UBCO 4 YEAR CURRICULUM OVERVIEW (*Revised April 2012)

Semester One

Semester Two

NRSG 111 Health and Healing I:

Living Health (3)
NRSG 112 Professional Practice
I: Introduction to the Profession of
Nursing (3)
NRSG 113 Relational Practice I:
Self and Others (3)
NRSG 114 Nursing Practice I:
Introduction to Nursing Practice
(3)
(39 hours + 39 seminar)
BIOL 131 Anatomy & Physiology
(3)
English (3)
Total credits - 18

NRSG 121 Health and Healing II:

Health Indicators (3)
NRSG 122 Professional Practice II:
Introduction to the Discipline of Nursing
(3)
NRSG 124 Nursing Practice II:
Coming to Know the Client (6)
(132 hours + 39 seminar)
BIOL 133 Anatomy & Physiology (3)
Non Nursing Elective (3)

Semester Three

Semester Four

Total credits - 18

NRSG 211 Health & Healing III:

Health Challenges/Healing
Initiatives (3)
NRSG 213 Relational Practice II:
Creating Health-promoting
Relationships (3)
NRSG 214 Nursing Practice III:
Promoting Health and Healing (6)
(169 hours + 39 seminar)
BIOL 231 Health Sciences I:
Pathophysiology (3)
Total credits - 15

NRSG 221 Health & Healing IV:

Health Challenges/Healing Initiatives
(3)
NRSG 224 Nursing Practice IV:
Promoting Health and Healing (6)
(169 hours + 39 seminar)
BIOL 235 Health Sciences II:
Pathophysiology (3)

Group 1 Semester Five

Group 1 Semester Six

NRSG 317 Health & Healing V:

Complex Health
Challenges/Healing Initiatives I (3)
NRSG 313 Relational Practice
III: Connecting across Difference
(3)
NRSG 314 Nursing Practice V:
Promoting Health and Healing (6)
(169 hours + 39 seminar)
* PHIL 233 Biomedical Ethics (3)
Non Nursing or Nursing Elective
(3)

NRSG 320 Health and Healing VI:

Global Health Issues (3)
NRSG 324 Nursing Practice VI:
Working with Community (6)
(96 hours + 48 CSL +24 seminar)
(0, 12, 2)
NRSG 321 Health and Healing VII:
Promoting Community and Societal
Health (3)
NRSG 322 Professional Practice IV:
Nursing Inquiry (3)
NRSG 425 Qualitative & Quantitative
Analysis (3)
Total credits - 18

Total credits - 18

Total credits - 12

Consolidated Practice
Experience
NRSG 130 Consolidated
Practice
Experience I (2) 60 hours

Hours for Semesters One, Two

& CPE I:
Practice Hours
231
Seminar Hours
78
Total credits 2 (Yr 1=38
credits)
Consolidated Practice
Experience
NRSG 230 Consolidated
Practice
Experience II (4) 180 hours
Hours for Semesters Three,
Four
& CPE II:
Practice Hours
518
Seminar Hours
78
Total credits 4 (Yr 2=31
credits)
Consolidated Practice
Experience
NRSG 330 Consolidated
Practice
Experience III (4) 234 hours
(16shifts x12hrs=192+ 34
lab/sim+ 8 orientation)
Hours for Semesters Five, Six
& CPE III:
Practice Hours 547
Seminar Hours 63
Total credits 4 (Yr 3=40
credits)

Group 2 Semester Six

Group 2 Semester Five

NRSG 320 Health and Healing

VI:
Global Health Issues (3)
NRSG 324 Nursing Practice VI:
Working with Community (6)
(96 hours + 48 CSL +39 seminar)
(0, 12, 2)
NRSG 321 Health and Healing
VII:
Promoting Community and
Societal Health (3)
NRSG 322 Professional Practice
IV: Nursing Inquiry (3)
* PHIL 233 Biomedical Ethics (3)
Total credits - 18

NRSG 317 Health & Healing V:

Complex Health Challenges/Healing
Initiatives I (3)
NRSG 313 Relational Practice III:
Connecting across Difference (3)
NRSG 314 Nursing Practice V:
Promoting Health and Healing (6)
(169 hours + 39 seminar)
NRSG 425 Qualitative & Quantitative
Analysis (3)
Non Nursing or Nursing Elective 3)

Semester Seven

Semester Eight

NRSG 412 Professional Practice

VI: Nursing Research (3)
NRSG 414 Nursing Practice VII:
Engaging in Leadership (4) (100
hours + 24 seminar) (0, 10, 2)
NRSG 422 Professional Practice
V: Leadership in Nursing (3)
NRSG 421 Health & Healing VIII:
Complex Health
Challenges/Healing Initiatives II
(3)
Non Nursing or Nursing Elective
(3)
Total credits - 16

NRSG 424 Nursing Practice VIII:

Transitioning to BSN Graduate Part I
(6) 268 hours
[(264 practice + 4 lab) + 6 seminar]

Consolidated Practice
Experience
NRSG 330 Consolidated
Practice
Experience III (4) 234 hours
(16shifts x12hrs=192 + 8
orientation & 34 lab/seminar)
Hours for Semesters Five, Six
& CPE III:
Practice Hours 547
Seminar Hours 63

Total credits - 18
Total credits 6 (Yr 3=40
credits)

NRSG 430 Nursing Practice VIII:

Transitioning to BSN Graduate Part
II (6) (200 hours)
Total credits 12

Hours for Semesters Seven &

Eight:
Practice Hours
568
Seminar Hours
30
(Yr 4=28 credits)

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