Admissions Information:
- A 85% minimum average is required for consideration in the program
- Applicants to the Nursing program are required to complete a Casper Test when applying to BScN program
- Academic and personal qualities are assessed based on an applicant’s high school admission average and Casper scores
Detailed admission requirements can be found on the Nursing program website.
Potential Careers:
Registered Nurses practice in teams with other health professionals to care for diverse clients across the lifespan.
Nurses practice in a variety of roles and clinical settings, such as:
- Hospitals, long-term care facilities and hospices
- Public health and homecare support services
- Entrepreneurs engaged in health/nursing care
- Researchers in nursing care, education, health care and policy
- Educators of individuals, families, communities and nursing students
- Correction and detention centres
- Parishes
- Telehealth
- On the street with vulnerable populations
- In a variety of industrial settings
- Poison control centres
Their practice may focus on any of the following areas, included, but not limited to:
- Pediatrics
- Emergency
- Maternity
- Psychiatry
- Palliative
- Public health