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Stellenbosch University

Bachelor of Nursing with Honours in Adult Critical Care Nursing

The Bachelor of Nursing with Honours in Adult Critical Care Nursing in Health Professions is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 1 YEAR.

Bachelor of Nursing with Honours in Adult Critical Care Nursing offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

The purpose of the programme is to equip you with the knowledge and clinical skills to enable you to function as a competent critical care nursing practitioner and to assess and diagnose, plan and implement treatment for, and evaluate the progress of the critically ill, adult patient in a critical care unit.

Programme content

Principles of Advanced Nursing Practice (10)
Principles and Processes of Critical Care Nursing (20)
System Abnormalities: Critical Care Nursing (20)
Clinical Foundations: Critical Care Nursing (30)
Research Assignment: Nursing (30)

Assessment and examination

• A variety of formative and summative assessment methods are used. You are assessed individually by means of:
  • assignments;
  • the application of research principles in a research project;
  • patient case presentations;
  • clinical rounds;
  • case studies;
  • clinical assessment;
  • written tests and examinations; and
  • assessment of psychomotor skills in your relevant specialist area.
• The results of the assessment must indicate that outcomes have been achieved. Your assessment as nursing specialist in practice must indicate the successful attainment of appropriate academic depth, focus and integration of theory and practice.
• Each module is assessed separately with a minimum pass mark of 50%.
• The final mark for the programme is calculated on the basis of the relative weight of each module, as indicated by the credit value for each module.
• You must get a final mark of 75% to obtain the degree cum laude. See Part 1 (General) of the Calendar.