This is an ARCHIVED version of the Kwantlen University College Calendar for
2004-2005 and is provided for historical reference only. See the current version of the
Calendar for updated information.
The on-line version of the University College Calendar is the Official version.
In the event of conflict between the printed version and the online version, the
on-line version will prevail.
Effective date of this course calendar information, unless otherwise indicated, is Sept. 1, 2004 to Aug. 31, 2005.
Nursing
NRSG 1111 cr-2
Health 1: Health Styles
Students will explore the personal meaning of health, related health
assessment, prevention and health maintenance. They will examine
significant theoretical and conceptual frameworks of health in
relation to self. Students will have opportunities to identify
personal resources and challenges that impact health by reflecting
on personal experiences. They will also recognize that adopting
health promoting behaviours involves a complex change process.
NRSG 1121 cr-3
Professional Growth 1: Nurses’ Work
Students will be introduced to the profession of nursing. They will
explore the philosophy and concepts of the nursing program, the
history of nursing, and the role of the nurse in the health care
system. Students will be introduced to the processes of critical
thinking, critical reflection, and critical writing, and to the
relationship between theory, practice, and research.
NRSG 1130 cr-2
Self and Others 1: Self-Awareness
Students will focus on their personal discovery of self and self in
relation to others. They will explore how personal beliefs, values,
experiences, and perceptions relate to and impact on personal
development and caring experiences with self and others,
(individuals, families, and groups).
NRSG 1141 cr-4
Nursing Practice 1
Students will have an introduction to nursing practice with
opportunities to learn basic nursing and assessment skills. They
will have opportunities to experience nurses' work in a variety of
settings. Students will be introduced to the concept of family in
relationship to nursing and health promotion.
Health 2: Facilitating Health and Healing in Families
Students will focus on family experiences with chronic health
challenges. They will apply family theory when engaging with
individuals and families to understand the family's personal
meaning of health, healing, and health promotion in relation to
chronic health challenges.
Students will deepen their understanding of caring, and how the
connection between caring and relationship provides the context
for health and healing. They will focus on creating health-
promoting relationships with a variety of individuals and families
from a diverse background of age, culture, and need. Students will
address ways of being with others through the exploration of
approaches and skills used in developing relationships.
Self and Others 2: Creating Health Promoting
Relationships
Students will focus on the relational practice with individuals,
families, and groups from diverse backgrounds of age, culture, and
experience. They will deepen their understanding of caring and
how the connection between caring and relationship provides the
context for health and healing. Students will explore theories and
processes of caring, relational identity development of self as
nurse, and relational practice as enacted across a variety of settings
and contexts.
Students will develop caring relationships with individuals and
families experiencing chronic health challenges. They will reflect
upon the complexities of caring for families with chronic health
challenges and develop sensitivity toward the experience of health
as perceived by the individual/family. Students will care for
individuals and families in the home, community and care facilities.
They will practice skills and apply theory in the practice setting.
Students will have experiences in acute or long term care settings
to consolidate learning from the first year of the program. They
will develop caring relationships with individuals and families
experiencing chronic health challenges
Students will explore people’s experience with healing with
particular reference to episodic health challenges. They will
integrate theory and concepts related to haling. Students will
develop a repertoire of nursing practice skills, including critical
thinking, clinical decision-making, interpersonal, and
organizational skills to promote healing.
Prerequisites: NRSG 1350 and ENGL 1100 or 1110 and a semester GPA
of 2.42
Students will have nursing practice experiences designed to
develop caring relationships with people experiencing spisodic
health challenges. They will care for individuals and families in a
variety of acute care settings. Students will also have opportunities
to explore the transition for families between hospital and home.
Prerequisites: NRSG 1350 and ENGL 1100 or 1110 and a semester GPA
of 2.42
Students will explore the concepts of disease and homeostasis.
They will examine the topics of adaptations and alterations in
cellular function, hematopoietic function, immunity and
inflammation, and circulatory function.
Healing Workshop 2: Complex Episodic Health
Challenges
Students will explore people's experience with healing related to a
variety of complex episodic health challenges. They will continue
to develop their repertoire of cognitive, interpersonal,
organizational, and practice skills to promote healing. Students will
increase their self-direction by planning an emphasis on effective
clinical decision making.
Prerequisites: NRSG 2110 & 2140 and a cumulative program GPA of
2.42
Healing Workshop 2: Complex Episodic Health
Challenges
Students will explore people’s experience with healing related to a
variety of complex episodic health challenges. They will continue
to develop their repertoire of nursing skills including critical
thinking, clinical decision-maiking, interpersonal, and
organizational skills to promote healing. Students will increase their
self-direction in planning nursing care.
Prerequisites: NRSG 2111 & 2141 and a semester GPA of 2.42
Corequisites: NRSG 2241 & 2260
NRSG 2220 cr-2
Professional Growth 2: The Nursing Profession
Students will examine and explore the professional practice of
nursing, building on the philosophy and concepts examined in
Professional Growth 1. They will focus on standards for practice,
and the responsibility and accountability of professional nurses.
Students will have nursing practice experiences focusing on
increasingly complex episodic health challenges. They will refine
their clinical decision-making, and have opportunities to explore
and use the expertise of a variety of health team members. Students
will also explore the transition for families between hospital and
home
Prerequisites: NRSG 2110 and 2140 with a cumulative program GPA of
2.42
Students will have nursing practice experiences focusing on
increasingly complex episodic health challenges. They will refine
their clinical decision-making, and will have opportunities to
explore and use the expertise of health team members in a variety
of acute care settings. Students will also explore the transition for
families, including generative families, between hospital and home.
Prerequisites: NRSG 2111 and 2141 with a semester GPA of 2.42
Students will build on the knowledge they acquired in NRSG 2160:
Health Science 3: Pathophysiology 1. They will examine the topics
of adaptations and alterations in endocrine, gastrointestinal, renal,
neural, skeletal, musculotendinous, integumentary, reproductive,
and integrated body function
Students will have experiences in acute care settings to consolidate
learning from the first and second years of the program. They will
develop caring relationships with individuals and families
experiencing complex episodic health challenges.
Students will explore the concepts of primary, secondary, and
tertiary prevention. They will focus on a comparative analysis of
primary health care, prevention, and health promotion. Students
also examine the significance of interdisciplinary collaboration in
working with individuals, families, and groups within a variety of
contexts. They will explore existing prevention programs.
Prerequisites: NRSG 2350 and a minimum cumulative Collaborative
Program GPA equivalent to 65%
NRSG 3111 cr-2
Health 3: Teaching and Learning for Prevention
Students will examine a variety of teaching/learning theories,
perspectives, and strategies that focus on health teaching for
prevention and underlie meaningful interactions with individuals,
families, and groups. They will explore and critique primary,
secondary, and tertiary prevention programs and basic concepts of
epidemiology. Students will also examine the nurse's role in
prevention and the significance of interdisciplinary collaboration
within a variety of contexts.
Students will examine a variety of teaching/learning theories,
perspectives, and strategies that underlie meaningful interactions
with individuals, families, and groups. They will explore the
influence of personal meaning, beliefs, and values on teaching/
learning processes from the perspective of both teacher and
learner. Students will participate in teaching/learning encounters
with a focus on health education and prevention.
Students will examine the political and socio-economic forces that
have shaped the lives of women and men in society and the
evolution of human service professions. They will explore the
experiences of marginalized groups using critical social and
feminist theory frameworks. Students will develop strategies to
promote empowerment in their personal and professional lives.
Students will have nursing practice experiences primarily in acute
care settings and focusing on prevention. They will also broaden
their experiences within interdisciplinary teams and integrate
teaching and learning concepts in their practice.
Students will build on their nursing knowledge and understanding
of health and natural sciences in relation to complex episodic and
chronic health challenges. They will explore issues and concepts
related to caring for people with mental illnesses. Students will
explore community health nursing practice and its role in health
promotion, prevention, and rehabilitation. They will focus on
current topics and emerging knowledge related to a variety of
health care contexts.
Students will develop a fundamental understanding of ethical
theory applied to cases in bioethics. They will examine ethical
approaches as tools for generating and evaluating informed
decisions about bioethical issues. Students will discuss cases from
health sciences, biology, psychology, or social work in the context
of debating general moral principles and their applications.
NRSG 3190 cr-4.5
Access for Registered Nurses
Students will become acquainted with concepts and theories
presented in the first 5 semesters of the Collaborative Nursing
Program (CNP). They will apply ethical, feminist, and critical social
theories and a phenomenological perspective when exploring self,
others, health, and healing. Students will use their own practice
experiences to make meaning of conceptual frameworks.
NRSG 3211 cr-3
Health 4: Health Promotion and Community
Empowerment
Students will focus on community as client from a health
promotion perspective. They will explore the principles of health
promotion, including social determinants of health, participation,
capacity, and empowerment. Students will analyze community
development as a pattern for health promotion and nursing
practice.
Students will enhance their abilities to participate in the research
process through critically reflecting on various research
methodologies. They will develop their abilities to comprehend,
critique, and utilize research. Students will experience ways to
transform personal inquisitiveness into a process of posing,
exploring and answering researchable questions. They will explore
ways to apply research findings to promote evidence-based
practice.
Students will study various modes of nursing inquiry, including
scientific, philosophical, and historical modes of inquiry. They will
explore the relationships between practice, theory and research and
discuss past and present contributions to nursing knowledge.
Students will develop a conceptual and experiential understanding
of the relational nature of caring practice. They will enhance their
awareness and understanding of the narratives, values, and intents
influencing their relationships with clients and colleagues, and will
enhance their capacity for relational caring practices.
Students will build upon theories and concepts from Self and
Others 1 and 2. They will focus on enhancing their relational
practice with individuals, families, and groups.
Students will work with a community on an identified health issue.
They will develop caring relationships with families, groups,
communities, and/or populations with an emphasis on health
promotion and community empowerment.
Students will gain the skills necessary to make the transition from
student to entry level professional. They will also explore topics
such as career planning, employment practices, and life long
learning. Students will prepare to apply for nurse registration and
to write the Canadian Registered Nurse Examination.
Students will have opportunities to integrate learning from
previous semesters and to advance their professional nursing
practice. They will consolidate learning and advance their clinical
decision-making skills in a variety of acute care settings.
Prerequisites: NRSG 3211 and 3220 and 3225 and 3231 and 3241, and a
cumulative Collaborative Nursing Program GPA of 2.42Nursing Program
GPA of 65%
NRSG 3355 cr-4.5
Consolidated Practice Experience 4
Students will have opportunities to integrate learning from
previous semesters and to advance their professional nursing
practice. They will consolidate learning and advance their clinical
decision-making skills in a variety of community and home care
settings.
Prerequisites: NRSG 3211 and 3220 and 3225 and 3231 and 3241, and a
cumulative Collaborative Nursing Program GPA of 2.42Nursing Program
GPA of 65%
NRSG 4110 cr-3
Health/Professional Growth: Influencing Change
Students will explore ways to influence and create change for the
promotion of societal health. Emphasis is placed on selected
strategies for enhancing professional influence on the evolving
Canadian health care system.
Students will explore ways to influence and create change for the
promotion of societal health. They will examine the culture, power,
and politics of leadership and organizations. Students will critique
selected strategies for enhancing professional influence on the
evolving Canadian health care system.
Prerequisites: NRSG 3350 and 3355, and a cumulative program CPA of
2.42
NRSG 4120 cr-3
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
Students will be given a grounding in the techniques commonly
used in the analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data. They
will engage in the process of qualitative analysis through examining
qualitative data, data coding, and thematic construction. Students
will also examine a range of descriptive and inferential statistical
approaches to quantitative analysis using a computer-based system.
Students will explore the theories and concepts of group process
from a multidisciplinary perspective. They will have opportunities
to experience and to critically reflect on group process. The
examination of self in relation to group process is an essential
component of this course.
Students will engage in activities which influence and promote
change in societal health. They will have opportunities to work
collaboratively with others and to use strategies which convey a
positive, professional image. Students will experience nursing
practice by critically reflecting on experiences, and engaging in
activities which influence change for the promotion of societal
health within the Canadian health care system.
Students will engage in activities to influence change fore the
promotion of societal health within the Canadian health care
system. They will have opportunities to work collaboratively with
interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral groups. Students will also use
this practice experience for personal growth in their practice as
professional nurses.
Prerequisites: NRSG 3211 and 3211 and 3350 and 3355, and a cumulative
program CPA of 2.42
Students will strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the
theoretical foundations of nursing practice in a variety of settings
involving complex health challenges. They will explore and critique
nurses' roles in health-promoting practice, such as in public health,
in community development projects, and in involvement with
people with complex health challenges. Students will focus on
issues and concepts related to their chosen area of nursing practice.
Prerequisites: NRSG 4110 and 4140. Or permission of Program
Coordinator & Curriculum Committee.
NRSG 4211 cr-3
Health/Professional Growth: Transitions
Students will strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the
theoretical foundations of nursing practice in a variety of settings.
They will explore and critique nurses’ roles in health-promoting
practice, such as in public health, community development and
involvement with people with complex health challenges. Students
will also focus on issues related to the transition from student to
practicing nurse.
Students will explore the topics of leadership, emancipatory health
education, and connecting to the workplace through a series of
three workshops. The first workshop focuses on transformative
leadership, managerial processes, and organizational structures that
influence a nurse's life. The second workshop explores the role and
meaning of health education from providing information to critical
questioning and engaging with people in an emancipatory process.
The third workshop explores the transition experiences from
student to practicing nurse as a degree graduate, including
identifying the gaps between nursing education and nursing
practice.
Prerequisites: NRSG 4110 and 4140 or by permission of Program
Coordinator & Curriculum Committee
Corequisites: By permission of Program Coordinator & Curriculum
Committee
NRSG 4241 (formerly 4240) cr-7
Nursing Practice 8
Students will develop their practice and enhance their knowledge
within a specific area such as a particular practice setting, a certain
client population, or a specific health challenges. They will have
opportunities to develop and advance their practice, graining
increasing competence and confidence in preparation for
professional nursing practice. Students will also explore transitions
in the health care system and in the workplace that affect nurses.
Students will have opportunities to integrate learning throughout
the program and to advance their professional nursing practice.
They will consolidate learning and advance their clinical decision-
making skills in a variety of settings, which promote development
of a clinical focus.
Prerequisites: NRSG 4241 and a minimum cumulative program GPA of
65% (prerequisite changes: effective April 2005)
