Nursing

Introduction to the foundations of nursing as a profession, including its heritage and practices. Examines UNB nursing curriculum and philosophy.

An introduction to the theoretical foundation of professional relationships in nursing with a focus on self-awareness, communication, caring and beginning counseling skills. 

Introduction to foundations of nursing as a profession including nursing roles, values, and practices. Explores concepts of wellness, health, and illness within the context of primary health care and the discipline of nursing.

Explores the experiences of people living with chronic physical and mental/psychiatric conditions and the impact on their capacity to achieve well-being. Examines nursing therapeutics to support and enhance well-being.

Complements and supplements NURS 1135 and NURS 1142 . Application of wellness concepts as they relate to clients living with chronic physical and mental/psychiatric conditions. Involves health assessment and application of relevant nursing therapeutics and roles in institutional and community settings.

Designed to establish the foundation required for health assessment. Expands the concept of health, health promotion and health lifestyle choices as they apply to health assessment. Includes health, health assessment techniques and interpretive skills. The lab component focuses on the practical application of health assessment. 

Explores the concepts of wellness, health and illness within the framework of Primary Health Care.

This course prepares students to work at home and abroad with clients from diverse cultures. Emphasis is on developing cultural sensitivity, beginning competence, and insight into cultural beliefs, assumptions, and values and their influence on practice. Pre-requisite to any exchange experience in the Faculty of Nursing. 

Pre- or Co-requisite: NURS 1225 . 

The course focuses on developing students' understanding of the historical and socio-cultural context of Aboriginal peoples in Canada, including present health status, health services, and health policies. The course will examine the role of nursing in addressing health issues faced by Aboriginal peoples in Canada and will engage the students in the process of becoming culturally competent/safe nurses. This course is open to students registered in the Bachelor of Nursing program and is required for students who have been admitted through a designated seat or are registered in the Mi'kmaq Maliseet Institute (MMI) and are applying for the Bachelor of Nursing Program at UNB.

Addresses physical and psychosocial assessment throughout the lifespan. Includes lab experiences.

An integrative practice experience. 

Includes theory and principles of pharmacology as they apply to nursing. Provides requisite knowledge to administer medications, provide patient education, and assess potential for adverse events related to drug and lifestyle issues. Theory will include basic legal and safety issues related to drug administration by the nurse. 

Includes theory and principles of pharmacology as they apply to nursing. Provides requisite knowledge to administer medications, provide patient education, and assess potential for adverse events related to drug and lifestyle issues. Theory includes basic legal and safety issues related to drug administration by the nurse. Incorporates increased student support for application of the related concepts.

Focuses on the impact/influences of long term health challenges on clients. Examines rehabilitative and supporting nursing practice.

Explores the experiences of persons living with psychiatric illness and examines related nursing therapeutics.

Pre-or Co-requisites: NURS 2135 , NURS 2145 , or NURS 2177 . 

Explores the factors influencing the ability of young families to achieve health as they define it. Covers the processes involved in establishing and maintaining health of young families particularly as they undergo transitions such as childbearing.

Using a health promotion framework, explores family processes. In partnership with clients, develops and implements strategies to support health behaviours of young families and clients living with chronic mental health/psychiatric conditions.

Focuses on promoting the health of childbearing families. Encompasses the childbearing experience.

Pre- or Co-requisite NURS 2135 , NURS 2145 , or NURS 2177 . 

Explores the helping relationship within the context of nursing practice. Students will develop more advanced counseling skills. The use of labs and/or tutorials may vary with the teaching sites. 

Explores the structure of the Canadian health care system. Examines current service delivery issues as they influence nursing and the health of Canadians.

Focuses on the role of the nurse in the community and public health nursing, using the population health framework. Addresses principles of community assessment and development, program planning, and other strategies that are supported through a population health perspective, with particular emphasis on populations, and social, political and economic determinants of health.

Prerequisite: NURS 2063 . Co-requisite: NURS 3065 . 

Examines the client's experience of acute health challenges, with the focus on nursing therapeutics.

Complements and supplements NURS 3072 .

Explores the theoretical foundations of nursing practice and research, including clinical analysis of theories and concepts related to nursing. 

Critically examines the purpose, processes, and utilization of nursing research. Explores the interaction between theory and evidence-based practice.

An integrative practice experience. 

Explores the impact of complex health challenges on the family. Examines the implications for nursing practice.

Explores the client's experience of complex health challenges. Examines related nursing therapeutics with an emphasis on clinical judgment and decision making.

This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to care for families who have at least one member experiencing an acute or chronic illness. Students will be expected to care for families in multiple settings, including their home and hospital. Students will integrate and apply the theory examined in NURS 4111 and 4121 in this practice setting. 

A preceptored clinical experience in the area of the student's choice.

Further explores the experiences of a population living with complex health challenges from a population health perspective. Focuses on nursing therapeutics with further development of independent clinical judgment and decision making appropriate to primary health care. 

Pre-requisite: NURS 4123 . Co-requisite: NURS 4165 . 

Explores trends in the Nursing Profession. Examines organizational theory and leadership roles of nurses. Explores the foundations of professional development and practice. 

An independent study program under the guidance of a faculty member is pursued on the basis of student interest in any area of nursing. Faculty approval required.

The content of the course will be determined by the needs of the visiting student. Nursing students who come on exchange have special needs for theory. This course will provide an avenue for these needs to be covered within a single course.

The content of this course will be determined by the needs of the visiting student. However, it will be developed around a clinical experience in the hospital or community. Nursing students who come on exchange have special needs for clinical experiences. This course will provide an avenue for these needs to be covered with a single course.