Objective of the program
The programs will:-
- Equip surgical nurses with solid knowledge of biomedical science, clinical and public health practice
- Prepare surgical nurses to provide individualized patient care for patient with surgical disorders using the nursing process as framework.
- Enable surgical nurse’s practice in a professional manner on all level of surgical care setting
- Equip surgical nurses with critical thinking and decision making skills which lead to reflective and responsible practice
- Enable surgical nurses in developing professional communication skill in dealing with client, client’s family and other health professionals.
- Prepare surgical, and operative theatre nurses participate in conducting and utilizing relevant research findings
- Train surgical nurses who apply evidence-based practice to improve quality of patient care.
- Equip surgical nurses to perform selected minor surgical operation
- Equip surgical nurses who design and participate in nursing education and nursing curriculum, professional development
- Train surgical nurses to promote and maintain optimum standards of nursing care with respecting of patients values, culture, belief and dignity.
- Equip surgical nurses with leadership and management skills
- Equip surgical nurses to advocate fulfilling patients’ needs and participating in the professional development.
- Practice operating theatre nurses’ roles during perioperative phases
- Provide perioperative nursing services in respect to patient value, culture, belief and dignity
- Promote safe and healthy perioperative environments for patients and staff
- Promote and maintain optimum standards of perioperative nursing care
- Operate the functionality of equipment and devices used in the operating theatre
- Monitor patient’s condition throughout the perioperative process
- Take part in the administration and organization of operating theatre and in the management of a multidisciplinary team in perioperative care settings
Goal of the program
- To produce competent professional surgical, and operative theatre nurses who are able to provide culturally sensitive and high quality comprehensive surgical care at all levels of health care system by incorporating evidence based practice and demonstrates professional, legal and ethical principles using interpersonal relationship and communication skill.