Academic Calendar 2024/2025 - Culture and Nursing Practice

NSGD 3336  Culture and Nursing Practice

Prerequisites:

NSGD 2147, NSGD 2216, and NSGD 2256 with a minimum grade of 60%; ACAD 1601

Antirequisites:

NURS 3036

Restrictions:

This course is restricted to students enrolled in the RPN to BScN Blended Learning Program, students enrolled in the collaborative BScN and collaborative RPN-BScN program.

Hours:

12 weeks of online instruction per term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course focuses on an examination of the dynamic nature of culture, in its various forms, and its relationship to client-centered care in nursing practice.  Emphasis is placed on helping learners think through the significance of their own and others’ culture in nurse-client interactions, nursing practice, and health care.   In particular, learners will examine various approaches to understanding culture and cultural concepts foundational to nursing practice.