Professional Degree courses in Dentistry, Education, Law, Medicine and Theology (MTS, MDiv)
6000-6999
Courses offered by Continuing Studies
9000-9999
Graduate Studies courses
* These courses are equivalent to pre-university introductory courses and may be counted for credit in the student's record, unless these courses were taken in a preliminary year. They may not be counted toward essay or breadth requirements, or used to meet modular admission requirements unless it is explicitly stated in the Senate-approved outline of the module.
Suffixes
no suffix
1.0 course not designated as an essay course
A
0.5 course offered in first term
B
0.5 course offered in second term
A/B
0.5 course offered in first and/or second term
E
1.0 essay course
F
0.5 essay course offered in first term
G
0.5 essay course offered in second term
F/G
0.5 essay course offered in first and/or second term
H
1.0 accelerated course (8 weeks)
J
1.0 accelerated course (6 weeks)
K
0.75 course
L
0.5 graduate course offered in summer term (May - August)
Q/R/S/T
0.25 course offered within a regular session
U
0.25 course offered in other than a regular session
W/X
1.0 accelerated course (full course offered in one term)
Y
0.5 course offered in other than a regular session
Z
0.5 essay course offered in other than a regular session
Glossary
Prerequisite
A course that must be successfully completed prior to registration for credit in the desired course.
Corequisite
A course that must be taken concurrently with (or prior to registration in) the desired course.
Antirequisite
Courses that overlap sufficiently in course content that both cannot be taken for credit.
Essay Courses
Many courses at Western have a significant writing component. To recognize student achievement, a number of such courses have been designated as essay courses and will be identified on the student's record (E essay full course; F/G/Z essay half-course).
Principal Courses
A first year course that is listed by a department offering a module as a requirement for admission to the module. For admission to an Honours Specialization module or Double Major modules in an Honours Bachelor degree, at least 3.0 courses will be considered principal courses.
This course provides an introduction to the philosophical, theoretical and ethical tenets of the nursing profession. The historical development of the profession, image of nursing, roles of nurses in the interprofessional team, and the framework for Registered Nursing practice in Ontario are explored.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Year 1 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program
This interactive course enables the student to develop an understanding of caring and relational practice as the basis for health promotion in nursing. Nurses' responsibility for health promotion of self, colleagues, and clients
is addressed in a variety of contexts.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Year 1 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program
This interactive course building upon Health Promotion and Caring for Self, Colleagues and Clients I, enables the student to continue to further develop an understanding of caring and relational practice as the basis for health promotion in nursing. Using a variety of theories, concepts and conceptual frameworks, the student will acquire an enhanced perspective of how individual values, beliefs, perceptions and experiences impact relationships with our selves, colleagues and clients.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Year 1 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program
Building on part I, this course enables students to begin to develop the thinking processes and clinical judgement required for professional nursing practice from a strengths-based perspective. Students will begin to develop their personal philosophy of nursing practice.
This interactive course building upon Health Promotion and Caring for Self, Colleagues and Clients I, enables the student to continue to further develop an understanding of caring and relational practice as the basis for health promotion in nursing. Using a variety of theories, concepts and conceptual frameworks, the student will acquire an enhanced perspective of how individual values, beliefs, perceptions and experiences impact relationships with our selves, colleagues and clients.
This course involves the application of previous learning to the holistic assessment of individuals focusing on concepts that support health across the lifespan. These include, but are not limited to areas such as oxygenation, circulation, mobility, elimination, cognition and perception, with a focus on how to recognize and interpret data collected from clients.
This course provides an introduction to the philosophical, theoretical and ethical tenets of the nursing profession. Students are introduced to the history, image and framework of nursing practice, self-regulation, nursing organizations, self-awareness and emotional intelligence, interprofessional collaboration, the nurse-client relationship, and professional communication.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
This course provides an introduction to holistic health assessment across the life span, social determinants of health, and health promotion and caring for clients. Students will learn about therapeutic relationships, interviewing techniques, and physical assessments.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
This course provides students with opportunity to deepen their understanding of health, empowering health promotion, and caring in the context of family, community and populations across the lifespan. Normal growth and development, family health, and community health are addressed.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Year 2 Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
This course will provide students opportunity to apply and integrate concepts related to health promotion and caring with clients experiencing barriers to health and requiring support to maintain and improve health.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Year 2 Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
Extra Information: 4 lab hours, 4 simulated hours.
This course will extend students' knowledge and skills related to information literacy and knowledge acquisition skills necessary for professional nursing practice. Through active learning, students will determine appropriate knowledge sources for nursing practice.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program, or the Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
This course will introduce students to ways of knowing, questioning, and advancing nursing practice. Students will explore basic strategies for identifying knowledge gaps through literature review and critique. Research methods pertinent to nursing will be explored.
Antirequisite(s): Nursing 3319A/B.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program, or the Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
This course provides a philosophical and theoretical foundation for understanding family and community health issues. Primary health care, health promotion, social determinants of health and population health are critically examined as they relate to family and community health nursing practice.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours. All 1000-level courses in the program must be completed successfully before enrolling in 2000-level courses.
This course focuses on safe, effective and ethical administration of medications.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
Extra Information: 4 laboratory hours, 6 weeks. All 1000-level courses in the program must be completed successfully before enrolling in 2000-level courses.
This course provides an introduction to mental health care emphasizing awareness, prevalence and stigma associated with mental health challenges across the lifespan from a strength based perspective.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.All 1000-level courses in the program must be completed successfully before enrolling in 2000-level courses.
Students will apply their knowledge and skills with clients experiencing mental health challenges. Practice will take place in a simulated environment.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
Extra Information: 24 simulated clinical hours. Pass/Fail. All 1000-level courses in the program must be completed successfully before enrolling in 2000-level courses.
This course will address people's health and contextual factors influencing health in countries or regions with limited resources. Through a focus on particular situations, students will consider context-relevant health promotion and analyze issues of social justice in health and health care.
A supervised practicum in which students will provide culturally-appropriate care. Health promotion, caring, mutual goal-setting, social justice, and advocacy will be addressed in situations of limited resources. Preparatory and follow-up activities are required.
This course provides a philosophical and theoretical foundation for understanding community health issues. Primary health care, health promotion, social determinants of health and population health are critically examined as they relate to community health nursing practice in Nursing 3325W/X.
Antirequisite(s): Nursing 3331 with a minimum average of 65%.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
Corequisite(s):Nursing 3325W/X
This course provides students with the opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills in health promoting nursing practice within communities. Students will engage in learning experiences in community agencies and neighbourhoods, working through a process of community health assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Antirequisite(s): Nursing 3332 with a passing grade.
This course will introduce students to basic concepts and techniques used to analyze both qualitative and quantitative data. This will include descriptive and inferential statistics and common methods for qualitative analysis and interpretation.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Year 3 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program.
Theory, practice, research and issues related to nursing in rural and remote settings will be examined. The health status of various rural populations, related public policy and the factors influencing health of rural residents will be explored.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Year 2 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program, or special permission.
This course covers foundational concepts of mental health and nursing care in the context of mental illness, including addictions. Key course principles include health promotion, a recovery orientation, trauma and violence-informed care, stigma reduction, and the continuum of mental health. Learning includes participatory engagement in mental health assessment and therapeutic communication.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in year 3 or 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program or permission of the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing.
This course examines concepts associated with caring for the geriatric population through a holistic, strengths-based lens. Students will focus on common health syndromes, social factors influencing health, and family considerations, to provide the context for addressing the unique care needs of the aging adult.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in year 3 or 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program or permission of the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing.
This course has been designed to explore foundational knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for the practice of public health nursing. The focus will be on the Public health nursing competencies including public health sciences, assessment and analysis, policy development, program planning, implementation and intervention, partnership, advocacy, diversity, therapeutic communication, leadership, and professionalism in independent practice.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in year 3 or 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program or permission of the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing.
The promotion of perinatal health is an integral component of professional nursing practice. This course provides a philosophical and theoretical foundation for understanding individual, newborn and family health issues throughout the childbearing continuum from preconception, pregnancy, labor, birth, neonatal transition to six weeks postpartum and for developing nursing interventions to promote perinatal and newborn health.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in year 3 or 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program or permission of the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing.
This course will provide opportunities to develop an understanding of the cancer care continuum for clients and families. Students will focus on key concepts related to prevention, screening, diagnosis, management, palliation and survivorship within oncology care.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in year 3 or 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program or permission of the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing.
This course will explore the roles that nurses perform in home care nursing practice. Exploration will be guided through two mid-range theories and the application of the Canadian Home Care Nursing Practice Competencies. Learners will gain an understanding of both similarities and differences between nursing roles in hospitals and home care nursing practice.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in year 3 or 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program or permission of the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing.
This course will provide an interprofessional learning environment with opportunities for students to critically examine and reflect on Indigenous health and health care practices. Health policy concepts will be embedded within historical, social, cultural and political realities.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Faculty of Health Sciences or permission of the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing.
This course will explore the realities of providing care within the setting in which patients and their caregivers live and work. Learners will explore levels of risk and safety for patients, family members and the nurse through learning activities designed as composites of situational experiences commonly faced by home care nurses.
Prerequisite(s):Nursing 3450A/B, or permission of the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing.
This course provides simulated learning in the application of common nursing practice skills within a variety of home based situations. Students will learn how to make autonomous decisions and how to adapt to unique situations that normally are not experienced in hospital-based practice. Simulated practice provides a “safe” learning environment to practice skills and learn from peer evaluation.
Pediatric nursing is dedicated to the health and care of young people, ranging from babies to teenagers. Children, as patients, have unique healthcare needs that require specialized knowledge and expertise in their growth, illness, and injury.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in year 3 or 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program or permission of the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing.
This course focuses on adults and children experiencing acute and chronic health challenges. Students will explore dimensions of health, strengths-based nursing care, and health promotion/disease prevention.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
Extra Information: 5 lecture hours.All 2000-level courses in the program must be completed successfully before enrolling in 3000-level courses.
Students will apply theory and integrate concepts related to health promotion and caring with clients experiencing health challenges. The focus of this course is the acquisition of nursing skills, utilizations of technological interventions, and application of evidence informed practice.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
Extra Information: 4 laboratory hours. Pass/Fail. All 2000-level courses in the program must be completed successfully before enrolling in 3000-level courses.
This course will provide students with opportunities to work with clients experiencing complex health challenges, from a health promotion perspective, in a simulated hospital setting.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
Extra Information: 24 simulated clinical hours. Pass/Fail. All 2000-level courses in the program must be completed successfully before enrolling in 3000-level courses.
The host immune response to microorganisms, the biology of microorganisms with disease-causing potential and clinical aspects of infectious diseases will be covered. The role and professional attitude of the nurse in prevention, detection and control of infections will be emphasized.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours. Enrolment is limited to students in the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program and the Compressed Time Frame BScN Program.
Students will apply and integrate theory while providing nursing care to clients experiencing episodic health challenges in a hospital setting.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
Extra Information: 144 clinical hours. Pass/Fail. All 2000-level courses in the program must be completed successfully before enrolling in 3000-level courses.
This course provides students with opportunity to extend their understanding of health promotion to the care of adults and children experiencing acute and chronic health challenges.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in year 3 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program.
Corequisite(s):Nursing 3911A/B.
This course provides students with the opportunity to apply their understanding of health promotion to the care of adults and children experiencing complex mental health challenges from a strengths-based perspective.
This course will critically review ethical theories, the legal and ethical aspects of nurses' roles, and nursing's commitment to healthy public policy, social justice, and advocacy.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Year 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program or Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
This course will assist students to integrate multiple sources of knowledge gained in the program to engage in in-depth exploration of health/illness issues.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Year 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN or
Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours. All 3000-level courses in the program must be completed successfully before enrolling in 4000-level courses.
Concepts and frameworks integral to advanced health assessment and diagnosis in nursing practice are introduced Comprehensive and focused health assessment, including history taking, physical assessment and diagnostic reasoning as well as laboratory and diagnostic test selection and interpretation for the adult client are emphasized, laying the foundation for clinical decision-making from data collection to diagnostic plan of care.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
Extra Information: 3 theory hours and 3 practice hours, term one.
This course builds on applies the skills and frameworks, concepts and methods of health assessment and clinical decision-making studied in AHAD I to specific populations across the lifespan, to families and to the community. Advanced practice skill pertaining to diagnostic test assessment is examined.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
Extra Information: 3 theory hours and 3 practice hours, term two.
Concepts integral to pharmacoltherapy, advanced counselling and complimentary therapies related predominantly to common episodic conditions of clients across the lifespan are introduced. Emphasis is on the therapeutic care plan approach which focuses on drug-related problems, goals of therapies, analysis of different therapeutic approaches, need for referral, monitoring parameters, acceptability to the client, and follow-up.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
Extra Information: 3 theory hours and 3 practice hours, term one.
This course builds on the knowledge acquired in AHAD I and Therapeutics I and applies the frameworks and concepts of pharmacotherapy, advanced counselling, and complimentary therapies predominantly to clients with chronic conditions and special populations.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
Extra Information: 3 theory hours and 3 practice hours, term two.
This course focuses on contemporary issues in nursing, health care and health policy. Students will explore the role of nursing in shaping and influencing future directions incorporating program concepts such as social justice, empowerment, and change and transformative theory.
Antirequisite(s): Nursing 4412W/X, the former Nursing 3300.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Year 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program or Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
This course allows students to work with a preceptor to synthesize knowledge and experience gained throughout the program. Students will focus on gaining proficiency in evidence-informed practice, developing leadership skills and independence, and creating an individual philosophy of practice.
Antirequisite(s): The former Nursing 4496W/X.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Year 4 of the Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN program or Compressed Time Frame BScN program.
A systems approach is used to examine concepts in pathophysiology as a basis for advanced nursing practice. A case study approach provides a comprehensive overview of the etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations of diseases in adults and children. Builds upon knowledge of normal anatomy and physiology across the lifespan.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
Examination of the roles and responsibilities of the primary care nurse practitioner, historical development, relationships with clients and other health providers, legal and ethical issues, scope of practice and functioning in interdisciplinary teams, primary health policy formulation and political strategies are addressed.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
The final course in the program, builds upon knowledge and experience gained in previous courses and integrates theory with practice. Consists of concurrent seminars and practica, evaluated separately. Seminars use problem-based and case study methods. Practica in urban and rural health care settings are based upon student learning needs.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate program.
Extra Information: 6 hours seminar, 29 hours practice.
Explore the fundamental principles and practices of perioperative nursing. Students will learn to scrub, gown, glove, and mask using strict aseptic technique. Lab practice will include draping and skin preparation. Students will be introduced to the selection and use of surgical instruments, supplies, and equipment used in the surgical suite.