Bridging to University Nursing Ontario College Graduate Certificate

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Comments about Bridging to University Nursing Ontario College Graduate Certificate - At the institution - Toronto - Ontario

• Objectives
  This program is an academic pathway offered in flex and full-time formats to assist Registered Practical Nurses (CAAT and Diploma) to bridge to BScN in approximately three years. It will also assist Registered Nurses to update their knowledge and meet safe/current practice requirements to gain re-entry into the profession.
• Entry requirements
  Nurses taking this program may be: 1. Registered Nurses who hold a certificate of registration in Ontario without evidence of current and safe clinical practice 2. Registered Nurses who hold a certificate of registration in Ontario and are currently practicing but would like to review their nursing knowledge and practice in an acute medical/surgical or mental health/community setting 3. Internationally-educated nurses who have not met the 2005 baccalaureate nursing education requirements for Ontario Registered Nurses 4. RPN's (Registered Practical Nurses) who hold a diploma from a Community College of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT).
• Academic title
  Bridging to University Nursing Ontario College Graduate Certificate
• Course description
  Semester 1 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  NUPD-400     HEALTH ASSESSMENT SKILLS         
  NUPD-401     Acute and Chronic Illness Theory         
  NUPD-402     Acute and Chronic Illness Practice         
  NUPD-403     Ethics and Professional Practice         
  PATH-400     Pathotherapeutics         
  COMM-170/171     College Communication 2 / (ESL)         
  Semester 2 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  NUPD-406     Family-Centered Nursing Theory         
  NUPD-431 *     Mental Health & Crisis Management Theory         
  NUPD-432 *     Mental Health Nursing Practice         
  NUPD-435     Advanced Communication and Leadership         
  NUPD-441 **     Community Nursing Theory         
  NUPD-442     Community Nursing Practice         
  NUPD-450     Nursing Knowledge: Historical and Futuristic Perspectives         
  NURS-237     Nursing Research         
  
  NOTES:
  
  * Courses taken the first eight weeks of the semester
  
  ** Courses taken the last seven weeks of the semester
  
  1.A minimum C grade in theoretical courses and satisfactory grades in the clinical components are required.
  
  

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