Nursing
Faculty of Health
The practice of nursing is the promotion of health and the assessment and care of health conditions by preventive and therapeutic means. Study topics such as health assessment, the Canadian healthcare system, pathophysiology, health challenges, leadership and more. Explore specialized nursing practice with optional streams in High Acuity and Critical Care, Mental Health, and Care of the Older Adult.
York offers three BScN options, each approved by the College of Nurses of Ontario that lead to the designation of Registered Nurse: Direct Entry Nursing, 2nd Entry Nursing and the Post-RN for Internationally Educated Nurses.
Each Nursing program is very competitive and has strict minimum eligibility and minimum admission requirements. Please take our Which Nursing Program is Right for You? quiz to determine which program you may be eligible to apply to.
Program Details
Offered by
Faculty of Health
Offered at
- Keele Campus
Degrees offered
BScN
Ways to study
Full-Time
Experiential Education
- Practicum
- Class-focused
- Community-focused
- Faculty research
Fall entry
Yes (first and upper year)
Winter entry
No
Summer entry
No
Experiential Education
Practicum, Class-focused, Community-focused, Faculty research
Sample Schedule (first year)
- Reflection and Relational Practice in Professional Nursing
- Nursing Theory and Knowledge Development
- Health and Well-Being
- Health Assessment
Possible career paths
- Registered nurse
- Home and primary health care nurse
- Speciality nurse (oncology, paediatric, cardiology, icu, emergency)
- Mental health nurse
- Public health nurse
- Global health care provider
- Nurse practitioner (with further post-graduate training)
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