The Road To A Nursing Degree Includes College and University
If you are looking for a post-secondary nursing program that includes both university and college experiences, Centennial College’s Nursing (BScN) may be for you. That’s because this offering is a three-way partnership between Centennial College, George Brown and Ryerson University. As such, it sees students completing their first two years of study at Centennial College and their final two years at Ryerson with guidance from both college and university faculty.
Here is a breakdown of how this nursing school in Toronto works.
- The curriculum of this program has five themes, which are reflected throughout at varying levels.
- The themes are: primary healthcare/health promotion; reflective practice/critical thinking; meaningful relationships/caring/communication;political/social justice; and personal/professional development.
- Specific courses include: Anatomy and Physiology, Nutrition for Nursing Practice, Theoretical Foundations of Nursing, Assessment of the Healthy Individual, Nursing Implications, Community Health Nursing, and more.
- Aside from their nursing topics, students also attend a series of required and elective courses, selected from other disciplines, to enhance and support the broad knowledge base required of professional nurses.
- The program results in a Bachelor degree, which demonstrates to employers a very high standard of learning.
- Enhancing student learning are faculty members who are professionals and have plenty of experience in the field.
- To help students achieve their goals, a mentorship program and peer tutoring are offered.
- The undertaking is based at Morningside Campus, which is the school’s most high-tech campus and boasts clinical labs in which students can practice.
- The labs are fully equipped with tools of the nursing trade as well as dummies on which students can practice what they are learning about at any particular time in the program. Students can use on-campus labs to practice in their spare time.
- The opportunity exists for small group instruction in clinical and lab settings.
- Clinical placement in hospitals and clinics in the Greater Toronto Area gives students the advantage of being able to network and make employment contacts, which may help to launch their careers.
- Clinical placements also serves to allow students to apply what they have learned in-class to the real world under the watchful eye of professionals.
- Successful grads of this program are eligible to write the College of Nurses of Ontario registration examination to receive registered nurse designation.
- Once they are in the field, grads are prepared for entry-level positions in a variety of settings where nursing is practiced.
- There is a host of admission requirements that students must meet before they enter the nursing program Toronto-based offering.
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