BSc in Nursing

Education is the key of all progress and achievement of any sector, like ways educational preparation of nurses athigher institutional baccalaureatelevel, who contributeprimarily towards the health need of the community is forefront agenda. Nursing training has been given indifferent governmental and non-governmental institutions for few years. However, the traininglacks basiccontents and relevant courses. It alsohas contained repetitive and fragmented learning that avoids the facilitation and integration of principles fromthe natural, social, publichealth and medical sciences into nursing practice. Most of the contents in nursing education were not related to problem solving, student centered as well as not based on mastery of competency.

The new health policy gives high importance to the provision of essential and appropriate health care to the people of Somaliland. It has adapted to primary health care. This is global strategy in order to bring all people in the nation closer to the goal of betteraccess to the meansofachievinghealthy life.Successful implementation of health services to the grass rootlevel is highly dependent on availability and deployment of adequately trained health professionals. But thiscannot be accomplished by government institutions alone. By taking into consideration of high need of higher education in Somaliland, and neighboring areas, Addis Ababa Medical University College, Hargeisa Campus was established in October 2007. Addis Ababa medical University College is accredited both in Ethiopia and Somaliland.

Graduation Requirement

Graduation requirement will be according to the Addis Ababa Medical University College rule and regulation. Thus, a student enrolled in the BSc nursing program is eligible for graduation if and only if he/she

-Has taken all the required General, Supportive and professional coursesfor the program.

-Student cannot graduate with a grade of less than 2.0 out of the 4-scale grading system.

-Any student who scores less than ‘C’ in any of clinical based theoretical core coursesshall repeat the course/s before internship

-A student with all ‘Ds’ cannot pass to the next semester

-Any student who scores less than C in any of remaining core courses shall clear thecourse/s before graduation.

-Any Nursing student who scores less than C in any clinical attachment or practicumshall repeat the attachment/s withthe same duration beforeinternship.

-Any Nursingstudentwith lessthan C inany internship practiceshall repeat the same duration ofattachment. But can attend graduation ceremony.

-A student with an ‘F’ must repeat the course only once and the grade will be maximum of ‘C’, irrespective of high scores he/she might achieve.

-Has carried out a student research project on a selected and agreed topic of research problem and scored a minimum of ' C' grade in thesis work.

-A student must completely attend successfully all community based activities, CBTP and TTP.

-Passes external qualifying examination administered by internal and external examiner(s).

Course Overview