The Department of Nursing at Hossana Health Sciences College is dedicated to producing high-caliber nursing professionals equipped with the clinical knowledge, decision-making skills, and ethical grounding required to address diverse health challenges across Ethiopia and beyond. Through a balance of classroom instruction, modern simulation laboratory training, and direct clinical practice, our students learn to deliver patient-centered, evidence-based care.

🎯 Objective of the Department

To prepare competent graduate nurses who can provide high-quality, comprehensive nursing care ethically and professionally at individual, family, and community levels across various healthcare settings.

🎓 Programs Offered

• B.Sc. Degree in Nursing (Regular & Post-Basic)

• Level IV Diploma in Nursing

💡 Core Competencies & What Students Learn

Throughout the program, nursing students gain hands-on clinical and theoretical expertise in:

• Promotive & Preventive Care: Educating communities, administering immunizations, and promoting health and wellness.

• Curative & Clinical Care: Conducting physical assessments, formulating nursing diagnoses, administering medications, and managing acute and chronic medical conditions.

• Maternal & Child Nursing: Assisting in ante-natal, intra-natal, and post-natal care alongside pediatric health delivery.

• Emergency & Critical Care: Responding to medical trauma, providing basic and advanced life support, and triaging emergency cases.

• Rehabilitative & Palliative Care: Supporting patients recovering from severe illness, injuries, or long-term chronic conditions.

• Nursing Leadership & Research: Managing health facilities, coordinating nursing staff, and conducting community health research.

🔬 Practical Training & Clinical Practice

Our nursing curriculum places strong emphasis on practical competency:

• Department Demonstration Laboratories: Practicing clinical skills on modern mannequins and simulation equipment before hospital placement.

• Clinical Affiliations & Hospital Rotations: Gaining real-world clinical experience in primary, general, and comprehensive specialized hospitals, as well as community health centers.

• Community-Based Education (CBE): Field attachments where students assess family health profiles, identify community health issues, and execute targeted interventions.

💼 Career Opportunities & Graduate Prospects

Graduates from the Department of Nursing are eligible for professional licensing (including PCOC certification) and can work in a wide range of settings, including:

• Public and private hospitals (Inpatient, Outpatient, ICU, Emergency departments)

• Primary healthcare centers and health posts

• Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and international relief agencies

• Occupational health clinics in corporate and industrial settings

• Academic institutions as clinical instructors and health researchers

• Community health programs and school health services

Warm Regards,

Mr. Abera Feyisa (MSc, MPH)

Head,  Nursing Department