About the School
Bridging to University Nursing is a two, three or six semester graduate certificate program that will help registered practical nurses (RPNs) bridge to a degree in nursing.
This nursing program’s curriculum is based on the College of Nurses’ of Ontario Standards of Practice for Nursing and Entry to Practice Competencies for Ontario Registered Nurses. It will aim to provide a solid foundation for nursing practice by emphasizing ethics and professional practice, health assessment, skill mastery, and caring for clients with acute and chronic illness.
An exciting and unique aspect of this health program will be its focus on caring for individuals, groups, and communities in acute care, mental health and community settings.
To ensure you’re prepared for the field, this School of Community and Health Studies program will give you opportunities to apply theoretical knowledge in clinical settings under the direction, facilitation and guidance of faculty.
When you complete the Bridging to University Nursing program, you’ll have the ability to:
- Apply general skills that will facilitate the practice of nursing, ongoing learning and self-development, including effective communication and interpersonal skills;
- Demonstrate scholarly writing;
- Apply decision-making models that reflect critical thinking and self-reflection;
- Appropriately assess knowledge using research outcomes;
- Acquire basic technological literacy skills;
- Understand self and society and its institutions to assume a role as a responsible citizen;
- Practice from a primary health care perspective with multicultural client populations;
- Provide nursing care to clients in complex health care situations.
https://www.centennialcollege.ca/programs-courses/full-time/bridging-to-university-nursing/
