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Addresses the techniques commonly used in the analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data. Understand a range of statistics commonly used in nursing research and learn how they are used in a computer-based application. Understand how qualitative data is used in nursing research and engage in the process of coding qualitative data through coding and thematic construction.
Investigates knowledge of leadership for nursing practice in the promotion of health for individuals, families, groups, and communities. Topics include nurses' roles in the Canadian health care system, nurses' influence in change, impacts of global trends and issues, collaborative and ethical approaches for working within institutional philosophies and frameworks and issues facing nurses in current work environments. Students engage in leadership experiences to integrate theory and practice of leadership competencies.
Apply nursing knowledge, skills, judgements, and attributes where people intersect with communities, organizations, and health systems. Students analyze and utilize evidence-informed data to: influence change, promote interprofessional collaboration to enhance continuity, address challenges and deliver safe, ethical, quality care, foster social justice, empowerment, and culturally competent practice, and provide leadership.
All BSN students must take a Nursing Elective in Academic Term 7 in order to be eligible to progress to Academic Term 8 and final preceptorship.
NURS 482 - Pharmacological Knowledge for Nursing Practice
NURS 496 - Nursing with Childbearing Families
NURS 497 - Nursing at the Intersections in Mental Health & Substance Use
NURS 480 - Special Topics in Nursing
Provides opportunities for participants to integrate learning from previous terms, and to advance their professional nursing practice. In a variety of settings, participants have opportunities to consolidate learning and advance their clinical decision-making. Nursing practice experiences consist of a six-week practice placement.
Provides opportunities for participants to consolidate their learning and explore the transition to professional nursing as a BSN graduate. Participants also explore transitions in the health care system and the workplace that affect nurses. Participants may develop their practice within a specific area (e.g., a particular setting of practice, a certain client population, or a specific health challenge).