Established in 1980, the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Pakistan has the honour of being the founding academic entity of the University and a benchmark for nursing education in Pakistan. ​The school is committed to excellence in the fields of education, practice, research and administration. The school caters to students from all over Pakistan as well as from East Africa, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Syria and Egypt.

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Submissions from 2011

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Knowledge and practice gaps among pediatric nurses at a tertiary care hospital Karachi Pakistan, Rozina Roshan Essani and Tazeen S. Ali

Patients and caregivers experience and perceptions of living with Hepatitis C in Karachi, Pakistan, Noureen Kamaluddin Sagani

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Disclosure of Medical error, Kiran Shaikh and Sharifa Bashir Lalani

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The association between parity, infant gender, higher level of paternal education and preterm birth in Pakistan: a cohort study, Kiran Shaikh, Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, Marianne S. Rose, Ambreen Kazi, Shaneela Khowaja, and Suzanne Tough

Submissions from 2010

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Prevention of delay in the patient discharge process: an emphasis on nurses' role., Shahina Sabza Ali Pirani

Preterm birth : a factor of postpartum depression among mothers residing in Karachi, Pakistan, Salima Amir Ali

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A survey comparing the attitudes toward perinatal bereavement care of nurses from three Asian cities, Moon Fai Chan, Feng-lan Lou, and David Arthur

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Clinical trials: the challenge of recruitment and retention of participants., Raisa B Gul and Parveen A Ali

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Enhancement of critical thinking in curriculum design and delivery: A randomized controlled trial for educators, Raisa Gul, Shanaz Cassum, Azra Ahmad, Shehla Khan, Tanveer Saeed, and Yasmin Parpio

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The influence of psychosocial factors on academic performance of adolescents: A quality assurance project, Saleema A. Gulzar, Tazeen S. Ali, Amina Aijaz, and Neesha Hussain

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Promoting motivation towards community health care: A qualitative study from nurses in Pakistan, Saleema A. Gulzar, Muhammad Shahid Shamim, and Ali Khan Khuwaja

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Testing a community derived intervention to promote women’s health: preliminary results of a 3-arm randomized controlled trial in Karachi, Pakistan, Saima Hirani, Rozina Karmaliani, Judith McFarlane, Nargis Asad, Farhana Madhani, and Shireen Shehzad

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Development of an economic skill building intervention to promote women's safety and child development in Karachi, Pakistan., Saima Shams Hirani, Rozina Karmaliani, Judith McFarlane, Nargis Asad, Farhana Madhani, Shireen Shehzad, and Nazbano Ahmed Ali

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Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning: A case report, Shela Akbar Ali Hirani and Arshalooz Rahman

Stress among nursing students in their clinical placement in Karachi, Tehmina Kausar

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Critical illness myopathy, Salima Moez Meherali, Yasmin Parpio, and Tazeen Ali

Nature of nurse's verbal communication with unconscious or sedated pateints in an intensive care unit at a tertiary care hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, Saima Merchant

Assessment of clinical competency of nurse-midwives : implications for maternal and neonatal health care at the national level/, Loveluck Kusriel Mwasha

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Sexual harassment at work place: are you safe?, Anila Naveed, Ambreen tharani, and Nasreen Alwani

Characterstics of a clinical teacher as perceived by nursing instructors and BSCN students in an armed forces post graduate medical institute, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Zarina Naz

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Informed consent: Consent by signature or information?, Zehra Parvani and Tazeen Saeed Ali

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An International Survey on Advanced Practice Nursing Education, Practice, and Regulation, Joyce Pulcini, Monika Jelic, Raisa B. Gul, and Alice Yuen Loke

Factors affecting the midwifery-led service provider model in Pakistan, Surriya Shahnaz

The relationship between stress, depression, cortisol, and preterm birth in women residing in Karachi, Pakistan, Kiran Shaikh

Prevalence of workplace violence towards nurses at the government and private healthcare settings in Karachi, Pakistan, Rozina karim Somani

Women's experiences in their early post menopausal period in the Pakistani context, Saira Nazneen Zaidi

Submissions from 2009

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Experience of partner's violence among married women in a squatter settlement of Karachi, Pakistan, Tazeen S. Ali, Neelofar Sami, and Ali Khawaja

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How important is patient privacy? A reflection, Salima Farooq, Yasmin Parpio, and Tazeen Saeed Ali

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Concept mapping strategy: An attempt to transform rote-learners into critical thinkers, Raisa B. Gul, Shanaz Hussein Cassum, and Khairulnissa Ajani

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Strengths and challenges of the first prelicensure baccalaureate of science in nursing program in Pakistan., Raisa B. Gul, Pauline Paul, and Joanne K Olson

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Role of self efficacy in promoting healthy behavior: Smoking cessation as an example, Saleema A. Gulzar, Yasmin Parpio, Liaquat Ali Khowaja, and Ali Khan Khuwaja

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Teaching experience and reflection, Saleema A. Gulzar, Shahid Shamim, and Catherine Lobo

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Child labour: A public health issue, Saleema A. Gulzar, Samina Vertejee, and Laila Pirani

The development and testing of economic skill building training modules to improve women's mental health, Saima Shams Hirani

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Mothers‘ employment and breastfeeding continuation: Global and Pakistani perspectivesfrom the literature, Shela Akbar Ali Hirani and Shahirose Sadrudin Premji

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Applying community-based participatory research methods to improve maternal and child health in Karachi, Pakistan., Rozina Karmaliani, Judith McFarlane, Nargis Asad, Farhana Madhani, Saima Hirani, Shireen Shehzad, and Anita Zaidi

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Domestic violence among Pakistani women: an insight into literature, Azmat J. Khan, Tazeen S. Ali, and Ali K. Khuwaja

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Postpartum depression in Asian cultures: a literature review, PiyaneeK Klainin and David Arthur

Family centered rounds in pediatric intensive care settings at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Laila Akbar Ladak

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Nurses attitudes towards perinatal bereavement care, Chan Moon Fai and David Arthur

Patients' teaching and their preparedness for discharge after a day surgery, Nuzhat Sultana

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Evaluation of laparoscopic appendectomy vs. open appendectomy: a retrospective study at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, Yasmin Vellani, Shaheena Bhatti, Ghina Shamsi, Yasmin Parpio, and Tazeen Saeed Ali

Submissions from 2008

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Admission criteria and subsequent academic performance of general nursing diploma students, Parveen Azam Ali

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The validity and reliability of four measures of gambling behaviour in a sample of Singapore University students, David Arthur, Wai Leng Tong, Chia Pei Chen, Ai Yun Hing, Miharu Sagara- Rosemeyer, Ee Heok Kua, and Jeanette Ignacio

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Caring in nursing from an Islamic perspective: A grounded theory approach, Rubina Barolia and Rozina Karmaliani

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Investigating factors associate to nurses’ attitudes towards perinatal bereavement care, Moon Fai Chan, Feng-lan Lou, David Arthur, Feng-lin Cao, Lai Har Wu, Ping Li, Miharu Sagara- Rosemeyer, Loretta Yuet Foon Chung, and Li Lui

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Can rote learners be transformed into critical thinkers through a concept – mapping intervention?, Raisa B. Gul, Shanaz Hussein Cassum, and Khairulnissa Ajani

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Displaced and dispossessed: Caring for the world’s refugees, Shela Akbar Ali Hirani

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Safety issues in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Pakistan, Carole Kenner and Shela Akbar Ali Hirani

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Early childhood development: From understanding to initiatives, Bushra Khan, Hasan Bin Hamza, Saima Akhund, Syed Ahsan Raza, Abdul Wajid, and Tazeen Saeed Ali

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Effects of a self-help pack on patients with myocardiial infarction, GAO Li, LI Zheng, David Arthur, and David Thompson

The Singapore Summit: integrating the 10 essential shared capabilities into an international research and clinical framework for mental health - the international standing conference for capability development for mental health, D. Nicholls, T. Butterworth, S. Owen, I. McGonagle, I. Baguley, S. Potter, A. Alexande, S. Forrest, David Arthur, A. O'Brien, and G. Stuart

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The need for health promotion and early intervention services for higher education students in Singapore, Anthony Paul O' Brien, Ma Aye Aye Cho, Ann-Marie Lew, Debra Creedy, Roger Ho, Moon Fai Chan, and David Arthur

Submissions from 2007

Predictors of academic performance in the first year of basic nursing diploma programme in Sindh, Pakistan, Parveen Azam Ali, Maria Irma Bustamante Gavino, and Azam Ali Memon

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Prevalence of and reasons for domestic violence among women from low socioeconomic communities of Karachi, Tazeen S. Ali and Gavino I. Bustamante

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Strategies and recommendations for prevention and control of domestic violence against women in Pakistan, Tazeen S. Ali and N Khan

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Adoption practices among couples with secondary infertility in Karachi: a triangulation study design, Tazeen S. Ali and Neelofar Sami

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Are unhygienic practices during the menstrual, partum and postpartum periods risk factors for secondary infertility?, Tazeen S. Ali, Neelofar Sami, and Ali Khan Khuwaja

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A view of the English mental health nursing review from the South East Asian Pacific Rim, David Arthur

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Reflections on nursing, David Arthur

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Towards an excellent health care system: Singapore nursing poised with 2020 vision, David Arthur

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The professional self-concept of nurses: a review of the literature from 1992-2006, David Arthur and J. Randle

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Prevalence and factors associated with postpartum vaginal infection in the Khyber agency federally administered tribal areas, Pakistan, Nasreen Ghani, Rafat Jan Rukanuddin, and Tazeen S. Ali

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Midwifery education and maternal and neonatal health issues: challenges in Pakistan, Rafat Jan Rukanuddin, Tazeen S. Ali, and Beth McManis

Diagnostic validity of two instruments for assessing anxiety and depression among pregnant women in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Rozina Karmaliani, Carla M. Bann, Farida Pirani, Saeed Akhtar, Randall H. Bender, and Robert L. Goldenberg

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Computerized mental health assessment in integrative health clinics: a cross-sectional study using structured interview, Sau Fong Leung, Peter French, Caroline Chui, and David Arthur

Reducing medication errors : development of a new model of drug administration for enhancing safe nursing practice, SF Leung, SYC Chong, and David Arthur

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Computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CCBT) in Singapore--a nursing anti-depression mental health promotion initiative, AP O'Brien and David Arthur

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From diploma to baccalaureate, Singapore nursing in transition, perspectives from the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies (ALCNS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS), AP O'Brien and David Arthur

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Characteristics of clinical faculty perceived by nursing students and alumni in Karachi, Seema Rehan and Rubina Barolia

Application of Neurobiologic Risk Score in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Shamim Usman, Zahid Ahmad Butt, Salma Rattani, and Nazleen Somani

Submissions from 2006

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Understanding of puberty and related health problems among female adolescents in Karachi, Pakistan, Tazeen S. Ali, Parveen Azam Ali, Humaira Waheed, and Azam Ali Memon

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Evaluation of a cancer awareness campaign: experience with a selected population in Karachi, Tazeen S. Ali and Sanah Baig

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Frequency and determinants of vaginal infection in postpartum period: a cross sectional survey from low socioeconomic settlements, Karachi, Pakistan, Tazeen S. Ali, Fariyal F. Fikree, Mohammad H. Rahbar, and Sadia Mahmud

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Hygiene practices during menstruation and its relationship with income and education of women in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Tazeen S. Ali, Rozina Karmaliani, Abdul Salam, Rozina Ladak, Harris Nancy, Elizabeth McClure, and Robert L Goldenberg

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A primary health care curriculum in action: the lived experience of primary health care nurses in a school of nursing in the Philippines: a phenomenological study, David Arthur, John Drury, Maria TeresitaSy -Sinda, Ramonit Nakao, Arsenia Lopez, Grace Gloria, Rowena Turtal, and Evelyn Luna

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Evaluation of efficacy of self breast examination for breast cancer prevention: a cost effective screening tool, Sanah Baig and Tazeen S. Ali

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Concept mapping: A strategy for teaching and evaluation in nursing education, Raisa B. Gul and Jeanette A. Boman

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Empowerment among Pakistani nursing leaders: A grounded theory approach, Saleema A. Gulzar

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Development of standardized midwifery nursing reproductive health data set (MN-RHDs) for Pakistan., rafat jan

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Measuring antenatal depression and anxiety: findings from a community-based study of women in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Rozina Karmaliani, Carla M. Bann, Mohammed A. Mahmood, Hillary S. Harris, Saeed Akhtar, Robert L. Goldenberg, and Nancy Moss

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An education intervention for families of people with schizophrenia in China: development and evaluation, Z Li and David Arthur

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Development of standardized midwifery nursing reproductive health data set (MN-RHDs) for Pakistan., Rafat Jan Rukanuddin

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Health seeking behavior of couples with secondary infertility, Neelofar Sami and Tazeen S. Ali

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A self-help pack for post-myocardial infarction patients in China, David R. Thompson and David Arthur

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The effect of a brief intervention for problem drinkers in Beijing general hospital: a randomized controlled trial, Li Zuo, David Arthur, WU Xinjuan, GAO Fengli, MA Yufen, Song Shumei, and Kang Xiaofeng

Submissions from 2005

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Drinking across China: lessons from a complex culture, David Arthur

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Newborn care practices in low socioeconomic settlements of Karachi, Pakistan, Fariyal F. Fikree, Tazeen S. Ali, Jill M. Durocher, and Mohammad Hossein Rahbar

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Registered nurses perception of work satisfaction at a Tertiary Care University Hospital, Khurshid Khowaja, Rashida J. Merchant, and Doulat Hirani

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The validity and reliability of the World Health Organization mental disorders checklist for use in a telehealth clinic in Hong Kong, Sau Fong Leung, Caroline Chui, David Arthur, Peter French, Alice Lai, Wai Man Lee, and Daniel Wong

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Stress in women with postpartum depression: a phenomenological study, Sharron Leung, David Arthur, and Ian Martinson

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Postpartum depression and related psychosocial variables in Hong Kong Chinese women: findings from a prospective study, Sharron S.K Leung, Ida M. Martinson, and David Arthur

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Perceived stress and support of the Chinese postpartum ritual "doing the month", SK Leung, David Arthur, and IM Martinson

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A controlled trial of family education for people with schizophrenia in Beijing, China, Z Li and David Arthur

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A study of three measures of expressed emotion in a sample of Chinese families of a person with schizophrenia, Z Li and David Arthur

Introduction and development of NCP using ICNP in Pakistan, Rafat Jan Rukanuddin

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An exploration of the caring attributes and perceptions of work place change among gerontological nursing staff in England, Scotland and China (Hong Kong), Irene Schofield, Debbie Tolson, David Arthur, Sue Davies, and Mike Nolan

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A university-sponsored home health nursing program in Karachi, Pakistan, Raymond A Jr Smego, Mohammad Aslam Khan, Khurshid Khowaja, Rozina Rafique, and Farida Datoo

Submissions from 2004

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A profile of the caring attributes of Hong Kong and Thailand psychiatric nurses, David Arthur, Colin Chong, Darunee Rujkorakarn, Doris Wong, and Nasira Wongpanarak

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Health service utilization for perceived postpartum morbidity among poor women living in Karachi, Fariyal F. Fikree, Tazeen S. Ali, Jill M. Durocher, and Mohammad H. Rahbar