Bachelor of Nursing Science Program
Revised Curriculum 2017 (For Academic Year 2017-2021)
Course Description
1. General Education Courses
1.1 Social and Humanity Courses
The meaning, significance, and relation of General Education to other vocational/ specific subjects, the relation between behavior and mentality, critical thinking, the qualifications of ideal graduates, analysis of causes and consequences of events / situations /problems, synthesis of solutions to, precautions against, or improvements in those events / situations to benefit individuals and their community, and the application of knowledge to solve the problems of case studies |
Basic principles and theory in relation to events / situations / major problems of the Thai and global communities, for example, evolution of civilization, important events in historical, political and public administration systems; the economic and health systems, etc., analysis of causes and consequences of events / situations / problems, synthesis of solutions to, precautions against, or improvements in those events / situations to benefit individuals and their community, and the application of knowledge to solve the problems of case studies |
Humankind in the past, present and future; events / situations / problems in relation to the evolution of the arts and sciences in the Thai and global communities, concepts of the sufficiency economy, analysis of causes and consequences of events / situations / problems; synthesis of solutions to, precautions against, or improvements in those events / situations to benefit individuals and their community, and the application of knowledge to solve the problems of case studies |
Philosophy/evolution of health economics, comprehensive knowledge based in economics, economic tools applied to health services system, health care production, efficiency, equity/equally distribution in health services allocation |
Concepts and theories related to human development and behaviors, relationship among minds, brain, and behaviors, functions of the nervous system, genes, and environment influencing human development and behaviors, physical and psychosocial development, and promotion of human development across life span |
Concepts of health, health continuum, and health determinants. Concepts and theories of health promotion and disease prevention. Global/national health situations/problems and health promotion policies and strategies. Health promotion and disease prevention strategies in individual, family, and community levels. National issues and trends of health promotion in various populations. Roles and competencies of nurses in health promotion and disease prevention. |
Art of using Thai language and of speaking, listening, reading, writing, and thinking skills for accurate and appropriate communication |
English structure, grammar and vocabulary in the context of daily language use, dealing with integration in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, reading strategies, sentence writing, listening for the gist, pronunciation and classroom communication |
Vocabulary, expressions, grammar, and contextualized social language, essential communicative skills in small groups, simulations in various situations, writing practice at a paragraph level, and reading and listening from various sources |
Essential strategies for four language skills: reading and listening from various sources, speaking in everyday use and writing at a paragraph level and short essay, including sub-skills i.e., grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, focusing on English in everyday life and in academic reading and issues that enhance students world knowledge |
Integrating four English skills by practicing reading news, research articles, commentary, and academic texts, for comprehension and critical thinking, from various sources focusing on the issues that enhance students’ world knowledge; listening to news, lecture, and speech via multimedia and the Internet, making conversations in various situations including speaking in public, giving oral presentations and making simulations; and writing essays in various types using citations and references, also practicing sub-skills such as grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary used in appropriate context |
Writing announcement, advertisement, news, report, letters, summary, and short articles from various types of reading and listening materials |
1.3 Science and Mathematics Courses
Concepts and applications of probability and probability distributions in various events, interpretation of statistical values, descriptive statistics, sampling for good representatives of populations and its use in estimation and hypothesis testing |
1.4 Health and Recreation Courses
Concepts and principles of integrated and holistic health, values, meaning and connection between integrated and holistic health among different lifestyles and society, application of interdisciplinary learning for integrated, holistic and creative health promotion, group process and learning through one’s direct experience from both inside-and-outside-classroom activities and sharing to others, course surveying and designing altogether |
Applied sport science principles, physical and mental fitness preparation for bike rider benefits , basic principles bike skills safety, rules and regulations and manner in riding in bike lane, tour around MU by bike for recreation and health |
Applied sport science principles, physical and mental fitness preparation for mind and body exercise benefits and basic principles of mind and body training. Skills and safety, Mind and Body activities such as Yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates, and Fit Ball |
Sport science principles and their application to Yoga for Health. History, meaning, training locations and equipment, and benefits of Yoga. Body preparation, joint and muscle stretching, techniques of muscle contraction and relaxation. Practice of Asana (body position/posture), breathing control, Pranayama, deep relaxation and Yoga training safety. |
Sport science principles and their application to Art Self-defense. Usefulness, definition, safety, Basic skills, such as rolls and somersaults kick, punch, immobilization, attacks and self-defense. |
2. Core Courses
2.1 Basic Professional Courses
Chemistry of life and biomolecules, cellular biology, cell energy, genetics and genetic diseases, DNA technology and its medical applications, evolution, human evolution, ecology and pollution problems and biodiversity |
Molecular structure and classification of organic compounds, reactions of organic compounds, nomenclature and stereochemistry, syntheses and reactions of alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic hydrocarbons, halides, alcohols, phenols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid derivatives, amines |
The basic concept of living cells, organs and systems of human body. The relationship of human structures and functions is emphasized. The human skeleton and cadavers are utilized in the laboratory study |
The course covers basic concepts and principles of cell functions and the functions of different organ systems such as nervous, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal tract, endocrine and reproductive systems. It also deals with the mechanisms of regulation of organ system integration and adaptations in order to keep the body in a homeostatic state |
Basic structures and functions of four biomolecules, carbohydrate, lipid, protein and nucleic acid, basic metabolic processes and regulation of metabolic pathways of four biomolecules, flow of genetic information and gene regulation, DNA technology, basic role of biomolecules in normal physiological systems with some applications |
The basic principle of morphology, structure, growth of microorganisms and parasite, natural and specific immunology, methods of microbial genes transfer and drug resistant genes transfer, role of natural and pathogenic microorganisms, sterile techniques, pathogenicity of microorganisms and virus, host immune response, medical important parasites, basic laboratory test to detect microorganisms, virus and parasite |
Fundamental principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Drugs used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, renal, central nervous system, respiratory, gastrointestinal, endocrine and reproductive system, antibiotics, chemotherapy, treatments of skin diseases, vitamin drugs, rational drug use |
Dysfunction of nervous system, endocrine system, immune system, circulatory system, respiratory system, urinary system, gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary system, pancreas that may cause diseases of a system or multisystems, impacting physical balance disturbance of homeostasis, tumors of body systems |
2.2 Professional Courses
Evolution of nursing sciences, concepts and nursing theories, nurses’ roles in health system, health problems and influencing factors, global health problems and trends |
Concept of the nursing information system, information technology for nursing; development of the nursing information system, hospital information system, information system of the nursing administration, practice, education, and research, ethic issue of using information; design of instructional media in nursing; searching nursing data and evidence based practice; using software application for creating instructional media, data presentation, and data processing |
Concept, nursing process, principles and techniques of health assessment in individuals from infant through the elderly including history taking, physical examination, psychosocial assessment, interpretation of laboratory findings and health status analysis |
Significance of nursing research, nursing evidences, and innovation, research methodology, research design, research measurement, research statistics, research ethics, process of evidence-based practice, innovation development in nursing practice |
Study in principles and basic nursing procedures, standard precautions, personal hygiene, safety of patient, nurse and environment, therapeutic nursing care, using nursing process, considering human rights, code of professional ethics |
Principle of holistic nursing care for children and families from birth through adolescence, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention, care for children with illness in gastrointestinal, respiratory, cardiovascular, urological, endocrine, neurological, hematological system and cancer as well as infectious disease |
Aging changes, comprehensive geriatric assessment, delay and alleviation of aging, principles of medical and surgical nursing for adults and older persons, management of common health problems in adult and older persons, sexual health, patients safety, drug administration safety, nutrition in adults and older persons with illness, continuing care, respite care, long-term care, palliative care with the concerning patients’ rights, code of professional ethics |
Nursing care of adults and elderly patients with health problems in respiratory, cardiovascular, hematological, neurological, gastroenterological, endocrine, immunological, infection, dermatological, urological systems and oncology with medical treatment and advanced technological procedures in acute, critical, and chronic situations, using evidence- based practices for holistic nursing care in promotion, rehabilitation, complications prevention and solving threatening health problems and enhancing continuing care abilities of patients, families, and caregivers |
Nursing care of adults and elderly patients with health problems in cardiovascular and thoracic system, neurological system, gastrointestinal system, endocrine system and breast, urological and male reproductive system, sensation and perception systems, musculoskeletal system, female reproductive system with surgical treatment and advanced technological procedures in acute, critical, and chronic situations, using evidence-based practices for holistic nursing care in promoting recovery, complications prevention rehabilitation, and solving threatening health problems and enhancing continuing care abilities of patients, families, and caregivers |
Situations and trends in maternal-newborn nursing and midwifery, pre-marriage preparation, family planning, pregnancy, factor affecting fetal health, infertility, physio-psychosocial change, maternal-newborn-family attachment, principle of holistic nursing in caring for women during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum periods and newborn in normal condition by using empirical evidence combined with local wisdom in health care |
Disasters, mass-casualty incident and emergency, disaster planning management, analysis of problems and situations of care at the scene and emergency department, initial and life-threatening care, basic life support for healthcare professionals, communication and cooperation for transferring to definitive care, acute posttraumatic stress disorders care of the victims, families and providers |
Ethical concepts and code of professional ethics, legal concept and law regarding nursing practice, nurses’ rights, duty, patients’ rights, and responsibilities, ethical and legal issues in the professional nursing practice |
Clinical nursing leader competencies, leadership skills, knowledge management, concepts and principles in clinical management, planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling, and quality improvement |
Mental health promotion, prevention of mental health problems and psychiatric illnesses, theoretical basis of psychiatric nursing, psychiatric interventions, holistic nursing care for psychiatric patients in acute and chronic phases, providing continuing care in the hospital and community, using concerning empirical evidence, realizing patients’ safety and code of professional ethics |
Care of community, community health nursing process, public health strategies, epidemiology, community disaster, continuity of care, care of person in the family, aggregate group and community |
The nursing care for mothers and newborns at risk during the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods. Abnormal and obstetrical operating deliveries, and obstetrical medication management. Utilization of holistic nursing care principles to promote health, prevent health problems, provide nursing care and recover health. Promotion of the relationships among mothers, newborns, and the families |
Roles and functions of nurses in health assessment, differential diagnosis, and primary medical care, referring patients with complex health problems based on the scope of professional laws |
Nursing practicum in nursing procedures, personal hygiene, responding to basic human needs, infection prevention, patients’, nurses’ and environment safety, patient rights, therapeutic nursing care, concerning patients’ rights and code of professional ethics |
Practicing holistic family-centered care for infants, children, and adolescents both wellness, and illness with the gastrointestinal, respiratory, cardiovascular, hematologic, cancer, urologic, endocrine, neurologic system and infectious diseases, integrating nursing process, high medical technology, application of evidences-based practice concerning the virtue, patients’ safety, and code of professional ethics |
Nursing practice in adults and older persons with health problems in respiratory, cardiovascular, hematology, blood circulation, neurological, gastrointestinal, endocrine, immunology, infection, dermatological, urological systems, water electrolytes, acid-base imbalance, and oncology in acute, critical, and chronic situations with medical treatment and advanced technological procedures considering patients’ safety, integration of theories and evidence-based concepts in holistic nursing, incorporation of care, curative treatment, rehabilitation, complication prevention, nutritional promotion in adult and elderly patients, palliative care with the concerning patients’ rights, virtue, and code of professional ethics |
Holistic nursing practice for adults and older persons with health problems in cardiothoracic and vascular, gastrointestinal, neurological, musculoskeletal, urological and men’s reproductive system, women’s reproductive system, eye, ear, nose, throat, thyroid and breast receiving surgery and advanced technological procedures, providing care for patients at acute, critical and chronic phase, performing health promotion, preventing and solving health problems, and rehabilitation to enhance patients’ resiliency, integrating research and empirical evidence using information technology, developing patients’ database, concerning patients’ safety, rights and dignity, virtue, and code of professional ethics |
Holistic care nursing for mothers and newborns during prenatal, intranatal and postnatal period, using nursing processes integrating alternative medicine in nursing care, discharge planning, continuing care to promote ability in self-care and relationship between maternal-newborn and family, concerning of clients’ rights and code of professional ethics |
Clinical problem analysis, identifying a selected clinical problems, develop clinical innovative project writing to improve quality of nursing services for solving selected clinical problems, collaborative work with nursing and health care team, develop, utilize, evaluate and distribute a selected clinical innovation |
Community health assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation, individual health, school health, community health, continuing care, community participation, resources utilization, integration of local wisdom, community life style, the philosophy of sufficiency economy, first aid, concerning patients’ safety, patients’ rights, code of professional ethics |
Application of primary care knowledge and related sciences to practice, history taking, physical examination and interpretation, laboratory interpretation, health screening, diagnosis, treatment, and writing report. Providing appropriate advice and referring. Concerning of patients’ safety, code of professional ethics |
Practice for mental health promotion, prevention of mental illnesses, and holistic nursing care for individuals with psychiatric illnesses. Utilizing nursing process together with psychiatric interventions. Preparation of discharge planning with family participation based on evidences, concerning of patients’ rights, virtue, and code of professional ethics |
Nursing practice with holistic nursing care for women during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum periods, newborn in both normal, and complicated/infected conditions, attending, delivering the baby in normal labor, assisting with both normal and abnormal delivery, discharge planning, postpartum visiting, teaching and advising self-care in person/group by corporate local wisdom, promoting maternal-newborn attachment and the family, using nursing process concerning of staff and clients’ safety, client’s rights, cultural diversity, virtue, and code of professional ethics |
Nursing management practicum, clinical leader, nursing care delivery system, nursing team leading, planning, assignment, coordinating, supervising based on evidence-based nursing, evaluation, decision making in nursing, concerning of code of professional ethics |
Clinical practice in area of interest, competency development in clinical situation analysis, organizational structure or unit profile analysis, selected practice in nursing specialty area, practicing roles of professional nurses, collaboratively work as a team member, concerning of virtue , and codes of professional ethics |
3. Elective Courses
Concepts, significance, advantages of breastfeeding, basic principles of breastfeeding, communication, and practice to enhance mothers and infants to be success in breastfeeding from antenatal through primary childhood, analyzing and planning for problem solving in breastfeeding, breastfeeding counseling |
Process and skills for personal development. Ultimate goal of life. Fundamental Buddhist teachings, understanding of the Dhamma, ones that should be relinquished, and ones that should be cultivated and practiced, spiritual awakening, growth, and well-being. |
Basic concepts of culture and health, concepts of human rights and equality, cross cultural communication, roles of cultures and ethnic heritage that impact health and illness of individuals, family, and society, health beliefs and health care behaviors in individuals, family, and society under cultural diversity, nursing care among cultural diversity |
Introduction to the science of safety, how it relates to problems with patient safety in health care system, role of individuals and inter-professional health care team in problem- solving, team work, inter-professional project planning for improving patient safety |
Principle, processes, and factors influencing communication and interpersonal relationship. Development of self-awareness. Principles and processes of counseling, basic skill in counseling, and application of the skill in health counseling in simulated situations |
Meanings, types, components and functions of culture; forms of cultural learning; social norms and regulation; cross-cultural interaction, globalization and local cultures |
Meaning of health and illness, sociological concepts, globalization, consumption of sign, body, self , chronic illness, medicalization, social strategy, gender, sexuality and LBGT, drug addition, social learning, profession of nursing’ s role |
Living in the modern age, impacts of modern life on physical, social and mental health, sufferings (Dukkha) of people generated from the modern age (consumerism, environmental threats, stress, loneliness, alienation, material dependency, aggressiveness, confusion, bewilderment, lack of life goal) causes (Samudaya) of life crisis in the modern age, principles of how to have a peaceful and happy living in the modern society (Nirodha), skills and techniques for pursuing a balanced and happy life amid rapid societal changes (Magga) such as meditation, mindful exercise techniques (Yoga, Ta-chi), building a goodwill society, skills of how to live with other people with harmony and tolerance of differences, ability to choose and consume information, being responsible and engaged members of society with public mind |
Meaning and principles of human relations; techniques to develop and promote human relations skills; self-development through human relations for good life and work |
The role of women in the political, economic, and social development. The influence of the political, economic, and social factors on the role of women. The differences between women in urban and rural societies in Thailand. The development of the women quality of life |
Sport science principles and their application to Aerobic for Health. Aerobic exercise significance, benefits and basic principles of aerobic dance training. Skills of aerobic dance movements, safety, and Aerobic activities such as Water Aerobics , Martial Art with music, Step Aerobic, New Body and Boot Camp |
Sport science principles and their application to Swimming. Significance, benefits, safety, rules and regulations, uniforms. Basic skill such as breathing, floating, leg movements. Styles of swimming such as Freestyle, Back stroke and Breast stroke. |
Sport science principles and their application to Social Dance. Cultural significance, benefits, rules and regulations , safety and uniforms. Basic skill of waltz, Cuban-rumba and cha cha cha and Jive. |
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