The student shall be given opportunities to be exposed to the various levels of health care (health promotion, disease prevention, risk reduction, curative and restoration of health) with various client groups (individual, family, population groups and community). These opportunities shall be given in graduated experiences to ensure that the competencies per course, per level and for the whole program are developed. Before graduation, the student shall approximate the competencies of a professional nurse as they assume the various roles and responsibilities. For each year level, the following objectives shall be achieved:

At the end of the first year, the student shall have acquired an understanding and awareness of himself as an individual and as a member of the family, the community, and the world with emphasis on personal, societal and professional values, responsibilities, rights, and an awareness of physical, social, and cultural milieu.

At the end of the second year, the student shall have acquired the holistic understanding of the human person as a bio-psycho cultural being focusing on the concept of health and illness as it is related to the care of the mother and child in varied settings.

At the end of the third year, given actual clients/situation with various physiologic and psychosocial alterations, the student shall be able to demonstrate the competencies in the following key areas of responsibilities such as safe and quality nursing care, health education, communication, collaboration and teamwork, ethico-moral and legal, quality improvement, research, record management and management of resources and environment.

At the end of the fourth year, given actual clients/situation the student shall be able to demonstrate competencies in all the key areas of responsibility.

Program of Study