This course expands the professional practice themes including nursing health assessment skills, self-regulation, knowledge application, psychomotor skills, evidence-informed practice, collaboration, organizational skills, patient safety, and relational practice. Students apply the nursing process as a foundational framework for clinical reasoning and decision-making in subacute/rehabilitation settings. Clinical practice including nursing labs, simulation and clinical placements provides experiences for integration of theory to practice. Theory from nursing science, other sciences and humanities informs practice.
Prerequisites
NURS 1150, NURS 1161, NURS 1162, NURS 1153, NURS 1164.
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What you will learn
- - Concepts in Patient safety
- Holistic assessment (VCC Framework for Healing & Health Promotion; Safe Care Nursing Framework™️)
Safe medication administration process -
- Oral medications: sublingual, rapid dissolving medications, narcotics
- Parenteral medications: subcutaneous, intramuscular, subcutaneous injections & butterfly administration
- Math concepts for medication administration
Collaboration & communication with a focus on physician orders and processing
Safe Wound Management process – skin integrity & chronic wounds
- Rehabilitation/transitional care nursing – advocacy for the patient with disability
- Nutrition through gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes
- Urinary/bowel elimination via a stoma
- Preparation for diagnostic procedures and treatments
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
| CRN# | Duration | Delivery | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42379 |
January 5, 2026 to April 13, 2026 |
Lab Clinical |
Varies | See full schedule |
Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.
Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.