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The students engage in service delivery at the primary health care level as emerging health professionals to acquire skills in consultation and management of common childhood diseases and common endemic diseases affecting the family. Other activities include planning with community groups and undertake appropriate follow up include home visits. Public Health Nurses supervise students for diagnoses and management of common childhood illnesses. Common endemic diseases in family context. Prescription of drugs and use of standing orders in the management of such illnesses. Students participate in school health programmes, surveillance and control of communicable diseases.

Human growth and development from conception through childhood and adolescence to old age. Erikson’s developmental tasks for different stages of life. Theories of Learning. Psychology of Learning and the nurse. The nature and structure of intelligence. Individual differences. Environment and behaviour. Determinants of human health behaviour. Attitudes. Psychological influence on health and illness. Care and coping strategies in illness situations especially for children, adolescents and the elderly.

Elementary set theory, subsets, union, intersection, complements, venn diagrams. Real numbers, integers, rational and irrational numbers. Mathematical induction, real sequences and series. Theory of quadratic equations. Binomial theorem. Complex numbers. Algebra of complex numbers. The Argand diagram. De-Moivre’s theorem, nth roots of unity. Circular measure, trigonometric functions of angles of any magnitude, addition and factor formulae.

Concept of Entrepreneurship (Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship/Corporate Entrepreneurship). Theories. Rationale and relevance of Entrepreneurship (Schumpeterian and other perspectives, risk-taking, necessity and opportunity-based entrepreneurship and creative destruction). Characteristics of Entrepreneurs (opportunity seeker, risk taker, natural and nurtured, problem solver and change agent, innovator and creative thinker). Entrepreneurial thinking (Critical thinking, reflective thinking, and creative thinking). Innovation (concept of innovation, dimensions of innovation, change and innovation, knowledge and innovation). Enterprise formation, partnership and networking (basics of business plan, forms of business ownership, business registration and forming alliances and joint ventures). Contemporary Entrepreneurship Issues (knowledge, skills and technology, intellectual property, virtual office, networking). Entrepreneurship in Nigeria (Biography of inspirational Entrepreneurs, youth and women entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship support institutions. Youth enterprise networks and environmental and cultural barriers to entrepreneurship). Basic principles of e-commerce.

Concepts, principles and practice of nursing entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial process. Exploring business opportunities. Developing a business plan. Exploring market strategies. Evolving organisational plan and developing financial plans. Issues in funding, launching out and working for business growth. Generation of business ideas in nursing and self employment. Challenges of entrepreneurship practice in nursing. Management of human, material and financial resources. Legal issues in business/private practice.

Concepts and definition of terms in epidemiology. Purpose of epidemiology. Relationship in epidemiological triad. Epidemiological models and application. Epidemiological study designs and types. Application of epidemiology to communicable and non-communicable diseases. Measuring and interpreting patterns of disease occurrence. Routine sources of data. Communicable diseases (such as diseases of contact and droplets, water and food related,diseases spread by insects and other animals and many others) and their management. Non communicable diseases. HIV and sexually transmitted infections/diseases. Use of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Framework. -

Client teaching and learning environment. Communication in health care. Assessment of vital signs. Asepsis. Skin integrity and wound care. Theories in nursing. Needs of patients and actions to meet such needs including promotion of physical health, physical activity, exercise and sleep. Nutrition for improved health. Administration of drugs (oral, injection and other routes). Intravenous infusions. Blood transfusion. Body physiological processes including elimination, oxygenation and circulation. The basic nursing procedures. Administration of oxygen. Care of tracheostomy. Nasogastric tube feeding. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Laboratory practical and demonstration for clinical skills of basic nursing procedures. Pre and postoperative care.

Fundamental concepts in nursing as a practice profession. Concept of health, illness and healthcare at the three levels of service delivery. The concept and nature of nursing with attention to the history and emergence of nursing as a profession. Nursing Associations and their roles. The attributes of Nursing. The Nursing Process. Outline, components, including North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) list and the NANDA Nursing Interventions’ Classification (NIC), and the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC). Use of nursing process in care of patients. Nursing theories and models. Values and nursing ethics and etiquettes. The role of nurses within organisational and professional ethical prescriptions. Understanding scientific basis of nursing care. Health and diseases in a socio-cultural context. The central placement of the nurse as a practitioner and a member of the health care team in the context of health care delivery system. Comfort, safety and hygiene in nursing care. Basic procedures in nursing such as bed making, bathroom and bed bath, food service, and vital signs. Skills acquisition and laboratory demonstrations of basic nursing skills prior to exposure to clinical practice.

General mechanisms. The pathogenesis of disease and the dynamic nature of disease as it evolve from its incipient stage to its full expression. The effect of disease on organs and distant parts of the body. Pathology and the nature of disease. Chemistry of cell damage and the dying cell. Inflammation and infection. Inflammatory response and chemical mediators. Immunity and cellular immune response. Principles of repair and re-organisation of cell structure. Cancers and genetic diseases, progression and implications to nursing. 300 Level

Spermatogenesis, oogenesis; ovarian follicles; ovulation; corpus luteum; menstruation; uterine cycle; hormonal control of uterine cycle; fertilization; cleavage; implantation; reproductive technologies-IVF/surrogacy/embryo transfer; embryo manipulation & potency/twinning; molecular embryology and transgenesis; gastrulation; notochord, neurulation; derivatives of the germ layers; folding of the embryo; fetal membranes; placenta; development of limbs and teratology. Growth and perinatology; congenital malformations – general introduction. The cardiovascular system, skin, structure of the nails and hair. Macrophagic system; cellular immunology; lymphoid organs; glands – endocrine and exocrine. Respiratory system. Digestive system. Urinary and genital systems. Electron micrograph studies of each organ.