Courses & Program Delivery

Courses

Health Sociology, Psychology & Culture

Professional Issues in Nursing

Women’s Health & Care of Newborn I

Fundermental Skills For Nursing III

Research in Nursing I

Women’s Care of Newborn II

Mental Health & Mental Issues

Research in Nursing II

Nursing Management & Leadership

Leadership & Management

Community & Rural Health

Women's Health Care of New Born III

Fundamental Skills for Nursing Practice I

Communication & Introduction to Information Technology

Family and Child Health 1

Context of Nursing

Health Sciences: Anatomy, Physiology & Micro

Healthy Living

Pharmacology and Mathematics in Nursing

Paediatric Nursing

Medical Surgical Nursing 1

Pharmacology in Nursing II

Fundamental Skills for Nursing Practice II

Medical & Surgical Nursing

Program Delivery

The diploma of general nursing (DGN) is a three-year program preparing nursing students to function effectively within the nursing practice. It aims at preparing quality graduates for beginner level nursing positions and ongoing employment in PNG’s Health Care System. The DGN program is designed to meet the academics standards of the university and the requirements of the Nursing Council of Papua New Guinea’s competency standard

This program has a total of 84 weeks in three years of teaching and learning of which 40 weeks is for practice is for practice and 44 weeks for theory. Additional 8 weeks of project practice is planned during summer breaks. Each semester consist of theory and practice weeks that are in line with the university calendar which is 16 weeks duration and include 14 weeks teaching and learning, one week for study break and one week examination and two weeks of semester break. Please refer to section programme structure for master plan depicting the structure of the three-year program. Students are required to have successfully completed a minimum number of 1500 hour of practice according to the Nursing Council regulations.

Shown here are the number of theory and practice hours throughout the program. As students’ progress through the course of study the number of practical hours increases while the theory hour decreases. This provides opportunity for the students to gain more practical experience and gain more competencies in clinical settings.

YEAR 1

Theory (HRS) : 850

Practical (HRS): 350

Practical Weeks: 8-3 days