School of Nursing

 Degree Certification

The School offers a four-year course of study leading to a Bachelors Degree in Nursing for undergraduate study

 About

Dr.Ferwerdin Sheet Barzanji
Head of the School
eMail:ferwerdin.sheet@uod.ac
Tel: 009647504577044

UoD is committed to play an active role in fulfilling the community needs therefore UoD found it is imperative to establish nursing college to improve the health care services in Duhok province and have accepted students for the academic year of 2007-2008.

Nursing College provides the most updated education in both theoretical and practical field of nursing. One of the main goals of the College is to graduate competent nurses with advanced medical and clinical knowledge and skills in order to enhance the reputation of the nurses among the society and medical community. Also it aims to improve the skills and knowledge of the current nursing staff through continuous courses in specialized fields of nursing. After completion of four years of study the graduates will acquire a Bachelor degree in nursing science that will make them able of being working in any modern health facilities.

 Characteristics

The faculty has reviewed the curriculum courses of the other counterpart colleges and designed a four year curriculum suitable with the nature of the nursing study and the requirements of the public health, nursing trade in the region with the consideration of the advancements the medical sciences in general and nursing in particular has achieved. The practical education will take place at the health care facilities of the Department of Health in Duhok Governorate.

 The curriculum is as follows:
 First Year

• Introduction to Nursing
• Biochemistry
• English& medical terminology
• Computer sciences
• Nutrition
• Kurdology
• Foundation of nsg.practice
• Anatomy & physiology
• Human growth& development
  

 Second Year

• Health Assessment
• Anatomy& physiolo
• Fundamental of nsg
• Microbiology
• Health promotion
• Pathophisiology
• Medical sociology
  

Third Year

• Adult nursing
• Maternal & newborn health
• Medical psychology
• Epidemiology
• Psychiatric & mental health
• Infant, child & adolescent health
• Anthropology
• Pharmacology
• Human rights
  

Fourth Year

• Family& community human  nursing
• Biostatistics
• Basic research methods
• Critical care nursing
• Applied nursing Research
• Leadership& nursing management
• Professional perspectives & issues
• Consolidation of nursing Practice
  

 Strategies

Because of the shortages and defects in university nursing sector overall Duhok district, the strategic aim of the college is to graduate university nurses during the coming 5-10 years to cover most of the defects in the hospitals and medical centers in terms of nursing services.  The other important strategic aim is preparing for establishment of a teaching staff with post graduate degrees to fulfill the teaching defects in the college for the next years.

 The objectives

The objectives of the Nursing School are to graduate university nurses that are well trained especially in the field of the nursing services in collaboration with the facilities of the teaching hospitals and medical centers to help in the running of different units in the health sector and community. 

 The acquired experiences

During their four year study, the students acquire most of their knowledge and experience from the practical and clinical sessions that are managed by the physicians and specialized university nurses in addition to the theoretical information gained from lecture halls. The other important resource for the knowledge is the web access which is provided through a well equipped IT center in the school.

 practical use of courses

The courses and  curriculums of the nursing college at Duhok university are well designed in accordance to the courses and the curriculums of other nursing colleges at  universities of the region likethe  Medical University-Hawler, and Sulaimaya University plus other universities of Iraq like Mosul and Baghdad, in addition to some other universities in neighboring countries. The courses and the curriculums are fulfilling most of the requirements of actual and society life in terms of medical and nursing services. The courses curriculums are subject to improvement periodically according to the actual needs of the locality.

 The cultural and the scientific relationships with the other colleges, private sector and governmental directorates

There is a strong link with the Medical College at Duhok University, since the nursing college still depends on the facilities of that college for running the courses. The other important link, , is the health sector in Duhok district especially Azadi teaching hospital that is acting as the main facility for clinical and practical learning of the students. Other medical centers in the region ,provide a  good environment for teaching and learning.  

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