This course examines the development of Canadian nursing over the past four centuries, with an emphasis on the twentieth century. Based on an understanding of nursing as rooted in a Christian ethos of caring for strangers, this course critically explores the ways in which religion, politics, gender, race, economics, technology, culture, war, and epidemics have influenced the development of nursing both nationally and globally.

This course focuses on global health, planetary health, health equity, humanitarianism and Christian missions, with implications for nursing and intersectoral 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This course introduces students to the foundational knowledge, skills, reasoning, and values required to embody the professional identity of a nurse in the provision of collaborative, safe, competent, ethical, compassionate and evidence-informed person-centered care.