Graduate Courses
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NURS 560
The Politics of Health Policy (3)
This course is the study of the processes and strategies influencing health and social policy, and the social and political contexts in which policy is created.
Objectives:
- Critically examine the different theoretical and ideological perspectives from which policy is conceptualised.
- Analyze the social, political and economic contexts in which policy is created and enacted.
- Interpret health and social policy processes in the context of larger social trends and political mandates.
- Examine how policies differentially affect particular populations and shape health and social inequities.
- Identify new directions needed in health and social policy development.
- Critically examine how nurses and other health professionals can influence policy development and implementation.
How to access your course in the UBC Course Schedule: In the top right corner of the page, please select the correct session (W or S), select your course from the list of NURS courses, and click on the course & session number (e.g NURS 123 XXX) to read the published notes for that section. To register as a student you must logged in with your CWL.
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NURS 511
Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice (3)
This course provides students with the opportunity to explore the evolution of nursing knowledge and the processes of theoretical and analytical reasoning as they apply to nursing. In the context of the course students will apply critical thinking to the understanding and resolution of nursing problems.
Objectives:
- Describe the ways in which nursing theory has evolved historically
- Identify important social and theoretical influences on the development of nursing knowledge
- Discuss the relevance of explorations of nursing knowledge to the advancement of the nursing profession and one's own nursing practice
- Explore various assumptions that underlie nursing knowledge development
- Apply critical reasoning to clinical nursing problems
- Propose possible resolutions to key conceptual issues facing nurses
- Analyze ontological, epistemological, and methodological presuppositions and implications of various nursing theories
- Explore the significance for nursing practice of various ways of thinking about nursing knowledge
- Explore various approaches to the development of nursing knowledge
- Analyze concepts relevant to nursing from a variety of theoretical perspectives
- Synthesize ways of conceptualising nursing knowledge
Examine, interpret and synthesize findings from the literature in a scholarly written format
How to access your course in the UBC Course Schedule: In the top right corner of the page, please select the correct session (W or S), select your course from the list of NURS courses, and click on the course & session number (e.g NURS 123 XXX) to read the published notes for that section. To register as a student you must logged in with your CWL.
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NURS 576
Topics in Social & Environmental Planning to Foster Health of Populations (3)
This course will examine the characteristics of social and built environments that are developmentally appropriate for seniors with a range of abilities and consider their impact on seniors’ health.
Objectives:
- Draw upon evidence to describe ways the social and built environment can positively, or negatively, impact functioning of seniors with a range of abilities
- Propose ways that social and built environments may be effectively adapted to foster optimal functioning of seniors with a range of abilities
- Select a specific setting common to seniors and analyze the characteristics of this setting in order to determine how it supports or impedes the health of seniors who use it
- Recommend strategies to enhance both the physical and social environment of the selected setting based on literature and evidence
How to access your course in the UBC Course Schedule: In the top right corner of the page, please select the correct session (W or S), select your course from the list of NURS courses, and click on the course & session number (e.g NURS 123 XXX) to read the published notes for that section. To register as a student you must logged in with your CWL.
Link to UBC Course Schedule (For Registration, restrictions, etc...)