Note: In order to find a course in the new 4 digit numbering system using an old 3 digit number, please refer to the conversion list below. Before registering for courses with the new 4 digit numbering system, please ensure that you have not previously taken the course in its 3 digit form.
Click here for conversion list of former 3-digit course numbers.
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Nursing
1101W -
Introduction to Health and Illness
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This course provides an introduction to the nursing profession, health, illness and health promotion. These concepts are considered from the perspectives of individuals, families and communities. Students will have opportunity to learn about the nursing process, basic assessment skills, and ways in which nursing practice can support those with long-term health challenges.
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Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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Nursing
1103W -
Introduction to Communication in Health Care
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This course focuses on the development of effective and caring interpersonal communication skills. Awareness of self as an individual and in a relationship is explored through critical review of the literature, theories and experiences, critical reflection and thoughtful, confident dialogue. Learners will explore contextual and cultural realities, cultural sensitivity and cultural competence in
healthcare.
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Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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Nursing
1105Y -
Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice
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This course focuses on concepts and nursing practice skills that will assist students in understanding the role of the nurse, including the nature of professional caring relationships. Students are prepared to engage in basic assessment and care of adult clients experiencing chronic health challenges.
Antirequisite(s):
The former Nursing 1102W.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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Nursing
1106Y -
Professional Nursing Practice I
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This course offers students the opportunity to apply concepts and professional practice skills acquired in Nursing 1105Y in an agency practice setting.Students will engage in the provision of holistic nursing care to clients with chronic health challenges.
Antirequisite(s):
The former Nursing 1102W.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program; a passing grade in Nursing 1105Y.
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Nursing
1120 -
Foundations of Professional Nursing
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This course provides an introduction to the theoretical, philosophical, and ethical foundations of the nursing profession and nursing practice. The development of the profession, roles of nurses, locations of nursing practice, and essential elements of practice will be examined.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 1 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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Nursing
1130 -
Health Promotion & Caring for Self, Colleagues, & Clients
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This interactive course develops students’ understanding of caring and relational practice as the basis for health promotion in nursing. Nurses’ responsibility for health promotion of self, colleagues, and clients is addressed in a variety of contexts.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 1 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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Nursing
1140 -
Holistic Health Assessment
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This course introduces students to concepts and practice related to holistic health assessment. Students will collect information from a variety of sources to inform their understanding of clients’ health experiences and health promotion needs.
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Registration in Year 1 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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Nursing
1150A -
Introduction to Professional Practice
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Praxis seminars, laboratory practice, and community clinical placements comprise this half-course, providing opportunities to learn about the nursing profession, the diversity of nurses’ work and scope of practice, health promotion and assessment skills. This course provides opportunities to develop caring, professional relationships and apply knowledge from concurrent courses.
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Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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Nursing
1151 -
Health and Chronic Health Challenges
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Introduction to nursing, the profession's historical background and nurse's role in health care. Emphasis is on personal meaning of health, transitions in the life cycle and healthful living practices. The focus is on nursing theories, theories of health promotion, assessment, determinants of health and families' experience with chronic health challenges.
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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Nursing
1152B -
Professional Practice 1: Caring for Adults with Chronic Health Challenges
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Laboratory practice and clinical placements in long term care facilities provides experience for students to learn about the role of the nurse in the care of clients with chronic health challenges. Term 1 health assessment skills, along with practice experiences in the laboratory allow students to develop professional caring relationships in clinical practice.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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Nursing
1153 -
Self and Others: Self Awareness and Interpersonal Relationships
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This course focuses on understanding intrapersonal and interpersonal experiences. How personal beliefs, values, experiences and perceptions relate to and impact on our experiences with self and others from various cultures is emphasized. The experiential portion of the course will enhance interpersonal communication from the perspective of contextual awareness, decision-making, confidence and performance.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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Nursing
2010A/B -
Special Topics in Nursing
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Selected topics in Nursing. Topic and course description available in the Undergraduate Programs Office.
Antirequisite(s):
Antirequisites and/or additional prerequisites to be determined based on the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program or Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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Nursing
2200F/G -
Nursing Information Literacy and the Scholarly Process
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This course introduces students to information literacy and knowledge acquisition skills necessary for professional nursing practice. Through informatics seminars and self-directed learning modules, students will engage in active learning to assimilate information literacy and informatics as well as writing process skills applicable to scholarly writing and professional practice.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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Nursing
2201X -
Health and Illness in Adults
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This course focuses on the adult's experience with a variety of episodic and complex health challenges. Learners develop an understanding of people's meanings and experiences of illnesses. Through praxis and the incorporation of principles introduced in previous and concurrent courses, the learner will continue to develop knowledge and a repertoire of skills to promote health and healing.
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Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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Nursing
2203B -
Therapeutic Relationships in Nursing
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This course focuses on the development of conceptual and experiential understanding of effective interpersonal helping relationships from a nursing science perspective. Students explore their interpersonal style as it impacts upon relationships with clients and colleagues using the RNAO Best Practice Guidelines on Therapeutic Relationships as a framework.
Antirequisite(s):
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Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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Nursing
2204A/B -
Professional Nursing Issues I
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This course provides students with the opportunity to further examine students' belief systems and their fit with professional values. An emphasis is placed upon patterns of practice and interdisciplinary team development in the context of professionalism, ethics, credentialing, legalities, rights, professional practice standards, responsibility and accountability. Students will also explore nursing research identifying issues that affect both nurse's morale and practice.
Antirequisite(s):
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Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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Nursing
2205Y -
Introduction to Adult Health Professional Nursing Practice
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This course focuses on concepts and nursing practice skills that will assist students in understanding the role of the nurse in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of individuals with complex episodic health challenges.
Antirequisite(s):
The former Nursing 2202X.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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Nursing
2206Y -
Professional Nursing Practice II
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This course offers students the opportunity to apply concepts and professional practice skills acquired in Nursing 2205Y in an agency practice setting. Students will engage in the provision of holistic nursing care to clients with episodic health challenges.
Antirequisite(s):
The former Nursing 2202X.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program; a passing grade in Nursing 2205Y.
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Nursing
2220A/B -
Health Promotion & Caring: Families and Communities
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This course provides students with opportunity to deepen their understanding of health, empowering health promotion, and caring in the context of family, community and populations across the lifespan. Normal growth and development, family health, and community health are addressed.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Year 2 Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
2221A/B -
Professional Practice: Families and Communities
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This course will provide students opportunity to apply and integrate theory related to family and community health into nursing practice.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
2230A/B -
Health Promotion & Caring: Supporting Health
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This course addresses health promotion and caring with clients experiencing barriers to health and requiring support to maintain and improve health.
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
2231A/B -
Professional Practice: Supporting Health
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This course will provide students opportunity to apply and integrate concepts related to health promotion and caring with clients experiencing barriers to health and requiring support to maintain and improve health.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
2240F/G -
Introduction to Health Informatics Within Nursing
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This course will extend students’ knowledge and skills related to information literacy and knowledge acquisition skills necessary for professional nursing practice. Through active learning, students will determine appropriate knowledge sources for nursing practice.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
2250A/B -
Ways of Knowing: Research
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This course will introduce students to ways of knowing, questioning, and advancing nursing practice. Students will explore basic strategies for identifying knowledge gaps through literature review and critique. Research methods pertinent to nursing will be explored.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 2 the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
2251 -
Healing and Episodic Health Challenges
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This course focuses on people's experience with healing related to a variety of episodic and complex health challenges. Through praxis, learners will continue to develop cognitive, interpersonal, organizational, and more advanced communication and psychomotor skills to promote healing and healthy living of individuals and families in a variety of settings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program (Fanshawe site only).
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Nursing
2253A/B -
Self and Others: Helping Relationships
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This course focuses on the development of conceptual and experiential understanding of effective interpersonal relationships. Students explore their interpersonal style as it impacts upon relationships with clients and colleagues. Learners participate in decisions about caring for clients and colleagues while initiating, maintaining, and bringing to closure, caring interpersonal relationships.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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Nursing
2254A/B -
Professional Development I: The Nursing Profession
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This course examines the professional practice of nursing. Emphasis is on professionalism, ethics, credentialling, legalities, rights, standards for practice, responsibility and accountability. The function of professional associations and organizations in relation to the maintenance and improvement of standards is explored.
Antirequisite(s):
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Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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Nursing
2255A/B -
Adult Episodic Health Challenges
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This course focuses on concepts particular to the experience of adults with an episodic health challenge. Students will apply concepts to exemplars that are demographically relevant to clients in southwestern Ontario. The lived experience of the client is an essential focus of nursing care.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program, Western site only.
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Nursing
2256Q/R/S/T -
Episodic Health issues for Children
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This course provides opportunities for students to develop their understanding of growth and development in children and adolescents through conceptual threads applied to exemplars of illness in children. Nursing care of the child and family is emphasized.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program, Western site only.
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Nursing
2257Q/R/S/T -
Episodic Mental Health Illness
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This course provides opportunities for students to apply conceptual threads to mental health exemplars. Nursing care will emphasize the therapeutic nurse-client relationship. The stigma of mental health and the lived experience for clients with a mental health challenge is explored.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program, Western site only.
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Nursing
2262A/B -
Nursing Practice II – Adult Episodic Health Challenges
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This course provides opportunities for students to provide nursing care to adults experiencing an episodic health challenge in a variety of practice settings. Students will develop their ability to establish a therapeutic relationship with clients as well as clinical judgment and decision making through the planning, implementation, evaluation and documentation of nursing care.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
2263Q/R/S/T -
Nursing Practice II - Child Health
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This course provides opportunities for students to develop their understanding of growth and development in children and adolescents. Communication with different age groups is explored through various activities and a project for the community where the placement occurs. The role of the nurse in the community is introduced.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
2264Q/R/S/T -
Nursing Practice II - Mental Health
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This course provides opportunities for students to develop a therapeutic nurse-client relationship with individuals experiencing a mental health challenge in a variety of practice setting environments. The stigma of mental health and the lived experience for clients with a mental health challenge is explored.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
3010A/B -
Special Topics in Nursing
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Selected topics in Nursing. Topic and course description available in the Undergraduate Programs Office.
Antirequisite(s):
Antirequisites and/or additional prerequisites to be determined based on the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program or Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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Nursing
3300 -
Professional Nursing Issues III
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Application of leadership and management theories, and nurses influencing change at the social, political and professional levels will be explored.
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Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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Nursing
3310A/B -
Global Health
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This course will address people’s health and contextual factors influencing health in countries or regions with limited resources. Through a focus on particular situations, students will consider context-relevant health promotion and analyze issues of social justice in health and health care.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 3 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
3311A/B -
Global Health Practicum
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A supervised practicum in which students will provide culturally-appropriate care. Health promotion, caring, mutual goal-setting, social justice, and advocacy will be addressed in situations of limited resources. Preparatory and follow-up activities are required.
Prerequisite(s):
Nursing 3310A/B, permission of the Program Office, School of Nursing.
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Nursing
3314A/B -
Independent Study for Registered Nurses
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This course provides an opportunity to explore in more depth one or more of the following: a small research project, a program plan with implementation and evaluation, a philosophical analysis of a concept, theory or issue. Subject to Faculty Procedural Guidelines and approval..
Antirequisite(s):
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Registration in the BScN Program for Registered Nurses.
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Nursing
3318A/B -
Elementary Statistics
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A self-directed introduction to the analysis of quantitative data using descriptive and inferential statistics, and measures of association and correlation to study nursing and health related problems. The goal is to prepare students to be knowledgeable consumers of statistical findings.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing program or the BScN Program for Registered Nurses.
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Nursing
3319A/B -
Research Methodology in Nursing
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The main goal of this introductory research course is to prepare baccalaureate nurses to engage in research utilization. The research process must be understood so that nurses are able to critically analyze research methods, findings and to appropriately integrate research findings into nursing practice.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing program or the BScN Program for Registered Nurses.
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Nursing
3320A/B -
Professional Ethical and Legal Obligations: A Critical Appraisal
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This course will critically review ethical theories, the legal and ethical aspects of nurses’ role, and nursing’s commitment to healthy public policy, social justice, and advocacy.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 3 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
3322E -
Concepts and Issues in Professional Nursing
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This course will provide an opportunity for Post-RN students to examine, explore and engage the curriculum concepts and philosophies as well as scope of practice issues related to legalities, accountability, rights and responsibilities. Students will engage in critical appraisal and inquiry while articulating views and findings through the writing process. Course format includes seminar sessions and a significant emphasis on scholarly writing.
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Registration in the BScN Program for Registered Nurses.
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Nursing
3323W/X -
Promoting the Health of Communities
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This course provides an introduction to community health promotion and the influence of socioenvironmental determinants of health on populations. The concepts of community as client, health promotion, determinants of health, and empowering nursing practice are considered. Students will examine a number of theoretical foundations for designing appropriate and effective health care and health promotion strategies.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the BScN Program for Registered Nurses.
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Nursing
3324A/B -
Community Health Promotion
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This course provides a philosophical and theoretical foundation for understanding community health issues. Primary health care, health promotion, social determinants of health and population health are critically examined as they relate to community health nursing practice in Nursing 3325W/X.
Antirequisite(s):
Nursing 3331 with a minimum average of 65%.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
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Nursing
3325W/X -
Professional Practice III: Community Health
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This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills in health promoting nursing practice within communities. Students will engage in learning experiences in community agencies and neighbourhoods, working through a process of community health assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Antirequisite(s):
Nursing 3332 with a passing grade.
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Nursing
3340A/B -
Ways of Knowing: Data Analysis
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This course will introduce students to basic concepts and techniques used to analyze both qualitative and quantitative data. This will include descriptive and inferential statistics and common methods for qualitative analysis and interpretation.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 3 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
3341A/B -
Mental Health Promotion
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Concepts of mental health assessment and treatment of adults with mental health and psychiatric challenges are addressed. Students will have the opportunity to explore linking conceptual threads to mental health exemplars, as they relate to Nursing 3342Q/R/S/T. Nursing care will emphasize the therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
Antirequisite(s):
Nursing 3331 with a minimum average of 65%.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
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Nursing
3342Q/R/S/T -
Professional Practice III: Mental Health
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This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills in health promoting nursing practice with clients experiencing mental health challenges. Students will engage in learning experiences in simulated learning environments.
Antirequisite(s):
Nursing 3332 with a passing grade.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
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Nursing
3361A/B -
Promoting the Health of Communities
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This course provides a philosophical and theoretical foundation for understanding community health issues. Primary health care, health promotion, social determinants of health and population health are critically examined as they relate to community health nursing practice in Professional Practice in Communities, Nursing 3362A/B.
Antirequisite(s):
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Registration in Year 3 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
3362A/B -
Professional Practice in Communities
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This course provides an opportunity for students to engage with the community as client. A partnership approach is used to engage a community in identifying their health issues and then developing and implementing a sustainable health promotion initiative. The main goal of this professional practice course is to critically reflect on the influence of socioenvironmental determinants of health on populations and the role of nursing in primary health care.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 3 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
3371A/B -
Promoting the Health of Families
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This course provides a philosophical and theoretical foundation for understanding health promoting family practice across the lifespan. Primary health care, health promotion strategies, family-focused models and family health issues are critically examined as they relate to family nursing practice in Professional Practice in Families, Nursing 3372A/B.
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Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 3 of the Western-Fanshawe BScN program.
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Nursing
3372A/B -
Professional Practice in Families
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A partnership approach is used to engage families in identifying health issues of concern to them and then developing and implementing a health promotion plan. The main goal of this professional practice course is to critically reflect on what constitutes clinical knowledge and skill in family health nursing practice.
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Registration in Year 3 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
3380F/G -
Rural Health Nursing
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Theory, practice, research and issues related to nursing in rural and remote settings will be examined. The health status of various rural populations, related public policy and the factors influencing health of rural residents will be explored.
Antirequisite(s):
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Completion of Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program, or special permission.
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Nursing
3390 -
Health Promotion & Caring: Clients with Health Challenges
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This course addresses health promotion and caring with individuals and their families experiencing health challenges.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 3 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
3391 -
Professional Practice: Clients with Health Challenges
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This course addresses health promotion and caring with individuals and their families experiencing health challenges.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in Year 3 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
4010A/B -
Special Topics in Nursing
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Selected topics in Nursing. Topic and course description available in the Undergraduate Programs Office.
Antirequisite(s):
Antirequisites and/or additional prerequisites to be determined based on the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s):
Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program or Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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Nursing
4140W/X -
Special Topics in Nursing
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Selected topics in Nursing. Topic and course description available in the Undergraduate Programs Office.
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Antirequisites and/or additional prerequisites to be determined based on the topic offered.
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Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program or Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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4400A/B -
Reflecting on Professional Practice & Context
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This course will assist students to integrate multiple sources of knowledge gained in the program to engage in in-depth exploration of health/illness issues.
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Registration in Year 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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Nursing
4403A -
Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnosis I
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Concepts and frameworks integral to advanced health assessment and diagnosis in nursing practice are introduced Comprehensive and focused health assessment, incuding history taking, physical assessment and diagnostic reasoning as well as laboratory and diagnostic test selection andinterpretation for the adult client are emphasized, laying the foundation for clinical decison-making from data collection to diagnostic plan of care.
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Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
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Nursing
4404B -
Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnosis II
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This course builds on applies the skills and frameworks, concepts and methods of helath assessmkent and clinical decision-making studied in AHAD I to specific populatons across the lifespan, to families and to the community. Advanced practice skill pertaining to diagnostic test assessment is examined.
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Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
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4405A -
Therapeutics in Primary Health Care I
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Concepts integral to pharmacoltherapy, advanced counseling and complimentary therapies related predominantly to common episodic conditions of clients across the lifespan are introduced. Emphasis is on the therapeutic care plan approach which focuses on drug-related problems, goals of therapies, analysis of different therapeutic approaches, need for referral, monitoring parameters, acceptability to the client, and follow-up.
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Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
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Nursing
4406B -
Therapeutics in Primary Health Care II
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This course builds on the knowlege acquired in AHAD I and Therapeutics I and applies the frameworks and concepts of pharmacotherapy, advanced counselling, and complimentary therapies predominantly to clients with chronic conditions and special populations.
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Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
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Nursing
4410A/B -
Professional Practice: Acting on Critical Reflection
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This course will allow students to synthesize knowledge from multiple sources to engage with clients experiencing health/illness challenges.
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Registration in Year 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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4412W/X -
Professional Development III: Nurses Influencing Change
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This course focuses on learners' growth as ethical leaders, change agents and professionals. Factors influencing nurses' ability to affect change, such as nursing's image, organizational culture, gender, race, and class will be explored. Leadership and change theories as a basis for effecting social, political, personal, and professional change will be examined.
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Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing program or the BScN Program for Registered Nurses.
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4420W/X -
Focused Clinical Concepts
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Learners have opportunities to learn advanced concepts related to caring for children, adults and their families who are experiencing complex health challenges. Emphasis is on critical thinking, pattern recognition, decision-making and on exploration and integration of concepts through discussions, simulations and paradigm cases.
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Registration in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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4430Y -
Simulated Clinical Practice
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This course focuses on advanced concepts and nursing practice skills in a simulated learning environment. Students will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for simulated clients/scenarios that will assist in the integration of theory, research and practice.
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The former Nursing 4421W/X.
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Registration in Year 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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3 hours per week x 6 weeks, 0.5 course.
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4431Y -
Applied Professional Practice
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This professional practice experience focuses on advanced concepts and nursing practice in agencies with clients experiencing multiple health challenges. This course prepares students for their final Integrative Practicum.
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The former Nursing 4421W/X.
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Registration in Year 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
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4440A/B -
Future Directions for Nursing & Health Care
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This course focuses on contemporary issues in nursing, health care and health policy. Students will explore the role of nursing in shaping and influencing future directions incorporating program concepts such as social justice, empowerment, and change and transformative theory.
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Registration in Year 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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4441W -
Child Health and Family Nursing
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This course provides an introduction to child health and family nursing. Family health nursing is addressed across the lifespan including care of expectant families, children and the elderly. Building on learning from levels One, Two and Three, the concepts of child family and community as client, health promotion, determinants of health and empowering practice are considered from the perspectives of children and families. Students will examine a number of theoretical foundations for understanding child and family health and for designing appropriate and effective health care and health promotion strategies.
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Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
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4442W -
Professional Practice IV: Child Health and Family Nursing
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Knowledge and skills in health promoting nursing practice with children and families are developed. Family health promotion is addressed across the lifespan (i.e., expectant families, children, elderly). Learning experiences occur in institutions, home settings, community agencies, and simulated clinical experiences in the laboratory environment.
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4452J -
Clinical Concepts Applied
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Selected clinical concepts are applied in acute care settings. Praxis discussions would involve case studies and exemplars involving critical thinking, pattern recognition and decision-making to enable learners to understand how concepts are manifested in the client and how practice is shaped to respond meaningfully.
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4460A/B -
Transitions to Nursing Practice
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This online course will provide students with opportunity to gain insight into their own transition into the nursing profession, issues facing new graduates and methods to successfully transition into the health care system.
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Registration in Year 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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4461W/X -
Professional Practice: Integrative Practicum
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This course allows students to work with a preceptor to synthesize knowledge and experience gained throughout the program. Students will focus on gaining proficiency in evidence-informed practice, developing leadership skills and independence, and creating an individual philosophy of practice.
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Registration in Year 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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4490Y -
Pathophysiology for the Nurse Practitioner
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A systems approach is used to examine concepts in pathophysiology as a basis for advanced nursing practice. A case study approach provides a comprehensive overview of the etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations of diseases in adults and children. Builds upon knowledge of normal anatomy and physiology across the lifespan.
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Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
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4491Y -
Nurse Practitioner Roles and Responsibilities
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Examination of the roles and responsibilities of the primary care nurse practitioner, historical development, relationships with clients and other health providers, legal and ethical issues, scope of practice and functioning in interdisciplinary teams, primary health policy formulation and political strategies are addressed.
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4496W/X -
Integrative Practicum – A Synthesis
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In a selected area of practice, learners will focus on gaining proficiency, developing leadership skills and independence by working with a preceptor in a mentored relationship wherein they develop professional competencies and an individual philosophy of practice. On completion, the learner is ready to enter the profession as a novice.
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Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program or Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
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4497 -
Integrative Practicum
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The final course in the program, builds upon knowledge and experience gained in previous courses and integrates theory with practice. Consists of concurrent seminars and practica, evaluated separately. Seminars use problem-based and case study methods. Practica in urban and rural health care settings are based upon student learning needs.
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Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
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4499 -
Integrative Practicum for Registered Nurses
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This course requires the application and testing of nursing knowledge and the related disciplines in a setting geared to the student's learning needs and previous professional experience. An approved learning plan, selection of a preceptor/mentor, and guidance by a faculty member are required.
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Registration in the BScN Program for Registered Nurses.
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