Course Details

Please see the Plan of Study details for more information about the program.

Core Courses

Professional Nursing

Professional Communication

  • Course Tuition: $300
  • Delivery: Online learning with in-person lab sessions
  • Length: 6 weeks
  • Textbook: Mallette, C., & Yonge, O. (2022). Arnold and Boggs's interpersonal relationships: Professional communication skills for Canadian nurses. Elsevier.
  • Outline: Professional Communication course outline

Health Assessment

  • Course Tuition: $550
  • Delivery: Online learning with in-person lab sessions
  • Length: 9 weeks
  • Textbook: Jarvis, C., Browne, A. J., MacDonald-Jenkins, J., & Luctkar-Flude, M. (2024).  Physical examination and health assessment (4th Canadian ed.). Elsevier.
  • Outline: Health Assessment course outline

Changes in Health and Therapeutic Interventions I

Pharmacology

  • Course Tuition: $250
  • Delivery: Online learning with online classroom session(s)
  • Length: 9 weeks
  • Textbook: Sealock, K., & Seneviratne, C. (2021). Lilley’s pharmacology for Canadian health care practice (4th ed.). Elsevier Canada.
  • Outline: Pharmacology course outline

Medication Administration

Clinical Nursing Skills

Changes in Health and Therapeutic Interventions II

Clinical Course: Medical-Surgical

  • Course Tuition:
    • Instructor-led and preceptored clinicals: $800
    • Preceptored clinical only: $500
  • Delivery:
    • 160 hours of instructor-led clinical followed by 160 hours of a preceptored clinical in an acute adult medical-surgical care setting
    • Learners must complete requirements as indicated on their referrals; this may include both course components, the preceptored clinical component only, or other variations
  • Length: 320 hours: 160 hours instructor-led, 160 hours preceptored clinical
  • Textbook: No textbook required
  • Outline: Clinical Course: Medical-Surgical course outline

Specialty Courses

Child Health Nursing

  • Course Tuition:
    • Theory portion: $200
    • Clinical portion: $350
  • Delivery: Online learning
  • Length: 6–8 weeks
  • Textbook: Hockenberry, M., & Wilson, D. (2022). Wong’s essentials of pediatric nursing (11th ed.). Elsevier.
  • Outline: Child Health course outline

Perinatal Nursing

  • Course Tuition:
    • Theory portion: $200
    • Clinical portion: $350
  • Delivery: Online learning
  • Length: 6–8 weeks
  • Textbook: Keenan-Lindsay, L., Sams, C. A., & O'Connor, C. (2022). Perry's maternal child nursing care in Canada (3rd ed.). Elsevier.
  • Outline: Perinatal Health Nursing course outline

Mental Health and Addictions Nursing

  • Course Tuition:
    • Theory portion: $200
    • Clinical portion: $350
  • Delivery: Online learning
  • Length: 6–8 weeks
  • Textbook: Pollard, C. L., & Jakubec, S. L. (2023). Varcarolis’s Canadian psychiatric mental health nursing: A clinical approach (3rd ed.). Elsevier Canada.
  • Outline:  Mental Health and Addictions Nursing course outline

Purchasing Textbooks

Textbooks can be purchased new or used. Some options to purchase new books include:

RN Bridging/Re-Entry Program

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