Applicants must meet the admissions requirements listed below:
I. Academic Admission Requirements
1. Successful completion of the following 18 required university transfer (UT) credits (note 2), with a minimum grade of C+ in each course
- BIOL 1104 OR both BIOL 1103 and BIOL 1203 (note 3)
- BIOL 2401
- ENGL 1130
- PSYC 1100
- PSYC 1200
- One of MATH 1160 OR PSYC 2300 OR BUSN 2429
2. Practical Nursing (PN) Diploma OR
Practical Nurse Certificate with Health Authority upgrade AND each of the following additional 9 University Transferable (UT) credits with a minimum grade of C+ in each of the courses (note 4):
- UT ENGL elective
- BIOL 2200
- 3 credits UT elective
3. Current Practical Nurse license with British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
4. Official transcripts from all previous post-secondary institutions attended must be submitted directly to Douglas College. Failure to do so may result in the application being denied, and/or the student being withdrawn from the program.
5. An attestation letter from the institution that granted the Practical Nursing Diploma or Practical Nurse Certificate with Health Authority upgrade. The letter must indicate if any transfer credit was granted by the institution and used towards the diploma or certificate, along with a listing of those courses. The letter must also state which (if any) courses on the transcript were NOT used to fulfill the requirements of the diploma or certificate (note 5)
Notes:
- Some courses listed in each category have prerequisites. Please check each course in the College Catalogue prior to registration.
- A university transfer (UT) course is a course that transfers to one of the 5 Research Universities - SFU, UBCO, UBCV, UNBC or UVIC according to the BC Transfer Guide.
- BIOL 1109 can be used as a substitution for BIOL 1103 and BIOL 1209 can be used as a substitution for BIOL 1203.
- Practical Nurse Certificate holders with Health Authority upgrade must have a minimum of 27 unduplicated university transfer credits.
- Courses used towards a student's previous diploma/certificate may not be duplicated or used towards the BSPN Degree.
- This is considered a part-time program.
II. Prerequisites for Clinical Practice Education
1. Immunizations - A current record of immunizations must be provided. Applicants must obtain all immunizations mandated by the Health Authorities or Public Health orders to be permitted access to clinical sites. This is a prerequisite for nursing practice courses in the BSPNUR_L program. All costs related to required immunizations and/or testing are the responsibility of the applicant.
Graduation Requirements
- Successful completion of 120.50 credits, which includes the credits used for program admission and an additional 45 credits of coursework.
- At least 45 upper level (3000-4000) credits.
- A minimum of 40% (48 credits) of all coursework completed at Douglas College.
- Minimum of:
- C+ in all credit courses (including associate courses)
- Mastery in preceptorship course.
- A minimum program GPA of 2.33.
- In good academic standing.
- Time limit to complete the program graduation requirements: 7 years. Any courses completed outside of that time limit will not be usable. Students may seek the permission of the Department/Program to complete a credential outside the approved time limits.
Curriculum Framework
| PNUR Required Courses (no course substitutions) | Credit | |
| PNUR 3700 | Professional Psychiatric Nursing Concepts | 3.00 |
| PNUR 4576 | Trauma Informed Practices | 3.00 |
| PNUR 4585 | Psychiatric Nursing in Addictions and Mental Health | 3.00 |
| PNUR 3402 | Psychiatric Nursing Concepts | 3.00 |
| PNUR 3171 | Family Health Promotion of Psychiatric Nursing Practice | 3.00 |
| PHIL 3125 | Ethics for Psychiatric Nursing | 3.00 |
| PNUR 4575 | Psychiatric Nursing Research | 3.00 |
| PNUR 4573 | Psychiatric Nursing of Children and Adolescents | 3.00 |
| PNUR 3321 | Therapeutic Relations III | 1.50 |
| PNUR 3421 | Therapeutic Relations IV | 1.50 |
| PNUR 3330 | Clinical Procedures III | 1.50 |
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Therapeutic Relations V |
1.50 | |
|
Psychiatric Nursing Community Concepts |
3.00 | |
|
Psychiatric Nursing Leadership and Management |
3.00 | |
|
Psychiatric Nursing Clinical Practice V: Preceptorship Experience |
9.00 | |
|
TOTAL |
45.00 |
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At the end of this program, successful students will be able to:
- Deliver professional, compassionate, and exemplary holistic health care in collaboration with individuals, families, groups, and communities.
- Promote cultural humility and client safety based on integrity, respect, open and effective therapeutic relationships (dialogue) and problem-solving.
- Foster person-centered, trauma and violence informed, strength-based relational care for individuals, families, groups, and communities to attain, retain and maintain optimal health and recovery.
- Provide culturally safe and anti-racist care as it relates to the diversity of individual lived experiences, and the physical, mental/emotional, spiritual, and cultural client needs.
- Demonstrate leadership and interprofessional collaboration as it relates to healthcare, from a local, national and global perspective.
- Meet the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) requirements for professional practice as identified in the BCCNM Professional and Practice Standards, Code of Ethics, Scope of Practice for Registered Psychiatric Nurses, and the Entry-Level Competencies for Registered Psychiatric Nurses in B.C.