The course provides an overview of the basic skills of a manager and applies these skills through a series of projects and case studies. It examines the evolution of management and the organizational culture and environment. It also teaches the decision-making skills and the skills involved in planning, organizing, leading and controlling, including planning and facilitating change, teamwork, applying motivational techniques and effective communication.

This course, an introduction to occupational health nursing, focuses on work and its relationship to health. It introduces the student to the community focus of the occupational health nurse through the beginning use of frameworks, epidemiological principles, and relevant legislation. There is an emphasis on building partnerships with individual employees, management, labor, and other health and safety team members.

This course presents theory related to potential hazards found in various work settings. It focuses on the industrial hygiene principles and practices of anticipating, recognizing, and evaluating biological, chemical, and physical hazards. The course emphasizes a collaborative approach to eliminating or controlling these hazards, whether the occupational health nurse is a member of a team of one or more Occupational Health and Safety practitioners or is the only on-site practitioner with knowledge and skills in industrial hygiene. Prerequisites: NSOH 7100

This course assists learners to further broaden their knowledge of work environments and the work-health relationship. Students use a population health promotion model for the risk assessment of health challenges arising from psychosocial, safety, and ergonomic issues in the workplace. This course forms a bridge to future learning in assessing worker health. The processes of systematic inquiry and critical thinking are used to analyze jobs for environmental, psychosocial, safety, and biomechanical demands on employees. Prerequisites: NSOH 7100 and NSOH 7200

This clinical course will focus on assessing work environments, analyzing jobs, and making recommendations to improve the health and safety of the workplace. The course provides the nurse with opportunities to build on communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and systematic inquiry skills related to the role of the occupational health nurse. This course uses a distance delivery format. Students will complete the readings, course assignments and schedule site visits in consultation with their tutor. Students have 12 weeks to complete all course requirements. Prerequisites: NSOH 7250

An opportunity to consolidate occupational health nursing skills in analyzing jobs through interview, observation, measurement and critical analysis. Emphasizes the development of a professional technical report. Prerequisites: NSOH 7301

Emphasizes decision making that promotes the fitness to work of individual employees experiencing health challenges. The focus will be on the OHN’s role as a case manager using an employee-centered approach and collaborating with the supervisor, management, union, the health and safety team, insurance carriers, and health care providers. The goal of this collaboration will be to achieve the best-possible individual and organizational outcomes. Prerequisites: NSOH 7300 or NSOH 7301

This course introduces concepts, principles, and theory of occupational toxicology through the study of occupational disease. The course will emphasize a collaborative approach to anticipating, preventing, recognizing, and addressing potential health risks related to biological and physical, as well as chemical hazards in the workplace. Participants will explore the occupational health nursing role in providing leadership in this process. Prerequisites: NSOH 7400

The purpose of this clinical course is to give students an opportunity to pursue a particular area of interest in Occupational Health Nursing. The learning intentions, activities, and evaluation strategies for the course will be determined by the student and the course tutor using a learning contract. The learning contract will draw on the content and process threads of the OHN curriculum framework. Prerequisites: NSOH 7450

Emphasizes an integrative approach to program planning, addressing the individual, job and organizational factors that influence a specific workplace health issue. The process of program development includes: defining the workgroup at risk, developing collaborative relationships with stakeholders, designing a comprehensive program plan, and advocating improved workplace health and safety through written and verbal presentations of the program plan. The program plan includes documentation of a needs assessment, relevant goals and objectives and strategies for implementation and evaluation. Prerequisites: NSOH 7500

Introduces diverse perspectives on teaching and learning related to specialty nursing and explores the impact that connected teacher-learner relationships have on effective learning. Teaching and learning are viewed as mutual and parallel processes, being influenced by beliefs, intentions, and capacities of both teachers and learners. Teaching and learning abilities are further developed according to mutually agreed upon learning outcomes and intentions.

In this online course, learners explore how research informs evidence-based nursing practice. Foundational research concepts and processes in quantitative and qualitative paradigms are examined. Learners critique primary research reports of interest, both individually and in groups, and address research utilization in practice.

This on-line course offers students the opportunity to develop their leadership knowledge and skills within the context of specialty nursing. Leadership is explored from multiple perspectives with an emphasis on contemporary theories and frameworks. Topics that are examined include followership, contextual influences, power, navigating change and transitions, and teambuilding. Students engage in a work related leadership project to apply leadership knowledge and skills to their practice.

Professional growth is explored from personal, professional, and historical perspectives. Students choose a focus for growth which is fostered by ongoing critical reflection and journaling. Relational practice is explored through the lenses of mentoring and harmful workplace relationships. Contemporary trends in ethical practice are examined, including the contextual influences on practice; the development of moral identity; and the enhancement of moral integrity. An anticipated trajectory for professional development is envisioned and described.

This course explores contemporary community health nursing, examining multiple perspectives on community, health, and relational practice. Community health nursing is examined through the lenses of primary health care, health promotion, and ethics. Clinical practice is focused on facilitating participatory dialogue with a selected group to explore perspectives on relational practice in health care.

Based on the Canadian Community Health Nursing Standards of Practice, this course provides opportunities for exploring contemporary perspectives on health promotion, protection of health, a community health nursing process, and participatory decision making. Clinical experience occurs through engaging in participatory dialogue with a selected group; exploring salient health issues; and facilitating collective health action. Prerequisites: NSSC 8600

Develops advanced skills in critical analysis, close reading and composition through lectures, discussion and group activities in which students analyze and evaluate materials from various disciplines. Readings might come from professional journals, reports, newspapers, magazines and literature. Multimedia such as video, music and the Internet may also be included. Prerequisite: BCIT ENGL 1177, or 6 credits BCIT Communication at 1100-level or above, or 3 credits of university/college composition.

Fosters abilities and values required for ethical decision making at work. Develops skills in logical analysis, a working knowledge of moral principles and theories, and the ability to diagnose and resolve moral disagreements commonly found at work. Examines and applies moral principles to historically famous cases in manufacturing, human resources, management, engineering, health care, and computing. Prerequisite: BCIT ENGL 1177, or 6 credits BCIT Communication at 1100-level or above, or 3 credits of university/college composition.