Program Requirements
The Master of Science(Applied) Nurse Practitioner; Non-Thesis – Primary Care is open to nurses with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and is taken in combination with the Graduate Diploma in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. The program focuses on a wide range of acute and chronic health concerns across the life span and includes activities related to assessment, diagnosis and treatment within the primary care nurse practitioner’s legally sanctioned scope of practice. Graduates may be eligible to be a candidate for the Ordre des infimières et infirmiers du Québec’s Primary Care Nurse Practitioner specialty examination.
Required Courses (45 credits)
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NUR2 608 Seminar in Nursing (3 credits)
Overview
Nursing : Students gain advanced knowledge of the processes, mechanisms, and principles that promote health and support healing during normative change, illness, and other unexpected events or crises. Through the study of theory, examination of empirical evidence, and discussion of clinical experiences, students develop a philosophical orientation and a value driven approach to nursing to guide their nursing practice with individuals and families. The orientation to practice is Strengths-Based Nursing.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Hart, Heather Dawn (Fall)
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken NUR2 611D1/D2.
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NUR2 611 Policy Leadership in Nursing (3 credits)
Overview
Nursing : Students continue to gain advanced knowledge of the processes, mechanisms, and principles that promote health and support healing during normative change, illness, and other unexpected events or crises. Through the study of theory, examination of empirical evidence, and discussion of clinical experiences, students develop a philosophical orientation and a value driven approach to nursing to guide their nursing practice with individuals and families.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Kilpatrick, Kelley (Winter)
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken NUR2 611D1 and NUR2 611D2
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NUR2 612 Research Methods in Nursing 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Nursing : Basic knowledge and skills needed to conduct research. The philosophy and principles of scientific inquiry, research design, sampling, techniques of data collection, ethics, and incorporating research into practice are discussed with emphasis for nursing.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Malama, Kalonde; Barbo, Geneveave (Fall)
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NUR2 613 Reasoning in Primary Care Practice 1 (4 credits)
Overview
Nursing : Introduction to the examination of the advanced role and responsibilities of the primary care nurse practitioner (PCNP) with an emphasis on the approach to preventive health, health promotion, illness prevention and the holistic management of acute and chronic conditions affecting patients and families across the lifespan.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Goyer, Marie-Claude (Fall)
Restriction: Open to students enrolled in the M.Sc.(A.) in Nurse Practitioner; Non-Thesis - Primary Care and/or the Graduate Certificate in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner.
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NUR2 614 Reasoning in Primary Care Practice 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Nursing : Examination of the primary care nurse practitioner (PCNP) role in the holistic management of acute and chronic conditions affecting patients and families across the lifespan with a focus on pharmacological principles.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Zeagman, Allyssa (Winter)
Prerequisite: NUR2 613
Restriction: Open to students enrolled in the M.Sc.(A,) Nurse Practitioner; Non-Thesis - Primary Care and/or the Graduate Certificate in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner.
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NUR2 617 Clinical in Family Systems Nursing 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Nursing : This course develops the knowledge and skills required to enhance the health of families. Family health has to do with ways of learning, developing, relating,behaving, and thinking which promote physical and psychological well-being. It involves coping with adversity by developing or drawing on family and individual strengths, as well as external resources. From the foundational perspective of Strengths-Based Nursing, students will learn approaches to family engagement and assessment using theoretically and empirically grounded strategies for working with families.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Hart, Heather Dawn; Di Feo, Maria (Fall)
Corequisite(s): NUR2 608
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken NUR2 614D1/D2.
A fee of $25.56 for two name pins will be charged based on registration in this course.
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NUR2 618 Clinical in Family Systems Nursing 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Nursing : This course continues to develop the knowledge and skills required to enhance the health of families. Family health has to do with ways of learning, developing, relating, behaving, and thinking which promote physical and psychological well-being. It involves coping with adversity by developing or drawing on family and individual strengths, as well as external resources. From the foundational perspective of Strengths-Based Nursing, students will continue to develop approaches to family assessment and intervention using theoretically and empirically grounded strategies for working with families.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Corequisite(s): NUR2 611
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken NUR2 614D1/D2.
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NUR2 639 Reasoning in Primary Care Practice 3 (8 credits)
Overview
Nursing : Examination of the primary care nurse practitioner (PCNP) role in the holistic management of various acute and chronic conditions affecting adult patients and their families, including an approach to independent clinical reasoning and decision-making.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: NUR2 614
Restriction: Open to students enrolled in the M.Sc.(A.) in Nurse Practitioner; Non-Thesis - Primary Care and/or the Graduate Certificate in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner.
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NUR2 641 Reasoning in Primary Care Practice 4 (6 credits)
Overview
Nursing : Further examination of the primary care nurse practitioner (PCNP) role in the holistic management of additional various acute and chronic conditions affecting adult patients and their families, including an approach to independent clinical reasoning and decision-making.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Brown, Carolyn (Fall)
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NUR2 642 Ethics in Advanced Practice (3 credits)
Overview
Nursing : Analysis of common as well as complex ethical issues in advanced nursing practice. General ethical standards for professional practice are reviewed as well as selected controversies.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Carnevale, Franco (Winter)
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NUR2 667 Health and Physical Assessment in Primary Care 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Nursing : Examination of the practical application of the primary care nurse practitioner (PCNP) role in the holistic management of various acute and chronic conditions affecting adult patients and their families, integrating theoretical knowledge and practice of advanced physical assessment and procedure skills to clinical cases.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: NUR2 614
Restriction: Open to students enrolled in the M.Sc.(A.) in Nurse Practitioner; Non-Thesis - Primary Care and/or the Graduate Certificate in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner.
A nominal fee of $78.01 is charged to all nursing students who register in courses where clinical skills are taught to students in the Nursing Learning Laboratory. The fee is for clinical skills kits that students will use during their training in the Nursing Learning Laboratory. The kits also contain additional materials for students to take with them after the training to allow them to practice the skills they learn on their own.
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NUR2 668 Health and Physical Assessment in Primary Care 2
(3 credits)
Overview
Nursing : Further examination of the practical application of the primary care nurse practitioner (PCNP) role in the holistic management of additional various acute and chronic conditions affecting patients and families across the lifespan, integrating theoretical knowledge and practice of advanced physical assessment and procedure skills to clinical cases.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Slater, Serena; Campbell, Karine; Reoch, Jennifer (Fall)
