This course is designed to equip nursing students with the knowledge, skills, and professional attitudes necessary to deliver safe, ethical, and effective nursing care before, during, and after disaster situations. Anchored on Outcomes-Based Education (OBE), the course emphasizes competency development in disaster risk reduction and management, emergency preparedness, mass casualty incident response, triage, public health interventions, psychosocial support, and recovery and rehabilitation. It integrates national and international disaster and health emergency frameworks, evidence-based practices, and interprofessional collaboration to prepare students for leadership and decision-making roles in diverse, complex, and resource-constrained disaster settings, in compliance with CHED and professional nursing standards.
This course introduces the student nurse to the principles of pharmacology grounded on. The focus is on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, major drug classifications, dosage calculations, safe medication administration, and nursing responsibilities across the lifespan.
The course emphasizes evidence-based practice, rational drug use, safe medication administration aligned with DOH/WHO standards, high-alert medications, and clinical judgment in pharmacotherapeutics. Students will critically engage with medication scenarios, PNLE/NCLEX-style questions, and case-based learning.
This course explores food and nutrition in relation to health, wellness, and disease for allied health professionals. It covers essential nutrients, their functions, interactions, and balance, and the physiological processes of ingestion, digestion, absorption, transport, utilization, and excretion of food substances. Emphasis is placed on the role of nutrition in health promotion, disease prevention, and recovery. The course also focuses on principles of diet therapy, therapeutic diet modifications, and basic nutrition care for common clinical conditions. Food service systems, food safety, and ethical considerations in healthcare institutions are included.
This course explores food and nutrition in relation to health, wellness, and disease for allied health professionals. It covers essential nutrients, their functions, interactions, and balance, and the physiological processes of ingestion, digestion, absorption, transport, utilization, and excretion of food substances. Emphasis is placed on the role of nutrition in health promotion, disease prevention, and recovery. The course also focuses on principles of diet therapy, therapeutic diet modifications, and basic nutrition care for common clinical conditions. Food service systems, food safety, and ethical considerations in healthcare institutions are included.
I. Fundamentals of Nursing (Lecture) introduces beginning nursing students to the foundational concepts, principles, and processes of professional nursing practice. The course focuses on the development of knowledge, attitudes, and understanding of the nurse’s roles and responsibilities as a member of the healthcare team in promoting, maintaining, and restoring health across the lifespan.
It emphasizes the nursing process as the framework for clinical decision-making and holistic care, integrating concepts of health, wellness, illness, communication, safety, ethics, legal responsibility, and cultural sensitivity. Theories, evidence-based practice, and standards of nursing are examined to prepare students for safe and competent performance of basic nursing skills.
Through interactive lectures, case discussions, and simulation-based learning integration, students will acquire the cognitive foundation necessary for the application of psychomotor and affective skills in clinical and community settings, in alignment with the Philippine Nursing Core Competencies and Program Outcomes set by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
This course provides nursing students with foundational and applied knowledge in leadership, management, and nursing administration. It encompasses the principles, roles, and core functions of nurse leaders and managers, including planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling within diverse healthcare settings. The course emphasizes the development of critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills to effectively lead teams, manage resources, and uphold quality nursing care.
Through values-based learning, students are empowered to demonstrate professional autonomy, accountability, and ethical responsibility in administrative and clinical leadership roles. The course also nurtures leadership potential and innovative thinking by encouraging initiative, systems thinking, and evidence-informed strategies that enhance healthcare delivery. Students will engage in reflective practice, team collaboration, and policy analysis to prepare for real-world leadership and management challenges in nursing.