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School of Nursing and Health Studies Programmes & Courses Nursing and Health Studies Undergraduate Programmes (Nursing) Bachelor of Nursing with Honours in General Health Care / Bachelor of Nursing with Honours in Mental Health Care Content

Overview

During the five years of study, students will need to complete 200 credits from theoretical courses and practicum.

Theoretical Courses (160 credits)

  1. Professional-specific courses (130 credits) – They cover a wide variety of subject areas including human anatomy
    and physiology, behavioural sciences, health assessment, clinical nursing, health promotion, primary health
    care, Chinese and alternative medicinal nursing, nursing research, nursing theories, nursing ethics, nursing
    management, legal aspects of nursing, health care system and health care policies.
  2. English Language courses (10 credits)
  3. General education courses (20 credits)
  4. University’s core values (non-credit bearing) – Integrity, Fairness, Perseverance, Innovation.

Practicum (40 credits) – The practicum exposes students to the clinical environment in hospitals and other health care
settings. Face-to-face supervised practice and coaching takes place to assist students to gain clinical competence.

The Courses

Core courses (Both programmes)
  • Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology
  • Fundamentals of Microbiology and Pharmacology
  • Fundamental Nursing Practice
  • Sociology of Health in Nursing
  • Applied Psychology in Nursing
  • Health Assessment
  • Health Promotion and Education
  • Nursing Research I
  • Nursing Research II
  • Professional Nursing Practice
  • Nursing Management
  • 中醫及另類醫療護理學
  • Effective Use of English I
  • English for Effective Communication II: Reading and Writing
  • General Education I, II, III, IV
Core courses (General Health Care Programme)
  • Nursing Therapeutics in General Nursing I, II, III, IV
  • Specialty Nursing (General Health Care) I, II
  • Interprofessional Learning in Care Delivery (General Health Care)
  • Clinical Practicum (General Health Care) I, II, III, IV, V
Core courses (Mental Health Care Programme)
  • Nursing Therapeutics in Mental Health Nursing I, II, III, V
  • Specialty Nursing (Mental Health Care) I, II
  • Interprofessional Learning in Care Delivery (Mental Health Care)
  • Clinical Practicum (Mental Health Care) I, II, III, IV, V

The Five-year Programme Structure

Year 1
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Core courses (Both programmes)
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology (Con’t)
Fundamental Nursing Practice
Fundamental Nursing Practice (Con’t)
Fundamentals of Microbiology and Pharmacology
Applied Psychology in Nursing
Effective Use of English I
Core courses (General Health Care programme)
Nursing Therapeutics in General Nursing I
Clinical Practicum
(General Health Care) I
Core courses (Mental Health Care programme)
Nursing Therapeutics in Mental Health Nursing I
Clinical Practicum
(Mental Health Care) I
Year 2
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Core courses (Both programmes)
Health Assessment
Sociology of Health in Nursing
Health Promotion and Education
English for Effective Communication II: Reading and Writing
Core courses (General Health Care programme)
Nursing Therapeutics in General Nursing II
Clinical Practicum
(General Health Care) II

Nursing Therapeutics in General Nursing II (Con’t)

Specialty Nursing
(General Health Care) I
Specialty Nursing (General Health Care) I (Con’t)
Core courses (Mental Health Care programme)
Nursing Therapeutics in Mental Health Nursing II
Clinical Practicum
(Mental Health Care) II
Nursing Therapeutics in Mental Health Nursing II (Con’t)
Specialty Nursing
(Mental Health Care) I
Specialty Nursing (Mental Health Care) I (Con’t)
Year 3
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Core courses (Both programmes)
Nursing Management
中醫及另類醫療護理學
        General Education I

      General Education II       General Education III

Core courses (General Health Care programme)
Nursing Therapeutics in General Nursing III
Nursing Therapeutics in General Nursing III (Con’t)
Clinical Practicum
(General Health Care) III
Specialty Nursing
(General Health Care) II
Core courses (Mental Health Care programme)
Nursing Therapeutics in Mental Health Nursing III
Nursing Therapeutics in Mental Health Nursing III (Con’t)
Clinical Practicum
(Mental Health Care) III
Specialty Nursing
(Mental Health Care) II
Year 4
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Core courses (Both programmes)
Professional Nursing Practice
Professional Nursing Practice (Con’t)
Nursing Research I
Nursing Research I (Con’t)
General Education IV
Core courses (General Health Care programme)
Clinical Practicum
(General Health Care) IV
Nursing Therapeutics in General Nursing IV
Core courses (Mental Health Care programme)
Clinical Practicum
(Mental Health Care) IV
Nursing Therapeutics in Mental Health Nursing IV
Year 5
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Core courses (Both programmes)
Nursing Research II
Core courses (General Health Care programme)
Clinical Practicum
(General Health Care) V
Clinical Practicum
(General Health Care) V (Con’t)
Interprofessional Learning in Care Delivery
(General Health Care)
Core courses (Mental Health Care programme)
Clinical Practicum
(Mental Health Care) V
Clinical Practicum
(Mental Health Care) V (Con’t)
Interprofessional Learning in Care Delivery
(Mental Health Care)

 

Language of Instruction

The language of instruction is mainly English. However, some courses such as  “Chinese and Alternative Medicinal
Nursing  中醫及另類醫療護理學”and other courses under the category of general education will be taught in Chinese.