Nursing

Code	180.A0
Sanction	DEC
Secteur	Santé
Nombre d'unités	91 2/3
Statut	Program approved in 2001. Modified in 2003. Modified in 2004. Modified in 2007.

Note(s)
Ce programme est offert en langue française : Soins infirmiers
(1): For students that do not meet the Secondary V Chemistry admission condition, and these students only, successful completion of objective 003R (Analyze the behaviour of matter and the transformation of energy using the principles of chemistry) will replace two objectives from the complementary general education section.

Objectifs du programme

The Nursing program aims to train people to practice the profession of Nursing. Graduates of the Nursing program may practice nursing in Quebec after passing the Order of Nurses of Quebec (OIIQ)licensing exam.

Article 36 of the Nurses Act defines the general field of practice as follows:« The practice of nursing consists in assessing a person's state of health, determining and carrying out of the nursing care and treatment plan, providing nursing and medical care and treatment in order to maintain or restore health and prevent illness, and providing palliative care».

Durée de la formation

Spécifique (heures)	Totale (heures)
2145	2805

Total length of training includes general training that is common to all programs for 420 hours, general training for this program for 150 hours as well as complementary general training courses for 90 hours.

Duration of training consists of theory and lab work for courses; personal time that the student invests is excluded.

Contenu du programme

Numéro ou code	Énoncé de la compétence
01Q0	To analyze the work function
01Q1	To develop an integrated perception of the human body and its functions
01Q2	To deal with a client's reactions and behaviours
01Q3	To refer to a conceptual nursing framework to define one's professional practice
01Q4	To use assesment and nursing care procedures
01Q5	To establish a helping communication with the client and his/her significant others
01Q6	To deal with social and cultural realities related to health matters
01Q7	To link immunological disorders and infections to physiological and metabolic mechanisms
01Q8	To interpret a clinical situation by referring to health problems and other problems related to the field of nursing
01Q9	To establish links between pharmacotherapy and a clinical situation
01QA	To teach the client and his/her significant others
01QB	To assist clients in the maintenance and improvement of their health
01QC	To adapt to various work situations
01QD	To establish a cooperative relationship with members of the interdisciplinary team
01QE	To intervene with hospitalized adults and elderly clients requiring medical/surgical nursing
01QF	To use the ethics and values of the profession to understand one's own role
01QG	To apply emergency measures
01QH	To intervene with clients requiring nursing care in a perinatal setting
01QJ	To intervene with children and adolescents requiring nursing care
01QK	To intervene with clients receiving medical/surgical nursing care in an ambulatory service
01QL	To intervene with clients requiring mental health nursing care
01QM	To intervene with adults and elderly clients experiencing loss of autonomy who require institutional nursing

Number of hours allotted to specific training: 2145

Conditions d'admission et préalables

To be admitted to the program, a person must meet the general requirements for admission set out in the College Education Regulations, as well as the following special conditions, where applicable:

Must have passed the following secondary-level course(s):

• Sec. IV EST or SE – Secondary IV Environmental Science and Technology (558404) or Science and the Environment (558402)
• Sec. V Chemistry – Secondary V Chemistry (551504) ⁽¹⁾

Organismes scolaires offrant le programme

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Particularité :

Collège	J/S
Cégep Heritage College	J	Plus d'info
Cégep John Abbott	—
Champlain Regional College (campus Lennoxville)	—
Champlain Regional College (campus Saint-Lambert-Longueuil)	J	Plus d'info
Collège Dawson	J	Plus d'info
Vanier College	—