Curriculum Components

Students studying for the Associate’s Degree in Pediatric Nursing must successfully complete 75 credit hours distributed as follows:

Course Descriptions
1. English Expression & Writing 1
This course is designed to prepare the student for English writing and it will focus on reading and writing as integrally related skills. Students will study and practice reading comprehension, the writing process, and critical thinking. Students will create clear and correct sentences as they develop the skills necessary to write a variety of focused, developed, organized paragraphs and/or short essays. Students will be responsible for writing multiple full-process paragraphs/essays. The course may include a departmental proficiency test or portfolio assessment.
2. Islamic culture:
This course aims study of sources of Islamic Legislation, Characteristics of Islamic Legislation, Islamic Systems, Family System, Judicial System, System of Government, Economic System, Characteristics of Islamic Economic Legislation, Islamic Education, Objectives of Islamic Education and Its Characteristics, Religious Activity. In Addition to General Educational Principles Islamic, the provisions of Tajweed, and steps to teach branches of Islamic education.
3. Human culture:
his course deals with the topics and developments in the history of the world from the emergence of the first human civilizations until the twenty-first century, the study of human civilizations from different aspects, the study of the peoples of these civilizations and patterns of human behavior.
4. Computer skills:
This course aims to discuss the basic information related to the use of computers in education and the use of educational computer capabilities in the field of education, dealing with basic programs in MS Office software, dealing with digital images and modifying them using computer applications.
5. Genetics and fetus:
It aims to introduce students to genetics, laws and genetics from parents to the fetus, and to study the DNA of genes that determine the future personality traits of the fetus.
6. Microbiology:
Study of the morphological and physiological nature of microorganisms and their relationship to humans in both the normal and diseased states. Emphasis on bacteriological techniques such as cultivation, staining, identification, and other techniques important in a clinical setting. Integrates laboratory and classroom work.
7. English2 Conversation Skills:
The course content includes conversations, debates, and presentations on a wide range of concrete, abstract, and specialized topics. It is designed to enhance the speaking and listening skills of non-native English speakers. Emphasis is on pronunciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation patterns of American English. Oral communication, listening comprehension, and vocabulary development are stressed. Students build their skills through instruction and intensive practice.
8. Biostatistics:
The course aims to provide the student with a range of skills and knowledge, such as: recognition of the importance of statistics, ability to choose appropriate statistical methods of data and application to software, analysis and interpretation of outputs, understanding of statistical concepts, Statistical and data collection methods of interviews, questionnaires and others.
9. Medical Ethics and Laws:
The course aims at providing students with the necessary knowledge and attitudes to provide quality in nursing care, ethical principles and use of appropriate ethics in decision-making to solve problems in an ethical manner.
10. Principles of Psychology:
Surveys the major principles of psychology. Introduces the history of psychology, human development, personality, abnormal behavior, social psychology, feelings and emotions, research methodologies, experimental psychology, psychophysiology, learning and memory, altered states of awareness, sleep and dreams, and industrial and organizational psychology.

11. Public Health:
This course provides a basic introduction to public health concepts and practice by examining the philosophy, purpose, history, organization, functions, tools, activities, and the results of public health practice at the national and local levels. The course aims to stimulate interactions among students around important problems and issues facing the health of the nation and the world.
12. Communication skills:
Defining the concept of self, enabling the student to understand and self-knowledge, during this course student will study the fundamentals and theories of communication and the factors influencing the effectiveness of communication. In addition, how to develop communication skills of all types and focuses on the interaction of the individual with the group and the interaction of the individual to the environment.
13. Scientific Research Methods:
The course aims at introducing the student to the principles and principles of scientific research, the ability to think scientifically, to solve scientific problems, to be able to identify them and to think in the appropriate way to address them and study them.
14. Sociology:
The purpose of the course is to study the nature of sociology, the social phenomenon and its characteristics, identify the founding scientists of this science and their contribution to its development and the fields of study in sociology and the fields of innovation.
15. Psychiatric Nursing:
The purpose of the course is to define the psychological aspects of psychological nursing and its objectives, psychological medicine, and physical care, including mental and spiritual income, and therapeutic communication. It also examines the therapeutic aspects of the patient, especially understanding and empathy, individual care, support and self-awareness. It also addresses the organization of mental health care.
16. Fundamentals of nursing:
Provides students with knowledge of theoretical knowledge and foundation concepts related to nursing practice. Students will be introduced to basics of health and wellness, medical terminology, med-math, and the nursing process. Students will have laboratory and clinical experiences to learn basic nursing skills and to socialize them to the culture of nursing.
17. Children's growth and development:
In this course, we will discuss some of the basic theories of growth and development from birth to human death. The course focuses on the physical, psychological, social and spiritual development and development of children as well as morally. In addition, the use of the nursing process to link the content of this course to the family nursing course.
18. Human Anatomy & Physiology:
Homeostatic mechanisms of the human body with emphasis on structure and function are studied. Gross and microscopic structures are correlated with function of cells, tissues, organs and systems of the body. Major topics include: skeletal, muscular and nervous systems.
19. Fundamentals of Child Health Nursing:
This course introduced the student to appropriate scientific knowledge which enables them to develop their own unique clinical and educational approach to care of children and their families. This course moves from simple to complex issues; starting with concepts of normal growth and development, health promotion and maintenance, and the prevention of illnesses and accidents and then to selected health problems (chronic and common health problems, and communicable diseases). This is achieved through utilizing the nursing process, developmental theories, new trends and the latest approaches in the management and caring of children.
20. Child and Family Health:
The aim of the course is to provide midwifery students with knowledge about improving the health of women and children in general and the family in general, by introducing students to the needs of the society and to meet them according to the priorities of the individual and society on scientific and research bases.
21. Health Assessment & Pathophysiology:
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. This course also provides an in-depth study of human pathological processes and their effects on homeostasis. Emphasis is on interrelationships among organ systems in deviations from homeostasis.
22. First aid:
This course provides an opportunity to study emergency situations that can be exposed to at home, work or other public places and ways to act during emergency situations in order to provide first aid based on the correct scientific basis, and how to provide first aid in cases of bleeding, fractures, wounds , Choking, fainting, burns, and emergency deliveries.
23. Childhood Illnessology:

24. Newborn (Neonatal) Nursing:
This course covers the care of the newborn during its transition into extrauterine life and in the weeks after birth. Emphasis is placed on understanding the normal physiology of newborn transition, and how this understanding relates to care provided by the midwife. Management of common concerns and routine post-natal care is also included in this course. This course uses current research in midwifery and obstetrics to broaden the student’s understanding of NARM skills and MANA core competencies learned under clinical supervision.
25. Pharmacology of Kids Nursing:
The course contains the basic information of pharmacology (drug use, drug absorption, drug representation, drug effect, therapeutic benefits, drug side effects, drug interactions, and drug use precautions)
The course covers drugs that work on all organs of the body in children from a central nervous system, an involuntary nervous system, a circulatory system, a muscular device, a poly device, blood devices, infectious diseases drugs, endocrine drugs and gastrointestinal drugs.
26. Emergency Medicine for Children:
This course is designed to provide core level pediatric knowledge and psychomotor skills associated with the delivery of professional nursing care to the pediatric patient. Lecture topics include epidemiology, assessment, triage, respiratory emergencies, respiratory failure, shock, pediatric trauma, child maltreatment, neonatal emergencies, medical emergencies, crisis intervention, environmental issues, toxicological issues, ethical and legal issues, stabilization and transport. Skills stations include airway/ventilation, position/securing, vascular access/medication administration, pediatric multiple trauma, pediatric resuscitation, and triage.
27. Internship:
An internship experience provides the student with an opportunity to explore career interests while applying knowledge and skills learned in the classroom in a work setting. The experience also helps students gain a clearer sense of what they still need to learn and provides an opportunity to build professional networks.
28. General Biology:
The course aims to introduce students to the biology of control devices and to compare all animals, plants and microorganisms. Sensory organs are also recognized in living organisms, hormone types and functions, immune and respiratory systems in plants and animals, and photosynthetic process in plants.

29. Management of Clinical Practice:
Focuses on the preparation and the foundation necessary to prepare medical assistants for increasing management responsibility within the medical office or clinic and to perform routine administrative duties in physicians’ offices, clinics, and other ambulatory health care facilities. Students may elect to stop out at either one of the following two stages depending upon career or educational objectives.

30. Medical Terminology:

31. Biochemistry:
This course covers the basics of biochemistry and includes the structural and partial formulation of the compounds and methods of classification in the current functional groups. The course also presents the composition of the basic materials in the body and their transformations.
32. Healthy Nutrition:
The course deals with the chemistry of the necessary materials for the human body such as vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, water and the effect of these substances on the human body. The course also deals with the basic nutrients in normal cases, in different cases, and the importance of healthy nutrition in maintaining the health of the individual.
33. Infant Breeding:
This course aims at providing students with knowledge about the concepts of education, childhood, child education, different theoretical trends, educational incubators, the integration of child education in the family, and evaluation of the educational methods used in custody.
34. Intensive Care for Newborns:
This course aims to enable students to acquire knowledge in providing critical and non-critical health care for newborns suffering from medical conditions and morbidity, and to define safety and care standards according to the quality assurance system and assess the condition of the newborn when he is allowed to leave.
35. Techniques of Embryo Transfer:
The aim of this course is to provide students with basic information on embryology and the stages the fetus undergoes during its formation, such as stages of conception, fertilization, spawning, ligation, formation of the three embryonic strata, the stage of reinforcement, formation of some basic organs, comparison between different embryos and the methods and benefits of embryo implantation.