DEPARTMENTS OVERVIEW

NURSING PROGRAM

The Nursing Program at FHS-UOB offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) in English and French, and a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) in English in two fields of specialization: Adult Care and Neonatal and Child Care. The BSN program is competency based and student-centered and is recognized at the national and international levels. It embraces an evidence-based health care education underpinned by research and ethics. In addition to the generic curriculum designed to foster students’ critical thinking and clinical reasoning, the Program offers a TS-BSN ladder program that bridges between technical and university education. Our curriculum is continuously updated to meet the ever-changing health education and healthcare needs. Offering the program in two languages and on three campuses: Koura, Beirut and Souk El Ghareb makes it more accessible for the public. The Program offers scholarships and significant financial aid in addition to work opportunities.

The Nursing Program works in partnership with Saint George Hospital University Medical Center (SGHUMC) and Mount Lebanon Hospital – University Medical Center. It has also developed MOUs with different experiential learning settings in Beirut, the North as well as the Chouf and the Jabal areas where students can practice at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of health care. Currently, the Program is in the process of seeking initial ACEN accreditation. We were among the leading universities that developed the laws and regulations that govern nursing education and scope of practice in Lebanon. Nursing faculty members organized and participated in more than 50 capacity building Projects in collaboration with governmental and non-governmental organizations, continuing education, and higher education. Moreover, the Program was involved in health awareness campaigns that target the public, nurses, and health care providers nationally and regionally. The Nursing Program received two awards from the Scientific Society of Arab Nursing Faculties (SSAF): Distinguished Research Award and Student Creativity Award. It was represented and took a significant role in the National Nursing Development Project (NNDP). Moreover, as a Nursing Program, we actively participated in launching the vaccination center at UOB. Students and faculty members are running the process of vaccination following national and international guidance. On the International Year of the Nurse (2020), we declare that becoming a nurse is one of the most selfless acts a person can undertake to care of the individual, family, and community. Our Nursing Program offers quality education that aims at developing the competencies of a distinguished professional nurse in a country and region that suffer from shortage in the nursing workforce.

Nathalie Mounayar
joined the MLS Program at UOB in 2017 as an
undergraduate student.

I joined the Nursing Program at UOB in 2010 as an undergraduate student. I was active and engaged in faculty student life as Club President of the Nursing Society in 2013. I had a good academic performance and a high dedication to give the proper image of our profession, therefore, I received the Nursing Student of the Year Award granted by Beirut Lions Club in 2014. After graduating I joined Saint George Hospital University Medical Center as a medical surgical Registered Nurse and became one of the Balamand Nursing Students Preceptors. During Covid 19 pandemic, I worked passionately as one of the front liners beside the patients to deliver the highest quality of care and give them the highest support. I am currently pursuing a higher degree in nursing, the MSN in Adult Care Nursing, also at Balamand, as I believe that my educational goals are in line with what Balamand has to offer.

It has been a long hard walk. Nursing had prepared me, built my confidence, and showed me that i can handle more than i thought i ever could. It taught me how to hold my tears during the toughest situations. This journey of mine has been overwhelmed by endless study nights, tiring clinical rotations but I am forever grateful for it showed me how to adapt and continue to give my all. I want to thank my beloved University of Balamand and my insightful instructors for their sacrifice, patience, and their continuous support, because thanks to them, i have become the best version of myself, and will forever pour everything in me to witness a patient's smile.

Karim El Ferkh
PhD – University of Edinburgh

The Nursing program at the University of Balamand has always been my most wonderful learning experience and lives up to its reputation of having great intellectual teachers and advisors and a competitive environment. I thank the Faculty of Health Sciences for giving me the opportunity to be part of a prestigious organization like UoB. The knowledge and skills I have garnered over my time there have helped me propel my career; from being the Valedictorian at my commencement all the way to the clinical researcher I am today, working with the United Nations and Ministry of Public Health.

Pamela Zeinoun
Nursing Alumni

You all should be proud of yourselves for being part of the University of Balamand. We have been granted the basis of everything we know from the most prestigious and most welcoming university. This basis that was worked on by many instructors and professors is what makes us as good today. For nursing students specifically, you are doing the right thing and do not let anyone convince you otherwise. There will come a day when you experience that there is nothing more noble than what you are doing. I can promise you that you will be fully equipped with the knowledge, the know-how and the care needed to start your journey as a Nurse. I was part of the August 4, 2020, blast and the experience was devastating, but all what made the difference was taking the right decision: the decision of becoming a nurse, to be there at the right time and the right place and finally to be able to rescue three premature babies from the effect of the blast successfully. I personally am forever grateful to be a graduate of the nursing program at the University of Balamand.

Degrees

BSN