Course Overview
Building on knowledge and skills acquired in previous theory and clinical courses, nurses continue to develop understanding and apply reflective practice to their role as emergency nurses. Broad perspectives of communities, environment, and health care resources are incorporated into nurses' understanding of health assessment and emergency nursing care. With a focus on a diversity of complex health care challenges and issues arising in emergency practice, nurses use systematic frameworks and reflective problem solving to gain knowledge, make and evaluate clinical judgements, and examine and challenge practice. Developing confidence in the provision of competent emergency nursing care for complex patients is central to this course. Communication skills and relationship building strategies are emphasized as nurses assume an active role in creating partnerships with patients and families and participating in multi-member/interdisciplinary teams. This clinical experience will integrate knowledge and skills gained from workshops/laboratories such as cardiac arrest management and trauma care with clinical practice. Specifically, this course focuses student learning on caring for patients experiencing unstable, complex health challenges.
Registration requirements
Departmental approval is required to register for this course. You must have approval from the department to register. Students accepted into a program can register directly.
Domestic fees
$1,635.57
International fees are typically 3.4 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Learning Outcomes
As a healthcare practitioner, you are expected to follow professional standards of practice throughout all SN programs and courses. In this course, you will have opportunities to use the processes of critical thinking, systematic inquiry, communication, collaboration, leadership, professionalism, and clinical decision-making. Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Perform comprehensive emergency nursing assessments on patients with complex health challenges.
- Demonstrate clinical decision making that integrates appropriate sources of data, various sources of knowledge and the unique perspective and meaning of experience for patients and families with complex health concerns in emergency settings.
- Demonstrate competence in the provision of emergency nursing care for complex patients.
- Develop and apply strategies to evaluate outcomes of own nursing care and actions and those of others.
- Articulate and apply principles of leadership and team building while fostering health care partnerships.
- Recognize the influence of context on emergency nursing practice and incorporate this understanding in a framework for clinical judgement.
- Demonstrate personal and professional growth in clinical practice through reflection on emergency nursing practice.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2023
Related Programs
Emergency Nursing Clinical 2 (NSER 7500) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
School of Health Sciences
- Critical Care Nursing Specialty (Combined Critical Care/Emergency Option)
Advanced Certificate Part-time
- Emergency Nursing Specialty (Combined Emergency/Critical Care Option)
Advanced Certificate Part-time
- Emergency Nursing Specialty (Pediatric Emergency Option)
Advanced Certificate Part-time
- Emergency Nursing Specialty (Standard Option)
Advanced Certificate Part-time
- Specialty Nursing (Critical Care - Combined Critical Care/Emergency Option)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Part-time
- Specialty Nursing (Emergency - Combined Emergency/Critical Care Option)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Part-time
- Specialty Nursing (Emergency - Standard Option)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Part-time
Course Offerings
Fall 2026
Below is one offering of NSER 7500 for the Fall 2026 term.
CRN 32128
Dates
Sep 08 - Dec 18 Loading
- CRN 32128
- $1635.57 Domestic fees
Class meeting times
| Dates | Days | Times | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 08 - Dec 18 | N/A | N/A | Other |
Duration
4 weeks
Instructor
Dawn Binns
Course outline
Important information
- Clinical lab format.
- Important course information will be sent to you prior to your course start date. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- This course requires a completed clinical application and supporting documents prior to registration. Students currently enrolled in NSER 7410 can access the clinical application through the Learning Hub. If you are not currently enrolled in NSER 7410, use the Request Approval button to request the clinical application. NOTE: this 125-hour clinical is completed over 4–6 consecutive weeks. Clinical courses are non-refundable.
Confirmation
Required
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No approval yet? Request approval You must have approval from the department to register. Students accepted into a program can register directly.
Status
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