Course of Study
1. Qualifying Year
The Qualifying Year is an intensive 10-month bridging period that introduces students to nursing and prepares them for entry to graduate-level nursing studies. After successful completion of the Qualifying Year, students must formally apply to the Master of Science (Applied) Nursing Direct Entry to Advanced Practice Nursing (DE-APN) or the Master of Science (Applied) Nursing - Global Health Direct Entry (GHDE) concentration through Slate.
| Fall Term | Winter Term | Summer Term | |||
| [course link IPEA 500] Roles in Interprofessional Teams | 0 cr | IPEA 501. Communication in Interprofessional Teams. Communication in Interprofessional Teams | 0 cr | NUR2 512. Practice and Theory in Nursing. Practice and Theory in Nursing | 4 cr |
| NUR2 500. Integrated Health Sciences 1. Integrated Health Sciences 1 | 4 cr | NUR2 501. Integrated Health Sciences 2. Integrated Health Sciences 2 | 4 cr | NUR2 519. Nursing Clinical Skills Laboratory 3. Nursing Clinical Skills Lab 3 | 1 cr |
| [course link NUR2 534] Health Assessment Anatomy 1 | 3 cr | [course link NUR2 535] Health Assessment/Anatomy 2 | 3 cr | NUR2 521. Wound Care 1. Wound Care | 1.5 cr |
| [course link NUR2 510] Practice of Nursing | 3 cr | [course link NUR2 511] Practice of Nursing 2 | 3 cr | ||
| [course link NUR2 513] Introduction to Nursing Care | 4 cr | [course link NUR2 514] Introduction to Nursing 2 | 4 cr | ||
| [course link NUR2 517] Nursing Clinical Skills Lab 1 | 1 cr | [course link NUR2 518] Nursing Clinical Skills Lab 2 | 1 cr | ||
| [course link NUR1 222] Strengths Based Nursing and Professional Practice | 3 cr | NUR1 311. Infection Prevention and Control. Infection Control & Prevention | 3 cr | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | Total Credits | 18 | Total Credits | 6.5 |
2. MScA-N Direct Entry to Advanced Practice Nursing
The Master of Science (Applied) Nursing Direct Entry to Advanced Practice Nursing is a two-year, 61-credit program that directly follows the Qualifying Year. Upon successful completion of Year 2, graduates are eligible to write the OIIQ licensing exam.
| MSc(A) - Nursing Year 1 | MSc(A) - Nursing Year 2 | ||
| Fall Term | Credits | Fall Term | Credits |
| [course link NUR2 612] Research Methods in Nursing | 3 cr |
NUR2 601. Applied Knowledge Translation in Healthcare 1. Applied Knowledge Translation in Healthcare 2 (KT stream) OR NUR2 631. Research Project 2. Research Project 2 (Research stream) |
6 cr |
| [course link NUR2 515] Applied Statistics for Nursing | 3 cr | [course link NUR2 638] Nursing in Critical Care] (DE APN Concentration option) OR [course link NUR2 636] Global Health Clinical (DE GH Concentration option) | 3 cr |
| [course link NUR2 623] Clinical Assessment and Therapeutics 1 | 3 cr | [course link NUR2 640] Clinical Reasoning] (DE APN Concentration option) OR [course link NUR2 606] Clinical Reasoning in a Global Context (DE GH Concentration option) | 3 cr |
| [course link NUR2 607] Children's Nursing | 3 cr | Total credits | 12 |
| [course link NUR2 609] Nursing Care of Children and their Families | 3 cr | ||
| Winter Term | Credits | Winter Term | Credits |
|
IPEA 502. Partnership in Interprofessional Teams Patient Centered Care in Action 2 AND IPEA 503. Managing Interprofessional Conflict. Managing Interprofessional Conflict |
0 cr | [course link NUR2 602] Applied Knowledge Translation in Healthcare 2 (KT stream) OR [course link NUR2 631] Research Project 3 (Research stream) | 3 cr |
| [course link NUR2 634] Clinical Assessment and Therapeutics 2 | 3 cr | [course link NUR2 611] Policy Leadership in Nursing | 3 cr |
| 3 cr |
[course link NUR2 637] Clinical Nursing Specialization (DE APN Concentration option) OR [course link NUR2 638] Nursing in Critical Care (DE GH Concentration option) |
3 cr | |
| [course link NUR2 600] Knowledge Translation in Health Care (KT stream) | 3 cr | [course link NUR2 642] Ethics in Advanced Practice | 3 cr |
|
OR [course link NUR2 630] Research Project 1 (Research stream) [course link NUR2 516] Perspectives on Global Health |
3 cr | Total Credits | 12 |
| [course link NUR2 626] Professional Issues in Nursing] | 3 cr | ||
| Summer Term | Credits | ||
| NUR2 616. Advanced Clinical Skills. Advanced Clinical Skills | 4 cr | ||
| NUR2 619. Nursing Clinical Skills Laboratory 4. Nursing Clinical Skills Lab 4 | 1 cr | ||
| NUR2 621. Wound Care 2. Wound Care II | 2 cr | ||
| Total Credits Year 1 | 37 | Total Credits Year 2 | 24 |
| TOTAL PROGRAM CREDITS: 103.5 | |||
3.MScA-N: Global Health Direct Entry (GHDE)
The Master of Science (Applied): Nursing: Global Health Direct Entry provides students with global health content throughout their program of study, and students spend one semester taking clinical- and project-based courses in their final year in a global health placement site. For more information about the Global Health Concentration, click here.
| **MScA-N 2022 cohort are to take NUR2 626 in their Winter Y2, as they would have already taken NUR2 611 in Winter Y1. |