Undergraduate Courses
Note: Alphabetic character following course numbers
Y - a full course
H - a half course
YEAR ONE
NUR350Y1
INTRODUCTION TO NURSING PRACTICE
This course introduces students to the practice of nursing. Consideration is given to caring for individuals of different ages, culture and gender in a variety of clinical contexts. The course has three distinct components: the importance of nurse patient/client relationships as central to the professional work of the nurse; health, illness, health promotion and the determinants of health; and the therapeutic nursing skills.
NUR351H1
INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE AND PROFESSION OF NURSING
This course will provide an introduction to the ethical and theortical foundations of the discipline of nursing and the place of nursing within health care. It will focus on nursing's social history and the way in which the profession of nursing is organised as part of the Canadian health care system. Issues within nurse-patient relationships will be highlighted through nursing readings in ethics, interpersonal theory, and feminism.
NUR360Y1
NURSING PERSPECTIVES IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGH THE LIFESPAN
This course introduces students to the theoretical concepts and nursing practice issues in the care of childbearing families and seniors in both community and acute care settings. The course is devided into two six week sections.
Lifespan I: Families in the Childbearing Year introduces students to the theoretical concepts and research evidence which guides best practices when caring for healthy childbearing families. Literature to be considered includes attachment theory, family theory, role transitioning, mothering, fathering, and sibling relationships. Healthy physiological and psychological changes in pregnant, labouring, and postpartum women will be considered within the context of the social world of the family.
Lifespan II: Older Persons and Their Families examines the meaning and impact of growth and development on health during old age. The processes of promoting health, preventing disease and illness, and developing and maintaining independence will be introduced. The helping role, teaching/coaching functions, and the assessment and promotion of retained abilities will be the focus of clinical practice. Critical reflection of practice will be an integral part of the course.
NUR370Y1
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACO–THERAPEUTICS: RELEVANCE TO NURSING PRACTICE
The focus of this course is the study of the pathogenesis of some common disease processes and their impact on health. Through an examination of these conditions in both lecture and seminar sessions, students will gain an understanding of the knowledge base required to provide nursing care to individuals and families in health care settings. Implications of diagnostic testing, the safe implementation of procedures and clinically important drug groups will be discussed as they apply to nursing responsibilities. Increasingly the acute care hospital is no longer the normative setting for health care. It is recognised that the scientific basis of nursing care directed at symptom management introduced in this course is essential understanding for nurses across all clinical settings.
NUR371Y1
INTRODUCTION TO ACUTE CARE NURSING: ADULTS
In this course students will be introduced to acute care medical surgical nursing practice. Content in this course is presented within a framework of evidence based practice which recognises that research is the basis for knowledge development. By explicitly demostrating the relevance of conscientious and judicious use of current evidence in making decisions in acute nursing care settings, students will gain an understanding of a key professional value shaping problem solving in clinical situations. Relevant nursing care knowledge is presented within a nursing process framework. Caring, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills are emphasized. Students will have the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge and nursing therapeutic skills at a novice/beginner level while working with patients and their families in the adult care setting.
NUR372Y1
IDENTITY, DIFFERENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
This course will introduce students to some of the basic concepts and issues in mental health nursing in the context of illness, identity and difference. Because the creation and recreation of identity is so central to individuals living with illness and disability, a primarily focus of this course is on the exploration of relationships between identity, illness, disability and care in both hospital and the community. The course will use an identity and difference framework as a means of reinforcing the idea that persistent illness and disability can be understood from the perspective of the individual and the varieties of experiences s/he encounters, within a context comprised of both friendly and supportive, as well as hostile and detrimental, factions.
NUR373Y1
INTRODUCTION TO NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
In this course, students will be introduced to medical and surgical pediatric nursing practice. The course is structured around the priniciples of family centred care and development theory which are embedded in every topic and significantly influence paediatric nursing practice. The nursing process is utilized as the organizing framework for nursing knowledge and skills and to describe nursing management. Concepts that are common to many hosptialised children such as pain management, shock, fluid and electrolyte balance, respiratory distress and the surgical experience are addressed as well as priority nursing assessments and interventions associated with common diseases. Students will be supported in both the classroom and clinical setting to develop their critical thinking, problem-solving skills and their caring approach with children and families. Students will have the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge and nursing therapeutic skills at a novice/beginnerlyte balance, respiratory distress and the surgical experience are addressed as well as priority nursing assessments and interventions associated with common disease. Students will be supported in both the classroom and clinical setting to develop their critical thinking, problem solving skills and their caring approach with children and families. Ethical concerns related to pediatric nursing practice are also considered. Students will have the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge and nursing therapeutic skills at a novice / beginner level while working with children and their families in hospital settings.
NUR390H1 INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY HEALTH: NURSING PERSPECTIVES
This course orients students to the theories and concepts guiding community health nursing in Canada and internationally. Foundational theories and concepts introduced include community health, primary health care, determinants of health, access and equity, environmental health, health promotion, health education, population health, empowerment and capacity building, community assessment, media communication, social marketing, harm reduction, epidemiology and social epidemiology. Diverse community health nursing practice roles will be profiled and standards of community health nursing practice will be introduced. Students will apply health education theory, health communication skills and group process skills while participating in simulated, virtual, urban/rural/remote community nursing teams, directed to develop health education web sites. This course prepares students for future community health nursing clinical practice.
YEAR TWO
MPL202H1
CURRENT TOPICS IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Introduce students to current research in the field of medical microbiology. Leading clinicans in the field of microbiology and infection control will lecture on topics such as viral hepatitis, AIDS, sepsis, tuberculosis, malaria, influenza, Norwalk and SARS.
NUR410H1
NURSING AND THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: POLICY, ETHICS AND POLITICS
Examine the current health care system and the social, political, legal and ethical dimensions of issues facing consumers, providers and society. A variety of models will be used to examine the organizations in which nurses work, the health care system, ethical issues, and current legislative and professional issues.
NUR420H1
ADVANCED NURSING THEORY
Apply critical analysis skills to theoretical thinking in nursing, including theory development and the ontological and epistemological foundations of nursing knowledge. Differences between a practice profession and a practice discipline and nursing as a field of inquiry are debated.
NUR430H1 RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP IN NURSING
Nurses need to be knowledgable consumers of research who are able to find, critique and apply evidence in everyday nursing practice. This course focus on the application and critical examination of the research process used in the development of nursing science. The link between nursing research and scholarship is emphasized through an understanding of the relationships between research, theory and practice. Understanding and critical analysis of the underlying paradigms and activities within quanlitative and quantitative research will enable students to appropriately integrate research into practice.
NUR460Y1
COMPLEXITY: NURSING ISSUES IN HEALTH AND PERSISTENT ILLNESS
Building on understanding from introductory courses in year 1, in each section of NUR460, students will gain a deeper understanding of the complexity of challenges which are specific to selected age groups, illness categories, institutional and home contexts. Classes will be will be in seminar format and students will have the opportunity to explore and critique issues that arise from the readings and how they relate to clinical practice and concurrent senior year courses. In addition all students will participate in a number of simulation lab experiences. The goal of these sessions is to provide students with content and practice in a series of selected advanced nursing skills of clinical practice relevance.
- Nursing Issues in Cardiology
- Nursing Issues in Neuroscience
- Nursing Issues in Palliative Care
- Nursing Issues in Caring for children and their families
- Perinatal Nursing Issues
- Nursing Issues in Oncology
- Nursing Issues in Gerontology
- Nursing Issues in Caring for patients with persistent Illness
NUR461Y1
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: NURSING PERSPECTIVES
- Accessibility and Health
- Global Health
- Participation and Health
- Health Promotion
- Urban Health
Acquire clinical practice skills caring for individuals, families, and communities within the context of a primary health care delivery system. Relevant theories, ethical issues and research findings will be critiqued and applied to practice. Primary health care is introduced as the foundation for health care reform, locally and globally. The contribution of nursing to health care reform will be emphasized.
NUR470Y1
INTEGRATIVE NURSING PRACTICUM
This 10 week clinical course is intended to provide students with an opportunity to consolidate their nursing knowledge and competencies. The focus of practice will be on integrating theoretical and substantive knowledge and consolidating competence and confidence in clinical skills, including those related to workload management and priority setting. The course will also assist students in preparing for registration exams. All previous program requirements must be successfully completed prior to beginning this final course. The course will run from mid-April to the end of June.