BANGLADESH TECHNICAL EDUCATION BOARD
AGARGAON, DHAKA-1207
CERTIFICATE-IN-MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
SYLLABUS OF
CERTIFICATE-IN-PATIENT CARE-TECHNOLOGY
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No
Subject
Code
1
2
1721
1722
3
4
1723
1724
5
6
1725
1726
Name of the Subject
Arts of Nursing
Family & Community Health
Nursing
Medical & Surgical Nursing
Nursing Care of Gynecology
and Obstetric Patients
First Aid
Field Training
Total
T
P
C
Theory
Cont
Final
assess exam
50
50
50
50
Marks
Practical
Cont
Final
assess exam
60
40
60
40
Total
2
2
6
6
4
4
2
2
6
6
4
4
50
50
50
50
60
60
40
40
200
200
2
0
10
6
6
33
3
2
21
50
250
50
250
30
60
330
20
40
220
150
100
1050
200
200
Arts of Nursing
Sub-Code:-1721
T
P
C
2
6
4
Course objectives:
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
1. explain nursing process
2. assess health and physical status of the patient
3. take history of patient's illness
4. explain common laboratory investigations
5. identify patients need
6. adopt aseptic measure
7. explain method of sterilization
8. maintain nursing records and documents
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No
Topic/Lesson
1
Introduction to health assessment
- Significance & sources of data
- Assessment strategies
- Legal and ethical considerations of
data collection
(privacy/confidentiality/inform
consent)
Identifying patients'
need/expectations/responses to actual or
potential health problems
- Interpreting/analyzing available data
- Formulating statements relative to the
collected/ available data
- Principle of prioritizing patients'
need/expectation/response
- interpreting data, formulating
need/expectation/ problem statement
and prioritizing statements
- planning, intervening and evaluating
patients' need, expectation/responses
History taking of patient's illness
- Significance
- Communication skill required for
health assessment
- Establish a nurse-patient relationship
- Framework for history taking (from
chief complaints to current
biophysical, psychosocial and spiritual
data)
- Method and process of history taking
Physical assessment
2
3
4
Teaching/Learning
Theory
Practical
(No of Classes)
(No of Classes)
3
-
4
4
5
8
5
7
-
5
6
Preparation for physical assessment:
setting, consent
- Basic assessment skills:
inspection/observation, palpation,
percussion, auscultation, interpretation
General assessment: pulse, blood pressure,
anemia, jaundice, dehydration, oedema, body
temperature, cyanosis, clubbing, respiratory
rate
Aseptic Measures
- Cleaning Methods
- Sterilization Disinfection
- Isolation Precautions
Nursing records/documentation
- Significance
- Data collection form (patient history)
- Admission of patient into ward
- Legal issues pertaining to nursing
records
- Admission to the ward
- Transfer of patient to another ward
Total
2
2
5
3
24
24
Family and Community Health Nursing
Sub-Code:-1722
T
P
C
2
6
4
Course objectives:
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
1. identify the basic health needs of families & community and provide nursing care
accordingly
2. provide nursing care for promotion of maternal health during antenatal and postnatal periods
including identification and referral of high risk mothers and early intervention for common
maternal health problems
3. describe use of family planning methods and techniques for motivation and education of
mothers and family members
4. provide nursing care for promotion of child health with an emphasis on growth &
development and MCH care in Bangladesh
Course Contents
SL.
No
01
02
03
04
05
Topic/Lesson
Introduction to community-oriented nursing and
community health nursing
- Definition: community, community-oriented
nursing, community health nursing
- Characteristics of community-oriented nurses
- Common community health problems in
Bangladesh: communicable diseases, noncommunicable diseases
Introduction to family health nursing
- Definition
- Family nursing
- Roles and responsibilities of a nurse in family
health nursing
Primary Health Care (PHC)
- Basic principles of primary health care (PHC)
- Elements of PHC
- PHC approach in Bangladesh
- PHC and nursing in Bangladesh
Immunization
- Immunization program in Bangladesh: national
policy, EPI, vaccination program,
- Active immunization
- Passive immunization
- Essential supply and equipment
- Records
- Follow up
Health Education
Teaching/Learning
(Class)
Theory
Practical
2
1
2
1
3
2
4
4
3
3
06
07
08
- Concept of Health Education
- Health Education in PHC
- Role of Nurse as Health Education
- Methods of Health Education
- Communication Process in Health Education
Maternal health care, family planning and
contraception
- Antenatal care
- Care during delivery
- Post-natal care
- Family planning
- Contraception and contraceptives
Child health care
- Growth and development
- Growth monitoring in children
- Infant feeding: breast feeding
- Indicators of MCH care
- MCH program in Bangladesh
- Nutrition related health problems: Protein energy
malnutrition (PEM), Anaemia, Night blindness
Geriatric Health Care
- Common diseases
- Preventive aspects
Total
4
7
4
4
2
2
24
24
Medical and Surgical Nursing
Sub-Code:-1723
T
P
C
2
6
4
Course objectives:
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
1. provide nursing care to the patients with medical and surgical emergencies in the hospital
and community settings
2. ensure nursing care towards patients with medical and surgical diseases in the hospital and
community settings
Course Contents
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No
Topic/Lesson
01
Concepts in nursing care for adults with acute and
chronic illness
- Nature of acute and chronic illness
- Patient-centered and holistic care
- Nurses' roles and intervention
- Ethical issues related to adult clients
Nursing care of adult patients undergone surgical
intervention and anesthesia
- Pre-operative care: pre-operative assessment, preoperative psychosocial problems/concern, preoperative teaching, pre-operative preparation,
patient's right and informed consent
- Intra-operative care: surgical asepsis (including
gowning, hand washing and gloving), surgical
positioning, transferring, assisting the surgeons
(roles & functions)
- Anesthesia: anesthetic agents, types of anesthesia
(local, general, spinal), intra-operative monitoring
procedures, care during recovery period,
complications and management
- Post-operative care: post-operative assessment and
monitoring, post-operative complications,
prevention & management (fluid electrolyte
imbalance, bleeding, pneumonia, renal
insufficiency)
- Case analysis: care of adult patients with general
anesthesia, care of adult patients with spinal
anesthesia, (with ethical considerations in the
scenario)
02
03
Nursing care of adult patients with alterations in
following disease: etiology, signs & symptoms, nursing
problems and intervention of:
Teaching/Learning
(Class)
Theory Practical
2
2
4
4
3
3
04
05
06
07
08
- Scabies, Psoriasis
- Burn
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Conjunctivitis
- Hypertension
- Heart failure
Nursing care of adult patients with infectious disease:
etiology, signs & symptoms, nursing problems and
intervention of:
- Malaria
- Cholera
- Typhoid fever
- Leprosy
Nursing care of adult patients with alterations in
digestive system: etiology, signs & symptoms, nursing
problems and intervention of:
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Bowel obstruction and intestinal perforation
- Acute appendicitis
- Cirrhosis
- Cholecystitis, pancreatitis & cholelithiasis
Nursing care of adult patients with alterations in
genito-urinary system: etiology, signs & symptoms,
nursing problems and intervention of:
- UTI: upper and lower
- Urinary tract obstruction
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Acute and chronic renal failure
Nursing care of adult patients with alterations in male
and female reproductive system: etiology, signs &
symptoms, nursing problems and intervention of:
- Dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia, metrorrhagia
- Breast mass
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Sexually transmitted disease (STD)
Nursing care of adult patients with alterations in
respiratory system: etiology, signs & symptoms,
nursing problems and intervention of:
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: bronchitis,
emphysema, asthma
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- Lung abscess
Total
2
2
3
3
2
2
4
4
4
4
24
24
Nursing Care of Gynaecological and Obstetric Patients
Sub-Code:-1724
T
P
C
2
6
4
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
3. provide nursing care to the patients with gynaecological and obstetric emergencies in the
hospital and community settings
4. ensure nursing care towards patients with gynaecological and obstetric problems in the
hospital and community settings
Course Content:
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1
Topics/Lessons
Nursing care of adult patients with gynaecological
problems: etiology, signs & symptoms, nursing problems
and intervention of:
- Normal menstruation, Dysmenorrhoea, Menorrhagia,
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2
Teaching/Learning
(Class)
Theory
Practical
10
10
Cryptomenorrhoea, Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Adenomyosis and fibroid uterus
Endometritis, endometrial polyp
Vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF)
Genital prolapse: 1st degree, 2nd degree, 3rd degree,
decubital ulcer
- Cervicitis, Ca-cervix, Cervical polyp
- Infertility
- Perineal tear
- Pelvic inflammatory disease, Ovarian tumor
- Pre, per and post-operative management
Nursing care of adult patients with obstetric problems:
etiology, signs & symptoms, nursing problems and
intervention of:
- Pregnancy: Para, Gravida, LMP, EDD, Signs, High risk
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14
24
24
pregnancy, Ectopic pregnancy, complications, Twin
pregnancy, Presentation, Lie, show, amniotic fluid,
placenta
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-
Antenatal care
Management of normal labor: management of
different stages, cord clump and care of umbilicus of
fetus, episiotomy, care of fetus
Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia
APH and PPH
Molar pregnancy
Caesarian section: indication, pre-operative
preparation, post-operative management,
complications
Total
First Aid
Sub-Code:-1725
T
P
C
2
6
3
Objectives: At the end of the course students will be able to –
 care of medical and surgical emergencies
 respond to manage life threatening situations
 provide first aid for minor injuries
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Topic/Lesson
Theory (No. Class)
1
General aspects: definition and objectives of first aid,
principles of first aid, signs of life threatening conditions,
role of first aid provider
04
2
Care of common life threatening emergencies:
Respiratory distress/arrest, choking, Shock, unconsciousness,
Bleeding (hemorrhage), Burn, Snake bite, Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation (CPR), drowning
04
3
Fracture: definition, sign & symptoms, transportation of
patient with fracture, first aid, complication
04
4
Dislocation: definition, clinical feature and management of
dislocation of shoulder joint and temperomandibular joint,
complication
04
5
Care of minor injuries: wound, injury to bone including
spinal injury, chest injury, burn & scald, eye injury
04
Poisoning: causes, how to avoid poisoning in children,
general treatment of poisoning, kerosene oil poisoning,
Dhutura poisoning, Organophosphorus poisoning, insecticide
poisoning
Total
=
Practical: 12 classes
1. Demonstration of CPR
2. Bandage
3. Collar and cuff sling
4. Repositioning of dislocated joints (shoulder joint, temperomandibular joint)
04
6
24
FIELD TRAINING