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Programs

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Course ID	Course
NURS 123	NURS 123 Clinical Skills II Course Credits: 2 This course builds on knowledge and laboratory practice of clinical skills related to the basic nursing care of individuals. It focuses on knowledge, clinical and health assessment skills, including biological, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions of health. It emphasizes techniques to gather health related data, including taking a health history and performing a physical examination, with the purpose of identifying patient care needs and formulating a plan of care. Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of 1st semester of BSN program. NB: Pass/Fail course.
NURS 124	NURS 124 Communication and Covenantal Caring Course Credits: 2 This course explores the concepts of communication and collaboration with an emphasis on the skills and competencies nurses require to build strong interpersonal relationships with patients, interprofessional teams, and colleagues. Covenantal caring as foundational to interpersonal relationships and the influence of Christian values and beliefs are explored. Prerequisite(s): NURS 113, 114.
NURS 127	NURS 127 Health Promotion and Primary Health Care Course Credits: 3 This course introduces broad concepts of health promotion as a process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It introduces a range of social and environmental interventions used in promotion and protection of health, harm reduction, and prevention of disease. It introduces experiential learning and health teaching related to wellness and healthy living. Prerequisite(s): 100 level nursing courses and other non-nursing prerequisites designated on curricular pattern.
NURS 137	NURS 137 Indigenous Health Course Credits: 3 This course provides an overview of traditional views of Indigenous health, and the health inequities that followed from colonization. Decolonization and reconciliation are framed through a health promotion lens, with nursing responses to the determinants of Indigenous health through respectful partnerships with Indigenous communities. Through experiential learning, students are introduced to Indigenous ways of knowing, learning, and teaching to promote integration of cultural safety, cultural humility and anti-racism when working with Indigenous population groups. Prerequisite(s): NURS 113, 114.
NURS 200	NURS 200 Nursing Therapeutics I Course Credits: 3 This course introduces nursing therapeutics interventions by the nurse in the care of well and ill persons. Emphasis is on nutritional and pharmacological interventions and related education in the context of care of adults and older adults. Prerequisite(s): 100 level nursing courses and other non-nursing prerequisites designated on curricular pattern
NURS 212	NURS 212 Nursing Care of Older Adults Course Credits: 3 This course focuses on nursing care of older adults from a positive aging perspective. Emphasis is on the nursing process considering physiological, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions of health, well-being, and common chronic conditions. Prerequisite(s): 100 level nursing courses and other non-nursing prerequisites designated on curricular pattern. (0-0, 3-0) Co-requisite(s): NURS 213
NURS 213	NURS 213 Clinical Practice: Adult Health I Course Credits: 3 This course focuses on experiential learning of nursing care for older adults and takes place in older adult care agencies and in the nursing SIM laboratory. Emphasis is on the development of clinical reasoning through the delivery of safe, client-centered and evidence-informed healthcare. Using the nursing process framework (assessment, planning, implementing, evaluating), students will engage with older adult residents and the health care team, assess older adult patients' care, comfort, and personal needs, identify the appropriate nursing response, choose applicable tools and resources to provide collaborative care, assess and report outcomes. Students will have the opportunity to develop self-insight through reflection-on-practice as they experientially process the role of the gerontological nurse in direct care and consider equity concerns. Prerequisite(s): 100 level nursing courses and other non-nursing prerequisites designated on curricular pattern. Co-requisite(s): NURS 212 NB: Pass/Fail course.
NURS 224	NURS 224 Evidence-Informed Practice Course Credits: 3 This course introduces concepts of evidence-informed nursing practice and its alignment with professional standards. Students develop research literacy skills to critically appraise research evidence across select methods. Related attitudes of inquiry, such as open-mindedness and curiosity, are emphasized. Prerequisite(s): 100 level nursing courses and other non-nursing prerequisites designated on curricular pattern. Co-requisite(s): Math 108
NURS 227	NURS 227 Planetary & Global Health Course Credits: 3 This course focuses on global health, planetary health, health equity, humanitarianism and Chrsitian missions, with implications for nursing and interssectoral care. Emphasis is on exploring past and current global health topics, such as global burden of disease,health systems strengthening, public and health policy, human rights, indigenous health,infectious diseases and global disasters. Prerequisite(s): NURS 100 level courses and other non-nursing prerequisites designated on curricular pattern. Permission to participate in this course may be granted on an individual basis for students from other disciplines or educational institutions

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