Unique Nursing (BScN) Program Includes Clinical and Real World Experiences

The first two years of the nursing program are taken here at Centennial College, says first-year student Amanda of the Nursing (BS N! offering, and the last two years at downtown at "yerson Campus# Adds student $aulina, %e get a lot of hands-on e&perien e, so we use simulation la's and simulation dummies in the la's# That gi(es us a han e to pra ti e on )patients* and really pra ti e our skills for whene(er we go out into the real world# These student testimonials are a glimpse into the in-depth training that students re ei(e through this uni+ue offering# ,et*s take a loser look# -ffered, as Amanda mentioned, as a olla'orati(e program, the undertaking is a tually a partnership 'etween "yerson .ni(ersity, Centennial College and /eorge Brown College# Be ause it is a four-year undertaking, the nursing program Toronto offering results in a Ba helor degree and the know-how to work with persons and ommunities of di(erse 'a kgrounds, ages and degrees of health and illness, in a (ariety of onte&ts# 0n addition, grads are eligi'le to write the College of Nurses of -ntario registration e&amination to re ei(e registered nurse designation# 1&perien ed, aring fa ulty mem'ers 2 who ha(e en3oyed su essful areers in the nursing field and an pro(ide personal ane dotes and ad(i e that enhan e students* e&perien e 2 fa ilitate the urri ulum# Also adding to the students* Nursing program e&perien e is 4orningside Campus# As $aulina mentioned, students ha(e opportunities to pra ti e their skills in state-of-the-art simulation la's that feature 'oth e+uipment and simulation dummies# The ultimate hands-on appli ation of learned skills, howe(er, o urs when students partake in a lini al pla ement that gi(es them the ad(antage of 'eing a'le to network and make employment onta ts# 4eanwhile, the urri ulum itself is presented in fi(e themes# These are integrated into ea h year at (arying le(els and in lude5 primary health are6health promotion7 refle ti(e pra ti e6 riti al thinking7 meaningful relationships6 aring6 ommuni ation7 politi al6so ial 3usti e7 and personal6professional de(elopment# Spe ifi ourses through whi h the themes are taught in lude5 Theoreti al 8oundations of Nursing, Nursing $ra ti e, Assessment of the 9ealthy 0ndi(idual, Child :e(elopment, Nursing 0mpli ations, 1thi s and 9ealth are, Community Nursing, and many others# -n e students omplete their studies in this nursing s hool in Toronto, they ha(e the knowhow to omplete ommon nursing tasks su h as5 re ording and analy;ing patient medi al histories, symptoms, and onditions7 administering medi ations and treatments, reating patient are plans, omplying with pro edures, regulations, and rules in maintaining medi al re ords7 performing diagnosti tests on patients to assess their ondition7 dis ussing treatment with physi ians and pharma ists7 preparing patients for e&aminations and treatments7 and more# 8or 4ore 0nformation <isit http566www# entennial ollege# a6