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SBF Nursing Institute,
Sonali Park, Jail Road,
Lalmonirhat-5500, Bangladesh.

Course

Course Description

Nursing

Nursing assists clients (individuals, families and communities which aggregates of people within communities) to attain physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being. Nursing involves a dynamic interaction between client and nurse aimed to promote, maintain, and restore optimal health in collaboration with other health team members. It also encourages involvement of clients and significant others in the care for self-reliance and in modifying their health behaviors. Nurses use nursing process in determining clients’ needs or problems in responses to actual or potential health problems, planning for nursing interventions, intervening, and evaluating responses. Nurses deliver community-oriented nursing care, taking into account clients’ community context. Critical thinking is the basis for nurses to apply nursing knowledge and to follow ethical and legal framework in their practice.

Midwifery

Midwifery is care of the girl-child, the adolescent and the adult woman prior to, during, and following pregnancy. It aims to promote, maintain, and restore optimal health and views pregnancy as a normal life event. Midwife gives necessary supervision, care and advice for women during pregnancy, labor and the postpartum period. The midwife conducts deliveries on her own responsibility and cares for the newborn infant. She detects abnormal conditions in the mother and baby, procures medical assistance as necessary; and the execution of emergency measures in the absence of medical help. The midwife works in collaboration with other health care team members and/or community-based health workers in promoting the health of women and childbearing families.

Nursing Education

Nursing education is a dynamic, continuous learning process of acquiring nursing and midwifery knowledge and skills that bring about changes of student behaviors. Nursing education acquires active and life-long learning and new learning builds on previous knowledge and experience. Learning in nursing education is best achieved when student is motivated and ready to learn, where student’s dignity is respected; teaching strategies and learning experiences are carefully selected to facilitate critical thinking; and professional or clinical role modeling is offered.

Goal

The institutional goal of this program is to produce competent nurses that will enable them for demonstrate the competency of using knowledge-based practice for provision of quality holistic client centered nursing care to meet the needs/expectations and to promote, maintain, and restore heath of individuals, families, and communities nationally and internationally.

Course Objectives

  1. Demonstrate to have knowledge in:
    1. Basic sciences, applied sciences, and human sciences.
    2. Nursing science focusing on interpersonal communication, nursing process, holistic nursing, community-oriented nursing, and knowledge requiring for making clinical nursing judgment in common and simple health problems/situations of nursing clients across health-illness continuum and throughout the life course.
    3. Nursing leadership and management.
    4. Emerging local and global health issues including universal health coverage.
    5. Research Methodology, and
    6. Computer and Informational Technology.
  2. Demonstrate to have skills in:
    1. Using nursing process with knowledge-based clinical skills and critical thinking skills in caring for clients with common and simple health problems/situations across health illness continuum and throughout the life course in order to promote, maintain, and restore health
    2. Providing client-centered and holistic care with caring behaviors.
    3. Carrying out knowledge-based and community-oriented nursing practice with positive attitudes, ethical behaviors and accountability in accordance with the BNMC rules and regulations and professional standards
    4. Communicating effectively with nursing clients, nursing members, physicians, and other health care providers
    5. Working collaboratively in a health care team and as a member or a novice leader of the nursing care team
    6. Managing own work on day-to-day basis
    7. Guiding and fostering good clinical environment to nursing students and other support staff who work under nursing supervision, and
    8. Thinking critically and committing to self-directed learning.
  3. Appreciate oneself as a nurse, kind and have positive attitudes toward professional nursing and lifelong learning.

Curriculum Design

The curriculum is dynamic with provision for incorporating emerging health problems and changing health policies as well as latest advancement in health sciences. The Diploma in Nursing Science and Midwifery curriculum is designed for BNMC recognized institutions and incorporate(1) General courses to prepare students to understand the world, understand human behaviors and well-behave in the society (2) Foundation courses to furnish students with essential knowledge relevant to nursing and midwifery and (3) Professional courses for nursing and midwifery specific courses. The courses are sequenced from year one to year three, from simple to complex, with an attempt to increase students’ competencies overtime.

Title of courses:

  1. General Course:
    1. Behavioral Science
    2. Basic Science
    3. Communicative English
    4. Computer and information Technology(ICT)
  2. Foundation Courses:
    1. Anatomy and Physiology
    2. Microbiology and Parasitology
    3. Nutrition and Dietetics
    4. Pharmacology
  3. Professional Course:
    1. Fundamentals of Nursing
    2. Community Health Nursing
    3. Medical & Surgical Nursing
    4. Orthopedic Nursing
    5. Pediatric Nursing.
    6. Psychiatric Nursing
    7. Midwifery
    8. Leadership and Management
    9. Research Methodology

Curriculum Structure

The Diploma in Nursing Science and Midwifery course will be of three years duration Each academic year consists of 52 weeks. Out of 52 weeks, 45 weeks will be reserved for theory, laboratory classes, clinical practice, and review class and test examination. The rest of 07 weeks will be used for study leave, BNMC examination and school break. This break may also allow time for students who fail a course to take re-exam, or to do additional study like assignment & practice to improve their academic performance in order to fulfill the requirement of the course. Each week consists of 6 working days and 6 hours a day for theory & lab. So for theory and lab session a week consists of 36 hours. Each week consists of 6 working days and 8 hours a day for clinical practice.

Year wise subject with code and hours distribution

First year
Subject Code Subject Title Allocated Hours
D111 Behavioral Science 240
D112 Basic Science 128
D123 Anatomy and Physiology 256
D124 Microbiology and Parasitology 64
D135 Fundamentals of Nursing 824
Internal Subject
D116 Communicative English 80
D117 Computer and Information Technology 64
Total with Internal Subject 1656


Second year
Subject Code Subject Title Allocated Hours
D231 Medical & Surgical Nursing 832
D222 Pharmacology 80
D223 Nutrition and Dietetics 240
D234 Community Health Nursing 292
D235 Pediatric Nursing 260
Total 1704


Third year
Subject Code Subject Title Allocated Hours
D331 Midwifery 1192
D332 Psychiatric Nursing 144
D333 Orthopedic Nursing 240
D334 Leadership and Management 96
D335 Research Methodology 80
Total 1752

Course Duration

There should be a minimum period of three years of education programmer. Total hours are 5112 in the three years course. The academic year will start from January in each year. After completion of the program every student has to perform 06(six) months internship in an appropriate clinical areas/hospitals according to logbook. On the successful completion of the course, the student is required to take the BNMC comprehensive examination for licensing as a registered nurse. BNMC will issue professional License and academic certificate.

Student registration

After admission every student’s must do student registration according to BNMC Act (Act No. 48 of 2016) Clause-5 (TA). The validity of the student registration will be of 06 years.

Medium of Instruction

English language is used as a medium of instruction with supplemental Bangla language, as necessary.

Method of Recruitment:

The Applicants who meet the following criteria will be eligible to enter into the Diploma in Nursing Science and Midwifery: a. Entry qualification: The applicants must have passed both SSC & HSC examinations from any discipline from any educational Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education in Bangladesh. Students will be selected on merit basis. Merit score will be determined from cumulative result of GPA SSC, HSC& admission test which will be decided by admission committee. b. Marks conversion from General Certificate of Education (GCE) - ‘O’ level and ‘A’ level will be decided by the central admission committee. c. The candidates will apply within 3 years after passing HSC examination and as well as continuation of SSC examination. d. Student will be selected on merit basis. Merit score will be determined from cumulative GPA of SSC & HSC result and from the admission test result. e. Medical (physical & mental) fitness will be essential before admission. f. Student will be single. g. For foreign candidate: According to admission policy. Admission test will be conducted as per Act. Of BNMC-2016 according to admission policy.

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Evaluation of students

    The regular final examination will be held in each academic year in December under the Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery council.
    A student must appear in each year final examination. In order to pass each year of the course overall, a student must pass in all subjects in that year. In order to pass a subject, she/ he must pass in each individual assessment area of that specific subject.
    A student must pass in each subject of internal examination.
    Assessment area includes written and/or oral and/or practical/clinical of that specific subject.
    The student who fails (obtains less than 60%) in any part of the subject(s), she/he will appear in the next exam.
    Pass mark: 60% marks must be obtained in written, oral, practical and clinical examination of each subject. If a student cannot secure pass mark in any assessment areas of a subject, maximum 2 (two) mark will be allowed to makeup from another assessment area of same subject.
    If a student fails in the first year exam, she/he will get maximum three chances for passing the examination of that year. She/he may attend 2nd year classes but will not be allowed to appear in the 2nd year final exam, until she/he passes all subjects of 1st year. The same rule is applicable for 2nd year and 3rd year.
    If a student fails at 03 times, then the student could appear by one time dropping and with the special permission of BNMC for 04 times final examination.
    All assessment will be conducted according to set criteria. If any question arises, the examination committee will resolve that.
    Examination committee to be formed before each year final exam to conduct examination.
    If a student fails to meet the clinical practice requirements of the course for any genuine reason (sick, emergency leave etc.), she/he has to make up her/his clinical practice requirements in extra time with submission of necessary documents/certificate.
    All examinations will be conducted by the existing rules of the BNMC.
    First year students will be placed for clinical practice after having 15 weeks theory and lab classes and they will be placed in the morning shift only. Second year students will be placed for all shifts according to the yearly Master Plan and night shift will be started after 06 months. Third year students will be placed for all shifts according to the yearly Master Plan. The students must be accompanied by Registered Nurse during clinical placement.
    If a student remains absent for more than 3 months at a time without information her/his studentship will be automatically terminated.
    If a student remains absent for more than 3 months with information, concerned authority will place this case to the Academic committee and the Academic committee will take the action considering the circumstances.
    The student will be informed of the rules and regulations of the course in the beginning of the course.
    A student has to be registered with Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council within three months of admission.
    For final examination of Bangladesh Nursing & Midwifery Council, there will be two scripts Group-A & B.
    There will be one paper (script) for internal examination.

Procedures for teaching and placement in clinical areas

    The teaching and placement procedure is as follows:
  • There will be one teacher for each course and at least 2 co-teachers for each course where students’ intake is 25, and 4 co-teachers where students intake is 50 and accordingly (The ideal ratio between teacher and student should be 1:8 for clinical practice).
  • Rotation plan will be developed by the concerned subjects’ teachers.
  • The subject teacher will strictly follow the rotation plan for each course as specified in the curriculum.

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