Tung Wah College - Higher Diploma in Nursing

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Bachelor’s Degree Programmes

Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Childhood Education

Bachelor of Health Information and Services Management (Honours)

Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in Nursing

Bachelor of Management (Honours) in Social and Business Sustainability

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Applied Gerontology

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biomedical Science

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Forensic Biomedical Science

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Higher Diploma in

Nursing

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Programme Structure

Language courses

Applied Chinese Language (or Basic Chinese*)

Developing English Language Skills

* Alternate Chinese course for “non-Chinese speaking” students only

Discipline courses

Care of Adults	Creative and Critical Thinking
Care of Children and Adolescents	Ethical and Legal Aspects of Health Care
Care of Older Persons	Fundamentals of Nursing I
Care of Patients with Chronic Illness	Fundamentals of Nursing II
Clinical Practicum I (6 weeks)	Human Anatomy and Physiology
Clinical Practicum II (14 weeks)	Introduction to Mental Health Nursing
Clinical Practicum III (6 weeks)	Introduction to Research and Evidence-based Practice
Clinical Practicum IV (16 weeks)	Microbiology and Pharmacology
Communication in Healthcare Settings	Professionalism and Contemporary Nursing
Concepts of Health	'+ 1 Discipline elective course

* Students can choose either “Introduction to Age Related Changes” or “Primary Care and Community Nursing” or “Rehabilitation and Adaptation in Ageing” as elective (discipline) in the programme.

General Education (GE) courses

Applied Psychology

Applied Sociology

Remarks: The programme structure listed above is for reference only. For details, please consult the School concerned or refer to the Programme Definitive Document.

PROGRAMMES

+ Bachelor’s Degree Programmes

Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Childhood Education

Bachelor of Health Information and Services Management (Honours)

Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in Nursing

Bachelor of Management (Honours) in Social and Business Sustainability

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Applied Gerontology

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biomedical Science

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Forensic Biomedical Science

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Medical Laboratory Science

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Occupational Therapy

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Physiotherapy