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.

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.

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).

Prerequisites: NRSG 1111 and 1121 and 1141

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.

Corequisites: NRSG 1111, 11121 and 1130

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 1110 & 1120 & 1130 & BIOL 1160 and a cumulative program GPA of 2.42

Corequisites: NRSG 1230 &1240 & BIOL 1260

Self and Others 2: Health-Promoting Relationships

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 1130

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 1130

Nursing Practice 2

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 1111 and 1121 and 1130 and BIOL 1160 and a semester GPA of 2.42

Corequisites: NRSG 1210 and 1231 and BIOL 1260

Consolidated Practice Experience 1

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

Prerequisites: NRSG 1211 & 1231 & 1241 & BIOL 1261 and a semester GPA of 2.42

Healing 1: Episodic 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

Corequisites: NRSG 2141 and 2160

Nursing Practice 3

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

Corequisites: NRSG 2111 and NRSG 2160

Health Science 3:Pathophysiology 1

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.

Prerequisites: BIOL 1260

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

Corequisites: NRSG 2240 & NRSG 2260

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-making, 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

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 1121

Nursing Practice 3

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

Corequisites: NRSG 2210 and 2260

Nursing Practice 4

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

Corequisites: NRSG 2211 and 2260

Health Science 4:Pathophysiology 2

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

Prerequisites: NRSG 2160

Consolidated Practice Experience 2

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 2211 & NRSG 2241 & NRSG 2260 with a cumulative program GPA of 2.42

Health 3: Prevention

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%

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 2350

Professional Growth 3: Teaching and Learning

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 2350

Professional Growth 4: Empowerment

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 2220

Nursing Practice 5

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 2350

Corequisites: NRSG 3111

Health Science 5: Advanced Health Challenges

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 2350

Bioethics

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.

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.

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 3111 and 3141 and 3160 and 3170

Professional Growth 4: Research

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 3111 and 3141 and 3160 and 3170

Professional Growth 3: Nursing Inquiry

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 3111 and 3141 and 3160 and 3170

Self and Others 3: Helping Relationships

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 1230

Self and Others 3: Reflection on Caring Practice

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 3111 and 3141 and 3160 and 3170

Nursing Practice 6

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 3111 and 3141 and 3160 and 3170

Corequisites: NRSG 3211

Healing/Professional Growth: Bridge Out

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 3111 and 3141 and 3160 and 3170

Consolidated Practice Experience 3

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%

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%

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 3210

Professional Growth 5: Nurses Influencing Change

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

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 3220 and 3225

Self and Others 4: Group Process

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 1230

Nursing Practice 6

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 3240

Corequisites: NRSG 4110

Nursing Practice 7

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

Corequisites: NRSG 4111

Health: Transitions

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.

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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 4111 and 4120 and 4141

Professional Growth: Transitions

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

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, gaining 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.

Prerequisites: NRSG 4211

Consolidated Practice Experience 5 (This course will be discontinued effective September, 2009.)

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)