Nurse Practitioner (Non-Thesis): Primary Care (M.Sc.A.) (45 credits)
Offered by: Ingram School of Nursing (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
Degree: Master of Science Applied
Program credit weight: 45
Program Description
** New Program. This program replaces the (M.Sc.A.) Nursing (Non-Thesis): Primary Care Practitioner. **
The Master of Science(Applied) Nurse Practitioner; Non-Thesis – Primary Care is open to nurses with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and is taken in combination with the Graduate Diploma in Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. The program focuses on a wide range of acute and chronic health concerns across the life span and includes activities related to assessment, diagnosis and treatment within the primary care nurse practitioner’s legally sanctioned scope of practice. Graduates may be eligible to be a candidate for the Ordre des infimières et infirmiers du Québec’s Primary Care Nurse Practitioner specialty examination.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Required Courses (42 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| NUR2 608 | Seminar in Nursing. | 3 |
Seminar in Nursing. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Students gain advanced knowledge of the processes, mechanisms, and principles that promote health and support healing during normative change, illness, and other unexpected events or crises. Through the study of theory, examination of empirical evidence, and discussion of clinical experiences, students develop a philosophical orientation and a value driven approach to nursing to guide their nursing practice with individuals and families. The orientation to practice is Strengths-Based Nursing. | ||
| NUR2 611 | Policy Leadership in Nursing. | 3 |
Policy Leadership in Nursing. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Students continue to gain advanced knowledge of the processes, mechanisms, and principles that promote health and support healing during normative change, illness, and other unexpected events or crises. Through the study of theory, examination of empirical evidence, and discussion of clinical experiences, students develop a philosophical orientation and a value driven approach to nursing to guide their nursing practice with individuals and families. | ||
| NUR2 612 | Research Methods in Nursing | 3 |
Research Methods in Nursing Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Basic knowledge and skills needed to conduct research. The philosophy and principles of scientific inquiry, research design, sampling, techniques of data collection, ethics, and incorporating research into practice are discussed with emphasis for nursing. | ||
| NUR2 613 | 4 | |
Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. | ||
| NUR2 617 | Clinical in Family Systems Nursing 1. | 3 |
Clinical in Family Systems Nursing 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course develops the knowledge and skills required to enhance the health of families. Family health has to do with ways of learning, developing, relating,behaving, and thinking which promote physical and psychological well-being. It involves coping with adversity by developing or drawing on family and individual strengths, as well as external resources. From the foundational perspective of Strengths-Based Nursing, students will learn approaches to family engagement and assessment using theoretically and empirically grounded strategies for working with families. | ||
| NUR2 642 | Ethics in Advanced Practice. | 3 |
Ethics in Advanced Practice. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Analysis of common as well as complex ethical issues in advanced nursing practice. General ethical standards for professional practice are reviewed as well as selected controversies. | ||
| NUR3 670 | Reasoning in Primary Care Practice 1. | 4 |
Reasoning in Primary Care Practice 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Introduction to the examination of the advanced role and responsibilities of the primary care nurse practitioner (PCNP) with an emphasis on the approach to preventive health, health promotion, illness prevention and the holistic management of acute and chronic conditions affecting patients and families across the lifespan. | ||
| NUR3 671 | Reasoning in Primary Care Practice 2. | 3 |
Reasoning in Primary Care Practice 2. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Examination of the primary care nurse practitioner (PCNP) role in the holistic management of acute and chronic conditions affecting patients and families across the lifespan with a focus on pharmacological principles. | ||
| NUR3 672 | Reasoning in Primary Care Practice 3. | 8 |
Reasoning in Primary Care Practice 3. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Examination of the primary care nurse practitioner (PCNP) role in the holistic management of various acute and chronic conditions affecting adult patients and their families, including an approach to independent clinical reasoning and decision-making. | ||
| NUR3 674 | Reasoning in Primary Care Practice 4. | 6 |
Reasoning in Primary Care Practice 4. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Further examination of the primary care nurse practitioner (PCNP) role in the holistic management of additional various acute and chronic conditions affecting adult patients and their families, including an approach to independent clinical reasoning and decision-making. | ||
| NUR3 676 | Primary Care Health and Physica lAssessment 2 | 2 |
Primary Care Health and Physica lAssessment 2 Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Further examination of the practical application of the primary care nurse practitioner (PCNP) role in the holistic management of additional various acute and chronic conditions affecting patients and families across the lifespan, integrating theoretical knowledge and practice of advanced physical assessment and procedure skills to clinical cases. | ||
Complementary Courses (3 credits)
3 credits from the following:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| NUR2 600 | Knowledge Translation in Healthcare . | 3 |
Knowledge Translation in Healthcare . Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An introduction to conceptual models, strategies, and tools to support the identification, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based practices in nursing and health care. The theoretical foundations for an actual implementation project and an introduction to basic concepts in project management. | ||
| NUR2 603 | Teaching and Learning in Nursing . | 3 |
Teaching and Learning in Nursing . Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Examination of the role of the nurse educator in healthcare settings and academia. Focus on application of theoretical and evidence-based approaches to education and exploration of how individuals learn and develop within the nursing profession. Development of educational approaches that promote student learning in face-to-face, hybrid, simulated and online learning environments. Emphasis on course design and development process, teaching and facilitation, student assessments, the evaluation of education activities and critical reflection and dialogue to support development of educational leadership. | ||
| NUR2 626 | Professional Issues in Nursing. | 3 |
Professional Issues in Nursing. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An examination of theories of learning and organizational behaviour as related to the preparation of nurses for the delivery of health care services. Implications of these theories for the assessment, development, and evaluation of nursing programs will be investigated. | ||