BIOL 222 – Microbiology for Health Professionals (3 cr)
This course introduces fundamental concepts of microbiology with specific emphasis on clinically relevant microbes and their impact on human health.
**Restricted to Nursing students**

CNUR 201 – Counselling and Therapeutic Use of Groups (3 cr)
This course will focus on the counselling role of nurses within the therapeutic relationship, individually and in groups. Learners will have the opportunity to develop competencies in promoting self-determination of individuals and groups toward optimum health and well-being.
***Pre-requisite: CNUR 102***

CNUR 202 – Pharmacology (3 cr)
This course will focus on the basic concepts related to pharmacology and responsibilities of health care professionals in safe administration of medications. The learners will have the opportunity to develop critical decision making competencies related to pharmacotherapeutics.
***Pre-requisites: BIOL 111 or KIN 262 with a minimum grade of 60%***

CNUR 203 – Alterations in Health and Advanced Assessment I (3 cr)

This course will focus on alterations in health of adults, and the associated nursing care, using selected scenarios. Learners will integrate nursing knowledge and critical thinking and principles of holistic assessment, pathophysiology, pharmacology, microbiology, nutrition and health education.
***Pre-requisite: CNUR 101, CNUR 107***
***Pre-requisite that can be taken concurrently: BIOL 222***

CNUR 204 – Alterations in Health and Advanced Assessment II (3 cr)
This course will continue the focus on alterations in health of adults, and the associated nursing care, using selected scenarios and research. Learners will integrate nursing knowledge, critical inquiry and principles of holistic assessment, pathophysiology, pharmacology, microbiology, nutrition, and health education.
***Pre-requisite: CNUR 203***

CNUR 205 – Practice Education: Acute Care Partnerships I (3 cr)
This course will focus on holistic care of adults in a variety of acute care settings. Learners will have the opportunity to apply nursing knowledge, informatics, and critical inquiry to inform clinical decision-making.
***Pre-requisite: CNUR 101***
***Pre-requisites that can be taken concurrently: CNUR 202, CNUR 203***

CNUR 206 – Practice Education: Acute Care Partnerships II (3 cr)
This course will continue the focus on holistic care of adults in a variety of acute care settings. Learners will have the opportunity to apply nursing knowledge, informatics, research, and critical inquiry to inform clinical decision-making.
***Pre-requisite: CNUR 205***
***Pre-requisites that can be taken concurrently: CNUR 201, CNUR 204***

CNUR 209 – Nursing Research Methods (3 cr)
This course will focus on knowledge uptake and utilization of both quantitative and qualitative research in the practice of nursing. A variety of research methodologies will be discussed. The emphasis will be on research literacy: Reading and understanding research based literature and the implications for nursing practice.
***Reserved for nursing students***
*Delivered in lecture and televised formats*

STAT 100 – Elementary Statistics for Applications (3 cr) – Bilingual nursing students complete this course in French
An introduction to statistical methods; descriptive statistics; the normal distribution; basic techniques of statistical inference; confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for population means and proportions; simple linear regression.

FRN 352 – Lecture et écriture critique I/Critical Reading and Writing I (3 cr) – Bilingual students only
Ce cours développe les compétences de l’étudiant pour la lecture et l’écriture critique au moyen d’un large éventail de textes non-littéraires et littéraires, ainsi que de l’étude de la composition, en mettant l’accent sur les liens entre les modes de lecture et d’écriture. This course develops students’ proficiency in critical reading and writing through the study of a wide range of non-literary and literary texts, and the study of composition, with emphasis on connections between modes of reading and writing. ***Prérequis: FRN301 ou permission du programme. Prerequisite: FRN301 or permission from the program.***

Open Elective (3 cr)
This is the first of three open electives required in the program. Any course for which the University of Regina gives credit is acceptable as an open elective.