Bachelor of Science in
Nursing
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About the Program
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at the University of Mindanao is a four-year, outcome-based degree program that strategically blends foundational general education in English, Mathematics, and Filipino with specialized professional courses such as Theoretical Foundations in Nursing and Nursing Care Management. Driven by the university’s mission to provide affordable yet globally competitive education, the program is meticulously designed to produce versatile graduates capable of portraying roles as professional nurses, clinical care providers, researchers, managers, entrepreneurs, and educators. The curriculum focuses on the essential pillars of health promotion, disease prevention, risk reduction, and health restoration, culminating in a practice-centered final year of extensive, supervised Related Learning Experiences (RLE) across UM’s network of CHED-accredited affiliate hospitals and community health centers. Throughout their residency, students develop core competencies in handling the health problems of individuals, families, and communities through higher-order clinical reasoning and effective collaboration within multi-professional healthcare teams. By mastering specific nursing outcomes—including ethico-legal standards, safe patient care for the sick and injured, and evidence-based research—graduates are uniquely prepared to excel in the Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE). Furthermore, the program actively champions global sustainability, directly advancing SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) through optimized patient care, SDG 4 (Quality Education) via health literacy, and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) by equipping UM graduates for the global healthcare labor market.
Program Educational Objectives
Three to five years after graduation, the graduates are expected to:
- Demonstrate advance knowledge and skills in the practice of the nursing profession through research and continuing professional development.
- Exhibit social responsibility and assume leadership roles in health care services.
- Communicate effectively in varied settings of diverse groups/cultures utilizing technology through written, oral and visual modes.
Student Outcomes
By the time of graduation, the students of the program shall have the ability to:
- Apply knowledge of physical, social, natural and health sciences and humanities in the practice of nursing.
- Provide safe, appropriate and holistic care to individuals, families, population groups and community utilizing nursing process.
- Apply guidelines and principles of evidence-based practice in the delivery of care.
- Practice nursing in accordance with existing laws, legal, ethical, and moral principles.
- Communicate effectively in speaking, writing and presenting using culturally-appropriate language.
- Document to include reporting up-to-date client care accurately and comprehensively.
- Work effectively in collaboration with inter-, intra-, and multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural terms.
- Practice beginning management and leadership skills in the delivery of client care using a system approach.
- Conduct research with an experienced researcher.
- Engage in lifelong learning with a passion to keep current with national and global developments in general, and nursing and health development in particular.
- Demonstrate responsible citizenship and pride of being a Filipino.
- Apply techno-intelligent care system and processes in health care delivery.
- Adopt nursing core values in the practice of the profession.
- Apply entrepreneurial skills in the delivery of nursing care.