WORKSHOP ON DRAFTING OF THE EVALUATION GUIDE FOR THE HIGHER

NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND) – NURSING

MODIFICATIONS DONE ON THE CODE AND EVALUATION

Base on the recently, 2018 signed curriculum of which the panel focused on to adjust the
examination papers despite its short comings; we felt the following changes or modifications
are necessary.

The code for the nursing courses should be “NUS” instead of “NU” as done previously. This
is to tie with the coding system used in the new curriculum.

The exam paper called “mother and child pathology” is changed to “mother and child health”
because mother and child nursing aspects are not limited to pathology.

The course infectious diseases that was previously in mother and child has been sent to the
public health paper.

All the papers that existed in the previous examination structure were maintained but for
medical law that was left out since most parts of the paper already feature in the proposed law
and citizenship education paper to be written by all options in the HND

For better understanding and to foster the use of professional words, some words that are
assume to be wrongly translated or not better placed were redefined such as approach of
nursing care/organization of care on page 9 of the curriculum to nursing process, system of
health information on page 11 of the curriculum was rephrased health information system etc

It is also being suggested that some of the courses in the curriculum should be regrouped in
terms of semesters. For example a course like pharmacology features only from year two of
which it is supposed to be from year one for the students to grasp the basis before their first
internship and certain course contents should be looked into to detail them clearly.

Other aspects agreed on in terms of the examination format is that all options for MCQ
sections shall have four options A, B, C and D

For short answer sections, the mark shall range from 2 – 5marks per question

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EXAMINATION STRUCTURE

Sector: Tertiary

Field: Medical and Biomedical Sciences

Specialty: Nursing

Option: Nursing

S/N Course Area Paper Exam Paper Nature Duration Credit

Code Of Exam Value
1 NUS 10 Law and Citizen Education Written 2 2
2 NUS 11 Computer Studies Written 2 2
3 Transversal NUS 12 English Language Written 2 1
4 NUS 13 French Language Written 2 1
5 NUS 15 Public Health Written 3 6
6 Fundamental NUS 16 Basic Sciences Written 3 6
7 NUS 20 Project Report Defense 5 6
8 NUS 14 Case Study Written 5 10
9 Professional NUS 17 Mother and Child Health Written 3 8
10 NUS 18 Nursing Sciences Written 3 8
11 NUS 19 Nursing Practice Practicals 3 10
Total 60

STRUCTURE OF EACH EXAM PAPER

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Sector Tertiary

Exam Paper Case Study

Field Medical and Biomedical Sciences

Specialty Nursing

Option Nursing

Credit Value 10

Objective/s of the Paper Student is expected to be able to analyze and manage cases in point

Nature of the Exam Paper Written

Format of the exam

Exam paper Option Different Duration Mark Percentage

sections of per section allocated (%)
the paper
Case study Nursing Section A: 1 hours 25 25
MCQ

Section B: 1.5 hours 25 25

Structural
Questions

Section C: 2.5 hours 50 50

Essay
Mark total 100 100

Content

 Pathologies and nursing care (80%)

 Clinical pharmacology (20%)

Sector Tertiary
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Exam Paper Public Health

Field Medical and Biomedical Sciences

Specialty Nursing

Option Nursing

Credit Value 6

Objective/s of the Paper Student is expected to be able to explain basic notions use in
public health and be able to apply strategies in disease prevention and health promotion

Nature of the Exam Paper Written

Format of the exam

Exam paper Option Different Duration Mark Percentage

sections of per section allocated (%)
the paper
Public health Nursing Section A: 45 mins 25 25
MCQ
Section B: 45 mins 25 25
Structural
Questions
Section C: 1.5 hours 50 50
Essay
Mark total 100 100

Content

Epidemiology, demography, environmental health and health promotion (30%)

Communication for behavior change, community health and health and development
(30%)
The economics of health, hospital management and Health Information System (10%)
School and occupational health (10%)
Infectious and parasitic diseases (10%)

Sector Tertiary

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Exam Paper Basic Science

Field Medical and Biomedical Sciences

Specialty Nursing

Option Nursing

Credit Value 6

Objective/s of the Paper Student is expected to be able to demonstrate an understanding of

the various concepts in the basic sciences

Nature of the Exam Paper Written

Format of the exam

Exam paper Option Different Duration Mark Percentage

sections of per section allocated (%)
the paper
Basic science Nursing Section A: 1.5 hours 50 50
MCQ
Section B: 1 hours 30 30
Structural
Questions
Section C: 30 mins 20 20
Essay
Mark total 100 100

Content

Anatomy and physiology (40%)

General pharmacology (20%)
Nutrition (20%)
Biochemistry (10%)
Laboratory techniques (10%)

Sector Tertiary

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Exam Paper Mother and Child Health

Field Medical and Biomedical Sciences

Specialty Nursing

Option Nursing

Credit Value 8

Objective/s of the Paper Students are expected to describe the anatomy and physiology of
the mother and child and related pathologies

Nature of the Exam Paper Written

Format of the exam

Exam paper Option Different Duration Mark Percentage

sections of per section allocated (%)
the paper
Mother and Nursing Section A: 1 hour 30 30
child health MCQ

Section B: 1 hour 40 40
Structural
Questions

Section C: 1 hour 30 30
Essay
Mark total 100 100

Content

 Reproductive health (20%)

 Obstetric care and pathology (40%)
 Paediatric pathologies and child care (40%)

Sector Tertiary

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Exam Paper Nursing Science

Field Medical and Biomedical Sciences

Specialty Nursing

Option Nursing

Credit Value 8

Objective/s of the Paper Student is expected to illustrate mastery in philosophy of nursing,

mental health and apply appropriate techniques in the various medico-surgical specialties

Nature of the Exam Paper Written

Format of the exam

Exam paper Option Different Duration Mark Percentage

sections of per section allocated (%)
the paper
Nursing Nursing Section A: 1 hour 30 30
Science MCQ
Section B: 1 hour 40 40
Structural
Questions
Section C: 1 hour 30 30
Essay
Mark total 100 100
Content

 Fundamentals of nursing (philosophy/concepts and theories in nursing sciences,

history of nursing profession and the nursing process) – 40%
 Medico-surgical specialties (ENT, ophthalmology, dermatology and stomatology) –
25%
 Emergency nursing (first aid and surgical emergencies) – 15%
 Geriatric nursing – 10%
 Psychiatric nursing – 10%

Sector Tertiary
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Exam Paper Nursing Practice

Field Medical and Biomedical Sciences

Specialty Nursing

Option Nursing

Credit Value 10

Objective/s of the Paper Student is expected to apply knowledge in different aspect of

nursing care with dexterity

Nature of the Exam Paper Practice

Format of the exam

Exam paper Option Different Duration Mark Percentage

sections of the per section allocated (%)
paper
Nursing Nursing Section A: 40 mins 20 20
Science Preparatory
phase
Section B: Per 2 hrs 50 50
procedure phase
Section C: Post 40 mins 15 15
procedural
Section D: Oral 40 mins 15 15
evaluation
Mark total 100 100

Content

 Medical unit -25%

 Surgical/reanimation/casualty-25%
 Maternity-25%
 Paediatric-25%

Sector Tertiary

Exam Paper Project Report

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Field Medical and Biomedical Sciences

Specialty Nursing

Option Nursing

Credit Value 6

Objective/s of the Paper Student is expected to initiate and carry out an independent study

Nature of the Exam Paper Defense

Format of the exam

Exam paper Option Different Duration Mark Percentage

sections of the per section allocated (%)
paper
Project report Nursing Section A: 70 70
Written report
Section B: Oral 30 30
presentation
Mark total 100 100

Content

Chapter one: general introduction

Chapter two: literature review
Chapter three: methodology
Chapter four: presentation of results
Chapter five: discussion, conclusion and recommendations
References
Appendix

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