UofC " This Is Now

The study of concepts foundational to the profession and discipline of nursing. Exploration of concepts of complexity, transition, social justice, ethic of caring, health promotion and principles of population health. Emphasis on understanding the social commitments and contributions made by nursing within its professional scope of practice.  And an overview of the Canadian health care system.

Determinants of health, health indices, principles and methods of epidemiology, and population-based health management are emphasized. Conduct of health surveys and use of population-based health data to identify health risk are addressed.   Integration of concepts of microbiology and risk elevation related to ages and stages of the lifespan.  Basic tenets of the meaning of evidence-based practice will be introduced.

Focus on a broad understanding of health and the basic frameworks and principles of population health promotion, primary health care and upstream thinking. Explores how health can be created and supported in a society.  Emphasis on developing communication and relationship building skills to work effectively in a group or a team.  Strategies to assess protect and promote the health of groups and communities.

Integration and application of theoretic knowledge in simulated and nursing practice settings. Develop skills and competencies in nursing of groups, communities, and populations within a collaborative practice model.

Concepts of inter-professional practice and its core competencies are introduced.  Examination of the contributions of nursing and nursing sensitive outcomes.  Full scope nursing roles on intraprofessional and interprofessional teams are explored, in particular as pertains to the complex health care needs of families in transition and at risk. Of primary focus is exploration of the scholarly and research foundations of the profession as the basis of the professional role of a Registered Nurse. 

Holistic models addressing bio/psycho/social/spiritual/cultural dimensions of family health processes are addressed.  Focus on the epidemiological, physiological, pathology, and mental health knowledge that underlies the assessments of key family transitional periods. Young and senior families are highlighted.

Focus on how health, inclusive of mental health and wellness, is created and supported in families. The study of how health can be enhanced or compromised in important transition periods across the lifespan - from young to senior families.  Examination of the manner in which nursing practice and health education serve to enhance family health.

Integration and application of theoretic knowledge in simulated and nursing practice settings.  Develop skills and competencies in nursing families in transitional periods across the lifespan. Focus on optimizing family health and functioning while mitigating health risks to family members.

Focus on strategies for the development of evidence-informed nursing practice. Examination of strategies to critique and facilitate the use of evidence for practice. Introduction to basic quantitative and qualitative methods used in nursing research.

Theoretic understanding of the holistic experience of acuity and life-threat for individuals and families is presented.  Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnostic studies, complex physical and other nursing assessments relevant to common life-threatening health challenges, including mental health disorders.

Addresses nursing practices in acute unstable illness, injury and disease.  The study of application of nursing assessments, technological interventions  and best evidence nursing  practices in common major acute illnesses in individuals of all age groups, set within the context of their families and communities. Emphasis is on attaining knowledge of secondary and tertiary prevention strategies. Pharmacological applications to major acute disease conditions.

Integration and application of theoretic knowledge in simulated and nursing practice settings.  The focus in this course is nursing care of clients and families experiencing life-threatening health challenges. Development of skills of complex communication and relationship building, high-level assessment and clinical reasoning, and nursing care planning and implementation.

This course explores knowledge related to the current health care system, systems of care responsive to the needs of clients with chronic health disruptions, and nursing roles of leadership and delegation.  Evidence examining the efficacy of systems of care and the efficacy of nursing roles, practices, and contributions are highlighted.   Examination of selected approaches to nursing research.

Experience of living with chronic health challenges, including common complications.  Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnostic studies, complex physical and other nursing assessments relevant to common chronic health challenges, including mental health disorders.  A holistic perspective is taken to examine the challenges of ongoing health management faced by populations of chronically ill individuals and their families.

Nursing practices in caring for the chronically ill.  A focus on practices to achieve healthful transitions and preservation of quality of life are emphasized.  Common treatment modalities are presented including nursing therapeutics and pharmacological approaches to management of common chronic diseases. Tertiary prevention is emphasized and concepts and approaches to ongoing health assessment, health education, self-management, harm reduction, support, restoration, and   palliation are addressed.

Integration and application of theoretic knowledge in simulated and nursing practice settings.  Long-term nursing care of individuals, families and populations with chronic health challenges.  Implementation of effective therapeutic relationships, complex assessments, reasoned clinical decision-making, client and family health education, client self-management and collaborative practice models.

This focused clinical experience, supported by two co-requisite substantive nursing option theory courses, is aimed at refining critical thinking and competent use of theoretic frameworks and evidence to support clinical reasoning processes including: comprehensive assessment, holistic analysis and interpretation of client data, and competence and confidence in clinical decision-making. Students will choose a focused area of nursing practice.

Inquiry into the philosophical and historical influences that have shaped hermeneutic phenomenology as an approach to nursing and health care research. Exploration of interpretive practices essential to the conduct of hermeneutic research.