Aims of the program                                                            

The program aims to:

1. Preparing qualified nurses trained to provide specialized nursing care to meet the needs of society and the labor market.
2. Raising health awareness by enhancing the student’s leadership role in society and their participation in improving the quality of health care and keeping pace with professional developments
3. Qualifying students with the nursing knowledge, skills, and necessary attitudes to fulfill their role in society and solve problems related to their future work
4. Providing students with specialized information and skills that help them evaluate and solve patient problems to enhance the quality of health care
5. Establishing interactive partnerships with local and international educational organizations to provide an effective training environment that contributes to produce a graduate with nursing and specialized qualifications.
6. Refine students’ abilities in effective communication skills with patients, colleagues, and health team members
7. Preparing nurses who possess professional nursing ethics and morals, who believe in the values of work perfection and honesty, and who are able to embrace it and work in the spirit of one team.
8. Preparing competencies that capable of dealing with the technological information and modern techniques.
9. Preparing students to deal with advanced curricula compatible with international curricula.

The Program Mission

The program seeks to prepare a qualified nurse graduate with general and specialized nursing competencies that allow him to provide general and specialized high-quality nursing care by utilizing his acquired competencies that meet the needs of all levels of local, regional, and international health institutions with distinct competitive efficiency, keeping pace with global developments, strengthening scientific research mechanisms, as well as self-and continuous education skills, and using of research evidence and community service.

The Program Vision

Achieving excellence in specialized nursing education to meet the needs of society, keeping pace with progress in various sciences, and keeping pace with the labor market locally and internationally.

General conditions for admission

The faculty is subject to the admission system of Egyptian universities in force in the country, and in order to accept male or female students, they must meet the following conditions:

1. The student must have a high school in science or equivalent certificates, in accordance with the rules and regulations determined by the Supreme Council of Universities.

2. The student must be dedicated to studying.

3. The first foreign language the student studies must be English.

4. Passing aptitude tests in accordance with the rules and regulations determined by the Supreme Council of Universities

5. Passing the medical examination (the student must be free of physical or mental disability, chronic diseases, or infectious diseases, and there must be consistency between the student’s height and weight

6. International students are subject to the same general conditions for admission as their Egyptian counterparts and in accordance with the rules set by the Supreme Council of Universities.

Justifications for creating the program

The Bachelor of Nursing Sciences (Specialty) program was created for the following reasons:

• The results of labor market studies for service beneficiaries revealed that a graduate of nursing education must have the specialized skills that serve the community and meet its needs. Therefore, the program was created to qualify graduates to provide high-quality nursing care with a focus on a nursing specialty chosen by the student and based on the needs of society.

• There is a severe shortage of jobs for nurses specializing in various clinical educational fields, which is reflected in the level of education and practice.

• There is a severe shortage in the category of professional nurses who have graduated from nursing colleges, which has led to a shortage of specialized nurses to work in subspecialty branches such as critical care and emergency nursing, obstetrics nursing, women’s health, as well as oncology nursing, pediatric care nursing, and most branches of specialization.

• Implementing the recommendation of the International Council of Nursing, which stipulates that qualified nursing specialists must manage all nursing services in healthcare institutions of all types and that basic, post-basic, and specialized nursing education programs should be performed by specialized nurses who are educationally and technically qualified.

• The program provides the student with the knowledge, skills, and competencies that qualify for work after graduation in the general and specialized nursing field by providing the opportunity to be creative and use research evidence in nursing practice to meet the needs of the patient and develop health care for the community.

Conditions for admission to the program

• Must have a bachelor’s degree with an acceptable cumulative grade point average ( D+ ) equivalent to 60%, preceded by a high school diploma in science

• The student’s first foreign language must be English

• Passing admission tests in accordance with the standards approved by the Nursing Sector Committee

• Passing the prescribed medical examination and examinations provided that he is free of physical and mental disabilities

• Passing the qualifying courses to join the program if they were not studied in the first university cycle

Duration of the study

- The duration of the study to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing Sciences (specialized) is eight semesters (semester duration is 16 weeks) or when the student fulfills the requirements for obtaining the degree, including the minimum number of years of study of is three years and half, all in accordance with what is determined by the internal regulations of the colleges.

- After obtaining the bachelor’s degree, the student must pass the internship year, which is a calendar year (12 months) in May, with 36 actual hours per week (Bachelor of Nursing Honors List).

- The Faculty Council may agree to open a summer semester, provided that the number of students is not less than 5 students in the course and does not teach nursing courses that have practical training.

- The duration of the summer semester ranges from eight to nine weeks (provided that the number of weekly hours for each course is doubled). The student registers for the semester for 9 hours, and only two additional hours are allowed in the event of graduation.

The Study system

1. The study system in this program is a credit hours system that is based on competency-based academic standards

2. The study in this program is divided into:

a- Study of general nursing (fundamental nursing, adult nursing, obstetrics and gynecology nursing, pediatric nursing, community health nursing, geriatric nursing, psychological and mental health nursing, nursing administration) (Major 104 CH).

b- Specialized study (academic paths) where the student chooses a nursing specialty from the specializations offered by the faculty. (Minor 46 CH).

3. The Faculty Council may decide to teach one or more courses in the hybrid education mode after taking the opinion of the relevant department council and depending on the nature of the academic courses. So, the study in the course is 60% face-to-face and 40% in the distance education system.

4. The study is in the English language.

5. The student’s graduation certificate writes the specialized that he studied in the academic paths, in addition to his studies in general nursing.

The System of the study at the Faculty

The study system at the Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University is based on the credit-hour system based on self-directed learning and the study system for obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Nursing Sciences is as follows:

1- The duration of the study consists of four study levels

Academic levels from the first to the fourth consist of two university semesters for each level. The duration of the semester is fifteen (15) academic weeks, followed by end-of-semester exams.

2- An intensive summer semester of 8 academic weeks with a maximum of 7 credit hours may be opened according to the regulations set by the college and approved by the University Council.

The credit hour is a unit of measurement to determine the weight of each course in one semester, and it is equivalent to:

One credit hour = 50 minutes of time = 1 theoretical hour = 2 practical hours = 3 hours of clinical practice or 4 hours of practice. This is done weekly throughout the semester

3- The beginning of the semester is determined according to the university's instructions, and the summer semester begins in the middle of July. The internship year begins at the beginning of October for graduates of the May and summer semesters. As for the January graduates, their privileges begin on the first of May.

4- The student is transferred to the second level if he passes no less than 24 credit hours and is registered in the third level if he passes no less than 60 credit hours and is registered in the fourth level if he passes at least 96 credit hours and the university requirements are not counted within these hours.

5- The student performs a compulsory applied Gregorian year (the year of excellence) in hospitals and health institutions affiliated with the university or any other health institution under the planning and direct supervision of the College of Nursing - Mansoura University or any other university, before being authorized to practice the profession.

6-The language of study at the college is English except for the general principles of law, human rights, physical fitness and kinetic balance course.

 - Obtaining a bachelor's degree requires that the student successfully pass (144) credit hours during the four academic levels. The student's study load is determined at the beginning of each semester in light of what the student has accomplished in the previous semester. The study load ranges between 12-18 credit hours. In addition to the internship year.

- Outstanding students with a cumulative GPA of no less than (3) may register for an additional course of elective courses with a maximum of three credit hours in the regular semester if the circumstances of the study schedules permit, and this is done on the recommendation of the academic advisor and the approval of the head of the department to which the student belongs.

- The student chooses within the academic courses (3) elective courses to study in any semester (from the first to the eighth) according to his/her desire, provided that it includes elective nursing courses, elective medical courses, assistant courses, and elective behavioral sciences with a maximum of 5 credit hours throughout the study period, provided that its average is added to his/her cumulative average.

- A student with a cumulative average of less than or equal to 2 is not allowed to register for more than 12 credit hours in the semester.

- The student chooses within the applied academic courses 3 elective applied courses to be studied in the ninth to eleventh semesters, with a maximum of 6 credit hours throughout the fifth level, provided that their average is added to his cumulative average.

- The student may, according to his/her desire, complete these applied hours either by increasing the hours of one of the compulsory applied courses or choosing another course within the optional applied courses offered by the specialized scientific departments.

- All students transferred to the third and fourth levels perform practical training for a period of 10 credit hours during the summer period, clinical and field training in hospitals and specialized medical centers affiliated with Mansoura University and the Ministry of Health (5 credit hours for those transferred to the third level and 5 credit hours for those transferred to the fourth level These hours or points obtained by the student in the summer training are not added to

Entry requirements for applicants:

1- Passing the admission and aptitude tests approved by the College Council after the nomination of the Coordination Office.

2- Pass the medical examination for the following specifications:

- The integrity of the heart and chest and freedom from chronic diseases and birth defects.

- Safety of sight, hearing, and speech.

- Freedom from neurological and psychological diseases and muscular and psychological balance.

3- Determining the position of recruitment for male students.

4- Tuition fees:

- At the undergraduate level, the student pays the additional fees determined by the College Council in accordance with the laws and regulations of the Supreme Council of Universities for applicants through the Coordination Office who have obtained a high school diploma and a technical diploma in nursing in the same year of applying to join the college.

- Students wishing to register for the summer semester due to their failure or superiority shall pay 50 pounds for each credit hour.

- Students who have other higher qualifications and graduates of health technical institutes and technical institutes of nursing who meet the conditions mentioned in Article (3) of these regulations and who obtained the diploma in the years preceding the year of applying for admission to the college shall pay the fees proposed by the College Council and approved by the University Council for each category of The sum of these qualifications.

- International students at the undergraduate level pay the fees set by the College Council in accordance with the laws and regulations of international students.

Requirements for admission to the Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University:

To enroll in the Faculty of Nursing and obtain a Bachelor's degree in Nursing Sciences, the following are required:

First: High School Graduates:

The applicant must have obtained a high school diploma, scientific division, in the year he applied to join the faculty or an equivalent certificate approved by the Supreme Council of Universities. The first foreign language is English.

Second: Those who hold a diploma from technical institutes:

Diploma holders of technical institutes are accepted with a percentage not exceeding 5% of the number of accepted students in the same year and under the following conditions:

1. The applicant must have a diploma from a health technical institute with all its divisions or a technical nursing institute.

2. The applicant must have obtained an intermediate nursing diploma as a qualification equivalent to a high school diploma after fulfilling the requirements of the Supreme Council of Universities in this regard, including passing the high school certificate equivalency test.

3. The applicant must have obtained at least 75% (seventy-five percent) of the total diploma degrees.

4. That no more than five years have passed since his graduation and after making a clearing to delete the courses that have been studied, and the number of hours of these courses is evaluated and compared to the equivalent hours in the credit hours and the content of the courses he has previously studied with the similar courses in the college with the knowledge of the competent scientific department For each course, the number of credit hours must not be less than 108 credit hours to be studied at the College of Nursing, including at least - 25 -

six semesters and the applied year of excellence, with the need to complete summer training.

5. Graduates of technical institutes applying to join the college through the coordination offices in the same year of their graduation from the technical institute, the law and regulations of the Supreme Council of Universities for the same year apply to them.

Third: Those with higher university qualifications:

1- The applicant must have a university qualification (Bachelor's or BA) from one of the Egyptian universities or institutes, with a percentage not exceeding 10% of the accepted number.

2- The high school diploma for those who obtained it should be a science section, and the general assessment is not required in the university degree

3- And that no more than five years have passed since his graduation, and after making a clearing to delete the courses that have been studied, the number of hours of these courses is evaluated and compared to the equivalent hours in the approved hours, and the content of the courses he has previously studied with the courses similar to them in the college with the knowledge of the scientific department concerned with each course.

4- The number of credit hours must not be less than 120 credit hours studied at the College of Nursing, including at least four semesters and an applied year of internship with the need to complete summer training.

Fourth: Students who transferred from other universities:

Transferred students from other universities are accepted after making a clearing at the rate of credit hours. The student may not be exempted from more than 50% of the hours scheduled for graduation in the college program and after referring to the scientific departments responsible for the courses from which the student may be exempted. Priority is given to students who transferred from colleges operating under the system Credit hours. - 26 -

Fifth: International students:

International students are accepted in accordance with the applicable laws of the Supreme Council of Universities in this regard

Courses

The courses for obtaining the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree are divided into three categories of courses as follows:

First, The Core Courses :

- Nursing Sciences (NSc)

- Medical Sciences (MSc)

- Complementary Sciences (CSc)

- Summer Clinical Training (SCT)

Second, The Elective Courses (ELc):

1- Nursing elective courses

2- Elective medical courses

3- Supporting courses and elective behavioral