Diploma in Nursing (Penang Campus)
This program encourages the development of the knowledge, skills and professional attitudes required of a registered nurse. You will be exposed to the concepts of health promotion, prevention and rehabilitation through nursing care management. Different nursing procedures will be introduced to you allowing an understanding of the individual, family and illnesses and dealing with the person as an individual. You will learn how to identify the activities of daily living to treat and prevent complications.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Year 1
– Anatomy and Physiology
– Microbiology, Parasitology, Immunology and Nutrition
– Fundamentals of Nursing 1
– Communication, Human and Public Relations & Counselling
– Clinical Practice 1
– Pharmacology
– Fundamentals of Nursing 2
– Medical Surgical Nursing 1
– Sociology
– Clinical Practice 2
Year 2
– Psychology
– Professional Development & Medico-Legal in Nursing
– Medical Surgical Nursing 2
– Obstetric and Gynaecology
– Clinical Practice 3
– Medical Surgical Nursing 3
– Medical Surgical Nursing 4
– Pediatric Nursing
– Community Health Nursing 1
– Clinical Practice 4
Year 3
– Medical Surgical Nursing 5
– Community Health Nursing 2
– Mental Health Nursing
– Emergency & Critical Care Nursing
– Clinical Practice 5
– Nursing Management
– Introduction to Nursing Research & Epidemiology
– Clinical Experience 6
MPU
– Pengajian Malaysia 2 (Malaysian Students) / Bahasa Melayu Kominikasi 1 (International Students)
– Personal Development Skills
– Society and Development in Malaysia
– Teamwork and Community
– Bahasa Kebangsaan A*
* Bahasa Kebangsaan A is compulsory for all Malaysian students
– without a credit in SPM Bahasa Malaysia.
– without SPM Bahasa Malaysia (applicable to students from UEC, O Level, or other equivalent programs)
Qualification of International students may be sent to Nursing Board Malaysia for verification
SPM / O Level / UEC : Local Student : 5 Credits including Bahasa Melayu, Mathematics and one subject in Science/ Biology/Chemistry/ Physics/Applied Science
International Student : 5 Credits including Mathematics and one subject in Science/Biology/ Chemistry/Physics/ Applied Science All students must undergo medical check-up.
ENGLISH REQUIREMENT:
Local Student : Pass in English at SPM level or equivalent
Local Sponsorship Student : Credit in English at SPM level or equivalent
International Student : Band 5.5 in IELTS; or a min score of 46 (IBT) or 454 (PBT) in TOEFL; or Cambridge English CAE & CPE (from 2015) (160); or PTE Academic (51)
Additional English module(s) available at UOW Malaysia KDU.
