Programme Overview

The School of Nursing at Maseno University was established in July 2017. Initially, nursing was a department in the School of Medicine since 2012. The school has four departments namely: Medical-Surgical Nursing, Midwifery, Community Health and Nursing Education, Leadership and Research. The school’s offices are located in Kisumu City and Siriba campuses. The main teaching hospital of the school is Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH), Kisumu. The School of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing with IT to increase access to health services through training highly qualified professional nurses to be responsive to the health needs of the people in the lake region and beyond. In line with this, the programme also prepares its graduates to bridge the changing technological dynamics in health care through its information technology (IT) component.  The programme inculcates flexibility that allows the students to develop an interest in the different specialties in nursing. Towards this end, the programme is tailored to include the basic sciences related to nursing as well as the different specialty areas.

A cycle of the programme consists of four years of study. An academic year comprises three terms. In the initial years of the students’ training, the focus is on basic sciences and introduction to nursing as a profession. The students in the first and second years are in the Siriba Campus. Year three and four focuses on clinical nursing, leadership and research. The students in years three and four are based in the Kisumu campus.

Structure

Please see tables 1 – 5 below

Admission Requirement

The prospective students of BSc.N with IT Programme must:

1. Meet the entry requirements for admission into degree Programmes at Maseno University;
2. In addition to (i) above, must obtain a mean grade of at least C+ in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.) or its equivalent and has passed the subject clusters indicated below at the same sitting.

• Biology             C+
• Chemistry                     C+
• Mathematics or Physics C+
• English or Kiswahili        C+

Course Units

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING COURSES

YEAR 1

• NSC 103: Foundations of Nursing

• NSC 103: Foundations of Nursing
• NSC 109: Basic Life Saving Skills

YEAR 2

• NSC 205: Health Assessment
• NSC 209: Medical Surgical Nursing I Theory
• NSC 209: Medical Surgical Nursing I Practical

YEAR 3

• NSC 300: Medical Surgical Nursing II Theory and Practical
• NSC 301: Pediatric Nursing Theory and Practical
• NSC 309: Critical Care and Renal Nursing Theory and Practical
• NSC 310: Trauma & Emergency Nursing Theory and Practical

YEAR 4

• NSC 404: Palliative Care Nursing
• NSC 406: Perio-Operative Nursing
• NSC 407: Special Senses Nursing
• NSC 410: Geriatric Nursing

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING COURSES

YEAR 1

• NSC 104: Psychology
• NSC 106: Community Health Nursing I
• NSC 108: Medical Sociology and Anthropology

YEAR 2

• NSC 207: Nutrition and Health
• NSC 210: Community Health Nursing II

YEAR 3

• NSC 306: Forensic Nursing

YEAR 4

• NSC 402: Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing
• NSC 411: Community Health Nursing III

DEPARTMENT OF MIDWIFERY COURSES

YEAR 2

• NSC 208: Midwifery I

YEAR 3

• NSC 304: Midwifery II
• NSC 305: Gynaecology Nursing
• NSC 308: Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health

YEAR 4

• NSC 401: Midwifery III

DEPARTMENT OF NURSING EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP AND RESEARCH COURSES

YEAR 2

• NSC 204: Human Communication Skills and Counseling

YEAR 3

• NSC 302: Research Methodology
• NSC 307: Biostatistics
• MNS 310: Nursing Electives
• HIT 301: Health Information Systems
• HIT 302: Electronic Commerce in Health
• HIT 303: Multimedia And Graphics in Health
• HIT 304: Data Management in Health

YEAR 4

• NSC 400: Nursing Electives
• NSC 403: Nursing Education
• NSC 405: Nursing Leadership and Administration
• NSC 408: Research Project
• NSC 409: Teaching Practicum
• HIT 402: Health Information Systems Analysis and Design
• HIT 401: Social And Professional Issues In Health IT
• HIT 403: Information Assurance and Security in the Health  IT Environment

HIT 404: Special Topics In Health ICTs