Bachelor of Science in Nursing for Registered Nurses (RN-BSN)

Vision

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing for Registered Nurses (RN-BSN) program aspires to be a model of excellence, recognized nationally and internationally, for innovative education, dynamic programs of research, and creative approaches to practice. We are committed to develop leaders in nursing whose actions, discoveries and voices strengthen and transform the health care of individuals and community worldwide.

Mission

• To advance the profession of nursing in the UAE and Middle East by graduating nurses who demonstrate highly competent, evidence-based practice and professional behavior in a dynamic health care environment.
• To prepare a highly capable nursing workforce in patient care delivery, multi-faceted leadership, research and scientific discovery to improve the lives of individuals, families and communities.

Core Values

• Caring
• Compassion
• Integrity
• Diversity
• Excellence
• Innovation
• Evidence-based practice
• Professionalism
• Team Work
• Collaboration

Admission Requirements for RN-BSN Program (AY2026-27)

Criteria for applicants holding a Diploma in Nursing Science:

• The applicant must have successfully completed high school (Grade 12) and 3 or 3½ years program of Diploma in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing.
• The applicant must submit an Equivalency Certificate of their Diploma in Nursing from Ministry of Education, UAE.
• The applicant must possess Registered Nurse (RN) license from the country of origin, an active Nursing Practice Licensefrom MOH/DHA/HAAD and a valid BLS
• The Applicant must have proficiency in spoken and written English.
  • Applicant who has completed his/her Diploma education in English medium of Instruction shall submit the letter of evidence.
  • International applicant with medium of instruction in native language must clear the English language proficiency test such as TOEFL, IELTS Academic. A minimum score of TOEFL 61 iBT, 5.0 IELTS Academic.
• International applicants must possess a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience
• The applicant shall submit a copy of passport, Emirates ID, all academic documents and official transcripts/credits/grades/ marks duly attested by the Ministry of Education, UAE and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UAE or UAE Embassy in their country on admission into the program.
• The applicant shall submit a NOC from the working institution if employed.
• Two recommendation letters
• The applicant shall appear for a Written Situational Judgment Assessment (W-SJA) comprising six short-answer questions (75–100 words each) based on real-life healthcare scenarios. Evaluation will focus on:
  • Ethical reasoning & decision-making
  • Professionalism & accountability
  • Effective communication & empathy
  • Critical thinking & problem-solving
  • Respect for cultural diversity
  • Awareness of healthcare systems & teamwork
• and a personal interview before the GMU Admission Committee.

RNBSN Study Plan – 2025 Cohort

Semester – 1

Semester – 2

Semester – 3

Semester – 4

Total Credits = 62

PLO1: Demonstrate holistic, compassionate and respectful partnership with individual and family to deliver safe, coordinated, culturally responsive and person-centered care across the health–illness continuum for diverse population in all healthcare setting.

PLO2: Integrate core knowledge from nursing, physical, biological, and behavioral sciences to enhance therapeutic nursing care across healthcare setting.

PLO3: Demonstrate competency in therapeutic nursing interventions through clinical reasoning and judgment to promote best practices and sustain a culture of safety and quality.

PLO4: Practice effective communication within the interprofessional team to foster therapeutic relationship, teamwork and a positive work environment that enhances patient care outcomes.

PLO5: Demonstrate accountability in delivering safe nursing care that is consistent with ethical, legal and professional standards.

PLO6. Implement health promotion and population-based services to enhance public health well-being in regular practice and times of crisis.

PLO7. Translate evidence-based nursing practices through critical appraisal of scientific literature, health databases, and credible research to optimize person-centered care.

PLO8 Engage in scientific research to strengthen the nursing knowledge base and foster innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare.

PLO 9: Apply leadership and management skills in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to deliver quality nursing care, while upholding professional autonomy, ethical standards, and scope of practice across healthcare settings.

PLO10: Utilize health technology and information systems to support decision-making through informatics-guided care and foster innovative applications of artificial intelligence.

PLO11: Demonstrate commitment to continuing education for personal and professional development to enhance standards of healthcare.

Semester – 1

AEW 101: Advanced English Writing

The course provides an intensive instruction in the writing process focusing on the organization of ideas in well-developed expository and argumentative essays with some emphasis on developing vocabulary and writing the examination answer. In the process the students will be able to document their clinical encounters and their learning effectively.

CHP 101: Communication Skills for Health Professionals

The course introduces the student to the principles of communication that enhance interpersonal communication between self and other individuals in small and large group settings. Scenarios from hospital settings will help the learners to visualize themselves in their future roles; lay emphasis to the increasing importance of communication between patient/client and care providers; and the connection between communication practices and quality patient care outcomes.

NS-HAT 201: Health Assessment

This course provides the students with the knowledge and skill necessary to perform a comprehensive health assessment utilizing the skills of history taking, inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. Normal assessment findings, frequently seen variations from normal and cultural differences are discussed.

NS-PTI 201: Professional Trends and Issues in Nursing

This course aims at developing an understanding of the trends, current issues, scope and expanded roles in nursing to the learners. The course imparts in depth knowledge in the current concepts and factors influencing contemporary nursing and equip them to take up the roles & responsibilities of a professional nurse as well as a member of the healthcare team.

NS-CIG 201: Concepts in Nursing

This course provides knowledge on the nursing concepts that form the foundations of nursing practice and provides information on nursing theories, models & approaches of nursing care. The course imparts knowledge and skills in the advanced concepts involved in the practice and developments in the nursing profession.

NS-NIS 201: Nursing Informatics

This course prepares the student to utilize informatics and health care technologies in the nursing care of individuals for the enhancement of patient outcomes as well as to gain an appreciation of the proficiencies required of an expert knowledge worker and apply these competencies to routine practice as a nurse.

EMS 101: Emirati Studies

This course provides an in-depth exploration of the most significant aspects of the United Arab Emirates, offering students insights into the features of Emirati society. It covers economic and social development, affirming the nation’s core values and heritage, and includes studies in key areas such as history, geography, internal and external policies, social systems, human development, and demographics. The course emphasizes the role of Emirati citizens in development, with particular attention to women’s empowerment and their societal contributions. Additionally, it highlights the country’s focus on sustainable energy, economic advancements, and development indicators, alongside its global competitiveness.

Furthermore, the course addresses future strategic development plans and the challenges they entail, recognizing the UAE’s pioneering role on the international stage and its progress in global development and competitiveness indicators. It offers a detailed analysis of the social aspects of Emirati society, focusing on its unique culture, community dynamics, and the interplay of multiethnicity and cultural diversity, underpinned by the values of tolerance and indigenous traditions. By the end of the course, students will have developed an awareness of multiculturalism and the ability to relate their understanding to a global context.

Semester – 2

 NS-NRH 202: Nursing Research

This course is designed to enable students to acquire understanding of basic concepts of research, research process, research methodology, evidence-based nursing practice and statistics. The course will enable students to identify research problems/questions; develop skill in literature review; acquire knowledge on research designs and data collection methods; understand the ethical components to be considered in research; equip skill in developing a research proposal and understand the importance and the process of communicating research findings.

NS-MSG 202: Med-Surgical Nursing

Medical-Surgical Nursing course aims to acquire knowledge and skills in providing advanced nursing care in different settings and facilities to the patients with medical-surgical conditions based on the previous knowledge of holistic nursing care using the nursing process concept. In this course, the students are introduced to the current trends and advances in health assessment, diagnostic procedures, medical and surgical treatments with the specific nursing care of the given conditions based on evidence-based nursing. The course gives the student practical experience with hi-fidelity simulation mannequins in the labs and followed by hands-on experience in the clinical settings.

NS-CCN 202: Critical Care Nursing

This course is intended to support students in developing skill and knowledge in diagnosis and management of clients with critical illness. It will aid students to evolve advanced skills in assessment of critical illness, ethical and psychological issues and management of metabolic and systemic emergencies.

NS-GNG 202: Geriatric Nursing

This course builds on the knowledge and comprehension of the distinctive needs of the aging population and aims at enhancing the skills in health promotion, illness prevention, identifying responses of elderly clients to pathological conditions, and sustaining a level of function that promotes quality of life.

NS-MHG 202: Mental Health Nursing

This course focuses on principles and concepts related to mental health nursing. It prepares the student to recognize and appreciate the theories of abnormal human behaviors. The course also emphasizes the roles and functions of nurses in meeting the needs of patients, families, groups, and communities who are experiencing problems in psychosocial functioning. It includes management strategies from the domains of nursing, medicine and pharmacological therapeutics.  Students will also have clinical experiences related to therapeutic communication and nurse-patient relationship as well as implementation of nursing care plans for patients with mental health problems. This course also integrates Evidence-Based Practices, research, cultural diversity, ethics and legal issues which are related to mental health problems.

BIS 201: Biostatistics

This course presents biostatistics related to health and medical problem solving in analytical way. This course introduces the student to the principles of statistics and concept of clinical trial design and analysis. Student will be able to explain the concept of variables, data description; probability and concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics; and to demonstrate basic knowledge of application data analyses in applied health sciences. Student will be able to make decision about appropriate use of descriptive and inferential statistics according to the type of data and study design for answering a a particular research question. This is the foundation and prerequisite for courses which will be taken in subsequent semesters.

Semester – 3

NS-CHN 401: Community Health Nursing

This course imparts knowledge and skills to practice community health nursing with individuals, family and groups. The course enables the students to understand the national health care delivery system and to participate in the delivery of community health nursing services at different settings.

NS-CHG 401: Child Health Nursing

This course is aimed at developing and understanding the modern concepts and current approaches to childcare, growth and development, identification, prevention and nursing management of common disorders in children. This course also deals with advanced modalities of care and management of children during pediatric emergencies and in the intensive care units. The course encourages students to utilize knowledge, problem solving techniques, critical thinking, and family centered approach in the provision of empowered care.

NS-ONG 401: Obstetric Nursing

This course helps the students to gain knowledge and skills to practice obstetrical nursing with low risk and high-risk obstetrical conditions. The course enables the students to understand low risk and high-risk assessment and management of women during the course of pregnancy in different health care settings.

NS-NLM 401: Nursing Leadership and Management

This course is designed to provide the students a basic knowledge about the principles and functions of management and its application to the nursing service and education. This is also designed to enable students to acquire understanding of the professional responsibilities, prospects and contribution to the growth of the profession.

NS-NEN 401: Nursing Education

This course is designed to equip the learners with the basic knowledge of educational concepts, teaching-learning process, methods of teaching, preparation and effective use of audio-visual aids for classroom teaching as well as health promotional activities for individuals, families and community. It also provides learners the basic knowledge on evaluation process and tools that aid in assessment. The course prepares students for the educator/instructor role in academic settings as well as role of health educator in community settings.

EIS 102: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability

This course aims to initiate students in the innovation process, enable them with basic entrepreneurship skills and make them understand the concepts of sustainability in the modern world in the field of their future profession. The course is designed in 3 parts to explain the main principles of entrepreneurial process; to link them with concept of innovation and to engage in sustainable leadership to affect positive societal change. For future healthcare professionals, this course ensures the ability of decision making to be balanced between professional, ethical approaches on one side, and finance and business on the other side.

Semester – 4

NS-ECP 402: Extended Clinical Practicum

Extended clinical practicum provides opportunities for the students to work in their place of employment to gain experience and build up skills in specific areas. It allows students to apply knowledge and skills acquired in various nursing specialties during the previous semesters.

NS-RPT 402: Research Project

This course is designed to enable the students to successfully complete a group research project. This is achieved by enabling them to equip skill in planning and implementing the steps of the research process from identifying and presenting a research problem; demonstrate skill in carrying out literature review; develop knowledge and skill in applying the appropriate research methodology; demonstrate accountability by addressing the ethical concerns and preparing an informed consent; demonstrate skill in preparing and presenting a research proposal; develop research instruments; Plan and implement the data collection; analyze the data and interpret the study findings; develop skill In writing and presenting the research project and process communicating the research findings.

The student will be awarded the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing upon:

• Be continuously enrolled in the program from admission to graduation.
• Have satisfied all conditions of his or her admission.
• Successful completion of 64 credit hours.
• A minimum pass mark of 65% (Grade D+) for each course
• A minimum CGPA of 2.0
• Submission of a research project
• A minimum attendance of 80%. The student shall complete the program within a maximum period of 3 years.

On Completion of the program graduate will be able to:

• Assess health status, identify nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for patients that contribute to the health of individuals, families and communities.
• Demonstrate competency in techniques of nursing based on concepts and principles from selected areas of nursing, physical, biological and behavioural sciences.
• Participate as members of the health team in the promotive, preventive, curative and restorative health care delivery system of the country.
• Demonstrate effective skills in communication and interpersonal relationship.
• Demonstrate leadership qualities and decision-making abilities in various situations.
• Demonstrate skills in teaching to individuals and groups in community health settings.
• Demonstrate managerial skills in community health settings.
• Practice ethical values in their personal and professional life.
• Undertake research activities and utilize research findings in improving nursing practice.
• Recognize the need for continued learning for their personal and professional development.