Master of Nursing

This programme is an academic and vocational programme which aims to equip students with specialized skills and knowledge in the field of nursing practice, nursing education. It also prepares students to be multi-sectoral leaders, programme managers, consultants, change agents and researchers.

A three year B degree nursing with at least five year of professional education at diploma level.

OR

A four year B degree or an Honours degree in nursing.

There is provision in the University rules for students to be accepted based on an equivalent to the entry requirements. This usually refers to published works, research completed, or national or international pioneering work in a field of nursing

• Vases practice on adequate, relevant and contemporary theory from nursing, ethics and related sciences.
• Demonstrates competence in specialist skills in assessment, intervention and evaluation of care, with each competency including mastery of skills, teaching and researching it.
• Articulates professional role within his/her own specialist content.
• Functions as a nurse scientist within his/her own designated area.
• Function as a programme manager: assess community and service needs, plan and implement a programme, and evaluate it.
• Function as a consultant in a specialist field of practice.
• Motivate for, initiate and stabilize change in a health service.
• Develop nursing theory in a specialist area through practice and research.

1. Has demonstrated the ability to base practice on adequate, relevant and contemporary theory from nursing, ethics and related sciences.
2. Has demonstrated competence in specialist skills in assessment, intervention and evaluation of care, with each competency including mastery of skills, teaching and researching it.
3. Articulates professional role within his/her own specialist content area.
4. Demonstrate functioning as a nurse scientist within her/his designated area.
5. Demonstrated functioning as a programme manager: assess community and service needs, plan and implement a programme, and evaluate it.
6. Demonstrate functioning as a consultant in a specialist field of practice.
7. Shown competency in motivating for, initiating and stabilizing change in a health service.
8. Demonstrate developing nursing theory in a specialist area through practice and research.

Integrated assessment appropriately incorporated to ensure that the purpose of the qualification is achieved

Clinical supervision gives the opportunity for formative integrative assessment of knowledge, skills (cognitive and personal) and attitudes. The research project and many other projects are integrative and authentic. Summative evaluation in each module includes clinical assessment, which represents evaluation of integrated competency in an authentic work setting, for instance:

• Programme implementation evaluation (Mental Health Nursing)\
• Management of a woman in high risk labour (Adv. Midwifery)
• A programme evaluation (Community Health Nursing)