Nursing

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Mogadishu University

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Profile of the Faculty of Nursing

Introduction

Somalia has been suffering severely from the atrocities of the civil war since 1990 in

which thousands of human lives were lost, properties destroyed and national

institutions entirely leveled to the ground. Among the most affected institutions were

hospitals, private and public clinics, and educational institutions such as Somali

National University- Faculty of Medicine, High Institute of Nursing and Health

Technical Institutes.

Furthermore, during this destructive civil war, many medical personnel were either

brutally murdered, displaced, migrated abroad, or retired and the remaining practicing

health professionals need re-training. This difficult situation caused severe break down

of the vital health delivery system, in particular those designated to serve the most

vulnerable groups.

During this prolonged civil war, an acute shortage of trained health personnel was felt

in all regions of the country. UN agencies, local and international NGO’s had been

trying to offer very limited health services and short training programs in their specific

areas of interest. Establishing health personnel training Institute was not among their

priorities. However, this present scenario fell far short to cover the real need for

qualified nurses in Somalia.

The continued civil war has seen the deteriorating state of the health care system and a

dire need to replace the short term strategies to get human resource in form of nurses to

a permanent solution. It is against such a background that the faculty of Nursing of

Mogadishu University was born.

Mogadishu University is a private and non-profit institution of higher education

established in Mogadishu in 1996. It has been planning to deal with the severe need for

sustainable community owned health institution in Somalia. The faculty of nursing is

just but one among many faculties under the umbrella of MU

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Establishment of the Faculty of Nursing

The faculty of nursing was born out of the need to upgrade and increase the capacity of the high institute of nursing. The institute of nursing under the auspices of the Mogadishu University was established in the academic year 2000/2001.

Currently, the Faculty of Nursing is located in the new campus of Mogadishu University in the capital city. It is easily accessible by the public transport and it’s about one kilometer from the outskirts of the city. This makes it convenient for both the students and the teaching staff.

Vision

Faculty of Nursing envisions its students to be transformed into professional nurses who will be leaders in general and nursing education to become adept with the relevant state-of-the-art nursing care and technology to individuals, families, communities, society, and the whole world.

Mission

The mission of the faculty Nursing is to be a leader in providing excellence in undergraduate and graduate nursing education with distinction in nursing practice, scholarship, and service to the community by providing effective and efficient service to the community through a quality multi-faceted nursing education program.

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Core Values

Employee Focus: we care encourage personal growth and recognize accomplishments by others.

Student Focus: To encourage our students to succeed and embrace lifelong learning.

Quality: We provide exceptional education and promote continuous quality improvement through research.

Teamwork: We achieve our greatest success by working together as a learning organization.

Philosophy of Nursing

The faculty believes that no family or society can live a healthy life, while threatened by disease, ill health or unexplained death. Thus fundamental aspect of the nursing role is important to society.

The essence of nursing involves communication, critical thinking, collaboration, caring, education, advocacy, ethical behavior, and a commitment to life-long learning. Nurses practice in a variety of roles and settings where nursing roles are determined by education and appropriate competencies.

Nurses must be knowledgeable about and health issues in order to assume an active role in promoting health and influencing healthcare delivery. Nursing faculty values professional growth and opportunities to make contributions to the profession through academic study, research, and political action. Service to the profession, university, and community is highly valued by the faculty.

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The Main Objectives of the Faculty

As one of MU Faculties, the faculty of nursing is working to attain the mission and the institution-wide goals by adherence to its policies and standards. The following are the main objectives of faculty of Nursing:

1. To produce highly qualified nurses capable of delivering appropriate health services to the community and compliant to the ethics of the profession.

2. To upgrade the skills and knowledge of health professionals by conducting various short term training programs, refresher courses, workshops and seminars.

3. To promote among the students the culture of peace and self-reliance, respect for human rights and the good values of the society.

4. Show leadership role ability in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating individual and community health and nursing care.

5. Serve as a change agent by initiating and organizing activities aimed at preventing occurrence of disease and promoting awareness among individuals, groups and community.

6. Collaborate actively with other professional organizations for the improvement of nursing profession and well being of citizens.

7. Demonstrate ability in utilizing research findings to improve nursing care quality in all levels; individuals, family and community.

8. Accept personal responsibility and accountability for nursing practice and maintain proper code of conducts and Nursing ethics nationally and internationally.

9. Participate in health assessment to individual patients or community, screening, case finding and management of common health problems and injuries.

10. Undertake health education programs aimed at improving unhealthy attitudes of the individuals and community and maintain safe and healthy environment.

11. Promote evidence based nursing care practice.

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Special Features

1. It is a private non-profit institution under the auspices of Mogadishu University.

2. English is the language of instruction.

3. Offers Bachelor degree in General

nursing on a four-year program.

4. Each academic year consists of

two semesters (20

weeks/semester)

5. Students are given the

opportunity to learn Arabic

language during the course.

Admission Requirements

Original secondary school certificate (4 years) and priority will be given those with high

marks in scientific subjects. In

addition one should have:

1. Birth certificate

2. Certificate of good conduct

3. File with application letter

4. Pass written exam and oral

interview.

5. Pass English language

written & oral entrance

examination at least with

60% marks.

6. Not more than 25 years of age.

7. Pregnancy is not allowed during the whole course of the Institute.

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Exams & Tests

1. The pass mark for each subject is 60%.

2. Three exams take place in each semester as follows:

a. First exam: the first two months-marked out of 20%

b. Second exam: the next months –marked out of 20%

c. Third exam: at the end of the semester-marked out of 60%

3. If a student fails in four subjects or more he/she will repeat the semester.

4. If he/she fails in three or less subjects/semester he/she will be given one more chance to be re-examined.

5. The student will be eligible for the next semester only after passing all subjects (no carry over of subject is allowed).

The Library

Special library for the Faculty of Nursing

was established in September 2000, which

has 2000 books and publications. Most of

these books are textbooks for students and

references for tutors.

Enrolment & Fees

1. Expected enrolment in each year is 80 students. 2. Registration fee is $20. 3. Academic fee of $450 per year.

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Calendar for the Academic Year 2007/2008

Semesters Beginning Ending

Semester 1 01Sept. 2007 13 Jan. 2008

Mid-term 14 Jan. 2008 2 Feb. 2008

Semester 2 O3 Feb. 2008 30 Jun.2008

Summer Semester O1 July. 2008 31 July.2008

Summer Vacation 01 Aug. 2008 31 Aug.2008

Annual Vacation:

The Faculty annual leave is a one-month vacation per year.

Uniform:

a. Male Nurse students-white trousers and white shirts. b. Female Nurse students-white gown, white shirts and white head cover

Faculty of Nursing Alumni

The faculty of nursing has seen its alumni grow in leaps and bounds. Through their success the faculty has been able to contribute immensely to capacity building both in upgrading of diploma nurses and also the success of the Bachelor of Science in nursing graduates. The alumni is spread all over the world with the majority finding jobs within Somalia and being of much needed help to the population. The following just highlights but a few of the cases:

Some graduates are undertaking their post-graduate studies in different countries such as Kenya, India, Malaysia, England, China.

Some graduates are working in hospitals abroad ( KSA, UAE, Qatar, Syria and UK). Most graduates serve their communities by working in hospitals, clinics and health

institutions in different regions of Somalia e.g.

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The Role of the Faculty of Nursing in Somalia

Faculty of Nursing has very important in role in serving the community and

contributing to the development of health sector in Somalia.

The following outlines the extent of the role of the faculty in contributing to the

development of health sector and helping the needy IDPs populations:

Capacity Building of the Staffs in Hospitals & Health Facilities:

Since its establishment, the faculty provides continuous training to the staff and nursing

in the hospital and health facilities in Mogadishu and surrounding areas.

Capacity Building Programs to TBSs (Traditional Birth Attendants):

The faculty offers packages of trainings, seminars and workshops to TBAs (traditional

birth attendants) on delivery, sterilization, and prevention of STIs. Midwives from the

different districts in Mogadishu and IDPs populations in Mogadishu and surrounding

areas participate in this training program.

Mother & Child Educational Care (MCEC) Project:

MCEC Project is developmental project aims the development of Somali mother and child through targeted educational and health care activities with a special focus on eradicating the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).

MCEC is implemented by the Faculty of Nursing of Mogadishu University (MU) in cooperation with the Norwegian Nursing Association (NoNA.

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Health Education Programs:

The students of the faculty offer continuous health education programs to raise the awareness of the people on various topics including (psychiatric & mental health, HIV/Aids, nutrition, breast feeding, prevention of FGM, sanitation, water safety etc).

The faculty lecturers and students also visit primary and secondary schools in the city to give the students health education, knowledge and counseling.

Eye Cataract Extraction Campaign

The faculty actively participates in eye

cataract extraction campaign in Somalia

in cooperation with the hospitals

Kikuyu Eye Unit in Kenya and Arafat

in Mogadishu.

The Faculty Provides Free Maternity Services to IDPs Families:

The midwifery department of the faculty provides the poor families in IDPs in Mogadishu free maternity service.

Local Balance Diet Demonstration Program:

The students of the faculty organize

annually demonstration program of

locally available foods (balanced diet) to

explain the nutrition value of the local

balanced food. The program gives special

consideration to the IDPs families to raise

their awareness on using affordable local

balanced diets to prevent malnutrition.

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The Faculty Participates in the Relief Efforts:

The faculty participates effectively in the relief efforts of the Victims of Floods & Watery

Diarrhea in southern Somalia.

The faculty organizes and sends groups of

nurse students to participate in the

programs.

Students in all faculties of the university

including the faculty of nursing donate

amounts of money to buy the essential

drugs and other necessary relief materials

to relief the affected areas.

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MAJOR STRENGTHS OF THE FACULTY OF NURSING

The faculty of nursing has mainly survived the bottlenecks in its administration mainly because of the following:

1. Facilities: The faculty of nursing is equipped with facilities that enable it to dissipate nursing knowledge well. It has a state of the art building with ample space that accommodates enough students. The faculty has all required materials for training and teaching, enough facilities and capacity such as equipment, manpower, centers which are able to provide different services.

2. Experience: The faculty has ten years of experience in the field of Nursing and community health. The faculty has already graduated six batches. With such experience that the faculty boasts of contributing immensely to improving the lives of the community at large.

3. Wide Public Support: The faculty of nursing enjoys a very wide public support given the fact that it has given back to the same society as highlighted above. It’s every Childs dream in Mogadishu to join the faculty of nursing unfortunately due to space it can only accommodate as much. It continues to nurture a good relationship with the community.

4. International Recognized Curriculum: The University has an international recognized curriculum that prepares the students to be competent and competitive anywhere in this world. The curriculum of the faculty was developed in conjunction with a number of internationally recognized institutions like AMREF (African Medical & Research Foundation), American……………… for authentication, Harstad Nursing College in Norway. To be able to merge with the culture and expectations of the local communities and make the nursing relevant it also consulted and shared the curriculum adapted by the former Somali Nursing Institute.

5. Strong Social Network & Teaching Hospitals: The University has a strong social network with the most hospitals providing avenues for our student’s practical work for example.

6. Great Number Of Highly Qualified Graduates: who are well trained and have the required ability for providing health services anywhere in the world.

7. Highly Qualified Staff: The faculty has qualified staff including (doctors, lecturers, trainers, midwifery and administration).

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CHALENGES FACING THE FACULTY OF NURSING

1. LIBRARY: The faculty library was established in the year 2000 but the growing number of students makes it difficult for its maximum usage. It is not only small in size but also has publications some of which are very old editions and may not provide much assistance in the modern world. So the faculty library needs expansion and also upgrading with modern tools of learning like new text books, internet, medical CDs etc.

2. LABORATORIES: The current labs in the faculty have some equipment but again the increasing number of students has made it difficult for maximum usage of its equipment. It needs to be upgraded to meet the increasing demands of its ever thirsty students.

3. CAPACITY BUILDING OF FACULTY STAFF: One of the most pressing needs is the need by the university to build its human resource especially the lecturers. This is important to ensure self sustenance in the field of teaching, research and mentorship. Over-reliance on foreign lecturers is costly given the ever changing harsh political climate.

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FACULTY STATISTICS

1. Enrolment of Students in the Academic Year 2001- 2009

Batch Girls Boys Total

Batch One 25 21 46

Batch Two 39 33 72

Batch three 52 21 73

Batch Four 61 23 84

Batch Five 57 29 86

Batch Six 61 24 85

Batch Seven 62 28 90

Batch Eight 66 32 96

Batch Nine 73 20 93

Total 496 231 725

Batch

One

Batch

Two

Batch

three

Batch

Four

Batch

Five

Batch Six Batch

Seven

Batch

Eight

Batch

Nine

Total

25 39 52 61 57 61 62 66 73

496

21 33 21 23 29 24 28 32 20

231

Faculty Enrolment

Girls Boys

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2. Graduate Batches in Faculty of Nursing and their Number

Batch Degree Boys Girls Total

Batch One Diploma 9 7 16

Batch Two Diploma 8 10 18

Batch Three Diploma 11 15 26

Batch Four Bachelor degree 13 15 28

Batch Five Bachelor degree 20 12 32

Batch Six Bachelor degree 12 23 35

Total 73 82 155

Diploma Diploma Diploma Bachelor Bachelor Bachelor

Batch One Batch Two Batch Three Batch Four Batch Five Batch Six Total

9 811

13

20

12

73

710

15 1512

23

82

Faculty Graduates

Boys Girls

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4. Employment of the Faculty Graduates

No Centre/Hospital Location # Nurses

Employed Institution

1 Faculty of Nursing, Mogadishu University

Mogadishu 5 MU

2 Deynile Hospital Mogadishu 10 MSF – France

3 Galkacyo Hospital Galkacyo 13 MSF – Holland

4 Istarlin Hospital Guriceel 8 MSF – Belgium

5 Hudur Hospital Hudur 4 MSF – Belgium

6 Yaqshid Clinics Mogadishu 11 MSF – Spain

7 Hawa Abdi Hospital Lower Shabelle 12 MSF –

Switzerland

8 Health Training Officers Gedo Region 9

9 Health Officers Hiran 3 Save the Children

10 Health Officers Lower and Middle Juba

Region 4

11 Health Professionals Bay & Bakol Regions 9

12 International Hospitals U.A.E., KSA, U.K., Qatar,

Syria 10

13 Health Professionals Mogadishu 27

Total 125

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THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMME

First Year

First Semester

Course No Course Name Theory Practice Credit Hours

5111 General Chemistry/Biochemistry 2 3 3

103 English I 3 - 3

101 Arabic I 3 - 3

5112 Biostatistics 2 - 2

51111 Anatomy & Physiology I 2 3 3

5115 Sociology And Anthropology 2 - 2

105 Islamic Culture & Contemporary Issue 3 - 3

5121 English for Nursing (I) 4 4

5116 G. psychology & Psychology Nsg 2 - 2

TOTAL 29 25

Second Semester


51112 Anatomy & Physiology II 3 3 4

104 English II 3 - 3

102 Arabic II 3 - 3

51116 First Aid 2 3 3

51158 Parasitology 1 3 2

51120 Nutrition 2 3 3

51118 Fundamental Nursing I 3 3 4

107 Islamic Civilization 2 - 2

5122 English for Nursing II 2 2

5117 Biophysics 2 - 2

TOTAL 38 28

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Second Year

Third Semester


51119 1.

Fundamental Nursing II 3 3 4

51122 Anatomy And Physiology III 3 3 4

51121 Ethics And Professional Nursing Issues 2 - 2

106 Current Affairs Of The Muslim World 2 - 2

594 English III 2 - 2

588 Arabic III 2 - 2

51114 Pharmacology I 2 3 3

51113 Microbiology 2 3 3

51157 Dental Care 1 3 2

TOTAL 34 24

Fourth Semester


51125 Medicine/Medical Nursing I 3 3 4

51128 Surgery/Surgical Nursing I 3 3 4

51150 Advanced Nsg Proc. & Protocols 3 3 4

51132 Maternal Health I 3 3 4

51133 Child Growth And Development 1 3 2

51115 Pharmacology II 2 3 3

51135 Diet therapy 1 3 2

589 Arabic IV 2 - 2

108 Political System in Islam 2 - 2

TOTAL 41 27

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Third Year

Fifth Semester


51126 Medicine/Medical Nursing II 3 6 5

51129 Surgery/Surgical Nursing II 3 3 4

51139 Maternal Health Nursing II 2 3 3

51137 ENT And Ophthalmology 2 3 3

51136 Pediatrics/Pediatric Nursing I 2 3 3

51142 Psychiatrics-Mental Health I 2 3 3

51147 Epidemiology 1 3 2

51141 Community Health I 1 3 2

590 Arabic V 2 - 2

110 Somali Studies 2 - 2

109 Scientific Research Methodology& Lib Library

3 - 3

51124 Pharmacology (3) 1 - 1

TOTAL 51 33

Sixth Semester


51144 Pediatrics/Pediatric Nursing II 3 3 4

51145 Community Health II 3 3 4

51146 Psychiatrics-Mental Health II 3 3 4

51149 Physiotherapy 1 3 2

51131 Communicable Disease 3 3 4

51161 Maternal Health III 1 3 2

51152 Geriatric Nursing 1 3 2

591 Arabic VI 2 - 2

111 African Studies 2 - 2

114 World Geography 2 - 2

51148 Health Education 1 3 2

51127 Medicine/Medical Nursing III 2 3 3

TOTAL 51 33

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Fourth Year

Seventh Semester


51153 Critical Care And Nsg Protocols 3 3 4

51162 Community Health III 2 3 3

5118 Nursing Mgt And Leadership I 2 3 3

51154 Nursing Education I 2 3 3

5120 Computer Application + IT I 2 3 3

51156 Nursing Research Methodology 2 3 3

592 Arabic VII 2 - 2

112 Introduction to economics 2 - 2

TOTAL 35 23

Eighth Semester


5119 Nursing Mgt And Leadership II 2 3 3

51155 Nursing Education II 2 3 3

51163 Community Health IV 2 6 4

5123 Project Dev. And Presentation 2 3 3

51151 Health Economics 1 2 3

593 Arabic VIII 2 - 2

5124 Computer Application + IT II 2 3 3

113 Introduction to management 2 - 2

51160 Graduation thesis 2 3 3

TOTAL 40 26

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