Nursing

Program Curriculum

NOTE: The curriculum for the September 2013 and later intakes is currently under review.

The Langara College Nursing Department offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing using the Collaborative Curriculum, revised May 2004. Upon completion of the program, students are eligible to write the Canadian Registered Nurse Exam (CRNE).

The Nursing Department offers a bridge-in option to Term 4 for Licensed Practical Nurses and Registered Psychiatric Nurses. Please see the Nursing Transition Program section of this Calendar for more details.

Please note, as the program continues to evolve, the information presented on the College website and in the College Calendar is subject to change.

Purpose of the Program

The Langara College Nursing Program provides students with a broad base of knowledge and skills to practice nursing in today’s and tomorrow’s complex health care system. With a focus on caring and health promotion, students learn to work with individuals, families, communities, and health professionals in a variety of practice settings. The program assists students to develop sensitivity to people’s experiences with health and healing. Educational methods emphasize student and faculty interactions and individual learning processes.

Program Goals

A graduate of the program will:

1. Practice nursing with a health promotion perspective and an ethic of caring within a variety of contexts and with a diverse client population;
2. Be an independent, self-directed, self-motivated, and life-long learner with a questioning mind and a familiarity with inquiry approaches to learning;
3. Be self-reflective, self-evaluative, accountable, and make clinical judgments based on different ways of knowing, including critical thinking, intuition, research, and evaluation;
4. Create and influence the future of nursing practice at a political, social, and professional level by responding to and anticipating the changing needs of society; and
5. Be prepared to meet the professional practice requirement as identified by the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia.

Program Notes:

Student Maintenance of Standing Requirements

Please note that students are responsible for their maintenance of standing while enrolled in the Langara College Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program, in the Nursing Transition Program (NTP) or on the waitlist for either of these programs.

Students enrolled in, or on the waitlist for, the BSN Program or NTP are advised that progression in the program requires all students to maintain a 2.33 cumulative GPA with no grade lower than ‘C+’ for all Nursing program courses, including support courses and electives.

Students enrolled in, or on the waitlist for, the BSN Program or NTP may not register for any Nursing course, support courses or electives more than twice except as outlined in the following paragraph.

Students on the waitlist for the BSN Program or NTP who have registered for support courses or electives twice may be permitted a third opportunity to register for the support courses or elective once enrolled in the BSN Program and/or NTP. Students must receive permission from the Department Chair of Nursing (or designate) and the Department Chair (or designate) for the respective support or elective course.

Students who do not successfully complete any two nursing practice courses, including consolidated practice experience (i.e., receive a ’U’ or ‘W’), will not be permitted to continue in the BSN Program.

All students when enrolled in their first term of the Nursing Program receive a copy of BSN Student Handbook outlining specific departmental policies and procedures, including attendance, conduct, dress, evaluation, and promotional guidelines. If students have specific questions related to the handbook, they may contact the Student Coordinator for the Nursing Department.