BScN-Post RN Program

Program Description

The Faculty of Nursing offers a BScN-Post RN Program for Registered Nurses who have graduated from an approved diploma program.

For questions about the BScN-Post RN Program, please contact Ian Payne.

Admissions

The Faculty of Nursing is no longer admitting students to the BScN-Post RN Program. 
Students currently registered in the program have until July 1, 2014 to complete their degree.

Course Sequence

Below is the course sequence for those undertaking full-time studies.  Please also refer to section 134 of the University Calendar, and to your Welcome Letter once admitted to the program.  Course sequencing is subject to change and can be configured differently depending on clinical placement availability. 

  • The number in brackets beside the course name indicates the units of course weight ("credits") for that particular course. 
  • Course names that end in "Practice" are clinical placements/experiences done in off-campus healthcare facilities.  
  • The most current course descriptions are available on Bear Tracks.  If you do not have a UofA Campus Computing ID, you can login to Bear Tracks as a Guest. Each course description also includes the different course components (lecture, lab, tutorial/seminar, clinical).  For more information about these different components, please visit the Teaching Methods section of our website.
  • Students will be granted five years from the time of admission to complete the requirements for the degree, and may take the program full-time or part-time. Full-time students can complete their program in one calendar year. 
  • Students are encouraged to take the majority of their courses at the University of Alberta to ensure eligibility for graduating with distinction. "With distinction" is awarded to a graduating student satisfying the criteria outlined in section 133.2(7) of the University Calendar.
 Fall NURS 415 (5)1  Community Nursing for Post RN Students 
  NURS 468 (4)  Health Assessment 
  NURS 470 (5)  Nursing in Complex Situations for Post RN Students 
  STAT (3)   Statistics 
Winter  NURS 301 (3) Nursing Research 
  NURS 475 or
NURS 492 (7)2 		 Community Practice for Post RN Students or
Nursing Practice VII for Post RN Students 
  NURS 409 or 410 (3)  Leadership and Issues in Nursing
  Two courses from 
the following:3		 Political Science (3), Philosophy (3), English (3), Elective (3) 
Spring/Summer  NURS 492 (7)2  Nursing Practice VII for Post RN Students 
  Remaining requirements
from the following:3		 Political Science (3), Philosophy (3), English (3), Elective (3) 

1NURS 415 is a pre- or corequisite for NURS 301, 410 and 470; prerequisite for NURS 475.
 
2All 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.

3All 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.