About faculty of Nursing - Isra University

Faculty of Nursing - About the Faculty

The Faculty of Nursing, established in September 2006, is dedicated to safe, ethical practice, honesty and integrity, collaboration and teamwork, leadership and management, and scientific research. Therefore, graduating competent, caring nursing professionals prepared to address multiple and complex human needs, as part of the interdisciplinary team, in an ever-changing environment is the school’s slogan.

The Faculty offers a Bachelor in Nursing program, initiated in 2006, and a Master’s program in Chronic Care Nursing, established at the beginning of 2018-2019. The latter is distinctive, with 15 students enrolled in the inaugural year. These programs are accredited by Jordan’s Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission for Higher Education Institutions. International accreditation by commissions such as the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) likewise aspires.

The Faculty of Nursing is a pioneer in Competency-based Education. The professional competencies stemmed from the National Competency and Standards Framework initiated by the Jordanian Nursing Council to formulate the general framework of the nursing programs. This framework focuses on critical thinking, continuous quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and leadership in an ever-changing environment.

While striving for international recognition, the Faculty is continuously engaged in initiatives with community and academic partners and partnerships and committees that involve national and international agencies and hospitals to provide students with quality clinical experiences.

In addition to Jordanian students, alumni of the Bachelor in Nursing program are about 500 graduates from many countries, including Oman, Kuwait, Palestine, and Nigeria. The percentage of graduates who passed the licensure exam of the Jordanian Nursing Council is about 87%.

Faculty Mission

The mission of the faculty of Nursing at Isra University is to graduate a nursing staff who cares about care and can address the multiple human needs and play an active role in providing quality health care within different and changing health systems.

The faculty of Nursing is committed to creating and providing curricula and an educational environment centered around the learner and the required competencies. It also seeks to create a quality of nursing that is characterized by critical thinking, ethical practice of the profession, keenness on development and continuous self-education in addition to leadership and the ability to communicate with different groups.

Academic programs in the faculty of nursing:

Bachelor Program in Nursing.
Master’s degree in Chronic Care Nursing.

Program Objectives:

1. Prepare graduates who possess the competencies required for safe, high-quality, and evidence-based practice.
2. Develop the graduates’ ability to think critically, lead and communicate effectively within diversified and ever-changing health systems.
3. Provide contemporary educational curricula and environments centered on the learner and the required competencies.
4. Provide distinguished faculty members and researchers by executing suitable recruitment, training, and scholarship plans.
5. Promote individual, family, and community health in various health care aspects through local, regional, and international partnerships.

Faculty members:

The Faculty of Nursing has fourteen faculty members distributed among the two programs of the school and its two administrative divisions – basic and advanced-. Their qualifications are set to meet accreditation requirements according to the major nursing domains, including adult, mother, child, and community care, mental health, leadership and management, and therapeutic communication.

Divisions of the Faculty:

1.Basic Nursing Division constitutes courses and faculty members for the first- and second-year students and the Master’s program. In addition, the division provides students with basic skills, knowledge, and competencies for advanced courses.

2. Advanced Nursing Division constitutes courses and faculty members for the undergraduate program’s third- and fourth-year students. In addition, the division provides students with competencies needed for the care of patients in speciality units at the hospitals or the health centers.