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134.4 BScN—Post RN Program

134.4.1 General Information

    This program is for Registered Nurses who have graduated from an approved diploma program and who are eligible for registration in Alberta. To be admitted to this program, all applicants must have proof of having worked the equivalent of full-time hours as a registered nurse for a minimum of 12 months (not necessarily consecutive, i.e., 1,920 hours) since graduation from the nursing diploma program.

    The Faculty of Nursing will not admit to the BScN Post RN Program starting September 1, 2011. Contact the Faculty of Nursing for information regarding readmission.

(1)

The curriculum is designed to be taken over one year. Application for an extension to the program must be submitted to the Student Advisor. With approval, students have three years from the time of admission to complete the requirements for this program.

(2)

Students are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of their registrations. Particular care should be exercised regarding prerequisite courses.

(3)

Placements can be made anywhere in the Greater Edmonton area (Devon, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Morinville, St Albert, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove and Stony Plain) or as far away as 150 kilometers. Students are responsible for their transportation to practice placements and for the costs of travel and accommodations.

(4)

Students must have a lab coat.

134.4.2 Course Sequence

Fall Term

NURS 415 (*5) (see Note 1)

NURS 468 (*4)

NURS 470 (*5)

STAT (*3)

Winter Term

NURS 301 (*3)

NURS 410 (*3) or 409 (*3)

NURS 475 (*7) or 492 (*7) (see Note 2)

Two courses from the following (see Note 3):

ENGL (*3) or Elective (*3)

PHIL (*3)

POL S (*3)

Spring/Summer

NURS 492 (*7) (see Note 2)

Complete remaining requirements from the following (see Note 3):

ENGL (*3) or Elective (*3)

PHIL (*3)

POL S (*3)

Notes

(1)

NURS 415 is a pre- or corequisite for NURS 301, 410 and 470; prerequisite for NURS 475.

(2)

All students must take one clinical course. Students must take NURS 475 unless they can demonstrate that they have met the requirements of this community nursing clinical course. If they have met these requirements they must take NURS 492. Students who need to take NURS 475 but would also like to take NURS 492 can select it as a senior elective in Spring/Summer.

(3)

All students must take political science (*3), philosophy (*3), and English (*3). Students who obtained credits for English in their nursing diploma program must take an elective instead.

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