Islamabad, Sep 5: Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ahsan Waheed Rathore presided over the 37th meeting of the University of Health Sciences (UHS) Board of Studies in Nursing on Wednesday.
The board approved the 2024 test calendar for both the two-year and four-year BSc Nursing programs, as well as the admission timetable for the future four-year program. Attendees included heads of associated private and public nursing colleges.
Admissions for Punjab’s four-year BSc Nursing program were to open this month, it was reported.
The first merit list is anticipated in the third week of November, with the admission exam and interviews taking place in the second week of November.
On December 31, the final merit list will be released, and on January 13, 2025, the Fall Semester will start. July 1, 2025, is when the Spring Semester is scheduled to start.
Exam schedule for 2024 was also approved; it states that annual exams for First Professional students will take place in March 2025, Second Professional exams in April 2025, Third Professional exams in May 2025, and Fourth Professional exams in June 2025.
The board also talked on how to improve the province’s nursing faculty development.
In its official publication, Biomedica, UHS will have a section just for nursing research papers, and nursing faculty members will be on the editorial board. To oversee faculty training programs, each nursing college will set up a Department of Nursing Education, which will report to UHS every two years.
It was also revealed that a distinct nursing research journal will soon be launched.
The Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) BSc equivalency will be easier to earn with the help of this exam. Going forward, these courses will also be included in the Post-RN Nursing curriculum.
