BP – Branch of Clinical Nursing Sciences
Bologna Process
Branch of Clinical Nursing Sciences
The Clinical Nursing Sciences Branch delivers the professional and clinical components of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing programme. It integrates theoretical nursing knowledge, laboratory practice, simulation, and supervised clinical training in healthcare institutions. The branch covers fundamentals of nursing, adult nursing, maternal and newborn nursing, paediatric nursing, community health nursing, mental health and psychiatric nursing, critical care nursing, health assessment, nursing leadership and management, health promotion, and related professional subjects.
Curriculum Guide
Study Program Guide
Course Guide
Course Description
The branch aims to:
Prepare scientifically and professionally qualified nurses capable of providing safe, comprehensive, patient-centred, and evidence-based nursing care.
Develop competencies in patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, care planning, intervention, evaluation, and clinical decision-making.
Strengthen clinical, communication, leadership, teamwork, research, and healthcare-management skills.
Promote health, prevent disease, and address the needs of individuals, families, and communities.
Ensure adherence to patient safety, infection control, professional ethics, patients’ rights, dignity, privacy, and accountability.
Enable graduates to use modern technologies and evidence in clinical practice.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.Sc. in Nursing).
First-cycle undergraduate Bachelor’s degree consisting of four academic levels, eight semesters, and 240 ECTS credits. A specific numerical Iraqi NQF level is not stated.
No separate admission requirements are specified for the Clinical Nursing Sciences Branch. Admission is to the unified Bachelor of Science in Nursing programme according to the requirements of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the University of Mosul.
Students must complete the approved theoretical, laboratory, practical, and clinical nursing curriculum, including 240 ECTS credits, supervised training in healthcare institutions, summer clinical training, and the Graduation Research Project.
Recognition of Prior Learning may be considered for students transferring from an accredited and officially recognised nursing or health-sciences programme. Applications shall be reviewed individually by the relevant Scientific Committee and approved by the College Council and the University in accordance with ministerial regulations. Recognition shall be based on the equivalence of course content, learning outcomes, academic level, credit hours or ECTS credits, assessment methods, and documented practical or clinical experience. Courses that do not demonstrate sufficient equivalence must be completed within the programme. Informal experience alone shall not replace essential laboratory or clinical competency requirements.
Graduates should be able to:
Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of nursing and clinical sciences.
Conduct patient assessments and identify nursing and health needs.
Develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based nursing care plans.
Perform nursing procedures safely and effectively.
Apply patient-safety and infection-control principles.
Analyse clinical problems and make appropriate nursing decisions.
Communicate effectively with patients, families, and multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
Provide patient-, family-, and community-centred care.
Promote health and contribute to disease prevention.
Demonstrate professional ethics, accountability, leadership, teamwork, and commitment to lifelong learning.
Participate in nursing research and quality improvement.
A completed Iraqi NQF matrix is not included. The programme outcomes broadly cover knowledge, clinical and professional skills, application and problem-solving, communication, ethics, responsibility, and lifelong learning
Knowledge: A1-A4
Skills: B1-B4
Ethics: C1-C4
Graduates are prepared to work as qualified professional nurses in:
Hospitals and specialised clinical units.
Adult, critical-care, maternal, neonatal, and paediatric nursing settings.
Mental health and psychiatric services.
Primary healthcare and community health centres.
Health-promotion and disease-prevention programmes.
Nursing education, research, leadership, and healthcare administration roles, subject to professional requirements.
The programme supports lifelong learning and continued academic and professional development. Specific pathways are not listed, but graduates may apply for postgraduate nursing programmes, including higher diploma, master’s, and doctoral studies, subject to the applicable admission regulations.
Clinical assessment includes daily quizzes, written examinations, assignments, practical examinations, clinical performance evaluation, case studies, case reports, seminars, projects, midterm examinations, semester examinations, and final examinations. Each student may be assigned a clinical case for assessment, written reporting, presentation, and discussion.
The programme uses the following grading scale:
A – Excellent: 90-100
B – Very Good: 80-89
C – Good: 70-79
D – Satisfactory: 60-69
E – Sufficient: 50-59
FX – Fail: 45-49
F – Fail: 0-44
The minimum passing grade is 50%. Summer Clinical Training is assessed on a Pass/Fail basis.
Students must:
Successfully complete all academic, practical, and clinical programme requirements.
Accumulate 240 ECTS credits.
Complete the required summer clinical training.
Successfully complete the Graduation Research Project.
Achieve the required cumulative academic standing.
Demonstrate the physical, mental, and psychological fitness necessary for nursing education and clinical practice.
Full-time, semester-based study combining theoretical lectures, nursing laboratories, simulation, practical instruction, self-directed learning, case-based learning, and supervised clinical training in hospitals and healthcare institutions. The first year follows the Bologna Process structure.
Dr. Tahsein Muhsin Hussein
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. in Adult Nursing
Programme Manager
