In
the UAE, there is a growing demand for more nurses to enter the work force as
recognized by the relevant stakeholders, including the Nations’ Education
sector, Community and Health related services. The FCHS Department of Nursing
is dedicated to improving the health of the UAE community. This is achieved by graduating
professional nurses who can contribute to the advances in health care through
innovative research, scholarship and service.
Since its inception in 2006, the college has developed a nationally
recognized reputation for excellence in Nursing Education, which makes the Bachelor
of Science in Nursing program, highly competitive. The Nursing program, at
FCHS, is a well-established, accredited and recognized program embedding the
art and science of health promotion, and prepares nurses to work in diverse settings where they
provide holistic care and manage a broad spectrum of acute and chronic health related
conditions grounded in best practice evidence
based guidelines, whilst being culturally sensitive and contextually accordant.
SCOPE
OF NURSING
Employment
opportunities abound for graduates with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN
in the UAE. Graduates from the nursing program at FCHS, are employed as general
nurses providing direct healthcare services to patients, families, and
communities. Graduates may assume various roles in nursing practice, education,
leadership, management, and research. An additional 16,158 nurses is projected
to be required by 2025 in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi alone (Department of Health
(DOH), 2018). Consequently, FCHS nursing graduates will be employed, both
within the public and the private health care sectors, in both government and
private hospitals.
VISION
The
vision of the Department of Nursing in FCHS, is to be recognized as an
influential and distinguished provider of an accredited nursing program through
excellence in nursing education, scholarly activity and research, advancing the
nursing profession, and promoting the health of the community in the UAE
MISSION
To
promote excellence in Nursing in the UAE and Middle East, through dissemination
of a state of the art nursing education program, which is dynamic, culturally
congruent, and socially relevant, meeting the comprehensive health care needs
of the UAE community, especially in the areas of health promotion and disease
prevention, through inclusion of evidence based best practices, guided by emerging
research and high standards of scholarly activity.
CAMPUSES
OFFERING NURSING PROGRAM IN THE UAE
Ø Abu
Dhabi
Ø Al
Ain
Ø Ajman
Ø Al
Dhafra – Western Region
WELCOME
MESSAGE FROM HOD
Dr. Ahmad Rajeh Ahamd Saifan
Head of the Department, Nursing.
Dear Website Visitors,
It is an honor to welcome you to the Department of Nursing at Fatima College
of Health Sciences.
FCHS Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is the first and only internationally recognized program in Abu
Dhabi. Since its inception in 2006, FCHS has developed a nationally recognized
reputation for excellence in nursing education, which makes our
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing highly
competitive. The department of Nursing is committed to graduate nurses with the
ability to use modern information and advanced skills needed to improve the level
of healthcare provided to individuals, families and communities Read more