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Students
Tuition Fee
Start Date
Medium of studying
Fully Online
Duration
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
Bachelors
Major
Nursing | Emergency Medicine
Area of study
Health
Education type
Fully Online
Course Language
English
About Program

Program Overview


The Bachelor of Science in Nursing Specialty Nursing program prepares Registered Nurses for specialized nursing practice through part-time distance study and clinical education. It emphasizes technology, partnerships, and professional growth, with experienced clinical specialists as faculty. The program includes nursing and liberal studies components, with assessment methods and career outcomes not specified in the provided information.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing Specialty Nursing is the only degree program in British Columbia designed to prepare Registered Nurses for employment in specialty nursing practice.


Objectives:

  • Build on learners' previous experience and education to prepare them to competently care for individuals, groups, and communities.
  • Develop reflective, critical-thinking skills.
  • Foster participation in collaborative relationships.
  • Enhance verbal and written communication skills.
  • Establish systematic inquiry as a basis of practice.
  • Expand professionalism through caring for and about individuals, groups, and communities.
  • Engage in personal and professional growth.

Program Description:

  • Combines part-time distance study with practice-based clinical education.
  • Grants credit for previous experience and education through transfer credit, course challenge, and prior learning assessment procedures.
  • Focuses on the technology of specialized nursing practice, broadly conceptualized as the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that specialty nurses require to practice.
  • Emphasizes building partnerships, viewing both nursing and learning as relational endeavors where communication and collaboration enhance processes and outcomes.
  • Employs experienced clinical specialists as faculty members who maintain competency through regular clinical practice and demonstrate commitment to the profession and practice-based education.

Outline:


Nursing Component:

  • Advanced Certificate (21.0 - 34.0 credits)
  • Core Courses (18.0 - 24.0 credits)

Liberal Studies Component:

  • Required Courses (6.0 credits)

Teaching:

  • Delivers theory courses on a part-time basis via distance education modes.
  • Offers selected courses on-site.
  • Utilizes print-based material, audio and video conferencing, computer-mediated communications, and classroom formats.
  • Designates three terms per year, each 12 weeks in length: winter (January to March), spring (April to June), and fall (September to December).
  • Offers clinical courses on a full-time or part-time basis at various appropriate clinical sites throughout BC.
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