Basic Stream

Level 1

In Level 1, students are provided with a strong foundation in the health and social sciences and are able to choose a variety of electives. They learn about themselves and their clients as individuals, while focusing on health, health assessment and the promotion of health.

Level 1 students are required to spend four hours per week working in a laboratory setting with a tutor. During this time, they focus on ​fundamental nursing skills such as communication, hand-washing, vital signs and physical assessment.

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Fall Term	​Winter Term
NURSING 1F03 - Introduction to Nursing & Health I	NURSING 1G03 - Introduction to Nursing & Health II
NURSING 1I02 - Introduction to Nursing Practice	NURSING 1J02 - Professional Nursing Practice I
WHMIS 1A00 - Introduction to Health and Safety	HTHSCI 1LL3 - Human Biochemistry I
PSYCH 1X03/1N03 - Introduction to Psychology , Neuroscience & Behaviour	PSYCH 1XX3/1NN3 - Foundations of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
ELECTIVE (3 units)
Fall Term and Winter Term
HTHSCI 1H06 AB - Human Anatomy & Physiology I
NURSING 1K02 AB - Health & Wellbeing of Diverse Populations I

 

Level 2

In Level 2, students expand their definition of the client as an individual and now begin to consider the client as a family and the community.

Level 2 requires that students spend eight hours per week at a practice placement where they work together with a group of fellow students and a single faculty member. All students complete one medical placement and one surgical placement, learning to respond to ​chronic, acute, and complex health care situations.

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Fall Term	​Winter Term
​HTHSCI 2H03 - ​Introductory Pharmacology	​HTHSCI 2HH3 - ​Introductory Microbiology
​HTHSCI 2RR3 - Introduction to ​the Social Determinants of Health	​HTHSCI 2S03 - ​Introduction to Statistics for Nursing
​NURSING 2MM3- ​Nursing Concepts in Health & Illness I	​NURSING 2NN3 -​Nursing Concepts in Health & Illness II
​NURSING 2L03 - ​Professional Nursing Practice II	​NURSING 2P03 - ​Professional Nursing Practice III
Fall Term and Winter Term
​NURSING 2LA2 AB - ​Introduction to Integrated Pathophysiology for Nursing
​​NURSING 2K02 AB - Health & Well-being of Diverse Populations II
​Fall Term or Winter Term
Elective (3 units)​

 

Level 3

In Level 3, students are required to spend 12 hours per week working in acute and varied clinical settings, such as pediatrics, mental health and maternal/child, among many others.

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Fall Term	​Winter Term
​HTHSCI 3BB3 - ​Human Biochemistry II: Nutrition & Metabolism​	HTHSCI 4NR3 - Nursing Research OR Elective (3 units) if taking HTHSCI 4NR3 in Level 4
​NURSING 3SS3 - ​Nursing Concepts in Health & Illness III	​NURSING 3TT3 - ​Nursing Concepts in Health & Illness IV
​NURSING 3X04 - ​Professional Nursing Practice IV	​NURSING 3Y04 - ​Professional Nursing Practice V
Elective (3 units)	​​Elective (3 units)
Fall Term and Winter Term
NURSING 3PA2 AB - ​Integrated Pathophsiology for Nursing
Fall Term ​or Winter Term
NURSING 3QQ3 - ​​Professional Community Nursing Practice

 

Level 4

In Level 4, students are placed individually in a variety of settings where they are actively involved in enacting the nursing role for 24 hours per week first term; and 24 hours per week in the first six weeks and 36 hours per week in the last six weeks of the second term.

Students are directly supervised by a clinical preceptor and indirectly supervised by a ​faculty member.

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Fall Term	​Winter Term
​NURSING ​4P04- ​​Advanced Nursing Concepts I	​NURSING 4Q03 - ​Advanced Nursing Concepts II
​NURSING 4J07 - ​Professional Nursing Practice VI	​​NURSING 4K10 - ​Professional Practice & the New Graduate
​HTHSCI 4NR3 - Nursing Research OR ​Elective (3 units) if took HTHSCI 4NR3 in Level 3	​​
​Elective (3 units)	​​​

 

Basic (A) Stream elective requirements:

18 units of electives of which:

• Minimum 6 units at Level 2 or above
• Maximum 6 units from NURSING or HTHSCI courses

Elective course work must be completed prior to the start of the final term in Level ​4.

Elective Options:

McMaster offers a variety of courses across all Faculties that students can complete to satisfy their elective requirements. Students in the Nursing program can also take non-mandatory NURSING or HTHSCI courses offered by the School of Nursing toward their elective requirements (to a maximum of 6 units), including independent study/research project courses HTHSCI 4AR3 and 4BR3

Mohawk and Conestoga site students have the option to take COLLAB courses at their respective site.

• Level 1 Electives
• COLLAB elective courses available to Mohawk & Conestoga site students

Letter of Permission

All students may request to complete electives at another institution on Letter of Permission (LOP)​

Details on applying for LOP