Bachelor of Science in Nursing

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at the University of the Philippines Manila College of Nursing is a four-year, outcomes-based, community-oriented program totaling 161 units. It prepares professional nurses to apply critical thinking, provide safe and holistic care, utilize evidence-based practice, and engage in health promotion, research, and interprofessional collaboration. Aligned with the ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework, the Philippine Qualifications Framework, and WHO Global Standards, the program equips graduates for ethical, culturally sensitive, and socially responsible nursing practice. (Source: BOR-Approved Revised Curricular Proposal, UP Manila BSN Program, officially approved 20 May 2022.)

August 14, 1947

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is a four-year course that is competency-based, community-oriented, and value-based. The program aims to prepare beginning professional nurses, who shall:

1. apply critical thinking in the practice of nursing using the knowledge from the physical, social, natural, and health sciences, and the humanities;
2. provide safe, quality, holistic, and compassionate nursing care to individuals, families, population groups, and communities utilizing the nursing process;
3. use the most efficient technology and best evidence in managing clients;
4. provide nursing care using skills on health promotion and disease prevention, toward a higher level of wellness of clients and the society in the context of but not limited to primary health care approach;
5. conduct self professionally at all times;
6. demonstrate integrity, respect for human dignity, gender and culture sensitivity, and social justice in the practice of nursing;
7. document nursing practice decisions, outcomes of client care and program/service implementation using appropriate forms and technology;
8. utilize effective interprofessional collaboration, teamwork, and community partnerships toward improved health outcomes, client empowerment, and community competence;
9. practice leadership and management skills in the delivery of safe, quality client care, and continuous quality improvement of nursing care and health service;
10. conduct relevant research that is compliant to technical and ethical guidelines with supervision;
11. engage in lifelong learning with a passion to keep current with national and global developments in general, and nursing and health developments in particular;
12. demonstrate responsible citizenship, love of country, and pride of being a Filipino; and
13. communicate effectively with clients, health team, and other stakeholders in achieving health, clinical units and program goals.

To be eligible for first-year admission to the University of the Philippines through the UPCAT, applicants must meet the following general criteria:

1. Current Grade 11 Students: Those expected to be in Grade 12 at the time of the UPCAT
2. Expected Graduates: Senior high school students on track to graduate in time for the opening of the upcoming school year
3. Senior High School Graduates: Graduates from previous years are eligible provided they have not taken any college courses prior to the opening of the new school year and have not previously applied for UPCA or taken the UPCAT.

1. Accreditation: Applicants must be graduates of a DepEd-accredited high school or a recognized secondary school abroad.
2. Academic Records: Applicants must possess complete and final grades for Grades 8, 9, 10, and 11 by the end of the current school year.

In addition to passing all 161 units of required coursework, 8 units of Physical Education (PE), and 6 units of the National Service Training Program (NSTP), the completion of the following requirements is necessary for graduation:

1. Surgical Experience: Assisting in 5 major and 5 minor surgeries
2. Obstetric Experience: Observing, assisting, and handling 5 deliveries each, respectively
3. Newborn Care: Completing 5 cord dressings along with the initial care of newborns

Course Code: Nursing 1 (N1)
Course Title: Behavioral Foundations in Health and Illness
Credit Units: 5.0
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Concepts in behavioral sciences of anthropology, psychology, and sociology applied to the description and analysis of individual and group behaviors in health and illness

Course Code: Nursing 2 (N2)
Course Title: Human Development
Credit Units: 5.0
Pre-requisite: N1
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: The normal physical, physiologic, and socio-psychological development of the individual from conception to senescence

Course Code: Nursing 3 (N3)
Course Title: Anatomy and Physiology
Credit Units: 5.0
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Physiological concepts with basic anatomic facts

Course Code: Nursing 4 (N4)
Course Title: Pathophysiology
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisite: N3
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Facts, concepts, theories, and principles about disease formation and the scientific rationale behind signs and symptoms

Course Code: Microbiology 20 (Micro 20)
Course Title: Microbiology for Nursing
Credit Units: 2.0
Pre-requisites: N3, Chem 40
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Principles of microbiology and their application to infectious diseases 

Course Code: Parasitology 10N (Para 10N)
Course Title: Parasitology for Nursing
Credit Units: 2.0
Pre-requisites:  N3, Chem 40
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Principles of parasitology and the study of the common parasites found in man 

Course Code: Nursing 5 (N5)
Course Title: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisites: N4, Chem 40
Co-requisites: Micro 20, Para 10N
Course Description: The general properties of drugs in current use, their actions, effects and toxic manifestations in humans. Preparations, dosage and methods of administration are given emphasis.

Course Code: Nursing 8 (N8)
Course Title: Basic Health Assessment
Credit Units: 2.0
Pre-requisite: N3
Co-requisites: N10, Chem 40
Course Description: Basic assessment of clients using varied techniques and sources across the lifespan with focus on the young child, adolescent, adult and older persons

Course Code: Nursing 9 (N9)
Course Title: Nutrition and Diet Therapy for Nurses
Credit Units: 2.0
Pre-requisite: N3
Co-requisites: N10, Chem 40
Course Description: Introduction of concepts and principles of human nutrition and diet therapy in nursing practice

Course Code: Nursing 10 (N10)
Course Title: Nursing Foundations I
Credit Units: 6.0
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisites: N8, N9
Course Description: Concepts basic to the practice of nursing with emphasis on health promotion, maintenance, and disease prevention 

Course Code: Nursing 11 (N11)
Course Title: Nursing Foundations II
Credit Units: 6.0
Pre-requisite: N10
Co-requisites: Micro 20, Para 10N, N4
Course Description: Selected concepts, principles, and basic procedures applied to nursing with emphasis on the role of the nurse in diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation

Course Code: Nursing 12 (N12)
Course Title: Public Health Nursing I
Credit Units: 5.0
Pre-requisite: N11, Micro 20, Para 10N
Co-requisite: N13
Course Description: This course focuses on the care of families across variant family forms using the concepts and principles from community and public health nursing, environmental health, and related subspecialty of community health nursing namely school health nursing, occupational health nursing, and community health nursing.

Course Code: Nursing 13 (N13)
Course Title: Maternal and Child Nursing
Credit Units: 5.0
Pre-requisites: N10, Micro 20, Para 10N
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Application of skills in health promotion in providing safe, quality, and holistic care on healthy and well clients during different periods of pregnancy, including children at various developmental stages up to adolescence in the hospital and community settings 

Course Code: Nursing 100 (N100)
Course Title: Health Promotion in Nursing
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisite: Junior standing
Co-requisites: N105, N119
Course Description: Application of concepts, principles, and strategies on health promotion based on the Ottawa Charter on Health Promotion with emphasis on the promotion of healthier lifestyles and prevention of non-communicable diseases

Course Code: Nursing 101 (N101)
Course Title: Nursing Informatics
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisite: Junior standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Application of concepts, theories, processes, and tools used in nursing and health care which includes utilization of health information systems to maximize delivery of quality, evidence-based, collaborative, and patient centered-care

Course Code: Nursing 102 (N102)
Course Title: Bioethics
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisites: N12, N13
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Theories, concepts, and principles in ethics and bioethics; their application to examining ethico-moral, legal, social, and biotechnology issues and dilemmas that may arise in the practice of nursing

Course Code: Nursing 105 (N105)
Course Title: Nursing Interventions I
Credit Units: 6.0
Pre-requisites: Chem 40, N5, N11, N12, N13
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Nursing care of individuals of all ages and their family as they adapt to changes brought about by disturbances in oxygenation, fluid and electrolyte balance, reproduction and sexuality, in varied settings. Focus is on high risk/sick individuals from all age groups, including neonates and pregnant women.

Course Code: Nursing 107 (N107)
Course Title: Nursing Interventions II
Credit Units: 6.0
Pre-requisite: N105
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Nursing care of individuals (across the lifespan including high-risk pregnant women and high-risk neonates), families, and population groups with pathophysiological and psychosocial disturbances in the hospital and the community. The clients include those with infection, chronic, and degenerative conditions with problems related to perception and coordination, nutrition and metabolism, cellular aberrations, rehabilitation, and aging.

Course Code: Nursing 108 (N108)
Course Title: Nursing Interventions III
Credit Units: 4.0
Pre-requisite: N107
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: The course provides opportunities to demonstrate a beginning nurse’s role in the care of individuals with problems in psychosocial adaptation and adjustment, and psychiatric patients admitted in acute care settings, as well as their families in the community setting. 

Course Code: Nursing 109 (N109)
Course Title: Nursing Interventions IV
Credit Units: 5.0
Pre-requisite: N107
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: This course provides the opportunity for students to develop and apply quick critical thinking and decision-making skills in the nursing care of clients with life-threatening conditions. This would also include demonstration of students’ preparedness during emergency and disaster situations as opportunity arises. 

Course Code: Nursing 110 (N110)
Course Title: Disaster Nursing
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisite: N119
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Application of the concepts, principles, and strategies in disaster risk and reduction, and management in providing nursing care in all phases of disaster situations to help save lives and build resilience in the community

Course Code: Nursing 117 (N117)
Course Title: Nursing Care of the Chronically Ill and the Older Persons
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisite: N105
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Nursing care of older persons as individuals, including their families, and the aging population groups, with emphasis on adaptation to aging, chronic illness, and end-of-life care. The application of theories, concepts, principles, and care strategies on aging allow for a deeper understanding of their complex needs that is unique only to them.

Course Code: Nursing 119 (N119)
Course Title: Public Health Nursing II
Credit Units: 4.0
Pre-requisite: N12
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: This course focuses on the care of population groups and communities using concepts and principles from public health nursing and other related fields such as health, physical, and social science disciplines to address current health problems, trends, and even issues affecting public health nursing practice.

Course Code: Nursing 181 (N181)
Course Title: Nursing Leadership and Management
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisite: Senior Standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Concepts, theories, and principles of management and leadership applied to nursing situations 

Course Code: Nursing 199 (N199)
Course Title: Introduction to Nursing Research
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Focused on the principles and fundamentals of research methods which introduce the undergraduate student to the kinds of nursing research, the basic steps in conducting research, and the related issues and concerns regarding nursing research

Course Code: Nursing 200 (N200)
Course Title: Undergraduate Nursing Thesis
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisite: N199
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Implementation of a research that is compliant to technical and ethical guidelines with supervision

Course Code: Nursing 121.1 (N121.1)
Course Title: Intensive Nursing Experience, Hospital-based
Credit Units: 7.5
Pre-requisites: All courses including 4 PE and 2 NSTP
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: This course provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate beginning competencies of a first-level nurse in the hospital setting with the integration and application of concepts, theories, and principles of nursing practice. This includes the development of their personal and professional values, leadership and management skills, and research capabilities. Their clinical experiences include primary nursing, staff nursing, and head nursing. 

Course Code: Nursing 121.2 (N121.2)
Course Title: Intensive Nursing Experience, Community-based
Credit Units: 7.5
Pre-requisites: All courses including 4 PE and 2 NSTP
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: This course is an intensive supervised experience in the community setting geared towards preparing the students to be a competent community health nurse at the staff level position. The course emphasizes the development of leadership capabilities, accountability to client/patient care, commitment to the caring profession, and beginning managerial skills with a scientifically inquisitive-research-oriented mind.

Course Code: Nursing 123 (N123)
Course Title: Community Mental Health Nursing
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisite: Junior Standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: This course focuses on the nursing strategies for the promotion and maintenance of mental health and the management of psychosocial concerns of population groups or communities.

Course Code: Nursing 124 (N124)
Course Title: Intensive and Coronary Care Nursing
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisite: N107
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Theoretical discussion on the nursing care of clients with life-threatening conditions and multi-organ system involvement requiring intensive care 

Course Code: Nursing 130 (N130)
Course Title: Parent-Child Nursing
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisites: N2, N12
Co-requisite: None
Course Description:  Nursing interventions/strategies for the prevention and/or management of behavioral problems of children arising from parent-child relationships 

Course Code: Nursing 182 (N182)
Course Title: Introduction to Clinical teaching
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisite: Senior Standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: The principles underlying the planning of clinical instruction and their application. It includes planning a course, selection of learning experiences, integration of social aspects, use of audiovisual materials and techniques, planning of class schedules, clinical rotation of students, appraisal of student learning and examples of evaluation devices.

Course Code: Nursing 183 (N183)
Course Title: Nursing School Curriculum
Credit Units: 3.0
Pre-requisite: Senior Standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: The nursing school curriculum and principles and methods of curriculum-making. Emphasis is given to principles involved in formulation objectives, selecting and organizing materials, determining methods of teaching and the evaluation of instruction. 

Please refer to Chapter 2.2 for the more information about the GE courses.