Spring 2019 Graduate Calendar

NURSING

THE MASTER OF NURSING (MN) (ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICE FIELD AND LEADERSHIP IN NURSING FIELD)

Admission Requirements

1) All general regulations of the Faculty of Graduate Studies are applicable.

2) Applicants must have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing or equivalent which includes physical assessment, and courses in research and statistics. Consideration may be given to nurse applicants holding degrees in other cognate disciplines.

3) Applicants must have maintained an overall 70% average in their undergraduate nursing program.

4) Applicants must be eligible for a current certificate of competence as Registered Nurses in Ontario.

5) Three Faculty of Nursing confidential reports must be completed by academic/professional referees, with at least one from an academic who has taught the applicant and one from a recent employment supervisor.

6) An "Applicant Profile" must be completed which includes a section addressing goals in seeking graduate education (narrative statement).

7) Applicants whose native language is not English must submit certification of English proficiency (official TOEFL score or equivalent MELAB).

8) Applications for admission must be completed by February 15 (or until seats have been filled).

9) An interview may be required.

Degree Requirements

It should be noted that two areas of concentration - Advanced Clinical Practice and Leadership in Nursing - are the same as the M.Sc. program. There is also a third area of concentration available through the Master of Nursing: the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Field.

Total courses: Ten (10) courses

(a) Students in the course-based master's (MN) must take the same six (6) compulsory courses required of students in the Master of Science Program (MSc):
NURS-8810. Theoretical Foundations of Nursing
NURS-8820. Advanced Statistics
NURS-8830. Research Methods in Nursing
NURS-8910 Advanced Professional Nursing Practicum

(b) NURS-8850 (Health of Individuals Families and Groups) and NURS-8860 (Community and Population Health) OR NURS-8880 ( Theoretical Foundation of Nursing Leadership) and NURS-8890 (Innovations in Nursing Leadership)

(c) Four additional graduate level courses, two of which must be Nursing courses. Students can use the courses in the other field to fulfill this requirement.


Course Sequencing

YEAR I

Fall Semester

NURS-8810. Theoretical Foundations of Nursing
NURS-8830. Research Methods In Nursing

Winter Semester

NURS-8820. Advanced Statistics
NURS-8850. Health of Individuals, Families and Groups
or
NURS-8880. Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Leadership


Summer Semester

Nursing/Other graduate course(s)

YEAR II

Fall Semester

Nursing/Other graduate course
NURS-8860. Community and Population Health
or
NURS-8890. Innovations in Nursing Leadership

Winter Semester

NURS-8910 Advanced Professional Nursing Practicum

Summer Semester

Nursing/Other graduate course(s)


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