BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The BSc in Nursing program fulfils the Ghana Christian University College’s mission, which is to nurture and equip leaders with a Distinctive Christian world-view to transform communities and organizations in which they serve. It contributes to the health services of Ghana in a vital and significant way in the health care delivery system; for it recognizes national health goals and is committed to participate in the implementation of National Health Policies and Programmes. It aims at identifying health needs of the people, planning and providing quality care in collaboration with other health professionals and community groups.

Aims of the program:

As global population is rising, there is a relative fall in the number of healthcare workers. With an increasing number of nurses migrating abroad, Ghana is facing an acute shortage of faculty and clinical practitioners in the field. This necessitates the initialization of more educational institutions to meet local, national and global demands for healthcare providers. Keeping in view World Health Organization’s (WHO) theme of working together for health, Ghana Christian University College initiated its Nursing Programme. The aims of the programme are to:

• Train and develop high quality nursing staff to provide healthcare services up to the grassroots level, as well as to meet the global demand.
• Prepare a graduate nurse to work as a frontline worker in the clinical and community fields, as well as in the educational arena.
• Prepare graduates with a sound educational programme which is innovative and academically challenging in nursing to enable them to function as efficient members of the health team to assume responsibilities as professional and competent nurses in providing promotive, curative, and rehabilitative services.
• Prepare nurses who can work skilfully in both rural and urban settings, to face and meet the growing global healthcare arena

Objectives of the program

By the end of the four year BSc Nursing degree program, the graduates will:

• Acquire advanced knowledge and practical skills and attitudes in nursing to enable them recognize the total health needs of individuals, families and communities.
• Undertake community diagnosis, plan, implement and evaluate community programmes towards prevention of diseases, promotion of good health and rehabilitative services.
• Demonstrate understanding of national health policies and their relevance to nursing.
• Contribute to and promote primary healthcare services in the community; recognize, manage and refer clients/patients where necessary.
• Develop the habit of consciously seeking to improve their profession through continuous education and participation in professional and community activities.
• Adopt the attitude and skills of imparting knowledge and principles of health to students-nurses and patients.
• Acquire research skills that will enable graduates assess patient’s acuity and conditions, prepare a plan for care, and specify interventions, document care, track outcomes and quality control.
• Exhibit administrative and leadership skills in managing health care units within the framework of the national health policy.

 EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS OF STUDENTS

Upon completion of the B.Sc. Nursing Program, the graduates can work as clinical nurses, researchers and educators who will possess professional knowledge, critical thinking, ethical decision-making, leadership skills, and the desire for independent, as well as inter-disciplinary pursuit of high standards of healthcare in Private and Public Clinics and Hospitals, Educational Institutions, Home Care, Quasi Hospitals, Community Based Clinics.

1. d) PRACTICAL TRAINING, INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT, INTERNSHIP, CLINICAL EXPERIENCE, ETC.

• Weekly Practicum (1 Day/week) per semester (total of 8 semesters)
• GBSN 112 Vacation Clinical Experience I: This course is offered during the second semester break. It is a Six-Week Long Vacation Clinical Experience. The course is a prerequisite for generic students’ entry into level 200 of the nursing program.

• GBSN 212 Vacation Clinical Experience II: This course is offered during the second semester break. It is a Six-Week Long Vacation Clinical Experience. This course is a prerequisite for generic students’ entry into level 300 of the nursing program.

• GBSN 312 Vacation Clinical Experience III: This course is offered during the second semester break. It is a Six-Week Long Vacation Clinical Experience. The course is a prerequisite for entry into level 400 of the nursing program.

• GBSN 412 Vacation Clinical Experience IV: This course is offered during the first semester break. It is a Four-Week Clinical Experience.

SCHEDULE OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

LEVEL 100 – Semester One

(Mature, SSCE and WASSCE students enter at this point)

 Weekly Practicum (1 Day/week)

 LEVEL 100- Semester Two

 Weekly Practicum (1 Day/week)

GBSN 112 Vacation Clinical Experience I: This course is offered during the second semester break. It is a Six-Week Long Vacation Clinical Experience. The course is a prerequisite for generic students’ entry into level 200 of the nursing program. 

LEVEL 200 – Semester One                                               

Weekly Practicum (1 Day/week)

 LEVEL 200 – Semester Two

 Weekly Practicum (1 Day/week)

GBSN 212 Vacation Clinical Experience II: This course is offered during the second semester break. It is a Six-Week Long Vacation Clinical Experience. The course is a prerequisite for generic students’ entry into level 300 of the nursing program.

 LEVEL 300 – Semester One

(Diploma holders will enter at this point)

Weekly Practicum (1 Day/week)

 LEVEL 300 – Semester Two

 Weekly Practicum (1 Day/week)

                                                                                                                                    GBSN 312 Vacation Clinical Experience III: This course is offered during the second semester break. It is a Six-Week Long Vacation Clinical Experience. The course is a prerequisite for entry into level 400 of the nursing program.

LEVEL 400 – Semester One

Practicum for 4 weeks

GBSN 412 Vacation Clinical Experience IV: This course is offered during the first semester break. It is a Four-Week Clinical Experience.

LEVEL 400 – Semester Two

 Practicum for 4 weeks