Accelerated Post Degree BScN (next admission Jan 2013)
Students applying to the 24 month Post Degree BScN Program Option, at StFXU, must have an undergraduate university degree with a minimum 70 average in their final year of study (or be in the final year of a degree successfully completed at the time of admission to the Post Degree program).
- Introductory chemistry (6cr)
- Basic cell biology (3cr)
- Microbes in human biology (3cr)
- Human anatomy and physiology (6cr)
- Introductory psychology (6cr)
- Developmental psychology (6cr)
- Introduction to Nutrition (3 cr)
- Applied Introductory Nutrition (3 cr)
- Introductory Philosophy or Religious Studies (6 cr)
Admission documentation required:
- certificate in Standard First Aid and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (HCP CPR)
- recent Criminal Record Check from home community
- Child Abuse Registry screen, from home province.
- copy of Birth Certificate
- evidence of receiving immunizations for health professionals, as recommended by Health Canada
- WHMIS training
Key Features
- Accelerated progression
- Nursing labs and extensive nursing practice experiences in the community, health care institutions/agencies, and schools.
- Option to complete N399 (Co-operative Learning Experience)
The courses normally offered in the Post Degree option (subject to review) are:
Note: January 2011 entrants will complete N455 (Community Health) in May 2012.
| January - February 2012 | |
| N105 | Introduction to Professional Nursing (3 cr) |
| N115 | Health Promotion and Learning (3 cr) |
| N125 | Introduction to Clinical Nursing Practice (3 cr) |
| March - August 2012 | |
| N205 | Community Health I: Community Health Nursing (3 cr) |
| N235 | Introduction to Pharmacology (3 cr) |
| N245 | Healthy Aging (3 cr) |
| N275 | Comprehensive Health Assessment (3 cr) |
| N251 | Nursing of Adults I: Theory Component (3 cr) |
| N252 | Nursing of Adults I: Practice Component (3 cr) |
| September 2012 - April 2013 | |
| N305 | Nursing of Adults II (3 cr) |
| N315 | Nursing of Children (3 cr) |
| N345 | Mental Health Nursing (3 cr) |
| N355 | Perinatal Nursing (3 cr) |
| N330 | Legal & Ethical Issues in Nursing Care (6 cr) or N336 Ethics in Health & Medicine (6 cr) |
| N310 | Nursing Research Methods (6 cr) or N300 Research Methods (6 cr) |
| N493 | Leadership & Research In Nursing (3 cr) |
| May - July 2013 | |
| N455 | Community Health |
| N399 | Optional - Co-operative Learning Experience (non credit) |
| August - December 2013 | |
| N491 | Trends in Health Care (3 cr) |
| N405 | Nursing of Adults III (3 cr) |
| N416 | Nursing of Adults IV (6 cr) |
Graduation in December of 2013
For further information contact Admissions Office or Cathy MacDonald, Coordinator.