NURSING SCIENCE
Overview
The Faculty of Nursing Science at Mon National College (MNC) in Nyi Sar offers a bachelor’s degree in nursing science. This three-year program, developed with input from Myanmar and international experts, including the Royal College of Pediatricians and Child Health (RCPCH), provides 120 hours of instruction per year. The curriculum balances theory and practice at a 60-40% ratio, exceeding the practice hours required by health systems in Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States.
In the Mon area, particularly along the Thai-Myanmar border, there has long been a shortage of clinical care professionals due to healthcare neglect by military governments, conflicts, poverty, and poor accessibility. Since the February 2021 coup, the political instability and widespread armed conflict have worsened the situation, prompting ethnic organizations to build their own health workforce. In response, the Mon National Education Committee (MNEC) and the Mon National Health Committee (MNHC) launched a nursing bachelor’s program in September 2023 to address the critical need for healthcare workers in the region. This initiative aims to improve healthcare access in conflict-affected areas.
Learning Outcomes Aligned with Institutional Learning Objectives
- Acquisition of Knowledge and Application of Knowledge: Students will show a comprehensive knowledge of nursing science and its application.
- Critical and Innovative Thinking: Students will reveal evidence-based practice by creatively and objectively analyzing and evaluating information.
- Communicative Competence: Students will demonstrate transcultural knowledge and be efficient communicators with patients, colleagues, and other health sector members.
- Community Mindset and Belonging: Students will be able to regard themselves as part of the professional community and the community they serve, be positively present, and work with them.
- Professionalism, Professional Ethics, and Code of Conduct: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the nature and ethics of the nursing profession and the general principles of health and nursing.
- Linguistic & Cultural Diversity: Students will demonstrate multilingual health proficiency and multilingual creative expression. Students will demonstrate an appreciation for cultures and diversity.
Program Structure (360-Credits)
- First Year : 120-Credits
- Second Year : 120-Credits
- Third Years : 120-Credits
First Year (120-Credits)
- MGE (1101) – English 1 (2-Credits)
- MGE (1102) – Physical Education (Mental and Physical Wellness and Fitness, Self Defense) (4-Credits)
- MGE (1103) – Nursing Informatic Technology 1 (3-Credits)
- MGE (1104) – Applied Science (5-Credits)
- MGE (1105) – History of Karenni (1-Credits)
- MGE (1106) – History of Health Care System and History of NUG (1-Credits)
- MHS (1111) – Anatomy and Physiology (10-Credits)
- MHS (1112) – Microbiology and Parasitology (3-Credits)
- MHS (1113) – Nutrition Introduction Part 1 (3-Credits)
- MBS (1121) – Basic Psychology for Nurses (4-Credits)
- MBS (1124) – Professional Socialization (3-Credits)
- MBS (1126) – Introduction to Communication in Nursing (4-Credits)
- MBS (1127) – Multiculturalism and transcultural Nursing (3-Credits)
- MNS (1131) – The Nursing Profession- an introduction (2-Credits)
- MNS (1132) – Theoretical Foundations in Nursing (2-Credits)
- MNS (1133) – Holistic Assessment (4-Credits)
- MNS (1143) – Basic First Aid and Emergency Nursing (6-Credits)
- MBS (1229) – Introduction Critical Thinking in Nursing (4-Credits)
- MNS (1234) – Adult Health Nursing 1 (6-Credits)
- MNS (1235) – Foundation of Professional Nursing 1 (35-Credits)
- MNS (1236) – Child Health and Neonatal and Pediatric Nursing 1 (5-Credits)
- MNS (1238) – Community Health Nursing 1 (4-Credits)
- MNS (1240) – Evidence based practice (3-Credits)
- MNS (1246) – Mental Health Nursing Part One: Foundations for Mental Health Nursing (3-Credits)
Second Year (120-Credits)
- MGE (2101) – English 2 (2-Credits)
- MGE (2103) – Nursing Informatic Technology 2 (2-Credits)
- MHS (2113) – Nutrition and Diet Therapy Part 2 (2-Credits)
- MHS (2114) – Pharmacology in Nursing (5-Credits)
- MBS (2122) – Development Psychology (2-Credits)
- MBS (2128) – Healthcare Ethics (Bioethics) (3-Credits)
- MBS (2129) – Critical Thinking in Nursing (4-Credits)
- MNS (2135) – Foundation of Professional Nursing 2 (35-Credits)
- MNS (2138) – Community Health Nursing 2 (8-Credits)
- MBS (2223) – Psychosocial Care (2-Credits)
- MBS (2226) – Purposive and Interprofessional Communication (5-Credits)
- MNS (2233) – Therapeutic Health Assessment (4-Credits)
- MNS (2234) – Adult Health Nursing 2 (7-Credits)
- MNS (2236) – Child Health and Neonatal and Pediatric Nursing (8-Credits)
- MNS (2237) – Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing 1(10-Credits)
- MNS (2238) – Community Health Nursing-3 Part-A (6-Credits)
- MNS (2239) – Family Centered Care (4-Credits)
- MNS (2241) – Nursing Research 1 (4-Credits)
- MNS (2246) – Mental Health Nursing Part Two: Care of Clients with Mental Disorders (7-Credits)
Third Years (120-Credits)
- MEG (3101) – English 3 (2-Credits)
- MGE (3103) – Nursing Informatic Technology (2-Credits)
- MNS (3134) – Adult Health Nursing 3 (18-Credits)
- MNS (3136) – Evidenced Based Child Health and Neonatal and Pediatric Nursing 3 (9-Credits)
- MNS (3137) – Evidenced Based Obstetrics and Gynecology (11-Credits)
- MNH (3141) – Advanced Application of Nursing Research 2 (12-Proposal Writing & Submitting) (Credits)
- MNS (3146) – Mental Health Nursing Part Three: Mental Health Nursing Care of Special Area (8-Credits)
- MNS (3234) – Adult Health Nursing 4 (14-Credits)
- MNS (3237) – Evidenced based Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing-3 (9-Credits)
- MNS (3238) – Community Health Nursing -3 Part-B (8-Credits)
- MNH (3242) – Geriatric Nursing (4-Credits)
- MNS (3244) – Nursing Leadership and Management (10-Credits)
- MNS (3245) – Disaster Nursing (3-Credits)
- MNS (3247) – Nursing Seminar (4-Credits)
- MNS (3248) – Learning in Practice (1-Credits)
- MNS (3249) – The nurse as educator (5-Credits)
Job Opportunities
Students shall be employed as professional nurses in healthcare infrastructure in Mon area where the New Mon State Party administers.
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