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Courses - September 2025

Level 1

Course details

College Reading & Writing Skills
COMM1085


Conestoga 101
CON0101


Safety in the Workplace
OHS1320


Nursing Concepts 1: Assessment
PNUR1128


Introduction to Pharmacotherapeutics 1
PNUR1153


Professional Nursing 1
PNUR1157


Adult Development and Aging
PNUR1165


Information and Communication Technologies
PNUR1175


Nursing Lab and Practice 1
PNUR1180


Human Physiology
PNUR1195


Electives: General Education
Student must pass 1 Course(s), selected in the Student Portal from available course options

Level 2

Course details

Field Placement 1 (Practical Nursing)
FPLT1220


Indigenous Ways of Knowing
INDS2000


Campus Clinical 2
PNUR1200


Nursing Lab 2
PNUR1220


Nursing Concepts 2
PNUR1228


Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapeutics 2
PNUR1243


Professional Nursing 2
PNUR1257


Electives: General Education
Student must pass 1 Course(s), selected in the Student Portal from available course options

Level 3

Course details

Field Placement 2 (Practical Nursing)
FPLT2360


Relational Inquiry for Neurocognitive Disorders
HEAL1405


Nursing Concepts 3: Acute Care
PNUR2325


Nursing Concepts for Family
PNUR2335


Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapeutics 3
PNUR2340


Professional Nursing 3: Foundations for Community Practice
PNUR2350


Campus Clinical 3
PNUR2370


Nursing Lab 3
PNUR2380


Electives: General Education
Student must pass 1 Course(s), selected in the Student Portal from available course options

Level 4

Course details

Field Placement 3 (Practical Nursing)
FPLT2480


Professional Nursing 4: Leadership
PNUR2455


Advanced Gerontology
PNUR2460


Campus Clinical: Consolidation
PNUR2495


Please note:

Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs are based on the most recent available data through the Conestoga Campus Store.

Program outcomes

  1. Communicate therapeutically with clients and members of the health care team.
  2. Assess clients across the life span, in a systematic and holistic manner.
  3. Plan safe and competent nursing care, based upon a thorough analysis of available data and evidence-informed practice guidelines.
  4. Select and perform nursing interventions using clinical judgment, in collaboration with the client and, where appropriate, the health care team, that promote health and well-being, prevent disease and injury, maintain and/or restore health, promote rehabilitation, and/or provide palliation.
  5. Evaluate the outcomes resulting from all interventions in the nurse-client interaction and modify the plan of care as required.
  6. Act equitably and justly with clients and members of the health care team.
  7. Adapt to a variety of health care settings, using different leadership skills and styles as appropriate to each setting.
  8. Contribute to creating a healthy and safe work environment in a variety of health care settings.
  9. Practise in a self-regulated, professional and ethical manner, complying with relevant legislation and with the standards of both the regulatory body and the practice setting to provide safe and competent client care.