HLTH 3611: Professional Growth
This course is designed to reacquaint health practitioners with the standards that govern professional practice; update participants' awareness of Canadian health care system trends and perspectives; and advance participants' understanding of disciplinary inquiry emerging from multiple ways of knowing.
Learning outcomes
- Understand and apply the characteristics and requirements of a professional nurse to your practice.
- Understand and apply the principles of ethics and the process of ethical decision-making with an awareness of the inherent legal implications, in order to also understand legal liabilities in nursing practice.
- Understand the significance of knowledge development in nursing and develop skills in accessing, analyzing and communicating knowledge in nursing.
- Identify conditions necessary for creating safe and quality practice environments.
- Enhance your understanding of issues of gender and its significance in relation to practice.
- Investigate information technology and its influence on health care delivery, inquiry and professional practice.
Course topics
Module 1: Nursing: A Self-Regulating Profession
Module 2: The Law and Ethics in Nursing
Module 3: Inquiry and Knowledge Development in Nursing
Module 4: Health Care Delivery in Canada
Module 5: Nursing Practice Environments
Module 6: Information and Communication Technology
Required text and materials
Students require the following e-textbook, which can be purchased directly from the link at: https://tru-store.vitalsource.com/products/canadian-fundamentals-of-nursing-patricia-potter-wendy-v9781771721134
- Potter, P., Perry, A., Ross-Kerr, J., Wood, M., Astle & Duggleby. Canadian
Fundamentals of Nursing. 6th ed., (2019). Toronto, CA: Elsevier-Mosby.
Type: E-Textbook. ISBN: 978-1-77172-113-4
Assessments
Please be aware that should your course have a final exam, you are responsible for the fee to the online proctoring service, ProctorU, or to the in-person approved Testing Centre. Please contact exams@tru.ca with any questions about this.
To successfully complete this course students must obtain 50% or higher in the course overall. Credit will be granted towards a program in the School of Nursing when course grade is 60% (C) or better. This refers to the overall course with assignments averaged to this percentage. A cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.33 (minimum 65%) must be maintained in order to progress to the next course.
| Assignment 1: Seminars | 20% |
| Assignment 2: Self-Assessment and Learning Plan | 25% |
| Assignment 3: Scholarly Paper Outline | 10% |
| Assignment 4: Scholarly Paper | 25% |
| Final Exam (mandatory) | 20% |
Open Learning Faculty Member Information
An Open Learning Faculty Member is available to assist students. Students will receive the necessary contact information at the start of the course.
