Nursing (Course-based)

The leading-edge Master of Nursing (MN) program invites you to unlock your potential and shape the future of healthcare. Open to Registered Nurses, Registered Psychiatric Nurses, and Licensed Practical Nurses, the MN program equips you with the advanced knowledge and skills needed to excel in nursing leadership.

You’ll build expertise aligned with current and emerging trends in healthcare delivery, nursing practice, and the broader workforce. Designed to offer a comprehensive learning experience, the MN combines four core nursing courses with six electives for a well-rounded education. The program emphasizes working with vulnerable populations and prepares you to develop evidence-informed, strength-based approaches to care.

Using an evidence-based approach, you’ll explore, define, and develop traits that nurses need to:

• Improve healthcare quality and safety
• Manage the finances and operations of healthcare organizations
• Lead healthcare innovations
• Respond to industry challenges and trends

The curriculum also enhances your leadership skills, with a strong focus on ethical and cultural awareness, especially when working with vulnerable or marginalized populations.

• Clinical nursing practice
• Education to enhance healthcare delivery and patient outcomes
• Leadership to expand and evaluate nursing practice

Courses are offered online, through web-based learning, and on campus, giving you the flexibility to balance work, life, and education while continuing to live and work in your community. With access in rural, remote, Northern, and urban settings, the MN program is a flexible and accessible pathway to an advanced degree.

This course-based Master of Nursing also provides a strong foundation for students who may wish to pursue doctoral studies in the future.

Some of the courses you can take as part of this program include:

NURS 700 - Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Nursing

This introductory MN course provides students with the opportunity to explore and critically analyse the philosophical and theoretical foundations of nursing knowledge. Students will examine the evolution of nursing knowledge throughout various key points in the development of the nursing profession and critically review how nursing knowledge is structured, developed, and applied to the work of nurses. Throughout this course, students will formulate their philosophical views of nursing.

NURS 703 - Working with Vulnerable People

Focuses on health issues of vulnerable populations. The students will examine and analyze theories, concepts, research, and nursing practice knowledge regarding vulnerable populations [those systematically pushed away from economic, social, political, and cultural participation and power]. Students will be challenged to develop a deeper understanding of vulnerable populations' unique health challenges and experiences.

NURS 785 - Leadership in Nursing

Facilitates the critical analysis of leadership concepts, functions, and skills in the nursing role. Ongoing integration of theoretical and research principles are stressed.

NURS 775 - Foundations and Theories of Learning

Examines the fundamental theories of learning and development and the role of psychological and educational theory in the design of curriculum, conduct of teaching, and assessment of learning.

NURS 777 - Approaches to Learning and Teaching Innovation in Nursing

Examines approaches to learning and teaching in diverse nursing practice settings. Develop a repertoire of strategies related to planning educational experiences that may include establishing relational contexts for learning, becoming an inclusive educator, understanding feedback, measuring learning outcomes, and incorporating technology.

JSGS 829 - Decision Making and Leadership in Healthcare Organizations

This course will cover leadership theory and practice, with a focus on effective leadership in the public sector and ethical decision-making. It will address decision-making models relevant to the health sector, including emerging philosophies (e.g., LEAN).