. They will take this subject in both theory and practice as well.
NURS 302		Adult Nursing III
		The students will receive more theory and practice in the hospital regarding adult diseases, and it is nursing management.
NURS 303		Sociology for Nursing
		The student will learn the social aspects and how they deal with social aspects during contact with patients, and they will learn how diseases effects on their social aspects.
NURS 304		Biostatistics
		The student will receive all information about biostatistics and related data analyses, the student will ask to have practice in this field for learning statistics.
NURS 306		Infant, child and adolescent Nursing
		Comprehensive theory and practice on child health, the student will receive theory and practice in the hospital about all related diseases and nursing management for each disease, they will work in emergency, medical wards, surgical ward and neonatal intensive care unit. They practice all nursing management.
NURS 307		Adult Nursing IV
		During this course the student will receive remain subjects, and practice concerning the adult’s condition, chronic condition and all related nursing managements.
NURS 308		Basic Research Methods
		This is an introductory course that covers the basics of undertaking research and writing a research paper. At each operational step in the research process it is required to choose from a multiplicity of methods, procedures and models of research methodology, which will help to best achieve the target research objectives.
NURS 309		Psychology for Nurses
		Nurses will communicate and have hard work in the hospital, and they communicate others such as physicians, other health care providers and clients as well, they need much more information about the psychology

Fourth Year

Course No	Course description
NURS 401		Community Health Nursing
		During this course the students will study theory and practical subjects focusing on (family care, home visiting, maternal and child care(MCH), school health services, field visit , home car of disabled individuals, and health education as recommended by WHO).
NURS 402		Critical Care Nursing
		During this course the students will study theory and practical subjects related to Critical care services for critically disorders, as decision making of high complexity to assess, manipulate, and support vital organ system failure or to prevent further life threatening deterioration of the patient’s condition. Examples of vital organ system failure include, central nervous system failure, circulatory failure, shock, , and respiratory failure focusing on First Aid CPR and others.
NURS 403		Health promotion
		During this course the students will recieve theory subjects so this subject has no practice and recently added to 4th stage in the college by WHO focusing on different models for health promotion and disease prevention as role model of nurses, health beliefs model, change behaviors, sanitation, personal hygiene, food hygiene, application of three levels of prevention in the community and others.
NURS 404		Epidemiology
		During this course the students will study theory subjects related to prevention and curative of communicable diseases as (AIDS, TB, Hepatitis B and C, meningitis, botulism, Ebola outbreak, swine flu, measles, cholera, mumps, DVD, food borne disease,Inflonza and water borne diseases .
NURS 406		Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing
		During final course the student will receive psychiatric and mental health subject, this subject will teaching students during detailed theory and practices in the mental health hospitals all the diseases related to psychiatric and mental health and their nursing care for each diseases,
NURS 407		Nursing Consolidation
		During last year the student will practice all nursing management which they received during their previous semesters,
NURS 408		Nursing Leadership and Management
		During this course the students will study theory subjects about · Developing Leadership Roles and Functions · Developing Management Roles and Functions · Managing and Leading Change · Decision Making and Problem Solving · Conflict, Delegation, and Role Transitioning · Legal and Ethical Issues · Health Care Organizations · Quality and Risk Management · Power, Politics and Influence · Strategic Planning
NURS 409		· Professional Perspectives and ethical issue During this course the students will study theory subjects about Define ethics and utilize an ethical decision making model to address professional ethical dilemmas. Apply existing operational codes of ethics when encountering professional ethical dilemmas. Apply principles of ethical practice to professional self-care. Application of law and legal issues in health care services.

REP 405		Research Project
		A study under the supervision of an advisor: Research on exploring and defining a potential study area suitable for a senior design project. Identification of a specific problem from the selected study area in Nursing. Results from this study are documented and presented in the form of a project proposal.