Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing

NUR1171 is the second field of study course in the Master of Nursing Clinical Stream program and will build on the foundational knowledge of advanced practice nursing introduced in NUR1170. The purpose of this course is to explore key topics in advanced nursing practice to help prepare learners to effectively provide or contribute to the delivery of care as graduate- prepared practitioners. Emphasis will be placed on developing and deepening the student’s understanding of the core competencies of advanced practice as outlined by the CNO (2019; 2014) framework and developing personally and professionally to expand their competencies in the domains of optimizing health systems, leadership, research, consultation, collaboration, and direct care in the practice context.  

Learners are supported to build on and begin to consolidate previous knowledge, academic skills, and intellectual skills in the first year of their graduate education (i.e., research utilization, critical thinking, APN frameworks, etc.). In particular, learners will be encouraged to critically examine key health/ practice issues from multiple perspectives (e.g. ethical, individual, organizational, systems based, socio-political, etc.), a skill that is required of an APN.  (Prerequisite: NUR1170H)